(gentle rhythmic music) (waves crashing)
(birds tweeting)
(engine rumbling) (gravel crunching)
- [Radio Announcer] BBC London 94.9.
It's six minutes past five.
(muffled thudding) (energetic music)
- [Announcer] You're listening to BBC London 94.9.
- [Woman] You can imagine the absolute
shock and devastation. (muffled thudding)
Because of them, people like me
are gonna be hit really hard.
- [Announcer] London's news, London's stories.
- The odd times when (muffled thudding)
he was out of work he used to just sit and cry.
- [Announcer] This is Lee Murray's "Drive Time".
(muffled thudding)
- [Lee] Radio London, welcome to the Drive Show, it's-
- Help me! (muffled thudding)
Help me, please, somebody help!
(door clicking)
(woman sobbing) (muffled thudding)
Oh please, oh please, please!
Please help!
(sobbing) Help!
(trunk clicking)
Please, please don't!
(woman gasping)
(metal thudding)
(gravel scraping)
(leaves rustling) (tense somber music)
(door clanking)
(camera beeping)
- Why was this man released on parole
when he'd already attempted to murder someone else?
Our Sandra.
Our beautiful daughter.
(cameras clicking rapidly)
- If Pointer had been dealt with properly
by the authorities, our daughter would still be alive today.
(cameras clicking rapidly) (reporters clamoring)
- [Lawyer] I'm Mr. And Mrs. Arnold's solicitor.
Uh, could you please direct any more questions to me?
Thank you.
(reporters shouting over each other)
(traffic humming)
- Up until that point,
Philip Pointer had been a model parolee.
- [Interviewer] And then?
- And then one night he missed his curfew at the hostel,
and he, um, didn't turn up 'til the following morning.
- If that was a breach of his parole license,
why didn't you instigate his return to prison?
- He said he'd tried to contact
the assistant manager at the hostel,
he explained fully where he'd been,
he gave an address, he was very apologetic, and I warned him
that a further breach would mean his recall back to prison.
- You gave him a second chance.
- Yes.
(keyboard keys clacking)
- And the next time he was due to report to you,
he didn't show up at all, did he?
- I went to the hostel, I went to the address he'd given me.
I alerted the police-
- But by then it was too late, wasn't it?
It was too late for Sandra Arnold at least.
(gentle somber music)
I accept that others had failed in their roles
in keeping the public safe from Philip Pointer,
but you were his case manager.
You let him get out of control.
You let him slip through your fingers
with consequences that were calamitous.
I'm giving you notice that your employing authority
will be suspending you from your post
for the next three months.
Is there anything you wish to say?
- With the best will in the world,
you can't hold their hands 24 hours a day.
You can't know where they're are if they're not with you,
you just hope that they're not...
(breath shuddering)
You just hope.
(keyboard keys clacking)
(people chattering) (soft upbeat music)
(bright chiming)
- [PA] Jolene, please go to aisle 20.
Repeat, to aisle 20.
Thank you!
(scanner beeping)
- It doesn't affect you, Eddie.
(scanner beeping) (bag rustling)
- [Jenny] That's 12.43.
- All right.
- [Jenny] Are you paying by card?
- Do I have to?
- No.
(scanner beeping) (child babbling)
(cash register beeping)
(coins clinking)
- Thanks.
- [Jenny] Have a nice day.
- Thank you.
Thanks very much, I will, yeah.
And you too, eh, Jenny?
(Jenny chuckling softly)
(tense gentle music)
(drawer clanking)
(box clunking)
- Can I have your security pass please?
Thank you.
(bag rustling)
(door buzzing)
(door clicking)
(door buzzing)
(door clicking)
- [Marion] You'll be back, love.
- Thank you, yeah.
(somber music)
- Paula! - Paula! Paula!
(reporters shouting over each other)
- [Reporter] How are you gonna sleep at night?
- [Angry Woman] Paula, are you mad?
(woman spitting)
- [Reporter] Is that good, Paula?
Is that good? - She just gobbed at you!
- [Reporter] Are you okay with that?
- [Angry Woman] Feel guilty for your crimes?
- [Reporter] Paula, are you happy now, Paula?
Are you happy now?
(people shouting)
- Paula! - Paula! Paula!
- Paula? - You can see her
under the bridge!
- My name is Eddie Mottram.
Georgia was my girlfriend.
She was 17
and I killed her.
I killed Georgia.
10 years ago, guilty of her murder.
(water splashing)
I couldn't accept what I'd done to her.
(man coughing)
I couldn't accept what I'd done to me, let happen to me.
And at the beginning of my sentence,
it's true, yeah, I did argue,
kick off, and cause trouble.
Since then, I've completed all the courses,
I've succeeded on my escorted visits.
I've made real progress.
It's helped me deal with what I did.
I took a life.
I can't give it back,
but if I could get my own back,
do something with it,
I'd be really grateful.
Thank you, sir.
(gentle pensive music)
(doors clanging)
(door slamming)
- [Sandra] Hello?
Hello? (sobbing)
I've been taken, he's taking me somewhere.
Hello?
Hello? (sobbing)
- What are you doing? - I've been taken,
he's taking me somewhere.
- It's on the website, they played it in court.
- [Sandra] Hello?
Hello? (sobbing)
- Well, stop it.
Stop it!
(Will sighing)
- I should have stopped it.
- You didn't kill her.
- But I let him, though, didn't I?
- You, you made a mistake.
- And that poor girl died because of it!
- I don't think that.
- But her mum and dad think it and the inquiry said it,
and anyone who reads that newspaper thinks I'm a disgrace!
(Paula sobbing)
- Paula, stop going on that website for a start.
- It doesn't matter!
It's in my head anyway, it's always on in there!
(Paula sobbing)
* Everybody sing
* Go downtown, read all about it *
* Nothin' to say, no doubt about it *
* Did you find just what you're after *
* I think it spells disaster
* Go downtown and scream and shout it *
* Nothin' to say, no way around it *
* Did you see just what you're after *
* I think it's time for laughter *
* Everybody sing (knocking)
* Everybody sing
* It's a give and take world
- Yes, yes, yes!
* It's a give and take world
(static crackling)
(door clicking) (crickets chirping)
(pensive music)
(gate beeping)
(gate buzzing)
(gate clanking)
(pensive somber music)
How long you been waiting?
- Ah, 10 years.
- [Eddie] Me too.
(both laughing)
- Eddie. - Kelly.
(Kelly sniffling)
- You stink of aftershave.
- Ah, special occasion (chuckling).
- Well, give us your bag and get in.
Now, I don't allow smoking!
- Sis, it ain't a BMW exactly.
- Oh, shut up, you!
(car doors thudding)
Ah!
(upbeat bright music) (engine revving)
- Let's go!
(engine rumbling)
(turn signal clicking)
- A job shouldn't make you feel like this.
- What'd you expect?
(Will sighing)
Come on, wish me luck.
- Good luck, sweetheart.
- Oh, God.
(car door clicking)
Come on, Paula!
- [Will] Good luck!
(car door slamming)
(footsteps tapping)
(siren wailing)
(knocking)
(door buzzing)
- Hey Michelle. - Hi!
- Hi.
Hi. - Hiya.
- Hi, Paula. - Hello!
- All right, Paula.
Okay, so this is you,
and I think you'll be needing this.
- [Paula] Thanks.
All right.
(door buzzing)
(door thudding)
- I know. - I can't believe it.
- Eddie Mottram, assessed as
a level two medium risk offender.
At age 19, a mandatory life sentence.
Sentenced in 2001 for the murder of Georgia Whiteley,
his girlfriend at the time.
Killed her after a row, apparently, strangled her.
Her body was found in a football field.
He was given a 10-year tariff.
- Thank you for believing in me.
(sighing) Thank you.
- (chuckling) Listen.
I promised the Area DM you'd learnt from last time, okay?
- Oh, no harder lesson.
- Good.
Come on, then.
(upbeat rock music)
- [Eddie] Naught to 60 in 10 years, do you know what I mean?
(car horn honking)
Come on!
(Eddie laughing)
- You'll have to pull over in a minute.
You're not insured.
(Eddie laughing)
- Think you can do it?
- [Eddie] Do what?
- Keep it up.
- [Eddie] Managed this long.
- [Marion] The OAC score is in there, okay?
- [Paula] Yep, thanks.
- Good girl.
- Right, okay. - Yes!
- [Woman] Paula!
- Yeah? - All right then.
(box thudding) - Ooh!
(gentle somber music)
- Hey, when can I see the girls?
- They're not keen, Eddie.
Just not at the moment, anyway.
- Why?
- It don't matter what I tell them about you-
- I'm still a murderer.
(Eddie sighing)
(Eddie sniffling)
- [Kelly] Come on.
You better go to your appointment.
(Eddie sighing)
- Thanks for meeting me anyway.
You never stopped coming.
- [Kelly] Here.
- (chuckling) What's this?
- [Kelly] A goody bag.
(car door slamming)
- What'd you get me a plant for?
- [Kelly] What?
Look after it, yeah? (laughing)
- [Eddie] See you later.
(car door slamming) (siren wailing)
(baby crying) (people chattering)
- [Receptionist] Please take a seat.
- Thank you.
(children shouting)
(children laughing)
- Sadie Hay?
- [Sadie] Yeah, that's me.
- [Man] Would you like to come through?
- I don't want to be here.
I don't want to, I wanna go. - I know.
But you need to be here.
(door buzzing)
(vending machine clanging)
- Get off me! - Listen,
just come and sit down.
What's the matter with you? Sit down!
- Why are you watching me for?
- He's not even watching you! - Why are you watching me?
- Eddie?
Paula Radnor.
Sorry for the discontinuity.
- Eh?
- [Paula] That I haven't met you before.
Do you wanna come through?
(children shouting)
- [Child] It's not me, it's you!
- [Man] Eh!
(door buzzing)
- Sit down, please.
- [Man] Do you know how long I've been waiting?
- Sit down! - Shut up.
- [Man] I've been waiting a long time!
(door thudding)
- What made you come back to this area, Eddie?
You might get a hard time, you know.
- It's all I know.
And my sister's still here.
Only family I've got, you know?
- The address of the hostel that you'll be staying at.
Approved premises with a curfew,
regular inspection of your room,
and supervision under a deputy manager.
Now, let me just explain the rest
of your license conditions.
Compulsory weekly reported appointments to me
that you can never be late for or miss.
No travel outside the UK.
If you enter into a relationship with anyone,
you must report it to me, knowing that I will inform
any partner of your previous conviction.
And you're gonna have to comply to an exclusion zone.
You can't go within a mile of the Whiteleys.
You can't even enter this area without my prior approval.
Now, you breach any of these conditions
and I will institute your immediate recall back to prison.
- Freedom, eh? (chuckling)
But I'm out,
and I'll do anything I have to do to stay out.
So whatever you tell me I can't do, I won't do.
Anything you tell me I have to do, I'm there.
- You're making all the right noises, anyway.
- Right, well, the hostel's waiting for you, Eddie.
(door buzzing)
You know, I'm gonna call them and tell them he's on his way.
- Mm, Miss Efficiency.
- I just don't wanna leave anything to chance, that's all.
(soft somber music)
(leaves rustling)
(people chattering) (gentle merry-go-round music)
- All right?
(people chattering) (ball thudding)
(car horn honking)
- [Seller] Come on, 60 pound mussels!
A bushel of mussels, 60 a pack!
60 a pack, these mussels!
(Eddie chuckling)
Come on, 60 a pack mussels!
Come get your mussels, 60 a pack!
60 a pack mussels!
(car horn honking)
(camera clicking) (tense music)
- No, what are you doing?
(camera clicking)
No, can you, can you stop it, please?
Just- (camera clicking)
Just leave me alone, please!
Just leave me alone!
All right, that's it.
If you're trying to make me lose it, I won't, right?
I won't!
(traffic humming)
(car horn honking)
(steam hissing)
(bell ringing)
- Kathy wasn't too sure.
- Gotta get on with your life, haven't you?
I expect he's gotta get on with his.
- In consenting to him coming back to the area, you do,
you do realize there's a chance you might encounter him?
There are exclusion zones we can put in place,
so there's certain areas he can't enter.
Your area.
- Fine.
I doubt whether we'd recognize him anyway.
10 years is a long time (chuckling).
(machine beeping)
- Thank you.
See you.
(footsteps thudding)
(bell ringing)
(door buzzing)
(button beeping) (door buzzing)
(door clicking)
- All right?
(people chattering) (thumping rhythmic music)
(door thudding)
Will I, uh, be sharing with anyone?
- Nope.
Splendid isolation.
But communal TV room
and communal dining, so you learn how to mix in.
House rules.
Curfew, back in by nine.
You'll be subject to searches of your room
and your person, and a DNA swab taken.
- Well, I know I wasn't expecting ticker tape exactly, but-
- But what?
You'll get help, from me, Job Center, GP.
I'll get one of the residents to accompany you
to the Job Center tomorrow, show you the ropes.
- Cheers, yeah, since I've been a layabout.
Uh, there was a, um, a guy chasing me.
A photographer.
- Right.
If Paula Radnor's your PO, she'll be able to advise you.
She's had a lot of experience dealing with the press.
(men laughing)
(keys clicking)
(gentle somber music)
(door rattling)
(curtain whooshing)
(birds chirping) (children chattering)
(bed squeaking)
(paper tearing)
(traffic humming)
- I thought they might've let you in more gently.
- Well, I didn't want gently!
I wanted to go back to public protection.
- So you've got a murderer on your first day?
- A medium-risk offender.
Went to prison as a teenager,
10 years later is neither man nor boy.
- [Will] How did you feel?
- Like I was completely in control.
- Drink to that, shall we?
- Not me.
- You're abstaining?
- Well, not from everything.
(Will chuckling) (Paula moaning)
(people chattering) (door buzzing)
- Any jewelry?
- Just a ring.
- Show me.
- [Man] Come to the other side here.
Come on, it's okay.
And you better let me know if-
- Oh, I need to record everything you're wearing.
- Why?
- So that when you come back, I can see
it's the same stuff you went out in,
so I won't start thinking anything untoward has happened.
- I see.
It won't, though.
- Hopefully, son, eh?
- Definitely.
- [Man] I didn't, I didn't do nothing!
- All right.
(gentle somber music)
(button beeping) (door buzzing)
(door slamming)
(door buzzing)
(door thudding)
(Eddie slurping)
(glass thudding)
(Eddie sighing)
(door clicking)
(footsteps tapping)
(door slamming)
- Are you that ugly muppet from the paper?
(both laughing)
- Long time boys, long time!
Glen. - All right?
- Yeah, got them in already.
- Oh, nice!
- 10 years since I've had a drink, you know?
I am so thirsty, man, I tell you.
How drunk do I wanna get before this curfew?
Cheers. - Cheers.
(balls clanking)
- Boo-yah!
10 years and you think to yourself, what's changed, right?
And you look 'round and you go,
"What sort of mobile phone is that?"
And it's like, "Oh, that's an iPhone."
And I'm like, "What?"
(Darren laughing)
- Your turn.
- [Eddie] (chuckling) Oh, what?
- [Glen] I do work in a mobile phone shop.
- Yeah, he's the manager.
- Yeah, Kelly said you're married as well.
- Yeah, two kids.
Here, look.
- Nice.
- It's great, as it goes.
- I'll bet.
(people chattering) (gentle upbeat music)
- Eddie, wouldn't you, wouldn't you have been better off
going where no one knows you?
- Well, I hoped I might be better off going
where people did know me, like you.
- Ain't seen you in 10 years, mate.
- Well, whose fault's that?
- It ain't just mobile phones that have moved on.
(balls clacking)
- Uh, so, what, you staying with Kelly now?
- Uh, no, I'm not allowed to.
I'm in this hostel, but temporary, you know?
I'll get my probation officer to sort out a flat
and then I'll be well set up.
- What are you gonna do?
- Stay outta trouble.
- And that's it? - I hope not.
- Sorry, I've gotta pick up my kids from gymnastics.
- Hey, Glen, you, uh,
you couldn't get me an in at your shop, could you?
- Take you on?
- Ain't up to you?
- Exactly.
See you later. - Yeah, in 10 years' time.
- Don't resent me!
I didn't ruin our friendship, you did!
(tense somber music)
You ruined everything.
(door slamming)
- I'll have to get out of here.
Bloke over there keeps staring at me.
If he starts, I'll have put myself in a situation,
I'll be recalled to prison.
- He recognizes you.
Probably thinks life should mean life, eh?
- I'm out, I'm not free.
- Yeah.
- You stopped coming.
First few months, then that was that.
- Yeah, uh, Lauren got pregnant, moved in.
It's a nightmare, bruv.
- You was my best mate and you turned your back on me.
- Yeah, every time I came to see you,
it was getting harder and harder.
I mean, we were running outta things to say, man.
And she-
- [Eddie] What?
- Georgia was such a lovely girl.
- Yeah, and I killed her.
(muffled energetic rock music)
Anyway, I'm back, you know?
And we're in the pub together.
Start again, yeah?
- Yeah.
- [Paula] So tell me about last night.
- I caught up with the fellas.
Had a laugh, as it goes, a lotta banter.
"Enjoy Australia?"
Darren said, "You've been down under?"
"Only in the showers."
"I hope you got a SIM card out of it!"
(Eddie laughing)
Ah, it was like that all night.
Well, 'til the curfew kicked in.
- And you turned into a pumpkin?
- Eh?
- You're lying, why's that?
- Well, it didn't turn out like I thought.
- What about your sister?
- Oh, she's okay, the nieces don't wanna see me, though.
- Well, you might have to be patient.
- Ah, it's the only family I've got.
- You still might have to be patient-
- I've been patient for 10 years!
- [Paula] What did you mean by that?
- Nothing, it's all right.
What are you writing?
- [Paula] A note.
- What, is this a risk assessment?
- Yes, it is.
- Look, just because I shouted, I...
Look, I completed all the courses in prison.
Victim empathy, enhanced thinking.
- So? - So I'm no harm to anyone
is what I'm saying!
- I'll be the judge of that.
(door buzzing)
(door thudding)
(paper tearing)
- Thanks.
I didn't think I would ever need to go back on them again.
- There's no shame.
- 10 years ago, I wanted to kill myself.
That's shameful, isn't it?
- Burying your own child.
How could anyone cope with that?
- You know Eddie Mottram's out now, don't you?
- [Ben] I just read it in the papers, that's all.
(baby crying)
(Ben sighing)
(door buzzing)
- Where are you going today?
- Wander 'round the shopping center.
- Wander?
There's no actual purpose to it, then?
- Well, I just wanna have a look round.
(pen tapping)
- You got a supervision appointment at two,
then what will you do?
- I'll come back here.
- Look, (Eddie sighing)
they used to call this a halfway house.
Halfway to proper living, Eddie.
That makes it better than prison.
(straw squeaking)
- What were you doing in the shopping center?
- Colin rang you.
- [Paula] What were you doing?
- I felt sorry for myself.
- Resentful? - No.
- Resentful of everybody else
because you haven't got what they've got?
(Eddie scoffing)
- Why do you- - Think the worst?
It's safer.
- Look, I'm not Philip Pointer.
Don't treat me like I'm gonna be, okay?
- What did you just say?
And what has that got to do with you anyway?
- There was talk in the hostel.
So I looked it up on the computer in the public library.
- You looked me up?
- [Eddie] I know what happened!
- It doesn't matter what happened.
Not to me and not to my supervision of you,
and if I think for one minute
that you're trying to manipulate me-
- Look, all I'm asking is you stop thinking
that I'm gonna turn out like him!
(gentle somber music)
- Right, get in touch with this garden center,
they've employed offenders before.
(pen scratching)
(birds chirping) (leaves rustling)
(insect buzzing)
(wind chimes tinkling)
(wind chimes clattering)
- Money's crap.
- I'm not fussy.
(siren wailing)
- [Seller] Mussels, 60 for mussels!
Come and get them!
(chair scraping)
- Hey.
Well, go on, he won't bite (chuckling).
- All right.
- Bloody hell, look at you two!
You're so big now.
I, I don't mean, like, big, I mean grown up.
Are you sure you're only 10 and 13? (chuckling)
- Ah, they all look like this now (chuckling).
- Yeah.
I used to put you in the little paddling pool
out in your mom's garden, do you remember?
- No, not really.
- If it ain't on YouTube, it never happened (chuckling).
- Do you like milkshakes?
'Cause I've got you a-
- Oh look! - I've got a strawberry
and a banana (chuckling).
Is that all right?
(playful ice cream truck music)
Cheers.
(Eddie and Kelly chuckling)
(glasses clinking)
Drink up or they'll go cold.
(Eddie and Kelly chuckling)
- Where were you before you came here then?
- [Eddie] Different parts of the country.
- Bit of a gypsy, were you?
- [Eddie] Settled now.
- Who with?
- Oh, no one.
I'm just back, that's all.
- What do you do for fun?
- [Eddie] Work here and then go home.
- [Jade] Boring!
- Well I'm like a perennial, me.
Waiting for the spring to come.
- Better start sooner than that.
(insect buzzing) (wind chimes tinkling)
Thursdays is a really good club night, if you fancy it.
- [Eddie] I can't.
- Why not?
- [Eddie] Well, I turn into a pumpkin if I'm not home by 11.
- A pub then.
- All right, but just early evening.
- Oh, piss off!
(Eddie chuckling)
- [Eddie] What?
- I was only trying to be sociable.
- [Eddie] I'm Sorry.
- What's wrong with you?
- I'm shy.
I'm just shy.
- It's cute.
(insect buzzing)
- Did you put a word in for me?
- It doesn't mean a thing, he liked your interview.
- Yeah, well, I'm getting used to being grilled, aren't I?
(people chattering)
What are you looking at?
- I'm trying to see if you're boyfriend material.
- (scoffing) One thing at a time, eh?
- What thing?
(both moaning) (divider rattling)
- I'm gonna (grunting).
(both moaning)
(both panting)
(both chuckling)
Oh fuck.
Ah fuck.
(Jade chuckling)
Oh, fuck, here.
(Eddie panting)
(Eddie chuckling)
- Here. - Right.
- What do you mean, right?
- [Eddie] Well, I gotta go.
- What's wrong?
- Nothing, I've just gotta go.
(Eddie panting)
- Thank you.
- Look, I'm sorry.
- There's spontaneous
and there's making a girl feel really cheap.
- Look, I said I'm sorry, all right?
But I, I do really have to go, you know?
- No, it must be an emergency,
'cause you didn't even wipe yourself.
- Can we get together properly another time?
- All right, invite me 'round to yours, then.
- No.
No, I can't.
- You are with someone, aren't you?
- No, I'm on my own!
- Not surprising.
(Eddie sighing)
- I'll see you tomorrow.
(slow somber music)
(crowd laughing)
(door slamming)
(dog barking)
(muffled chattering) (muffled EDM music)
(muffled shouting) (car alarm wailing)
(bed springs creaking)
(muffled light rock music)
What do you reckon?
- Ooh!
- That's nice. (Kelly laughing)
- I feel just like Gok Wan.
- Am I your guinea pig, then?
- Yeah, well, at least you look
like you're in the right decade now.
- Man you're too rude, you know!
- (laughing) Sorry, uncle!
- What, walk out of here in a pair of chinos, shall I?
(nieces laughing) (Eddie chuckling)
(Eddie blowing raspberry)
(nieces laughing)
Man, I've gotta join a gym, I tell ya.
- You could go jogging.
- Jogging? - Yeah.
- I don't jog, I run!
- Yeah, like a girl! (Eddie chuckling)
- Like a fat girl!
- [Kelly] Oi!
(all laughing)
- Well, stop feeding me cookies, then, you!
- What? I don't do that!
- [Kelly] Here, here.
(grim somber music)
- What's he doing?
Where's he gone?
- Mum? - Come on.
- Mum? - Come on!
- Mum!
- Look, they've made a complaint that they found
their daughter's killer out and about
in the company of two teenage girls.
- His nieces!
He was rebuilding ties with his family.
It wasn't even in the exclusion zone,
he was out shopping, not near their home.
- But he ran away apparently,
and that's where the risk factor is here,
the way he's reacted to the encounter.
- Hang on, have I made a mistake here, this complaint?
- No, no.
- Well then why am I being made to feel like it?
- Look, Paula.
Anything to do with the victim's family,
we have to be very careful.
We have to be careful about everything!
- Right, well, I'd better go and find Eddie Mottram, then.
- [Marion] Well, hang on, you'll miss some
of your supervision appointments, won't you?
- Oh, I'm damned if I do, I'm damned if I don't.
(office workers chattering)
(car alarm wailing)
(door thudding)
- [Kelly] Thanks for nothing.
- Look, I panicked, I'm sorry.
- And I'm left trying to explain to the girls
why you ran away.
They're asking me what the fuck went on,
and all I've got is more lies for them.
Now, you wanted to see them,
and then you do that to them, to me?
- Look, just tell them they were Georgia's parents.
- Is that all I should tell them?
- Of course that's all!
- The price of freedom's gonna be
you keeping your mouth shut!
- I got a 10-year tariff and I've got my life back.
- Yeah, and people hating you,
and you running away from them, is that the life you want?
Is that what it's all been for?
- It's all I've got.
(tense somber music)
- Yeah.
(bus squeaking)
- [Paula] He didn't show up at all?
- No.
- (sighing) Thanks.
- Okay.
- Colin, is Eddie Mottram in his room?
No, he's not?
No, he's not at work, because I've just got here
and he's called in sick.
Oh, God.
(birds chirping)
(wind chimes tinkling)
(pigeon cooing)
(wind chimes tinkling)
(distant dog barking)
(bird chirping)
- You've got a fucking nerve coming here!
I followed you and you come here?
- I'm sorry, I'll go.
- Yeah, run away again.
It made me feel sick seeing you enjoy yourself like that.
- I, I didn't expect to find this.
- What, you think I wouldn't mark it?
- [Eddie] Kept it up.
- Of course I've kept it up.
I'm her father.
I loved her.
(wind chimes tinkling) (birds chirping)
Why are you here?
- 'Cause this is where...
To pay my respects.
- Respects?
For months after, we used to wait for Georgia to come home,
listen for her key in the door,
wonder why she was late and then remember.
- Please don't.
- [Ken] Is that what she said to you?
- What do you wanna do, Mr. Whiteley, kill me?
See, I'm still calling you Mr. Whiteley like I'm 19 again!
- Yeah, time stands still.
- Please, let me-
- Let you what?
- Get on with my life.
- Why did she have to go with you?
I told her what you'd be like.
No good.
No good, no good!
(blows thudding) (both grunting)
(Ken sobbing) (soft somber music)
- Mr. Whiteley-
- [Ken] Just leave me!
Just go!
(Ken sobbing)
- [Paula] You lied to the hostel
that you were going to work, you lied to the garden center.
- I'm sorry.
- I'm not interested in sorries,
I wanna know where it is you were!
- Do you always need to know where I am?
- [Paula] How am I supposed to protect
the public if I don't?
- I had to go somewhere.
- Somewhere?
Eddie, this really isn't looking good for you.
You were caught in a lie!
You could lose your job, you could lose your freedom even.
You tell me exactly where you were!
(Eddie sniffling)
- I went to the place where they found Georgia's body.
There was floral tributes there.
- I've gotta record this.
- Okay, I wanted to go to the place
it all started and ended to try and remember, you know?
I, I, I wanted to replay it.
- [Paula] And did you do that?
- I couldn't. - Why not?
- (sniffling) Mr. Whiteley had followed me.
Look, all of a sudden, he was behind me.
- Was there a confrontation?
- No, look, it, it was fine.
- [Paula] Eddie!
- Look, he got upset, he tried to hit me.
- Did you get violent?
- Now look, I'm no risk to him, to others,
It's the other way 'round!
- Tell me how it ended.
- [Eddie] With him crying.
- Oh!
- No, Paula, look, what's wrong?
I, look, I didn't do anything!
- You put yourself in a situation.
- Don't recall me to prison!
- [Paula] You put yourself in a situation
that could have provoked violence and increased your risk!
- No, Paula, please!
- If Mr. Whiteley goes to the police and says
that you were there and you had a row, a bloody showdown,
I ain't got any choice.
- Well, we'd know by now, though, wouldn't we?
Look, it wasn't like trespass or anything,
it wasn't her grave, it was at the side of the road!
- So what am I suppose to say,
that you went there to pay your respects?
And you wanna file a complaint against
Georgia's father for harassment?
- [Eddie] Well, well, maybe you don't have
to say anything at all, Paula!
- I have to do my job properly!
- Yeah, and I'm trying to do things properly!
Paula.
You got a second chance, didn't you?
Give me one.
Please trust me.
(tense somber music)
- Okay.
- Thank you.
(door buzzing)
(door thudding)
- (chuckling) Your handwriting's terrible!
- Sod off, you!
- It's weird, you writing out a prescription for me.
- [Ben] Well, I am qualified, you know?
- You're the one that got away.
- Look, Eddie, these will take the edge off things,
all right?
The anxiety-
- You, you won't have to tell my probation officer
you're prescribing these, will you?
Only it, it won't look too good for me.
- No, don't worry about that.
It's just between you and me.
- You know, I thought doing the sentence
was gonna be the hardest bit.
- [Ben] What's hardest, then?
- What people think of me.
(people chattering) (traffic humming)
- Well have a great weekend,
and I'll see you first thing Monday.
- I'll see you then. - All right, bye-bye.
Can I help you?
- Oh, don't pretend not to recognize me.
- I'm not pretending, I haven't got a clue who you are.
- [Eddie] You don't know who I am?
I'm Eddie Mottram, murder trial!
- Well, that was a long time ago.
- Yeah, I remember it though.
You never came to see me after.
- [Trevor] Well, why would I?
- Did you ever think about me, Trevor?
- Look, if I make a complaint of harassment,
you'll go back to prison.
(suspenseful music)
- Next,
Eddie Mottram.
- Who went AWOL.
- Yeah.
- Where?
- Nowhere, it wasn't significant at all.
- Right.
Well, I mean, I think you're managing him
and the rest really well.
(phone ringing)
Well done.
(phone ringing)
Yeah? Dennis?
Yeah, um, look, the master figures
the area DM has asked for, I've got them.
Yeah, I'll send them down.
- I should never have gone back.
You were right, you were absolutely right!
- What are you talking about?
- [Paula] Straight away I've fucked up.
- Look, put your wine down and tell me what happened.
- I've lied to Marion about something, about Eddie Mottram.
Look, he did something wrong and he asked me,
he begged me to give him a second chance, and I did.
- Well, how's that fucking up?
- God, 10 years ago, this job was about
helping people get a life back, now it's about controlling
and punishing and helping keep the crime rate down.
I'm supposed to keep him down,
but if he does something to someone
and it turns out I used my discretion,
then it means I didn't learn from last time, doesn't it?
- Do you trust him?
- I must do.
- [Will] Then trust yourself.
(water splashing)
- What?
- I'm sorry, about the way I was.
- Quick, you mean?
- Well, it had been a long time.
- Had it? Why?
- Look, apart from anything else, can we just, like, get on?
- Well, not if you behave like that again.
- I can do good behavior.
- Can you?
You better.
(water pattering)
- Oi! (laughing) (Jade chuckling)
(insect buzzing)
(wind chimes tinkling)
(footsteps thudding)
- Happy birthday, all right? - Cheers, Mr. Styles.
What's wrong?
- This is called a constructive intervention.
- Is it? What does that mean?
- It means I know it's your birthday, your file says so.
Have you got plans?
- No, my sister's got parents' evening.
Sent me a card, though, look.
- Well, you can't spend your birthday on your own, can you?
You might increase your risk factor.
Who's she?
- Oh, she's just a work mate, excuse me.
I'll call you later!
- Who's she?
- Estate agent, she's, uh,
she's gonna show me a property to rent.
Keep your phone on.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
(glasses clinking) (footsteps thudding)
(Eddie scoffing)
Aren't you gonna sing?
- That is definitely not in my job description.
- Well, seeing me like this isn't
in your job description either, is it?
- I do home visits.
- Well, then why didn't you just come to the hostel?
- I spend more time writing reports about clients
than I do spending time with them.
- Worried about my welfare?
- I've already lied for you, haven't I?
Anyway, I'm worried about my welfare as well.
If you mess up, how does that make me look?
- I bet you're being watched just as much as me, eh?
- [Paula] And I don't even get cake.
(Eddie chuckling)
- Do you want a bit?
- I'll have a bite.
Make a wish.
(Eddie blowing)
(gentle music)
(siren wailing)
(door buzzing)
- Oh for...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what's going on?
- We got a whisper about drug use.
- (chuckling) Oh.
Well, so, what, every time some shit-arse in here
says something about me, you're gonna turn my room over?
- All part of the conditions in your license, mate.
- All part of being a piece of shit?
- You were notified this was what your life would be like.
Until you hear differently, this is how
someone like you is supposed to live it.
- Oh, what, someone like me?
What?
Once a murderer, always a murderer?
- Well, there's no undoing it, so I suppose so, yeah.
Eddie, come back here.
Eddie!
(door buzzing)
(door slamming)
(grim suspenseful music)
(doorbell ringing)
- Christ, Will, I'm not deaf!
All right, all right, where's your bloody key?
(knocking) (doorbell ringing)
Will?
(knocking)
- Paula, it's me, Eddie Mottram!
(mail flap clicking)
I didn't do it, Paula!
I didn't kill Georgia!
Please, please open the door!
(tense somber music)
Please just open the door, please!
(door clicking)
- You're in enough trouble already,
don't come here with some story-
- It's not a story!
Look, I'm telling you, it wasn't me!
- I can't, you can't, what the fuck is this?
- You said that you lied for me,
that's why I can tell you the truth now!
That's why I've come to you!
I need you to believe it!
- [Paula] Why would you lie after 10 years?
Are you lying now?
Are you, are you lying now?
- I only pleaded to get a reduced sentence,
and then I had to keep it up.
And now I can't!
I can't anymore, I...
- What, now you're some innocent man all of a sudden?
(phone thudding) - What are you doing?
- I'm recalling you back to prison!
- No, I can't go back and do
another 15 years, Paula, I can't!
(dial tone droning)
Please!
(dial tone beeping)
Please.
(gentle somber music)
(static crackling)