LUCAS WRIGLEY: Do you ever think that some places
are just rotten? Black spots?
MERRY LANE: Please let me go.
LUCAS WRIGLEY (OOV): You know, bad stuff just keeps happening.
JACK BROOKS: I always knew you had a reason
for me coming here.
That's what I love best about working for you.
Is that I get to help people that really need me.
I will set things right.
JACK BROOKS: Your life.
It's all built on the blood of two little girls
named Abigail and Maggie.
SIMON HARPER: If you tell anyone,
the whole fucking village will turn on you.
VAGRANT: Urgh.
VAGRANT: Oh no. Oh no.
VAGRANT: Oh no, oh,
I'm so sorry.
Oh no.
FEMALE (OOV): John, are you okay?
MIKE SUDDUTH: I'd like to speak
to your father. Is he home?
ROSIE HARPER: Dad.
SIMON HARPER: Mike, how are you?
MIKE SUDDUTH: I'm here about the vault.
I'm writing an article about it.
SIMON HARPER: Okay.
MIKE SUDDUTH: Your relatives are buried there.
So, they weren't martyrs. Did you know?
SIMON HARPER: You don't want to do this.
MIKE SUDDUTH (OOV): No?
SIMON HARPER: No. MIKE SUDDUTH: Why is that?
SIMON HARPER: Just don't.
MIKE SUDDUTH: One of your ancestors was responsible
for the death of the two girls burnt at the stake.
Two little girls dying because of the Harpers.
Your family's entire fortune is built on that.
Does it bother you?
SIMON HARPER: Fuck off.
JACK BROOKS: Oh, Clara.
CLARA RUSHTON: Oh, hi Jack. Aaron's not well.
JACK BROOKS: Nothing serious I hope?
I don't think so. CLARA RUSHTON:
He woke up with a sore throat this morning.
Are you nervous? CLARA RUSHTON:
JACK BROOKS: No.
CLARA RUSHTON: Everyone's curious about
who you are. I expect it to be a full house.
JACK BROOKS: I'm looking forward to it.
EMMA HARPER: Is it true?
SIMON HARPER: Yes. Of course it's fucking true.
EMMA HARPER: Why didn't you tell me?
I don't believe anyone really cares
what your ancestors got up to 500 years ago.
It's what you do now that matters.
You've given to that church your whole life.
People know how valuable you are.
SIMON HARPER: They won't be getting another penny.
That church is gonna be destroyed.
EMMA HARPER: Well, I think that would be a mistake.
It would be letting them win.
SIMON HARPER: Mm, what do you know?
You're not even from here.
So, just shut your fucking mouth.
REVEREND BRIAN RUSHTON: Morning Joan.
JOAN HARTMAN: Morning Reverend Rushton.
JACK BROOKS: Welcome.
I'm glad to see so many of you here today.
Um, some of you I've met already and some of you I haven't.
Anyway, I'm Reverend Jack Brooks
and I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all.
My sermon today is about honesty,
not only to God, but to each other.
Before I start, why don't we have a little sing song?
Please stand for hymn number 197.
SIMON HARPER: I'm so sorry to interrupt.
So sorry. Um, forgive me.
There's something that I, I need to say.
Um, I've always been committed to this chapel.
It's been good to me and I've happily given back
what I could when I could.
And yet in—in tomorrow's Gazette there's gonna be a story
printed about my ancestors saying that they weren't martyrs
and that they're buried underneath the, the church.
Um, I'm afraid it's, it's, it's true.
SIMON HARPER: There's been a,
a 500 year old lie.
And yesterday I discovered the truth.
I can't tell you how devastated I—I or the whole family are.
My ancestor, James Harper,
apparently betrayed the two young martyrs,
Abigail and—and Maggie,
and bought the land that I now own with the,
with the payment that he received.
But, you know, that's history.
And it's what happens now that matters.
I, I, I, I can't regret what I, what I, what I didn't know,
but if I could, I would. And I would ask for forgiveness.
And God says that if we re—regret our actions
we will be forgiven.
Isn't that right, Reverend Brooks?
JACK BROOKS: Yes. Yes, it is.
SIMON HARPER: Well, thank you for, um, uh, uh,
allowing me to unburden myself. Thank you.
JACK BROOKS: Thank you, Mr Harper
for sharing that with us all.
It couldn't have been easy. Let us pray.
CLARA RUSHTON: Hello. How lovely to see you.
REVEREND BRIAN RUSHTON: Congratulations
on your first sermon.
JACK BROOKS: Thank you.
REVEREND BRIAN RUSHTON: It's been a bit turbulent,
to say the least, but this is a new start.
We're going to be fine.
We're a close-knit, loving community.
Good morning. Thank you so much for coming.
CLARA RUSHTON: That was so brave of you.
SIMON HARPER: Well, um, thank you.
REVEREND BRIAN RUSHTON: Well done. Well done.
That hurt man, can't have been easy.
SIMON HARPER: Well, it's, uh, unavoidable.
JOAN HARTMAN: Liar.
SIMON HARPER: I mean—
JOAN HARTMAN: You're a liar.
You knew about the vault.
You knew your wealth was built on a lie.
I dare say you knew about Benjamin Grady too.
SIMON HARPER (OOV): What are you talking about Mrs Hartman?
JOAN HARTMAN: Reverend Fletcher found out
your family's secret and you killed him.
SIMON HARPER: I understand that you are upset and,
and I know how much Reverend Fletcher's friendship
meant to you.
JOAN HARTMAN: Murderer.
CLARA RUSHTON: Joan, that's a very grave accusation.
SIMON HARPER: Please, Mrs Hartman, don't,
don't do this to yourself.
JOAN HARTMAN: He thinks he can get away with this
by buying us all off.
JACK BROOKS: Joan, let's just go for a cup of tea.
Yeah? Come on.
JOAN HARTMAN: He killed Reverend Fletcher.
I'm sure I'm right.
JACK BROOKS: You okay, Joan? Yeah?
JOAN HARTMAN: Oh, you must see
there's something rotten here. And it has been very long time.
JACK BROOKS: Come on. Come with me.
PAULINE HARRIS: Rise and shine dear.
[PRAYING]
JUDITH LANE: Pauline.
PAULINE HARRIS: Is Joy here?
JUDITH LANE: No.
PAULINE HARRIS: She's gone. Look.
Did she go with Merry?
JUDITH LANE: Merry's ill. She's in bed.
PAULINE HARRIS: I have to talk—
JUDITH LANE: She's sleeping.
PAULINE HARRIS: Please. Wake her up.
She must know something.
JUDITH LANE: She needs her rest.
I'll ask her later.
PAULINE HARRIS: Is she really here?
JUDITH LANE: You think I'm a liar?
PAULINE HARRIS: Please, phone me when you've talked to her.
JUDITH LANE: I will. And I'll pray for you.
There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance.
PAULINE HARRIS: You have no idea where she might have gone or,
or who with?
BENJAMIN GRADY: Sorry. No.
What about her friend Merry?
PAULINE HARRIS: My first thought that it was her,
but she's home sick
MERRY LANE: Untie me. Please untie me.
JACOB LANE: But mum—
MERRY LANE: I really, really need your help.
Jacob, I need you. Please, please. No.
BENJAMIN GRADY: Joy's a teenage girl, Pauline.
Sometimes they overreact.
AARON MARSH: I need to confess.
AARON MARSH: When I was seven years old,
I woke up to hear my father returning to the house
and it was the middle of the night.
I sneaked downstairs and he was standing in the kitchen.
He had taken off his clothes and there was blood on them.
He was stuffing them into the washing machine.
It was the first time I'd ever seen my father cry.
I never asked him about it. I was devoted to him.
I've been devoted to the church my whole life.
And now—is my father a murderer?
JACK BROOKS: Why would you say that?
AARON MARSH: They found my father's DNA
on both the coffin and on Grady's body.
JACK BROOKS: Aaron, that—that doesn't prove
that he murdered him.
AARON MARSH: They won't prosecute him.
He's too ill. He will evade earthly justice.
JACK BROOKS: Aaron. Aaron.
If indeed your father has sinned,
he would have prayed for forgiveness.
And God forgives those who ask for redemption.
AARON MARSH: The Bible says murderers cannot be forgiven.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves.
And the truth is not in us.
That's why bad things happen to me.
It is about the sins of my father.
And my sins.
I have ignored the words of the Lord.
I loved him. I loved him. Matthew.
JACK BROOKS: Love is never a sin.
God accepts all kinds of love.
AARON MARSH: Then why has he abandoned me?
JACK BROOKS: God hasn't abandoned you.
AARON MARSH: It was the traditional feast
out in the meadow
to commemorate the burning girls.
I was waiting for Matthew, but he didn't come.
I thought work must have kept him.
So, I walked back to the chapel and he was hanging there.
He had wet himself.
I ran up to him and I tried to grab his legs.
I tried to pull him up. But it was too late.
I've got nothing left.
JACK BROOKS: Aaron. Sh-sh-sh.
Aaron. I know how you feel.
There have been times in my life
when I felt as though God has abandoned me.
As if I was being tested.
And then just when I was about to give up,
he showed me the right path.
And, you know, sometimes it can feel
as if God isn't listening and he isn't there.
But he is. God is everywhere. He's all around us.
You see, you just have to be patient.
JACK BROOKS: Keep listening because I promise you,
God has not abandoned you, Aaron.
I promise.
JACK BROOKS: It's okay. God bless you.
FLO BROOKS: Um, I'm gonna go to the youth club
in Henfield tonight.
If we're gonna stay here, might as well make the most of it.
In this shit together, right?
JACK BROOKS: Who are you going with?
FLO BROOKS: Wrigley.
JACK BROOKS: How are you getting there?
FLO BROOKS: Bus.
JACK BROOKS: I'll give you a lift back.
FLO BROOKS: No, we'll get the last bus back.
JACK BROOKS: I'll meet you at the bus stop.
FLO BROOKS: Please, mum. It's fine.
Wrigley's gonna walk me home. No big deal.
JACK BROOKS: I said I'll meet you at the bus stop.
FLO BROOKS: Okay.
VAGRANT: Ah.
Shit.
FLO BROOKS: Yeah.
JACK BROOKS: You look nice.
FLO BROOKS: Oh, thank you.
JACK BROOKS: What am I gonna do here tonight
without you, eh?
FLO BROOKS: Oh, I don't know. Um, have a bath?
JACK BROOKS: What? In the darkroom?
FLO BROOKS: Mm. Well, in that case,
maybe you can just drink some wine and relax.
JACK BROOKS: Yeah. I'll just relax and drink some wine.
FLO BROOKS: I've got to go.
JACK BROOKS: What about your dinner?
FLO BROOKS: Oh, I'll just,
I'll just grab something in Henfield.
JACK BROOKS: Alright.
FLO BROOKS: Thank you, mum.
JACK BROOKS: I love you.
FLO BROOKS: I love you too.
JACK BROOKS: Be good.
FLO BROOKS: Okay. I will. I'll see you later.
JACK BROOKS: Have fun.
FLO BROOKS (OOV): Will do.
NEWS READER [OVER THE RADIO]: The time is 7 PM.
Police are looking for a man in connection
with the murder of a vicar at St Anne's Church in Nottingham.
Reverend Philip Bradley's semi-naked body
was found in the ground of the church
shortly after midnight on Saturday.
The suspect, a white male of medium build,
was last seen boarding a train to London
wearing vicar's attire.
Police are warning the general public
to be extra vigilant.
NEWS READER [OVER THE RADIO]: St Anne's was previously
at the centre of a controversy
when an eight year old girl was found murdered on its altar.
The cases are not thought to be linked.
BROOKS (OOV): Wrigley?
FLO BROOKS: Wow.
What romantic teen shit have you been watching?
LUCAS WRIGLEY: Glad to see you're impressed.
FLO BROOKS: No, I do. I like it.
It's just a bit—
LUCAS WRIGLEY: Too much?
FLO BROOKS: Yeah, just a little bit.
I mean, nobody's ever burned a house down for me before though, so...
Too soon?
LUCAS WRIGLEY (OOV): Cheers.
FLO BROOKS: Cheers.
Urh.
I don't understand why anyone drinks that stuff.
LUCAS WRIGLEY: To get drunk usually. Oh.
FLO BROOKS: Oh shit. It's okay, it's fine.
LUCAS WRIGLEY: No, uh, it's not.
I—I—I wanted this to be perfect.
FLO BROOKS: It is.
FLO BROOKS: What was that? Somebody there.
LUCAS WRIGLEY: A ghost?
FLO BROOKS: No, stop it. I heard something.
LUCAS WRIGLEY: I will go and check.
Just in case.
FLO BROOKS: Wait. Wrigley, I'm gonna come with you.
FLO BROOKS: Wrigley?
FLO BROOKS: (screaming) No, no!
(OOV): Flo, I'm over here!
FLO BROOKS: Wrigley! Please just let us go!
ROSIE HARPER (OOV): Say goodbye to your boyfriend.
FLO BROOKS: Please! What the fuck are you doing?
LUCAS WRIGLEY (OOV): Flo. There are some bones down here.
FLO BROOKS: Wrigley!
TOM HARPER: One down. One to go.
ROSIE HARPER: What the fuck?
TOM HARPER: Shit.
Hello there.
ROSIE HARPER (OOV): Tom?
ROSIE HARPER: Tom, run, run!
VAGRANT: Aargh! Argh!
FLO BROOKS: Please.
VAGRANT: Sh, sh, sh.
FLO BROOKS: Wrigley?
WRIGLEY (OOV): Flo, Flo, get me out.
FLO BROOKS: Wrigley.
LUCAS WRIGLEY (OOV): Flo, over here.
Get me out of here.
FLO BROOKS: Oh my God. Wrigley are you hurt?
What the fuck! What the fuck! Oh!
POLICE OFFICER: Sorry, you can't come through.
JACK BROOKS: No, no, I have—my name's
Reverend Brooks.
I had a phone call from, uh, DS Jackson.
I'm—I'm here for my daughter Flo.
POLICE OFFICER: In that case,
if you just want to go down there.
JACK BROOKS: Thank you. Thank you.
JACK BROOKS: What the fuck, Flo?
FLO BROOKS: Mum! JACK BROOKS: Oh my darling.
FLO BROOKS: I'm so sorry.
JACK BROOKS: It's okay. Sh-sh-sh-sh.
FLO BROOKS: Mum, I'm so sorry.
JACK BROOKS: You're alright, okay.
You're alright. FLO BROOKS: I'm sorry.
JACK BROOKS: You're safe.
And that's the only thing that matters. Okay.
FLO BROOKS: They put bags over our heads.
JACK BROOKS: Who did?
FLO BROOKS: Ro—Rosie Harper and her cousin, they put—
JACK BROOKS: Well, well have you told the police?
FLO BROOKS: Yes, I've told them everything.
But mum, they pushed Wrigley down the well.
JACK BROOKS: What? FLO BROOKS (OOV): Yeah.
JACK BROOKS: Is he okay?
FLO BROOKS: Yes, he's fine. He's bruised.
But I mean, he said he found a body.
JACK BROOKS: What?
FLO BROOKS: I was reaching down to look at him
and then he was said he—
DS JACKSON (OOV): Reverend Brooks?
DS JACKSON: DS Jackson.
JACK BROOKS: Yeah. We, we met before.
DS JACKSON: We did. You can take Flo home now.
JACK BROOKS: Flo said that— that they found a body.
DS JACKSON: Your daughter's boyfriend
found a skull in the well.
POLICE OFFICER [OVER THE RADIO]: DS Jackson, come in.
DS JACKSON: We'll be in touch.
JACK BROOKS: I've got to go and pay my respects, okay.
I need you to stay here and keep warm.
Excuse me. Could you keep an eye on my daughter please?
Just for two more minutes? Thank you.
I'll be right back. Okay?
JACK BROOKS: I just want to pay my respects.
DS JACKSON: You can't be back here.
JACK BROOKS: Okay.
FLO BROOKS (OOV): I know what you think of Wrigley,
but it wasn't his fault.
JACK BROOKS: Well, it's never his fault, is it?
FLO BROOKS: Oh, mum, can you just not be mad at him?
JACK BROOKS: The police officer said he was your boyfriend.
Is he?
FLO BROOKS: I don't know. Think so.
There was this man.
JACK BROOKS: What man?
FLO BROOKS: At the house.
I didn't see him, but he, he scared off Rosie and Tom.
JACK BROOKS: And did you tell the police?
FLO BROOKS: Yeah, they said he was
probably just someone sleeping rough.
There, there was this weird guy hanging around the place
when I was on my way there. It could have been him.
JACK BROOKS: And do you know what he looks like?
FLO BROOKS: Yeah. Like a tramp.
He came like proper close to my face
after Rosie and Tom were gone. I think he sniffed my hair.
JACK BROOKS: I don't want you going back to that place.
It's, it's dangerous. Okay?
FLO BROOKS (OOV): Okay. Yeah. I promise. I'm really sorry.
FLO BROOKS: Do you think those bodies in the well
are those missing girls?
JACK BROOKS: Well, it would make sense, wouldn't it?
FLO BROOKS (OOV): Mm.
FLO BROOKS: It isn't his fault.
SIMON HARPER (OOV): Reverend Brooks,
I know you're in there! Come on!
JACK BROOKS: I'm coming!
SIMON HARPER: You never fucking give up do you?
JACK BROOKS: Okay, come through, come through.
SIMON HARPER: Your daughter accused Rosie of,
of assaulting her.
JACK BROOKS: Well, that's because—
and don't you shout at me.
That is because her and her cousin
tried to kill them last night.
SIMON HARPER: No, Rosie was at home all,
all night. Like I told the police.
JACK BROOKS: Well, there's nothing
you won't lie about is there?
I mean, I know it must be hard for you to see her flaws,
but your daughter is seriously disturbed.
SIMON HARPER: If anyone is seriously disturbed,
it's your daughter's boyfriend.
JACK BROOKS: What, Wrigley?
SIMON HARPER: Yeah.
Do you know that psycho nearly killed a girl
when he tried to burn down his last school?
Stop accusing Rosie. She'll always have an alibi.
JACK BROOKS: You wrote an article
about a year ago
about a fire at a school in Tunbridge Wells.
MIKE SUDDUTH: Yeah. Why
JACK BROOKS: Was it Wrigley?
MIKE SUDDUTH: Hm.
JACK BROOKS: Do you know why you did it?
MIKE SUDDUTH: Because a girl dumped him.
JACK BROOKS: And was that the girl that almost died?
MIKE SUDDUTH: Yes.
JACK BROOKS: Do you think he knew
that she was still in the school?
MIKE SUDDUTH: No. He said he didn't
JACK BROOKS: He's Flo's boyfriend now.
MIKE SUDDUTH: Oh, look, he's not a bad kid, Jack.
JACK BROOKS: Yeah.
But every time they're together something bad happens, you know?
MIKE SUDDUTH: Well, he had a tough childhood.
His dad died when he was nine. His mom couldn't cope.
He ended up moving in with his Aunt, Saffron Winter.
JACK BROOKS: The author?
MIKE SUDDUTH: Yeah.
JACK BROOKS: Well, he said to me
that his mom was away.
Listen, I need to go and see her.
Would—would you stay here with Flo for a while?
MIKE SUDDUTH: Yeah. No problem.
JACK BROOKS: Not a word of this, though.
Thank you.
JACK BROOKS: Hello, Miss Winter.
Hello?
JACK BROOKS: Oh my God. [SCREAMS].