This programme contains strong language, scenes of violence and references to suicide
ENGINE ROARS, SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE
CAR DOOR LOCKS
GUN FIRES
An officer met a girl who claimed her friend was killed.
Louisa. Go and see her.
DOOR BUZZES, OPENS
This came for you.
Ah. It's for Max's birthday.
If he sees the Amazon Prime van, he gets too excited.
Wants to open it straight away.
DC McAdams?
Yeah.
Good to see you.
Wish I could say the same.
I'm here to assess you one last time, sign you off for good.
Let me check with my sarge.
Oh, there's no need for that. Richard sent me.
Superintendent Groves. Shall we?
What the hell are you playing at?
I'll explain somewhere private.
You have no right to assess me for anything after what you did.
This isn't an official visit.
Didn't I make it clear that I never wanted to see you again?
I can understand why you're angry with me.
If you did, you wouldn't have come.
I called the station. They said you'd be here. This couldn't wait.
Why not? What's happened?
THUD
Is it Max? Oh, God, no. No, I... I promise.
OK. We can talk in here.
I'm usually the only woman in the building apart from the cleaner.
Seeing as it's not official.
Oh! Uh...
Do you know what I have thought
about doing to you, Dr Newman?
Take it easy, Louisa. You don't...
I know you don't want to hurt me.
Oh, don't I? No. You never want to hurt anyone except yourself,
and that's gone now. You're doing really well.
I am. I was. This is the last thing I need.
Please let go of me.
You're not worth it.
Now tell me why you lied your way in here. And get the hell out.
I need to know about a girl you met
who said she'd witnessed her friend's murder.
She was lying. Off her head. It's not a job.
I need to find her urgently.
She ran away.
I couldn't find her. So, I don't see how you can.
The killer matches
the description of this man I met this morning.
He said his name was Jon.
And then he told me he's gonna kill again tonight.
Seems like she wasn't lying
and now there's another girl in danger.
I need to stop this Jon.
The girl you met is my only lead.
That and something he said. "White flesh, black bird."
Richard told me you could help me.
Somehow I doubt that.
Why's that?
He's like you. Out for himself.
I'm only here for this girl's sake.
Excuse me if I find it hard to believe a word you say.
I know what you mean about Richard.
There's something about this that's making him nervous.
Some link to corruption.
I don't want anything to do with this.
No. Because you're a good officer.
You didn't tell Social Services that.
You told them I was a liability, an unfit mother,
a danger to myself and my son.
That's not what I said. I had a duty of care.
And now you're here bullshitting me because you want something.
I believe you're a good officer, Louisa,
even if you don't always. That's why I came here.
That's why I know you'll help me.
Can't help you, sorry. Hey. How about saying sorry?
Did that ever occur to you?
OK.
I'm really sorry.
You will say anything to get your own way.
Now, please, fuck off.
SHOWER RUNS
My daughter killed herself three weeks ago.
It's made me question some of the decisions I've made.
Things I've done that I thought were for the best,
but could have been a factor in Christina's death.
I'll be going over it for the rest of my life.
But I can tell you now,
I do not regret raising concern when you said you had
suicidal thoughts.
Going out at night while Max was sleeping?
Going to a bridge. The next time,
you could've gone further if I'd done nothing.
The way it was handled was bad. Social Services,
school, they screwed up.
I apologise for all the hurt
and distress that caused you
and for how it destroyed your trust in me.
But I am not sorry that I spoke up.
I will do anything to stop you from hurting yourself
and leaving Max without a mother.
I'm glad I could do that.
I wish I could have done the same for Christina.
This girl is somebody's daughter.
I have to do something.
SHE SOBS
PHONE RINGS Put that down.
Oh. I'm sorry, I wasn't snooping. It's just... It's...
Richard's calling. I don't know if you want to...
He could have some information about the witness or whatever's going on.
Put it down.
I'm gonna go out there and if you
want to help me find this girl then
I will be forever grateful. But if you don't, I...
I'll fuck off and find another way. It's up to you.
DOOR CLOSES
Come on.
Is it safe to talk here?
I'll look after you.
What did Richard say?
Not to tell you anything.
Oh, so there's more to tell.
He wants you to stay out of it, leave this to him.
Will you still help me even though he's warned you off?
Must need my head looking at. Shame my shrink let me down.
Mine in a box, please, Clive?
Not a problem.
Thank you.
As long as you tell me who your friend is. For security purposes.
This is Dr Newman. She's here to check up on me,
making sure I'm still safe to be using these.
Never safe in the first place. Women and guns.
You know, she might be able to help you
with your deep sense of inadequacy.
BUZZER
I was on my way home from a night shift.
This girl ran in to me, upset.
She didn't know I was police at first,
so it all came pouring out, her story,
that she had seen a man killing her friend.
I thought she was on something. I took her to a cafe,
calmed her down, was about to start taking notes.
But that's when she twigged I was police.
She went to the toilet, legged it. Never came back.
You should never have let her out of your sight.
We'd just ordered breakfast. She gave no hint.
She's a good actress. They have to be, girls like that.
Like what?
A sex worker.
That's what she said she was. Her and this girl who died?
She didn't have to say.
After a while on the night shift, you can tell.
Did she tell you her name or her friend's?
No, she didn't say.
What did this man look like?
Forties, slim, dark hair.
Yeah, that could be Jon. Did she say he smelt of cigarettes?
She didn't get that close. So vague. Nothing to go on really.
And that's why you felt like she was lying? Well, yeah,
that and her running off as soon as I tried to get more specifics.
Well, that's interesting because you look like you
want to run away when I'm asking for more specifics.
Are you telling me the whole truth?
Yeah, course. Why wouldn't I?
I don't know. It's just funny. You were off duty.
You really thought she was lying, but you still tried to find her.
I thought I better had just in case, but I got nowhere.
Even though there are other girls that have gone missing.
There's no inquiries, there's no evidence.
Just this girl's say-so with no corroboration.
The police didn't have time to investigate a murder?
We didn't know there was a murder.
Were you ordered to drop it?
SHE SCOFFS
There wasn't an investigation to drop.
I wanted to find the witness to make sure that she was OK.
I would have needed more resources and we were overstretched.
So, nothing got done about it?
That's all I know. There you go.
GUN FIRES
What the fuck?
Why did you tell me all that?
Because you asked.
You didn't want to trust me before.
Yeah, and then you tugged on my heartstrings.
You know how to get what you want. What did Richard say, exactly?
To tell you nothing.
Yeah, and that's just what you've done.
I really thought you'd do the right thing
but you did just as you were told. You talked a lot,
but it was all dead ends. Nothing I could use. Why?
I tried to get rid of you. You wouldn't take no for an answer.
That was before his call.
What are you doing now? Playing for time?
Are you winding me up? Is this more of your head games?
This isn't my game.
Whoever's in charge is playing us both.
Did Richard tell you to keep me here?
I don't need this shit. I... Oh...
Just tell me what he said!
He said...
..that we shouldn't be involved.
But not to worry.
To keep you here.
Someone will come and deal with it.
Deal with it? Deal with it, how?
I don't care. I don't care. Why should I? I think...
..someone may be coming to kill me.
I may be wrong, but I have this feeling the person may be coming
to get rid of me permanently.
That's never gonna happen.
But why did Clive come in here and check up on us?
And the officer in the corridor before had a gun.
You can't take guns out there. You must have been mistaken.
Did Richard say who was coming
and how they were going to deal with me?
He told me that you had been through a lot,
that you were not yourself, you were strung out.
Said it was best to humour you. Patronising bastard.
I don't like him,
but I don't think he's about to order a hit on you.
Well, it won't be him. It'll be whoever's pulling the strings,
whoever hires...
Jon. He could be coming here.
I really don't think so.
Richard didn't want me to come here.
He must have known this would happen if I kept on with this.
He knew it would be out of his hands.
Look, no-one's coming to kill you.
Richard's worried about you and someone's coming to help,
probably a friend or colleague of yours.
And here is the safest place that you could be,
with me, on my best behaviour.
I don't know.
If they wanted to kill someone and get away with it,
someone who shouldn't be here, who lied to get in,
who got in the way of a stray bullet.
You're in more danger crossing the road.
There is every safety measure you could dream of in here.
Oh, come on. "Women with guns" and a history of violence.
What's that supposed to mean?
You killed someone on duty.
I was cleared of any wrongdoing. I have done the work.
You of all people know that.
I know that. But I'm just saying.
It'd be so easy to make it look like you're unstable.
You're on record as being suicidal.
Yeah, thanks to you. But that's all in the past now.
That's on record, too.
You're still angry with me. That's well known. Anyone can see.
So? It's not gonna show me killing you
because I'm not going to
and I won't let anyone else either. So, we're all good.
Well, I hope so. But all I'm saying is there are no cameras in
the changing room
and no other women to witness if something were
to happen to us in there.
You think that's why Richard called me?
And that I'm just going along with it?
No, I think you are both trying to stay out of whatever is going on.
But it is possible they could kill me, frame you, and get away with it.
No way.
I'm not going down for you.
What if they kill you, too? No, really.
Nothing could be easier. You've already killed someone
and you've been flagged as a suicide risk.
You kill me, then yourself.
Loose cannon, loose ends, all tied up.
Except it's never gonna happen.
Why not? You think Clive's got your back?
He'll just say you stole a gun and some live ammo,
and you should never have had access in the first place.
Clive won't risk his own neck.
What risk?
He'll be pensioned off with enough to make it worthwhile.
And he's hardly the whistle-blower type.
He'll feel like a hero, doing his bit for the old boys.
GUN FIRES
BUZZER
All right, if you really believe that,
then why don't you go now, on your own,
and then we can all live happily ever after.
You survive. I can keep on shooting.
Clive can keep on being a cock. What's stopping you?
This girl won't live happily ever after.
I still think you're not telling me everything you know.
Tell me and I'll be gone. You go somewhere safe.
Stay there till this is all over,
and we'll both make it through alive.
Or I'll get hit crossing the road
and you'll be rid of me. At home with Max.
What is it? Is it Max?
Is he in danger? Has someone threatened Max?
He knows where I live.
Who?
Jon.
How?
Oh, when I was pushing for the search to be widened,
I came back from work. Max was with a baby-sitter,
but she was on her phone. He was in the garden.
He told me that a man had been to visit him.
Did he hurt him?
No... No, he was nice. They played football.
Max said he smelled of cigarettes.
But it reminded of him of his dad. He liked it.
He wanted him to come again.
Jon said he would if Mummy kept on looking for the girl.
So, that's why you stopped looking for her.
Did you tell anyone at work?
Oh, God, no. The only way that he would have known that
I was involved or where to find me was through work.
The threat was clear.
Someone wants this left alone and if I do not go along with it,
then...he will come back and...
..he will kill Max.
That's why I don't even want Max answering the door
and why I shouldn't be telling you any of this.
I should've known you'd do anything to protect your boy.
I don't want you dead. I wish I did.
I am trying to do
the right thing but it is impossible.
Not if we stop him.
We ca-... We can't stop him.
We have to. Someone has to.
I am tired. I am tired.
You are strong.
You are an amazing mum.
You need to keep going so you can be there
for all of Max's birthdays.
He needs you.
You're just the same as them.
You are using Max to get what you want.
You're using me.
There's no way back now.
This is the only way to save that girl and Max and you,
and myself. You have to trust me, Louisa.
And I will do everything in my power to find Jon
and stop him from hurting anyone else.
Careful.
I don't know the witness's name,
but I have a photo on my phone.
You could use it to try and find her.
Show it to me. I'll send you the photo.
Look, I don't think you should go in, just in case.
There's something else.
PHONE RINGS
It could be Richard. So tell me quickly.
Um, I think her pimp is called Jaisal.
Some of the officers seem to know him and they didn't want me
digging into it. I feel like he's known to them,
if you know what I mean.
Which officers? They wouldn't tell me.
There is no way they would tell you. But Danny might know something.
Danny won't be able to help. He's a mess right now.
Aren't we all? I'll send you the photo.
Come here.
Do you think the cameras are getting this?
Evidence we're all good.
Yeah... Yeah, we're all good.
Sorry about the school.
I'm sorry about Christina.
Hey. DC McAdams is all good. I'm happy to sign her off.
Oh, could you send a cleaner to check
the women's changing rooms? Thanks. OK.
DOOR BUZZES, OPENS, CLOSES
GUN FIRES
SIREN WAILS
GUN FIRES, ENGINE ROARS
PHONE BEEPS
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