The Stranger (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Episode #1.6 - full transcript

♪ This monster's back in town ♪

♪ Danger knocking at my door ♪

♪ Don't come 'round here no more ♪

♪ I check the locks
Shut the windows down ♪

♪ This monster's back in town ♪

♪ This monster's back in town ♪

I need your help.

Martin Killane has asked
to see you. In fact...

he will only talk to you.

I did a terrible thing a long time ago.

And before what has to happen begins...



I wanted to tell you about it.

Because you're the only person I trust.

Does that make sense?

Thank you.

You've seen photos of my wife, Natasha.

I thought I was the luckiest man alive
when she came along.

She was so gorgeous and...

challenging and demanding.

She turned my world upside down.

I adored her, I completely adored her.

But, uh, she needs...

attention, and...

I'm a cop working all hours.

So she meets other men.



And I can't handle it.

And I say, "That's it, that's it." And...

she says, "No.

They're nothing. You're one, the only one.

It's you and me.

Let's have a baby."

And we do.

And when Chris comes along...

this baby changes everything.

I'm besotted.

I'm in a constant state of amazement.

Raising this child...

that's the meaning of life.

But...

Natasha can't handle it.

She finds it hard.

So I'm important.

And... to have this...

adorable toddler running towards me,

arms out every time I come home...

Then one time, one day,
I come home early and...

Natasha has all these bags packed.

She's standing there.

I've caught her, right?

And she tells me...

that she's leaving me, she's going,

and she's taking Chris with her.

Oh, the things she said to me.

And I'm lost for words, I'm speechless.

And then she grabs Chris...

and starts to go, is actually going,
and I lash out.

And Natasha goes down.

She goes down, and...

I pick up Chris and...

go into the other room
and close the door.

And I...

I really thought I was going back
to reason with her.

But as soon as she spits out at me
that she's taking Chris...

I land a second, a third,

fourth, a fifth blow and...

And...

And it's over.

It was over.

Would you do the like of that...

to save the one you loved?

Like Corinne, say?

Because the terrible thing is...

I never thought I'd be capable
of such a thing.

I... But I know now

that I would do the same again
to keep that child.

And what followed wasn't hard.

I've been on so many murder cases, I...

I know how to hide a body.

Wrap it up,

seal it so it's airtight, open up a wall,

put the body in the wall,

patch it up so it's good as new.

Hmm.

Did nobody...

miss her?

Yeah, well,
she bought train tickets.

She...

had withdrawn cash.

She'd even told people that she was going.

Leaving the child behind, that...

that really shocked people.

What kind of mother does the like of that?

But...

I pulled people over to my side,
so I was never suspected.

I gave up the force and threw myself
into being a full-time dad,

which I loved.

You know what young kids are like.

They can never have enough.

And I gave everything.

I gave everything.

I wanted to.

And the irony is...

that child I raised all on my own
hasn't spoken to me for years.

What about Corinne?

What?

Where is she?

When the body was found, you...

looked at me and you said, "I'm sorry."

For using you.

Yes.

Why else would I say that?

This is about me

and what I did to Natasha.

It's about me and Natasha

and... and...

and Chris.

I thought you'd understand that.

I'll tell you what I understand.

You raised your child

in a house

with the corpse of their mother
buried in the walls.

That's what I understand.

- Adam...
- No.

Adam!

Able to share anything?

Um...

I need to speak to DS Griffin.

Right. Get Killane back to his cell.

Yeah. DS Griffin wants to know
where Katz is.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you so much.

Good to meet you.

Good to meet you. Lovely.

- Well done.
- Thank you.

Those two bishops
are church commissioners.

And...

I think they're gonna endorse the app
in time for the launch.

- Well, that's wonderful.
- Oh, huge.

Ethical investing within everyone's reach.

Imagine, local churches
as collection points

so the poorest parishioner
can share in wealth creation.

It's the parable of the widow's might,

but where the widow receives
as well as gives.

Couldn't be better.

Mr. Katz?

- Hello.
- Oh, Mrs. Powers.

Can I get you a tea or anything?

Uh, no, sweetheart.

No, Patrick isn't staying.
It's just a flying visit. But thank you.

- I'll be right in.
- Oh, right.

See you next time, Mr. Katz.

Good to see you, Mrs. Powers.

And...

is my head of security
also the bearer of good news?

Is...

everything resolved?

I'm working on it.

What do you mean?

Patrick, Ethical Share
isn't only a company, it's my life.

We're launching my life...

Mr. Powers, your company's gonna be paying
for my daughter's medical care,

so I know how much this matters.

Then please tell me you've done your job
and shut these blackmailers down.

I've bought us some time.

What? How?

I got a key fob
from a missing teacher's classroom

and planted it for my colleagues to find,
which they did.

It's been the perfect diversion. But...

you didn't tell me the whole story,
did you?

This details every communication
and liaison

with that girl
whose mother was blackmailed.

Thank you. Ta.

You didn't just see her once or twice.

You saw her 34 times.

Can they identify me through this?

Not if I get to her first, which I will.
But for that, I need two grand.

For what? Nothing traceable.
We can't have any scandal.

No, it's to pay a banking contact

who can track the Heidi Doyle
blackmail money for us.

Then, as soon as I know who to call on,

the problem is over.

Why? What will you do?

I'm a policeman.

They're blackmailers.

They'll simply melt away.

What did Killane say?

It's his wife, Natasha.

Killed way back.

By Killane?

She was gonna leave him.

When I saw the body in the wall,
I thought it was Corinne.

Your wife's car has been found up
by the airport.

We're watching it,
seeing if anyone returns to it, but...

- Come with me. Let's take a look.
- You sure about this?

Yeah.

You take over here.

Come with me.

So back to Olivia's then, yeah?

I think we should.

I mean, her mom's saying
she's in hospital when she's not.

- Chucking out all those medicines.
- And rat poison.

Don't forget the rat poison.

We can just slip it in casually, you know?

Medicines, yeah.

And do you have a rodent problem
at the moment?

Look, I just want you to hear Olivia admit
that she's the one who told me

you posted the Ella photos, so then
you know why I spiked your joint, okay?

Mom, back in an hour or so, okay?

Okay.

Oh, Thomas,
your dad's asked me to feed Ryan,

- so if you wanna come back for dinner?
- Uh...

Yeah, okay, thanks.

Remind me to never get in your car.

You all right?

You know, before Corinne...

faked her pregnancy...

I had taken on a case

with another lawyer, a woman.

And...

we spent a lot of time together...

you know...

got pretty close.

It didn't occur to me at the time, but...

maybe Corinne...

thought that my attention was elsewhere
and that's why she did what she did.

Maybe, maybe not.

Who knows?

Look, we all...

mess up relationships.

We're not trying to hurt the ones we love.

But we do.

It's up there, that's where it's parked.

Yeah, that's...

that's her car.

Did your wife take her passport with her?

I wouldn't have thought so, no.

And did you or she ever park here
when using the airport?

Never.

Maybe she ran out of charge.

We need to look in the boot first.

Oh, um...

I've got a key. Hang on.

Okay.

I'm sorry, you need to stay there.

Wow.

It's the neatest boot I've ever seen.

Eh?

- Oh, it's just lovely.
- All yours.

- She loves it.
- It's so clean.

Anything unusual?

What's that on the back seat?

Yeah, that's Corinne's earring.

Ones that I bought her.

What's it doing there?

Why would it be there?

First things first,
would she be wearing them?

Yes, she never takes them off.
She loves them.

- Adam, look, I'm sorry. I know...
- Please, just find her for me.

Right, Olivia...

I need you to tell Mike
what you told me at the rave.

'Cause he doesn't believe me.

That's a problem for us.

I don't think this is the way
to go about this.

It's the only way.

Olivia...

you were looking for me, right?

You came and found me, yes?

Daisy?

Daisy?

What?

- Those Ella photos posted online...
- Yeah, they're not of Ella.

No, I know. But it was Mike.

At school, by the lockers,
everyone's getting their stuff.

And he's to the side, looking at
these gross close-up porn shots.

Then he slips it in Ella's bag,
walks off.

And now he gets his own phone
out of his pocket.

It was Mike. I saw him.

Why would you say that?

Okay, that's it.

Get in the car.
We didn't come for this.

I did. We're sorting things.

This doesn't sort anything!

Get in the car.

Come on.

Daisy!

Look, nothing bad's gonna happen, okay?

I promise, I give you my word.

But that is what I said
to Daisy that night.

And...

it was such a terrible thing
to say and do because...

I took Ella's phone
and sent those pictures.

It was me.

I did it.

All of it.

But why?

I saw Mike...

talking to Ella.

Well, even so...

I like Mike.

I like him and I thought, "Oh, he's...

gone off with Ella."

Ella... Ella's 14.

But I wanted him to look at me.

He doesn't know what I feel.

Okay, listen...

No, I've hurt so many people.

And it can't be put right, how can it?

The time... My mom will be back.

And if you're here...

- You can't be.
- Okay.

You can't be here.

- Okay, I'm going.
- You have to go.

But we need to talk.

And I didn't come here for this.

I came to see if you were all right.

'Cause I know you were here this morning
when your mom said you were in hospital.

I'm going, okay?

But I mean that.

I just wanna help.

There's something else
I can tell you.

Look, um...

Do you remember, I told you there was
a blond woman with the stranger?

She was driving the car?

Right. Well, her name's Ingrid Prisby.

Ingrid Prisby or Gabrielle Dunbar.

Killane tracked her
to Windsor Lock Business Park.

She's a... private investigator.

And I saw her there,
but she... she drove off and I lost her.

That's all I know.

Martin Killane helped you?

He's the only one
that's been helping me until now.

So how will getting to the stranger
help find your wife?

All of this started with her.

I think she knows more.

She has to.

I'll look into it.

Thanks.

- Hello?
- Wes.

Hello, Jo.

Can I take it?

The Corinne Price key fob...

found at the Heidi Doyle crime scene...

who found it?

And why isn't it logged?

Hello?!

Adam Price's wife
didn't take her passport.

- Hey.
- Hey.

What's happened?

We found Corinne's car.

And one of her earrings
was in the back seat.

Thanks for having Ryan.

It's a full house. Thomas is here too.

Come inside. Come inside.

Thanks.

I think that Mike is gonna be pretty...

Hey.

Ryan's been brilliant.

We're about to eat. How's that?

Uh...

Yeah, sounds great, actually.

What I was wondering is...

if either of you have seen this before.

It was found on the floor in this area.

No. I swept up in here.
I'd have seen that.

Sorry.

No, no worries.

What about the days...

leading up to her murder?

Did you notice anything unusual?

Mm.

How was Heidi that last night?

In great spirits.

I think she was on the phone
to her husband and,

you know, she was laughing. And...

you know...

And the night before?

We were making your cake.

Cake, of course.

She didn't seem concerned about anything?

No mention of money worries?

Did she say she was gonna
see her daughter the next day?

Kimberley? No.

She spent the whole evening
laughing and joking.

Even in the car park
with those two women.

- Yeah, that's right.
- Yeah.

What women? What car park? When?

She was parked here.

And the two women were here.

We were over there.

And...

- Hello, boss.
- Wes, Renton Street car park.

So Renton Street car park?

I need the footage
from their CCTV cameras.

- When?
- The night before Heidi Doyle's murder.

Between 1900 hours and midnight.

Looking for what?

Two women meeting Heidi Doyle.

Okay, I'm on it.

It's a council car park, isn't it?

Uh, yeah.

Weren't you just clocking off?

Oh, you're okay.

I wanna help.

Hello, Cedarfield Council.

All right, Ryan,

straight to bed, it's half eleven.

- I haven't done my homework.
- It's all right, I'll write a note.

Dad, I've got loads of homework.

I've got loads of notes.

Here you go.

Bloody hell.

Listen, we can do this in shifts,
if you like.

Hour on, hour off.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

I'm all caffeined up anyway so go,
get your head down.

I'll wake you up in an hour, yeah?

Legend.

Come on, mate, it's bedtime. It's late.

I know. But can I talk you
about something?

Yeah, of course, anything.

Okay.

- Has Mom gone off with someone?
- What?

What are you talking about? No.

But isn't that why
most marriages break up?

I know it's lots of other things as well,
but that's what happens in the end, right?

People have affairs
and then it gets serious.

Your mom is not having an affair.

People often don't know, do they?

Maybe it was someone
at that teachers' conference.

No.

Your mom would never do that, ever.

- As in ever.
- Dad.

It happens all the time.

Why do you think Daisy's mom
and dad split up?

He went off with someone and I just
think that's what's happening here.

I think Mom's gone off with someone else.

Where are you right now?

It's really crap quality.

Let's try some facial recognition then.

To recognize what?

Can't make out their faces. It's...

It's too grainy.

We went through everything.

We can read the body language though.

What is it?

What did they just tell you?

Right, we need to find these two women.

One of them could be Ingrid Prisby.

All right, I'll go follow up

at Windsor Lock Business Park.

Okay, but then you get some sleep.

What can I do?

Go and get some sleep.

I feel fine.

This is the night before your mom died.

After work, she goes to her car
and she meets these two women.

Do you recognize them?

Then this happens.

They hand her something
and it's like her knees go.

Like a reaction to something
she's been shown.

Um, that's for my dad,
'cause he hasn't been sleeping.

Oh, my God.

Mom came to see me that day because...

some people...

Uh, those people, I guess...

they stopped her
and gave her proof that I was...

I've been working for this...

Sugar Baby site.

It's an online thing...

for businessmen.

Um, sometimes it's just going out
for dinner with them, but...

usually...

yeah, it's for sex.

And these... these people
that spoke to Mom,

they knew everything.

They knew I was seeing
three men on a regular basis,

they had all our texts,

they knew when and where we met, and...

And they were blackmailing Heidi?

For £10,000.

But I think... I think she paid it.

So whatever happened later that night,
that's separate, isn't it?

These three men you were seeing...

Uh, I contacted them

as soon as I'd seen Mom
to say I was stopping.

I'm gonna need their details.

We only messaged via the app.

I don't have names or phone numbers.

We just have tags.

Taz, Gander, Malbec40. I'm Kitty.

And when you contacted them?

Two replied, really concerned,

offering help if I needed it.

And the third one?

He didn't reply.

I messaged him twice
because we were meeting that night and...

I went, thinking he hasn't
got the message, but...

he didn't show.

All right, listen,
I'm gonna need you to come in with me.

- Sorry, Ian, did we wake you?
- No, no, no.

Is there news?

No, nothing yet.
We are working day and night though.

I know.

- What have you got?
- So this lead from Adam Price

at Windsor Lock Business Park...

The detective agency...

- Ingrid...
- Ingrid Prisby.

Alias, Gabrielle Dunbar.

So her office has been cleared out.

I've checked into the agency, but it was
set up with an offshore account

so the ID used isn't attached
to any sort of bank account

or National Insurance number.

So it's as if it never existed.

Exactly.

- Right. Thanks.
- See you later.

You know the three men you were seeing?

How would you feel
about contacting them again?

One of them...

might be able to lead us
to the two women who met your mom.

You think the blackmail's linked
to Mom's death?

Almost certainly.

Contact them and say what?

Ask to meet.

Starting with the one who didn't reply.

- Malbec40.
- Yeah.

Do you think he'll show up?

Um...

There was this...

thing he...

he always pesters me to do with him.

Which I don't give in to.

I could offer him that.

You'll be protected at all times.

Yes, do it.

Yeah.

- Have a good day, darling.
- Yes.

See you later.

This is Patrick Katz,
I'll call you straight back.

Accept.

Mike?

Mike...

Mike, can you hear me?

Has it stopped?

I think so.

It's happening less.

But every so often...

...I'm back in PCP land.

Remembering things from that night,

things I'd forgotten.

Like killing the alpaca.

I was off my face.

To begin with, me and the alpaca,

we were friends.

Big pals, amigos,

we're going on an adventure.

But then...

I suddenly think it's going to eat me.

I mean, really eat me.

It's looming over me...

with these teeth.

And it's the end.

And I just swing the shovel

as hard as I can.

You don't remember anything else?

No.

But what's freaking me out...

is Dante was hurt that night as well.

He's in a coma...

and I have zero recall
for anything to do with him.

The last Dante memory I have is...

you and him...

going off into the woods.

What happened after that?

Where did you go?

When was the last time you saw him?

Daisy?

Oh, great.

I know you're still angry with Olivia,
but she's asked to see me.

And I thought I should talk to her,

- before anyone says anything.
- Yeah, sure.

Do it.

Did she just agree to that?

Yeah.

I think she did.

Wakey! Wakey!

Come on, we're wanted.

- What for?
- We've been called back in.

Oh, God.

- My phone's out of charge.
- Yeah.

Fuck!

Have my charger.

- Thanks.
- Get a move on.

Fucking hell.

Okay, can everyone settle down, please?

And our sleeping beauties,
can you speed it up?

is a sex site

matching businessman with young women.

It's essentially prostitution.

And in connection
with the Heidi Doyle murder,

we are after an unknown man

who has arranged to meet this woman

at the Bolitar Hotel.

Straightforward op.

Main priority: protect our source.

Connected to Heidi Doyle how?

Heidi Doyle was blackmailed

to the tune of £10,000

in connection
with this FindYourSugarBaby site.

And this is Heidi's daughter.

Now, the Bolitar Hotel is very popular
with businessmen.

So our target, early 40s,
medium build, smart dark hair,

is hardly gonna stick out.

He probably won't be identified
until he reaches our source.

Know this about him though:

he uses the tag Malbec40,

a tag that the cyber team
have been tracking

for two years over investment scams.

Right, your start positions
in the hotel...

This is bullshit.

So table one, I've got Ben and Neil.

It's like her going off with Adam Price,

husband of our main suspect, on her own.

It's un-fucking-believable.

Katz and Wes, you're at table three.

This is why you don't investigate
the murder of friends.

Table five, Tim and Sal,

Table six, Charlotte and Ted.
Right, we all know what we're doing?

Great.
Thanks very much, everybody.

Hi, this is Larry Powers.
Leave a message and I'll call you back.

Get off your phone, will you?

I'm fitting in.

What are you doing?

Get us another drink, will you?

- Proper one this time.
- We're on duty.

Yeah, in a bar.

When is the target due?

Five minutes.

I'll get one.

Two double vodkas.

- Ice and lemon?
- No.

Fuck.

Knife! Knife!

Do not resist!

Shut up!

Get off me!

What is this?!

Get off me!

What are you doing?

Get off of me! Get off!

- No. No, isn't him.
- No?

I thought I saw a knife.

There's nothing!

- I thought he had a knife.
- Just get out of my sight!

No, no, actually no. Stand down.

I'm sending you home,
don't come in tomorrow.

Jo...

Don't call me Jo!

You need to step back
from this, seriously.

He's just done
what any of us would've done.

This is too personal for you.

Don't you ever, ever
have your phone turned off to me.

- Who do you think you're talking to?
- Shut up.

Shut up and listen.

The blackmailers I was trying
to track through the bank...

My contact couldn't trace them.

So what do we do now?

I'll find another way.

Let's wrap this up.

Dante Gunnarsson's just come round.

- Let me go. I can...
- I'm fine.

All right!

All right! All right!

Leaving Killane's house, I understand.

The surrounding houses, okay,
but the whole fucking site?!

Stopping any demolition?!

This is costing me a fortune.
They have no idea.

It's not like I'm some kind of an outsider
or something.

This was my street.

The Killanes were friends.
They were good friends once.

So, due respect,

I understand better than anyone here,

but you don't close down
the whole operation!

I need to talk to you.

Vindictive! It was arbitrary!

That police woman in charge...

There's an attitude.
I've seen it so many times before!

I kid you not, they will take any
opportunity to kick you where it hurts.

- Corinne's missing.
- What?

I said Corinne's missing.

She's gone. She...

She's been gone for about six days.
I don't know where she is.

- Why didn't you say?
- I'm saying it now.

- Okay.
- Look, I need to ask you something.

I didn't know
you owned the company behind this,

- but you think Killane did?
- Yeah, I said so.

Do you think that's why he hired me,
because he thought it might stop you?

Yeah, it's feasible.

- What would that have to do with Corinne?
- Maybe he got to her too.

He was...

helping me look for her.

Kept spouting all this bullshit

about sometimes women leave
and they don't come back,

and all the time his own wife was...

What else has he been lying to me about?

I think he knows something
about Corinne that he's not telling me.

We have to talk to him.

I know.

Detective.

Why? What's happened?

Which hospital?

What...?

What's happened?

Martin Killane just tried
to commit suicide.

I've gotta go.

Sir, you're not allowed here.

I need to talk to him about my wife.
He was helping me.

He's sedated.

Mom does evening classes.

Maths and biology.

She wants to be a nurse.

I waited till she went.

You're like your mom.

Aren't you?

She's been worried about me being ill
so often, and you're kind...

like her.

She even asked if I wanted to see
another doctor for a second opinion.

I mean, my mom didn't like that.

So we didn't, but...

it was nice of her.

Why are you ill so often?

They don't know.

But what medication are you on?

My mom does that.

It's not much.

Antibiotics and stuff for nausea.

Right, so who takes all the medicine
around here? Your mom?

My mom?

No.

No, look, I wanted to talk
about Ella and Mike.

We will, but listen...

After your mom said you were in hospital
and you weren't,

we saw her throwing out
these boxes of prescription drugs,

and even boxes of rat poison.

And not in your own bin.

What do you mean?

That's my mom.

She does this to check on me.
Hide in there, go.

Dad, what are you doing here?

Hi, darling. How are you?

Listen, I'm not stopping, okay?

- Uh, where are you going?
- I need to get my car.

- Dad, um...
- Sweetheart, listen to me.

Very soon I'm gonna come
into some money, okay?

I'm gonna be around
a lot more for you, I promise.

And you and me are gonna do
such great things together.

I promise you.

Hi.

I'm trying to get through...

No, sorry, this area
is currently closed to visitors.

You'll need to go back down to security
at the front desk

and get authorization.

Sorry, love.

I'm telling you to leave now, sir.

Hey.

Hey.