Broadchurch (2013–2017): Season 2, Episode 5 - Episode #2.5 - full transcript

Miller's son wants to give evidence at his father's trial. Miller helps Alec with his old unsolved murder case.

Previously on Broadchurch...
Did you recognise the man carrying the body?
SUSAN: Yeah, I did. Can you name that man for the court?
Nigel Carter. He's my son.
There's going to be a charity in Danny's name.
There's a small group. They work with known sex offenders.
ALEC: A girl's body is still missing. The killer is walking free.
That case is tainted. That's my failing.
I said I was with Lee all night. ELLIE: Was that true?
No, I was at a friend's house.
What happened that night? He drugged me.
I woke up at 5.00am and he was cleaning the whole house.
Sorry to hear about you and Ricky. It was a long time coming.
Even the moment his daughter was being killed
he was shagging one of the bridesmaids.
You were at the wedding together? You said you were together. You never mentioned that.
Ricky. You leave Cate alone.
Why would a father not want an investigation
into the death of his own daughter?
What if Lee Ashworth didn't do it?
LUCY: Come in, sweetheart. She won't bite.
Hey.
You're not gonna cry, are you, Mum? No.
Don't talk to your mum like that. It's fine, thanks, Luce.
Thanks for agreeing to see me. Aunt Lucy said I had to.
How's school?
Tell me about the trial.
Really?
Did you think we're not going to mention it?
Right, OK, er...
Well, it's hard seeing your dad there.
If you're so sure he did it, why is he pleading 'not guilty'?
I wish I knew but I think because he's scared
and I think he can't bear to face up to what's happened. People do that.
Well, you've got it wrong.
Tom, I know you want that to be true and I know you blame me.
But your dad killed Danny and if I could have spotted what was going on
or if I could go back and make it un-happen, I would, but I can't.
Who is on his side? Who's speaking up for Dad?
You don't have to worry about him. He's got a good barrister.
But what I wanted to suggest was that you came back to live with me
and I give up the flat and we go back to the house.
No.
Would you just listen for a moment? No!
I am not going back.
Well, soon, yeah?
No.
OK. Can I at least have a hug?
I love you, even more than chocolate.
You don't have to come with me to question this woman.
No, I want to. My life has all gone to shit.
At least fixing your mess gives me a distraction.
Are you going to move back in here?
Only when I've got Tom back. Are we going or not?
WOMAN: Where did you say you were from?
South Mercia police. We're looking at an old case.
On 14 April 2012, were you the bridesmaid
for Martin and Esther Kelly's wedding at Longthorne Hotel?
I don't know if that was the date but I was at the wedding.
Did you have sex with a man called Ricky Gillespie that night?
Wow, you don't mess about!
You mean Ricky whose girl was killed?
Yeah.
No, I didn't. I mean, he tried it on. He was after me all night.
He even followed me to my room when I went to change my shoes,
cos my heels were killing me,
and he had this little silver hip flask.
He kept trying to make me have a drink with him
but I threw him out. A bit much. He was there with his wife.
The last I saw, he was heading back through the car park.
How long was he in your room for? Five or ten minutes.
I didn't see him for the rest of the evening.
Cate Gillespie was wrong. Ricky wasn't with another woman.
Nobody saw him for two hours. Where was he?
And who takes a hip flask to a wedding?
Do you think he was going to drug her?
I haven't heard any reports of him trying that sort of thing.
Claire said that's what Lee used to do to her.
Do think it's something all four of them used to do?
I don't know.
When we're done in court today we'll talk to her.
When was the last time you had your eyesight tested?
What about your night vision?
Ever had that tested?
Never had a test.
But I eat a lot of carrots.
So, you have no idea how far you can see
either in the daytime or at night?
I can see the moon and that's a fair distance.
Very good. Can we turn to your son, Mr Carter?
You hadn't seen him for 28 years, had you?
I know what he looks like, if that's what you're getting at.
In Mr Carter's sworn statement to the police he says,
"I don't even know who she is."
"I don't want anything to do with her."
Police got it wrong. Police get it wrong all the time.
It's a fact. It's not, actually.
I thought you'd prepped her.
She's a bloody liability! She wasn't like this with me.
Stick to answering the questions you've been asked, Miss Wright.
OK!
When you first saw Danny's body on the beach,
why didn't you call for an ambulance?
A bit late by then.
You seem very certain. Did you check?
Are you medically qualified? It was obvious what had happened.
Why didn't you call the police?
I didn't want to dump Nigel in it.
How do you explain police forensics finding
four cigarette butts with your DNA on them next to Danny's body?
I've smoked a lot of cigarettes on that beach.
Why did you take the skateboard? I thought it might get nicked.
It did get nicked, didn't it? By you!
I thought the family would want it back.
Do you know who Maggie Radcliffe is?
No.
The editor of the Broadchurch Echo.
Whose office you broke into around 11.37pm on 24 July, 2013
and whom you threatened by saying, and I quote,
"I know men who would rape you."
What? I don't have that.
Not true.
What's not true? You don't know men like that or you do?
I never said it!
Why would she lie?
She's a journalist. Right!
Journalists and police lie and you're the only honest woman here.
If you like.
Isn't it true that every word you have told this court
since you stood up in the witness box is a lie?
No. You didn't see Nigel Carter.
You saw Joe Miller. No!
But you want to pin the blame on the son who's rejected you.
No!
You've lied to this court time and again,
just as you've lied to the police!
No! Why should the jury believe a single word you say?
You ain't all that.
I wouldn't have gone anywhere near her if I'd seen that!
I know. I'm sorry!
Do you know what, maybe if you spent a little less time
trying to tell me how to do my job and a bit more time on your own work
we'd stand a chance of getting him off.
(CIGARETTE LIGHTER FLICKING)
Chin up.
ELLIE: Did you enjoy yourself, lying in there?
It's not my husband in the dock.
I suppose you knew all along. No!
Of course you did.
We all know.
We all turn a blind eye. Not me - that's not what happened.
Of course not(!)
You just keep telling yourself that.
Are you all right? They'll always think I knew.
No matter what the verdict, they'll always think I was in on it.
Just give them time.
Oh, brilliant(!)
Thanks for that shitty platitude. That's fixed everything(!)
Does Claire know we're coming? No.
(GROANS)
I want you to tell me what you told Miller about that night.
That was supposed to be between us.
There are no secrets between him and me.
Oh! Is that right?
Claire, I don't care what you've said before. I want the truth now.
That night I went to see a friend, Marie, like I told you before.
Except...
I didn't stay over. I came home and I had a drink with Lee.
I think he spiked my drink with Rohypnol.
I was out for a long time and when I woke, it was morning.
He was cleaning. What sort of cleaning?
Bathroom. Washing linen.
Hoovering. Washing floors. He said he fancied a spring clean.
So, he's drugged you, now he's cleaning the house
and the next morning two girls get reported missing from next door
but you don't think to tell anyone?
I didn't want to think it was possible.
What about now?
Do you think he could have killed those girls? No.
This is now the third version of that night you've come up with.
Why couldn't you tell me this before?
I didn't want you knowing what he used to do.
What are you doing?
(MOBILE BEEPING)
Whose number's that?
I don't know. It was an incoming call.
It was a wrong number. It was an outgoing call.
Because I called it back to check and it just rang and-
This area code, that's where you lived with Lee.
Now I feel I'm being questioned! Too bloody right!
You were my key witness and now you say you're lying all along.
I'm not lying! What, then?
Trying to protect him. Him or yourself?
That's not fair!
So this is now definitively, this is what happened that night?
Yes.
Really?
Claire?
There is erm...
He was here when you went away and we had sex upstairs.
What, Claire?! You left me alone, Alec.
I've told you, he's like a drug. I can't stop myself! I can't!
Come on, Miller. Are you going?
I don't want to be on my own. Child care. Sorry.
What happens now, then?
Miller!
PAUL ON PHONE: The thing we were speaking about -
meeting reformed sex offenders.
I've managed to arrange it for you. Oh, right. That was quick.
You still want to do it?
I think so. I don't know. I'm a bit scared of it.
Maggie and I will be there too.
I know you've got a lot on with the trial, so if you want to delay...
No, it's good. What about Mark?
I'll talk to him.
OK, I'd better go, but I'll let you know the details once it's all set.
OK. Bye-bye. Bye.
Aren't you a beautiful little girlie?
(GURGLES)
You are, aren't you? You are, I know.
(SOFTLY) Yeah. Little wriggler, aren't you?
Showing her the sights? Yeah.
Telling her what's happening in court.
She doesn't want to hear that!
Of course she does - she's interested.
Who's sticking up for us, who's telling lies.
How are you feeling?
Yeah. You know we talked about doing something in Danny's name?
Right... What have you got that voice on for?
I haven't got any voice on. Yeah, like you're not interested.
Do we have to talk about this? Why won't you engage with this?
I don't understand why...
I don't understand why you need to do it, I really don't.
You're picking at a scab, trying to make it bleed.
What? Look at what we've got here.
She'll be grown up before we know it and I don't want to miss that again.
I want to be here for her, every moment.
I'm here for her, but I can still think about Danny.
It's not one or the other. I need to do this.
Fine. I don't.
We sent you a letter asking you to be a character witness for Joe Miller.
Joe is really relying on you. I've said no.
Joe Miller is guilty.
Has he ever categorically confessed his guilt to you?
(SIGHS) No.
Why not let the jury decide?
Besides, if you're so sure about his guilt,
why have you been visiting him?
He told you?
There are no secrets between a barrister and her client.
Like the Seal of the Confessional.
I went to see him because I believe in forgiveness and redemption.
I hoped to find a repentant man, but since you showed up
that seems to have gone out the window.
You gave the service at Danny's funeral.
I did.
Do the Latimers know you've been visiting Joe?
What is this? Bad cop, bad cop? Look...
I get it. You don't want to give evidence,
because you're worried the Latimers will feel betrayed.
That is not it!
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3.23.
You are not the only churchgoer here, Reverend.
Now, a member of your parish is in crisis.
Are you really going to desert him in his hour of need?
Have another think about it, would you?
I like your church.
BECCA: See? It's good to get out.
You spend way too much time around dead people.
Shall I just keep talking or are you going to join in at some point?
Becca, there's something I want to tell you.
I've been visiting Joe Miller in prison.
Praying with him.
You're kidding.
I thought I could save him.
I thought he was repentant.
Repentant? Have you not been at the trial?!
Becca, I think I've made a mistake.
I just needed to tell someone.
Say something.
I feel like you've made me a part of it.
(SIGHS)
I sent you those audio files of those documents read onto tape.
Oh good. Now, I need you to read and record these as well.
What? And...these.
And these.
Please?
I can't! Well, you have to.
I have far too much else to do. Well, then, work faster!
No! Read your own documents.
I'm not sitting up to 3.00am reading aloud
so you can sit back with your eyes closed.
I can't work like this! You're a bloody nightmare.
I'm going home to see my family.
I'll see you tomorrow at court.
Don't give me that look!
How much did you hear? Enough.
(SIGHS) You haven't told him, have you?
Uh-uh.
(NOISE FROM RIDES AND MACHINES)
Oh, bumper cars, Hardy!
(ELLIE GROANS)
I think this is brilliant!
Did you not know this was going to be behind your house?
The rental company forgot to mention it when I took it on.
(ELLIE LAUGHS)
Oh, Fred, we could go on the teacups, couldn't we?
We could take uncle Alec.
Ricky, what are you doing here?
Is this really your gaff?
Sorry. Ricky Gillespie. Ellie Miller. We work together.
What are you doing here?
I came to apologise.
When Cate told me you'd been around, I overreacted.
A long way to come to say that.
I know Ashworth is down here. You seen him?
Tell me where he is. Ricky, that won't help anyone.
It's eating me up knowing he's back in the country.
You really want to help? Talk to Miller here.
She's going through the case looking to see if we've missed anything.
What do you want to know?
(DISTORTED LAUGHTER)
(WHISPERS) Shh.
Can't hide from me, mate! (LAUGHS)
ELLIE: Tell me about your daughter Pippa.
She was my baby girl, you know.
She was sporty.
Good runner.
Played netball for the school team.
Demon at table tennis.
Competitive.
Didn't like losing.
I always spoilt her.
My only child.
What did she want to be when she grew up?
It kept changing.
The last few months it was er...
..hairdresser.
The night both girls disappeared, you were at a wedding with Cate.
You were together all night?
I had to look after her. She was pissed.
Sign of things to come, 'ey?
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(GROANS)
And tell me about Lisa.
She was my niece.
Tricky relationship with her dad. Still uses her mum's surname.
She babysat for you quite regularly? Every other week.
Sometimes she'd stay over, other times I'd take her home.
Did she have a boyfriend? No-one regular.
Did you fancy her, Ricky?
She was my niece.
I had to ask.
No, you didn't.
(CHILDREN SHOUTING IN BACKGROUND)
You all right? Fine.
How much did you look into Ricky at the time?
He had a solid alibi.
He and Cate said they were at the wedding together.
She's changed her story and the florist confirmed it.
Looks like he's lying. Looks that way.
So, who are our suspects?
Got Ashworth, Ricky, Claire, and that stalker on the estate.
Possibly Cate. That's right - don't trust anyone.
You should go. Take Fred. Sleep.
I don't sleep much at the moment, and I don't like my flat
and I want to take a proper look at all your files.
Don't get pulled into this.
This case has done enough damage to people.
Not me. I'm going to solve it.
I'm going to need your wall.
You all right out there?
(FRED GURGLES)
You going to put your bear to sleep? She used to have a bear too.
(GROANS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(GASPS AND GRUNTS)
I'm going for a walk.
Leave the key under the thing.
OK.
(CHATTERING IN BACKGROUND)
(BELL TOLLING IN DISTANCE)
(LOUD KNOCKING)
Oh, for heaven's sake! I need a lock put on that gate.
You busy?
Of course I'm busy. I'm in the middle of a trial!
What do you want?
Could you do my will?
(TYPING)
Anyone would think I was a high-street solicitor.
It's not exactly complicated.
So, everything to your daughter.
Held till she is 18. Hm, lucky girl.
You got kids? I never married.
That through choice?
What is this, a police interview?
No. Sorry. Just conversation.
Well...
Things were complicated and I made... I made them more so.
I was at a point when I, when I should have been strong
and I wasn't,
and I missed the person I was supposed to be with.
Did you ever tell him?
No.
Maybe you should.
It's always easy to recognise mistakes in hindsight.
Much harder to fix them now.
Anyway, why do you... why do you need this now?
Just putting things right.
What's your sense of the trial?
Susan Wright was a mistake for the defence.
It makes them look like amateurs.
Not going into the witness box is going to damage Miller's credibility.
He has GOT to be convicted.
I don't need you to tell me that!
I'll do the best I can with what I have.
(BABY WAILS)
Why won't she sleep? She's had two feeds.
Give her to me, come on. I've got her. You go back to bed.
That's it.
(SOFTLY) That's it, that's it.
(WHISPERS) Shh. I know.
(BABY WAILS)
What are we going to do with you?
You're making all that racket and waking everyone up.
What are we going to do with you?
(BABY CRIES FAINTLY)
Shh!
Did you see this scribbled on the back of an old vehicle check form?
Thorp Agriservices. What's that? Have you come across that?
And next to it, Gary Thorp, dash, Lee Ashworth, question mark.
Have you been here all night? Yeah, I suppose I have.
Fred is sleeping next door. Shh! I need a cup of tea.
Ah, you're out of teabags and milk
and I've used the last of the bread.
I couldn't find any note of Thorp Agriservices
ever being cross-checked.
I don't think I've ever heard of it.
I went through that stuff Lee Ashworth gave you.
It's all useless or irrelevant.
He's just trying to put us off the scent.
How far did you ever look into Lisa Newbery? How do you mean?
The last use of Lisa's bank account
was at 3.54pm on the day she disappeared
before she went to babysit.
The last call was made at 5.17pm
on her mobile to her mum.
Then no more cash withdrawals or calls made after that,
but her phone was on for another 18 hours.
The last signal triangulated in Portsmouth.
How did her phone get to Portsmouth?
Were any of our suspects near Portsmouth then?
No, we checked. We know all this.
OK, here's the thing.
Lisa killed Pippa by accident.
Got rid of the body and went on the run.
She did that and she's still alive.
You've got to admit, it's a possibility.
You ready? Come on.
You're a prosecution rebuttal witness.
You are there specifically to rebut part of the defence case.
Hello, Mr Carter. Was anyone with you that night?
No.
Did anyone see you? No.
So, nobody can corroborate your story?
Only the pheasants I poached.
Is this funny to you, Mr Carter?
Not at all.
Your own mother identified you with Danny's body, didn't she?
If I killed Danny, then where is my DNA on him, 'ey?
Where are my prints at the hut?
Who said you killed him?
I'm not suggesting you killed Danny.
I AM suggesting that you put his body on the beach
where Susan Wright saw you.
Isn't that correct? No!
Thank you.
Mate...
(LOUD CLANG)
What happened?
Tell me what it was about.
Were there witnesses?
Do they know who did this? Is someone being punished for this?
(SCOFFS)
Are you getting proper protection now?
(YELLS) Jonah, say something!
Ever since I was a boy you said, "I'm your mum."
"Tell me, and I'll make it all right."
Why can't you get me out of here?
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
MARK: No, it's not your fault. You did your best.
All right, stop worrying now. I'll see you tomorrow.
Yeah, bye.
That was Nige. He's er...
He's all torn up about today.
I told him we weren't worried, so he shouldn't be.
Beth?
I do worry, though.
I worry the jury will believe her.
I worry the truth won't be enough.
(METAL CLANGS)
(MOBILE BUZZES)
What?
Did you tell Ricky Gillespie where I was working?
No, why?
Because he's come for me.
Here you go.
Oh, shit!
Ricky, get off him! Ricky!
(GRUNTING AND COUGHING)
Get off him. Come on!
Do you think that will help?
(COUGHS)
I got what I came for.
(AGONISED GROANS)
You're nothing!
(COUGHS AND GROANS)
(GROANS)
Are you going to report it?
No, what's the point?
Is this where you're sleeping?
The farmer said I could.
I like it.
I hear you saw Claire.
Did you?
You two ever use Rohypnol?
Once. Where did you get it from?
Ricky Gillespie.
He used to go to Amsterdam,
bring back all sorts of stuff.
Ricky gave you Rohypnol? He did.
Have you ever heard of a business called Thorp Agriservices?
No.
You sure about that?
Unless it's one of the businesses Cate did the books for.
Did you ever sleep with Cate?
PIPPA: Bye, Mum! Bye, sweetheart. Have a great day.
No.
The defence want the jury to believe that I killed Dan.
Got Nige to dispose of the body.
That's clearly where they're going.
I was reading about another family.
They were saying the trial was as bad as the murder and I thought,
"That can't be right."
Then going in every day, seeing our lives get turned inside out...
..when all we did was love our son.
I get it.
You want me to go in the witness box, don't you?
Honestly? I'm torn.
There's an hour missing in your account
the night Danny was killed.
You don't need to protect me.
You said yourself somebody needs to speak up for Dan. Well...
I'm his dad. It should be down to me, you know.
MAGGIE: No Mark? No.
They're here.
Yep, they're inside with the group leader.
Why am I doing this again?
Maybe this is too soon.
No, no, no, I can do it. I can face them.
(KNOCKING)
(ANNOYED) What?
Hello. I think you're in the wrong room.
I'm Tom Miller.
Joe Miller is my dad.
Of course you are. I didn't recognise you.
What are you doing here? Why don't you call me in court?
I want to give evidence.
(SURPRISED LAUGH)
JOCELYN: Good morning.
What did you say?! Good morning.
Isn't that what people normally say? You talk about being normal...
That's my son! That's what they've done to him in prison!
Don't you dare make this my responsibility.
Of course not! Life doesn't touch you, does it?
All right, Sharon. Seven years I took shit from you!
Seven years,
and the one time I ask you for anything, you don't raise a finger.
Why should I be always mopping up your mess?
What?! All the time you worked for me.
All those 'poor me single mother' speeches.
Don't put this on me! It's down to you and no-one else.
What would you know about being a mother?
You're barely bloody human!
A man died because of your boy.
Yes, he was trying to help someone in trouble.
Haven't we heard that defence before(?)
Why didn't you take his case?
Because I didn't like you enough...
..and I always knew you would blame me if you lost,
because that's what you always did.
Every time you didn't win,
every time you missed out on a big brief,
you always blame someone else.
I had such high expectations of you.
You should have stayed retired, Jocelyn,
because I'm going to see that you leave that court a failure.
ELLIE: Thorp Agriservices.
It's a business in the Sandbrook area five miles from the Gillespie house.
I need to visit this Agriservices place.
I could see where you found Pippa and the woods by the river.
Fresh eyes - that's what you wanted.
There you are! Don't you answer your phone?
I've been looking all over for you. What the hell is all that stuff?
Excuse me. This is my house!
What do you want, Luce?
I just want you to know I didn't know he'd done it.
Didn't know he'd done what?
Tom is going to give evidence on behalf of Joe.
What?
He went to see Joe's legal team without my knowing.
He can't do that without my permission, can he?
Apparently, he can.
I tried to talk him out of it, but he's dead set on it, Elle.
Elle... Just go away, Luce, go away!
(GATE OPENS AND SHUTS)
So, Lisa's phone in Portsmouth.
What do you do in Portsmouth
apart from being in the navy or looking at ships?
Go on, dazzle me. You get a ferry to France.
Portsmouth to Cherbourg. So?
So, who else was in France? Lee Ashworth.
Exactly. OK, this is the place.
What is it they do?
Services to the agricultural industries.
I couldn't find anything more specific than that.
It doesn't seem like a place Lee Ashworth would be connected to.
So, what is he not telling us?
It looks pretty closed.
It must have gone out of business.
Let's look round the back.
(CREAKING)
(FLICKS SWITCHES)
Are you going to talk to Tom before he gets in the box?
I don't want to talk about it.
(EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST) What's that smell?
(WATER DRIPPING)
(ELLIE GROANS)
It's blood!
What is that?!
Oh, look, here you go.
(MECHANICAL WHIRRING)
(CLANG)
Oh, God. It's a furnace.
Agricultural services - they burned dead animals here.
You still think Lisa Newbery is alive?
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