Broadchurch (2013–2017): Season 2, Episode 8 - Episode #2.8 - full transcript

Previously on Broadchurch...

There were two girls.

Lisa Newbery, 19, was babysitting
for her 12-year-old cousin, Pippa.

Pippa's parents went away for the night
to a friend's wedding.

When they came back the next day,
both girls were gone.

Pippa, the 12-year-old,
she was found three days later.

Lisa... Officially, she's still missing.

Our main suspect
was a man called Lee Ashworth.

But he had a solid alibi.

Lee's my husband.

You have to be satisfied
that you are sure of the defendant's guilt.



You are the judges of fact.

You must put aside any emotion

and approach this in a cold, analytical way.

They're saying I might be the killer.

You're saying Pippa's pendant
actually belonged to Claire?

You took this?

You had this all along?

There's a verdict.
The jury are coming back in.

- Have you reached a verdict on this defendant?
- Yes.

Is this the verdict of you all,
or as a majority?

A majority.

Will the defendant please stand.

Do you find the defendant,
Joseph Michael Miller,

guilty or not guilty?



Not guilty.

Mr Miller, you have been found not guilty.

You're free to leave the dock.

Thank you, my lady.

Members of the jury,

thank you for your careful attention to the facts

and for delivering your verdict.

You have discharged your duties honourably.

This has been...

This has been an extremely difficult
and distressing case,

and as such, this court excuses you all
from any future jury duty.

Thank you.

You OK?

Claire Ripley, I'm arresting you

on suspicion of the murder of
Pippa Gillespie and Lisa Newbery.

You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence

- if you don't mention...
- All rise.

...which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Do you understand?

Right, go.

Argh!

- How is that justice?
- It's not.

Go and be with your family.

I want to kill him, Ell.

I know.

Me too.

Come with me. Come on.

What does it take to destroy lives forever?
12 people.

12 ordinary, stupid, easily-swayed,
hard-of-thinking arseholes.

Alec, I'm so sorry.

I arrested this woman at 2:32pm.
She is aware she's under caution.

I need you to take her to the nick.
Sort out an interview room?

Yeah, I rang the custody suite at Broadchurch.
I'll sit in with you.

No, no. I need Miller.

- Yeah. Course you do.
- Claire just handed me this pendant.

You two should have plenty to talk about.

- Any restrictions on where he can go?
- Not now that he's been found not guilty.

How do we get him back in court?

He killed Danny
and he's got off by playing the system.

You can't appeal
once someone has been acquitted,

unless compelling new evidence
comes forward.

- I don't believe this.
- So this is what happens.

Our lives get put through hell,
and a guilty man walks free.

Mark, I'm... I'm so sorry.

- Where do you think Dad's gonna go?
- Don't worry, you'll be safe.

I've asked one of the uniform lads
to swing by Lucy's,

just in case he comes over.

- Has he still got keys to your place?
- I changed the locks months ago.

We'll get through this. OK?

It's gonna be all right, Mum.

How are the family taking it?

Maybe you should've asked that
before you took on the case.

Oh, please don't be a sore loser.

And don't be a shitty winner!

I trained you so much better than this.

All the people you could've helped,
and you take on a tawdry child killer.

All I ever wanted
was for you to prove me wrong,

and show the world how brilliant you were.

No, you wanted a mini you.

You know the difference between us?

I don't see the nobility in this job.

I see a loaded, lopsided game...

full of people justifying their cynicism
as a higher calling.

It's street-fighting in wigs. That's all.

There are wins that help you sleep at night...
others that keep you awake.

I'd stock up on the sleeping pills.

Right, Miller, listen to me.

See that anger you're feeling? That rage?

That's how I woke up every day for the past
two years, knowing Lee Ashworth got off.

- Don't try and tell me I should try and let it go.
- Oh, I don't want you to let it go.

I want you to stoke it.
I want it to burn in you, like it does in me.

I need someone as angry as me right now.

Cos we're gonna close the case
on Claire and Lee Ashworth, today. Together.

- After today, if you think I'm gonna go with you...
- Yeah, I do.

You can't change what happened,

but you can make sure
another killer goes down.

That fury is fuel.
Do something with it.

The pendant is the lever to get them to confess.
We're gonna go in hard on them.

Let's work that verdict off
on two very deserving people.

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- Yeah?
- Claire's in custody.

We've reason to believe she has a piece
of evidence relating to Lisa and Pippa's deaths.

- What evidence?
- I can't talk. I'm heading over there now.

Erm, she turned down a solicitor.

She came to me.
Said she wanted us to know the truth now.

You haven't had a falling out, have you?

Just do me a favour.
Don't leave the area.

I'm sure I'll want to talk to you very soon.

You ready?

- It was Joe.
- No.

Time to stop playing games.

I need your help.

No.

I've been found innocent.

You have to help me come home.

Tell me how you came to have
Pippa Gillespie's pendant, Claire.

Have you arrested Lee yet?

Is that what this is about?

You brought us the pendant
as a way of sending a message to Lee?

Why did you tell my husband I was pregnant...

...or that I'd had an abortion,
when I told you in confidence?

That's a breach of trust.

You wanna talk about trust?

You want to talk about how the Gillespies
trusted you to take their daughter to school?

What did you do on those journeys?

Start grooming her for Lee? Was that it?

Why did you force me
to have sex with you, Alec?

We have never had sex, Claire.

Why have you been holding me
against my will, Alec?

Is there any truth to this?

Of course there bloody isn't.
You asked me to help you,

because you were worried
that your husband would come after you.

You hurt me physically, Alec.

You were sad because your wife had
another man's cock in her mouth,

but you shouldn't have held me prisoner
and forced me to have sex with you.

- I need to stop the interview.
- Don't touch that.

- I have to take these allegations seriously...
- Sit down, Miller!

You want to keep going with these allegations?
Fill your boots. GO on.

We'll stop now,
you can report those offences, I'll be arrested.

You want that? We can do that.

Say the word.

But that's not why you're here, is it?

You're here because of Lee.

So what are you thinking?

We bring Lee in, he gets a fright seeing that...

...and then, instead of betraying you...

...you're banking on him realising
he needs to stay close to you...

...because of what you know.

I don't know anything.

I don't.

You know what happened
to Lisa Newbery and Pippa Gillespie.

- You're wrong.
- I don't think I am.

Not when I look in your eyes.

I'm not scared of you, Alec.

Yeah, well, you should be.

Why have you got Ricky Gillespie's
office number in the mobile DI Hardy gave you?

Oh, hello, you're piping up now, are you?

Had a little peek at my phone, did you?
Thank you for that. Mate!

Why would you be calling Pippa's dad?

Did Ricky send you the bluebell?

Oh, he did!

Why's Ricky got a picture of bluebells
on his office wall?

Has he?

- What happened that night, Claire?
- Don't know.

- You're kidding me.
- Shh.

He can't be here.

He said it's the only place he can go.

No, I mean he can't come back to this town.

Well, I've told him that.

So what did you call me for?

Because I need to tell someone else
what I'm gonna do.

How are we meant to survive this?

I know what we have to do.
I just don't know how we do it.

What do you mean?

If the system won't give us justice,
then we have to do it ourselves.

- I'm gonna break her in there.
- You're too emotionally wound up.

Me?

Have you ever met yourself?

I will do whatever it takes
to get those two in prison.

Stop fiddling with that.

Something is bugging me.

What?

Oh, perfect. Stay there. OK.

I need someone to go to Lee and Claire's
and get a photograph.

All right, talk to Tess.
I've got to do something.

Come on! Where is it?

Where's what, Lee?

Before I called you,
I had someone following you.

Lee Ashworth, I'm arresting you

in connection with the murders of
Pippa Gillespie and Lisa Newbery.

Paul?

Paul?

Mark...

Paul!

Paul!

Help! Help!

Yeah, course I'm happy.

Just want to go home.

Yeah, I've got to go.

- I brought gin.
- Go away.

I can take a loss.
But this one mattered.

Now the whole town knows I failed.

It hurts.

Yes, well, life does.

I never said being back in the world
would be painless.

I want to make it right for them, Maggie,
and I can't.

No.

None of us can now.

Do you think they'll be strong enough?

This what you were after?

- That was quick!
- I'm really good.

Yes, look. See, there it is.
That and that.

Which also makes sense of these two receipts.

Oh, Miller, that is outstanding!

So, I found this at the bottom
of the old case files.

What was it for?

Stock for a job I was doing
the following Monday. Oak boards.

So you bought this Saturday morning,
the exact amount, everything you needed?

Yeah. And then I done the job on Monday.

Yeah, I know, I checked.

So, why did you go back
to the same supply yard,

first thing Monday morning,
and buy the exact same stock again?

What?

A second, identical purchase.

Nobody thought to query it.
Obviously, I'm a bit more fussy.

What happened to the stuff
bought on Saturday?

Why did you have to buy it all over again?

I didn't get enough.

This was taken a week before,
just as you were installing your own floor.

Those boards are not the same boards
that are down on that floor now, Lee.

Those are dark oak floorboards.
What's down there now is light oak.

The same light oak boards you bought
Saturday morning and again Monday morning.

What did you use those boards for, Lee,
between Saturday and Monday?

What happened on the floor, Lee?

Nothing.

No, something did.

What were you looking for at the cottage, Lee?

Is this what you were looking for?

For the tape, DI Hardy is showing Mr Ashworth
a clear plastic evidence bag - AH/1 -

containing a pendant.

Where did you get it from?

- From your wife.
- What?

This is the evidence that proves Pippa Gillespie
was in your car the night she died.

This is the missing evidence
that nearly killed me.

And now I've got it.

You know what I think this was?
Her insurance policy.

She didn't trust you.

Just like you never should've trusted her.

She has stitched you up.

And she never told you about the baby.

I get it. When you're in love,
you think you're gonna be interlocked forever.

Love's all-encompassing
when you're in it, but...

...really, you can't trust anyone.

Not even the people you love.

Ultimately...we're all alone.

You more than anyone right now.

So set the record straight
and we can all get released from this.

Come on, you must be so tired of lying.

No-one's coming to your rescue.
You're on your own.

This is it. Last chance.

Did you kill Lisa Newbery?

Why won't he leave me alone?

- Where's Pippa?
- She's asleep.

- I should probably get back to her.
- No, go get her, bring her over.

You can both stay here till he's gone.

I was just walking past.

Do you have to be such a wanker?

- Oh! Shit!
- Get back to burning your animals!

- Argh!
- Oh, get off me! Look at that!

You punched me.

Final warning.
Stay away from her.

- But I love her.
- Get over it, or I'll break your leg.

Go on. Jog on.

You hit him?

Yeah, well, it's quicker than talking.

He did get a bit of a nosebleed, though,
poor sod.

You got blood on your shirt.

Yeah.

- Where's Pippa?
- She's asleep in your bed. She barely woke up.

You had sex with Lisa Newbery that night?

All this time you've been denying it.

Then what?

You killed her?

No. Claire.

You don't have a clue.

Ricky came home from the wedding?

- Get your clothes on!
- Calm down!

- Where's Pippa?
- Upstairs.

- We trusted you to look after her!
- Lee was helping me.

That's shit. I've been out there 15 minutes.

- You've been watching us?
- I've seen...

- You dirty old bastard!
- Lisa!

- What did you call me?
- You're pissed. Just calm down.

- I've seen you looking...
- What?

You're just pissed off
that I fucked him instead of you.

- Is that how you talk to me?
- Stop it!

- No! Get off me!
- Call me a bastard again!

Where was Claire?

This little box...contains Lee's taped evidence.

You are lying, Claire.

You've lied and changed your story
a dozen times,

and blamed everyone but yourself.

Well, now it's time to tell the truth.

Lee's told us Ricky killed Lisa.
But what happened to Pippa?

It's me! You here?

Hey.

What are you doing here, sweetheart?

- What's wrong?
- I think there's been an accident.

- What do you mean...?
- Hey, Pippa, you should be asleep.

- I thought you were at a wedding.
- ls Lisa all right?

No, no, no, baby, she's not. She's...

- I'm afraid Lee's really hurt her.
- What?

What?

No. You shouldn't be here.

Claire, I need you to go to Pippa and sit with her.

I've told her you'll bring her some medicine
to calm her down. Here.

Claire. Claire.
Give her some of that.

It'll help her sleep.
I'll deal with her in the morning.

- Claire's not part of this...
- Shut up.

You're all over her body. You're inside her.
Her blood's on your floor.

I'll go and get the van.
You clean up in here.

You go to the police,
and I'll put it all on you.

Claire. You can't give her that.
You can't give Pippa that.

He told me that when he goes out
to bars and clubs he puts Rohypnol in there.

- We've gotta go to the police.
- Did you have sex with her'?

Did you have sex with her, Lee?

What have you done?

Come here.

How long were you sitting on the stairs? Hm?

Come on... It's all right.
I won't tell anyone, I promise.

Had you been there long?

Yeah?

Was the door open?

But you heard something?

- I heard Lisa and Lee.
- Oh.

They were having sex.

And then I heard the fight.

OK.

OK. Thank you
for telling me the truth, sweetheart.

Lee hurt Lisa. My dad said.

It's all right. It's all right. Hey.

Thank you for being honest.
You've done really well.

Now, I don't want you to worry.

You just need to rest.

Your dad has left you something.

Bit of medicine just to...calm you down...

...help you sleep,
while we get all this sorted out.

I want you to take a big gulp of that.

A big gulp of that.

That's a good girl.

Well done.

- I don't like it.
- No, it's horrible, isn't it?

Medicine always is.

But it's gonna help everything.

Snuggle down now.

Come on, snuggle down.

Snug as a bug.

I'm just downstairs.

I'm worried about Lisa.

Everything's gonna be all right.

We've got to clear this mess up.

Pippa heard you having sex.

She thinks you killed Lisa.

Did you give her that stuff from the flask?

She'll be asleep now.

What are you doing? Where's Pippa?

Look, I'll explain.
We haven't got much time. Just drive.

Just drive!

- You need to...
- Claire! What are we doing here?

Where's Pippa?
Claire, you tell me where she is!

Stop. Stop!

- Where is Pippa?
- You need to stay calm. Right?

I gave her the stuff from your flask, like you said.

- Right?
- What was in there? Not just whisky, was it?

- What happened?
- She had a reaction.

She said she couldn't breathe.
She was choking.

- It was... It was just... It was just so, so fast.
- What are you telling me?

We couldn't call an ambulance, Ricky,
not with Lisa's blood all over the floor.

We...couldn't save her.

She's gone.

No.

- No.
- I'm so sorry.

No, don't say that. Don't say that.

OK, Lee said he knows somewhere...
somewhere peaceful, where you used to go,

somewhere she won't be found for a while.

That's why we're here. OK?
You can go and look and I'll wait here.

I'll wait here.

I'll wait here.

Ricky.

Give me the keys.

Listen. I've got to tell you this.

I've buried your hip flask in the woods here.

I know exactly where,
but nobody else will be able to find it.

If you feel you want to talk to the police,
or you blame us for this,

remember, I know where your hip flask is

that contains traces that's killed Pippa.

It's just a precaution.
That's all. Nothing else.

You've thought it all through, haven't you?

I've got to think of the future.

I only came home that night
to tell him I was pregnant.

We've got a pretty clear picture
of the events of that night.

But we want to hear it from you.

We know you killed Lisa.
But where did you bury her body?

- No comment.
- No, no, no, no, don't do that.

Cate broke your alibi weeks ago.

There were hours
when she didn't see you at the wedding.

She assumed you were off
sleeping with a bridesmaid - Tiffany Evans.

But we spoke to Tiffany.
She said otherwise.

And I did a lot - and I do mean a lot - of checking
with every cab company in your area.

Unfortunately, for you,

the cab company that took you home that night
have got a computerised system.

They keep really good records.

Your journey details. Times.

All paid up.

- No comment.
- Seriously?

My daughter was the same age as Pippa
when this happened.

My heart went out to you.
I knew how you felt.

I couldn't let you down.
That's what I always thought.

Two years, never letting go -
I nearly killed myself over this -

and you're gonna "no comment" me?

So is there anything else you want to say to us?

I got my punishment that night.

What did you do with Lisa's body?

Lee was working at a church.

There was a funeral the day before, so...

...best place to hide a body...

...a grave.

Did you not find any traces of Rohypnol
in Pippa's body?

Passes through the system in 24 hours.
We didn't find her for a few days.

Besides, the water had...

You did it. You got them.

Done my penance.

I just keep thinking of all the damage done.

All those lives.

That's Beth. She's here.

- Do you mind if I...
- No, go. We're done. Go on.

I think you're wrong, by the way.

You're wrong.
What you said to Lee in there.

We're not all alone.

I hope you're right, Miller.

- I wasn't sure you'd come.
- I can't believe you asked.

Anyway, I never miss a chance to be belittled.

- I want to work with you.
- You want to what?

I'm not ready to stop.
In fact, I'm just getting going again.

You don't want to end on a loss.

No, I bloody don't - and especially not to you.

Why would I ever want to work with you again?

Because I bring prestige, which matters...
Don't protest.

I'm brilliant. I'd be your conscience...
challenge what you do -

and I still think you need that.

I think you're wrong about the law...
and I understand why.

But it is a calling. It... It is noble.

And I think you need to get that back.

- I don't need a tutor.
- Yes, you do. We all do.

It wouldn't work.

I'm sorry, but no.

I've done some work on this.

They're wrong about your son's case.

I think there could be grounds for appeal.

Where did you get these files?

They're the originals you sent me.

And you kept them,
even though you don't like me very much?

I don't have to like you.

But I have to believe in you.

I've spent too much time here recently
being afraid.

I need a way back in.

Get out.

- No! No, not here!
- What's the matter, Joe?

You worried about
what could happen up there? Get out!

Mark, what are you gonna do to me?

Please don't.

No.

I trusted you.

Oh, God.

- Sit down.
- Beth...

Sit down!

Do you know how many knives
there are in here?

14.

I counted them while I was waiting.

- Thought which'd be best to use on you.
- I'm sorry...

No, no, no. Don't open your mouth.

You don't get to speak.

You could've kept...

...one bit of your humanity.

You could've faced up to what you've done...

...taken your punishment...

...been a decent human being.

What...

What am I saying?

You're not that.
You can't ever have been.

When you die...

...no-one will mourn for you.

We could kill you in here...

dump your body on a beach...

No-one would care.

No-one would notice.

But we're more than you. We will...

I will not be broken by this.

We all get to live.

But you...

...you've no life left.

- Not here.
- I was found innocent...

Shut up! Just shut up, you piece of shit!

- I'm sorry, Ell.
- You're not sorry!

If you were sorry, you'd have pleaded guilty.

You heard what she said. You are leaving
and you are never coming back.

And you will never see
either of your children again.

- You can't do that.
- Oh, I can do that.

If you try and see them, if you follow them,

if you go to their schools,
if you contact them in any way, I will kill you.

And, unlike you, I will face the consequences.

You are dead to us.

Do you understand?

Now, you're coming with us.

Your bags are in the cab.

It'll take you to Bournemouth train station.

A vicar friend of mine will make sure
you get on the train to Sheffield.

I've got you into a halfway house.

From there...you're on your own.

- You think you can banish me?
- We're sure of it, Joe.

What time's your taxi coming?

Erm...about half an hour.

- You don't have to wait.
- Right.

- Miller, I couldn't have done this without you.
- No, you couldn't. And you didn't.

- Seriously.
- Don't be nice to me.

- That's not how it works.
- I...

So where are you gonna go?

Uh...I don't know. Erm...

Close to Daisy.
I need to be near my daughter.

Yeah. Quite right.

Well...

OK, thanks for everything.

A handshake?

Yeah, not hugging you.

Look after yourself, Miller.

What about Joe?

It's been dealt with.

- I miss him so much.
- Me too.

We haven't shown you this place,
have we?

And we can't never come here.
We can't miss out.

Not on somewhere this beautiful.

We lost your brother here, darlin'.

He would've loved you.

He would've loved having
a little sister to boss around.

We have to reclaim it for you now, Lizzie.

And for us.

Keep our love as strong as steel.

That's the way we win.

- Heya.
- Hey! You're late.

Yeah, but we've got crisps!

- Hello!
- Hello, Fred!

Yeah, he likes that, doesn't he?

He's a cutie, isn't he?

- Hello.
- How are you doing?

- All right.
- Hi, pretty girl.

- She's got a little red nose!
- Oh.

- Hello, darling.
- Hello!

- How you doing?
- All right. Hello!

Are you saying hello to everybody?

Yeah.

Where to, then, sir?

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