Man Like Mobeen (2017–…): Season 4, Episode 2 - It's Not What You Know - full transcript

Mobeen has landed himself in the prison infirmary, where he also has a mission, to befriend a man known as "Memory Stick" and convince him to hand over vital information.

This programme contains
very strong language

Undescended testicle.

Governor Burn?

You've got an
undescended testicle.

Me?

Oh...

Your bollock was kicked so
hard, it's gone back inside ya.

In me?

It's gone home.

And in a way, Mobeen,

that's what I've come here
to talk to you today about,



your balls.

You wanna talk to
me about me what?

Your courage.

The courage you've been
showing during your time here,

and the brilliant work you've been
doing with your job as a listener,

counselling other inmates. It's
been really very impressive.

Right.

And that's why I want
you to do some more.

I think you could help
more men on other wings.

Yeah, but I don't fancy
that, to be honest with ya.

You're almost done.

I'd hate to have to
extend your sentence

because you haven't
done the right thing.

I...



Pack it in, please, Mobeen.

Think about what
I've said to you,

and while you're thinking,
stay out of trouble,

cos I'm gonna be watching you.

I'm gonna be watching
you all the time.

All the time?

Well, yeah, not all the time.
Not when you're in the shower.

Had to go on that little course,
you know, clear up the confusion.

What were you looking for?

It was research, right?

I'm trying to do good and I
get punished. How is that fair?

The point is, I'm watching you.

Ooh! You bast...

Drug Dealer by Levelz

♪ Ay

♪ Skitty

♪ Don't be broke... ♪

Wake your bitch ass up.

What is that? What are you
sounding like an American for?

Shut up, Mobeen
Deen. Look at us.

Five minutes into your stupid
mission, and we're almost dead.

We? I am almost dead.

You...

..look like Nelly in 2001.

Ah! Look at that.

Hope your testicle's ascending.

Anyways, I was chatting with
Harper over a few games of Zelda.

So you've been playing
Nintendo Switch with Harper?

It was cold last night, so we
got under your kambal... Hey!

That is our kambal. It's not
for sharing with other men!

Whoa! I am the one
who's vexed, not you.

This is madness, Mobes.
We're nearly done.

Hey, hey, hey. Nate...

..have I ever let you down?

Look at me! OK, I'm
sorry about your life.

But, listen to me, all I need to
do is make a connection with the...

..Memory Stick.

Get him in this bed
here, get rid of old Des.

You all right here, Dezzie?

He's got haemorrhoids, bro.

Trust me, his bum looks
like a war zone. Pop!

Come on, Nathaniel.

You got anywhere yet?

No, cos you violated me, OK?

And I've had the Governor in here
telling me to do more listening.

You messed me up, Harper, so
get... mi-mi-mi - go away!

Go away from here. I don't wanna
hear nothing you got to say.

Will you get a move
on, Moon Juice?

He's right - get it
done, get it done quick.

Yeah? Or what? Or what, B-man?

Or... we will be going
to couples counselling.

Hmm. Hmm.

Mate, our life shit,
or we are shit!

♪ Look

♪ Don't be broke

♪ Look, all right... ♪

♪ Shit can quickly confuse you

♪ Cos you can buy Mach3... ♪

So, when you're a
once-in-a-generation talent like me,

you can't help but rise to
the top. Crack on, Barry.

Officer Saj. Oh, easy, cuz.

You don't call me that. The
less people know, the better.

Look, I need a favour.

Oh. From me? A total stranger,
who isn't one of your relatives?

You're so sensitive, man.

I'm not sensitive!

Oh.

Is it from Uncle Levi's
birthday back in the day?

Where everyone made you wear
that kid's cowboy outfit?

I was 24.

Look, I need you to get me and
Megalodon transferred to your wing.

No.

Please, cuz.

Megalodon is a fucking lunatic,

and I've just been put
in charge of A wing.

Is it cos of the
cowboy outfit thing?

No. it's cos of the
fucking lunatic thing.

Maybe Megalodon will understand.

He's very understanding.

Thug Life by Ambush

Argh!

Don't you ever, ever, ever...

..beat me at fucking
table tennis again!

You understand?! Yes, I...!

How is your missing testis?

Excuse me, sister, yeah? I
don't wanna be inappropriate,

but people have been screwing about
my tatay all day. Can you stop it?

I'm sorry, shall I
keep it down for you?

Please.

How's the missing bollock?

Des.

Mobeen Deen.

I honestly don't
know why you lot

get into these arguments
with the screws.

"You lot"? What do
you mean, "you lot"?

Is this some kind of, like,
man thing or a class thing?

No. It's a dickhead thing,
with you being the dickhead.

Ooh.

Whatever, my privileged sister.

You don't get too many people in
Small Heath that are privileged.

You ain't from no
Small Heath. I was.

Born in Tennyson Road... yara.

Tennyson Road?

You from Small Heath. Ha!

You know, despite my
current situation,

I just need you to know
that I actually managed

to navigate my little sister
to medical school, so...

The apple falls in a completely
different universe to the tree.

OK.

You're gonna know
better than me.

She can't stand it.

They're the kids of doctors, and
then THEIR parents were doctors.

Just a bunch of people born with
silver dicks in their mouths, man.

Getting experience in
different hospitals is tough

when you're starting out.

She could probably
shadow me here for a bit.

Really?

I mean, hey, that's a
really kind offer, but...

..this is prison. I don't really
want my little sister in prisons.

Look, give her my email address
and let's see what she says.

Hey, you really
are from the ends.

Hey.

Would you need my email
address for anything?

No.

But you've got my email address,

so you and your missing
tatay know where to find me.

We'll find you here.

Interesting lady.

And how are we feeling today?

How are "we" feeling today?

I mean, I feel like utter shit and
I'm struggling to breathe properly.

Not sure what you're
bringing to the party.

I just wanna know how you are.

I feel like somebody who's been
wrongfully labelled a nonce,

and is now wasting the small
amount of breath I can muster

trying to get rid of
an annoying woman.

Will that do you?

Fine.

No One Knows by Emre Ramazanoglu,
Robert Harris and Matthew Johnson

I tell you what, though,
it sounds rough as, Des.

Well, being bitten by two dogs with
rabies is no joke, let me tell ya.

They shouldn't even be
allowed in this country.

You know, I had to
take time off work.

Do armed robbers get
holiday pay, do they?

Pair of pugs, they were.

Little brown fuckers
give me nightmares.

Imported, they were.
From Egypt, apparently.

Egypt... Oh, right. They
should be locked up.

Dirty, smelly little bastards.

Hey, we all know who the
real victim is here, our Des.

Exactly.

Cut It by OT Genesis

♪ Cut it, cut it,
cut it, cut it... ♪

Back to your wing.

Come on, let's not
take all day about it.

Fuck's sake.

Can I talk to you
about something?

Is it about lasagne?

This ain't lasagne.
It's a hate crime.

It's about Megalodon.

Go on.

Can you get us
transferred to this wing?

Not a fucking chance.

I think Mega will be a
real asset to the wing.

Are you high? My
cousin said no.

So it would annoy
Saj if you said yes.

Well, annoying Sajid is normally
an excellent reason to do anything,

but... not this time.

Why not?

I'm not here to answer
your stupid questions.

Why don't you talk to someone
who actually wants to listen?

Who's your designated
listener? Mobeen.

Well, then, talk
to Mobeen, then.

The Governor wants him to
do more listening anyway.

No, I can't talk to Mobeen
about things like this.

Just run along,
lasagne boy, all right?

But if you do have any more
ideas about annoying Sajid,

my door's always open.

He is a bastard, that Des.

I haven't heard any hate speech.

Of course you haven't.
They're clever with it.

He's not gonna say
it in front of you.

It's a serious accusation,
Mobeen. I know,

and that is why I've got
proof for you. Watch this.

I'm sure you're not supposed
to have that in here.

Chill out. Barry in D
wing's got a 3D printer.

That's huge. How'd he
fit that up his arse?

Have a listen to this.
They shouldn't even

be allowed in this country.

Little brown fuckers give me
nightmares. Should be locked up.

The dirty, smelly
little bastards.

Racist bastard.

I cannot believe it. I
know. It's a disgrace.

Here's what we'll do, OK?

It's the most sensible thing,
cos he's making me feel violent.

We'll move him from this bed,

and then we won't mention
it to Des, because he's old,

he's not gonna change his
ways, and he'll be dead soon,

in sha'Allah. No.

I can't believe how
badly edited it is.

Huh?

Did you seriously believe I was
gonna fall for that, you khota?

Er, no, but...

What do you want me to do?

It's the free version of
the software. It's shit.

You are an idiot.

How about I swap you and Des?

Anything for a quiet life.

You're going to move him
from that bed? Mm-hm.

Get rid of Des? Yes!

Thank you, because that's
the right thing to do.

And also I think the real
reason why you've done it

is because you love me.

And that's not a problem.
Just let it happen.

There is nothing wrong
with loving me, so...

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

Oh, gyar...

He bothering you?

Hello, Officer Sajid.

I told you, innit,
just call me Saj.

The offer still stands, by
the way, if you wanna...

..come round to my mum's,
chill out, watch a film,

get some kadak chai in
there, the cinnamon shots...

Oh...

Ai-yi-yi.

I'm really busy.

You inviting girls to
your mum's house, yeah?

Do you still share a
bunk bed with your mum?

No. Oh, wow.

For your information, khota...

Ooh!

I'm on the top bunk now.
Mash'Allah! Big man!

Do you know what? I've actually
got a lot of things to do,

Officer Sajid, so
I'm just gonna go.

Yeah, I... Look, I told you,
yeah? Just... call me Saj.

"Call me Saj."

Fuck off, Mobeen!

Go with God.

Piss off!

I Wish by Skee-Lo

♪ I wish I had a girl who looked
good, I would call her... ♪

Chamomile.

Yes.

Ah, pow!

Hello, good sir.

I just want you to know
I'm a designated listener,

so you can talk to me any
time you need to talk.

I'm in a hospital, in prison,
where everybody hates me,

because somebody - you
- called me a nonce.

I didn't... technically,
didn't say you were a nonce,

I said you be
looking like a nonce.

Well, when you said I
be looking like a nonce,

everybody thought I was a nonce,
and they be beating me up.

Er...

Mobeen? Mm?

There's an Aqsa Deen
here to see you.

I'll be back... good sir.

No Miming by D38 & Tim & Barry

♪ You know the ting

♪ Respect for you
or respect cursely

♪ Free the Gs... ♪

What happened? Oh, yeah.

Um, I slipped over
in the showers.

You'd have to slip 147 times, but,
sure, yeah, let's go with that.

Sh.

And who's this?
Your psychiatrist?

Why would I need a psychiatrist?

Cos you constantly
seek out chaos

and you're addicted to
highly toxic environments.

Fair enough.

I love her already.

Dr Nida Iqbal, MD.

Aqsa Deen.

So your brother tells
me you're in medicine.

Yeah.

Although I feel like quitting.

Have they asked you
to go skiing yet?

Yes.

Skiing is some bullshit. And when
you tell 'em you don't like it,

you might as well have
a criminal record.

No offence. It's a
bit offensive, but OK.

So I was speaking to Mobeen

about you possibly
shadowing me here for a bit.

I'll do it. It's not easy.

You're almost exclusively
working with men.

A lot of 'em are
abusive, hostile,

thick, really thick.

Really thick. Yeah.

It's hard work, long hours, and the
resources here? Beyond out-of-date.

But if you can handle it here,
you can handle it anywhere.

Can't be any worse
than the A&E I'm in.

Last Friday night, a woman came in
with maggots living in her scalp.

This place is a dutty hole.
I don't want you coming here.

Baska!

I think we should get you
started this week if we can.

Really? Ay-yi-yi.

I promise, I won't let you down.

You'll be great.

And we can smuggle some codeine
and flog it back in ends.

Jokes!

Look, now she's gone... Chup!

Come, let's go.

Can't Stop by Yaseen Rosay

♪ Amigo, I just landed

♪ Expanded, branded

♪ One-handed

♪ Yeah... ♪

Rough night?

Every night is a rough night.

You kept muttering
in your sleep,

saying, "Nate, stop, that
tickles," over and over again.

Whoa! Baska, baska.
Ooh, ooh. OK, yeah. Ha.

What you got going on
for the rest of the day?

Hopefully, I'll stop vomiting

and get some feeling
in my right leg.

Cross that one off the
list for today, innit?

All right, Moon Walk?
How's it going, Mobes?

Have... have you had a haircut?

You cutting his hair, yes?

Cheeky little trim. Cheeky
little trim, is it, yeah?

You, man, would
love it - love it -

if I was in here for
the rest of my days.

You know what I'd prefer,
Moon Boots? What's that?

You get the information we
need about Khan - quickly.

I'm trying to, but
he's a weird guy.

I think he's an incel. You
should investigate that.

Incest? No, not incest.

Maybe that. I dunno.
Incel. What's an incel?

It's basically guys who love the
nyash but can't get the nyash,

so they blame the nyash.

No bunda? Mm.

Do I need to remind you
why you're doing this?

Your sister, your
gunned-down mate...

Your promotion. Your pay rise.

Look, if you don't wanna
go through with this,

now would be a real
good time to say.

When did I say that?

Why don't you go
see the chaplain?

He knows everything about
everyone in this place.

Now, that is a good idea.

Pow!

Shzzz! Pow!

Just chemistry. Is that right?

Fuck off, ahojo.
Fuck off, ahojo.

You know what that
means? Say it with me.

Fuck off, ahojo. Get
ahojo out of here, man.

Go from here.

You're so dramatic.

Nathaniel. Nate.

Before you go. Come
back, spin back.

Will you still cut
my hair? Yes. Always.

That's hard, innit?

OT Bop by NSG

♪ My drip is a talent

♪ Saving is boring

♪ So I might go to Harrods

♪ Too many sirens... ♪

Thanks for this, Doc.

I'd walk, but my tatay is
still in the Upside Down. Oof.

I don't do this for
everyone, you know.

OK! Anyway, I can
just wait out here.

Really? You'd
stay for me? Yeah.

And I'd prefer it to
Des's haemorrhoids.

You all right?

Huh? Nah, I'm good, man. Sure?

Yeah.

Yeah, you good?

Yeah. Ooh. I'm independent too.

Like you. Thank you.

OK. Ooh.

How kind I am.

Assalamu Alaikum! Sat sri akaal!

Namaste! Shalom!

O great spiritual one.

Hello, bastard.

What do you and your tits want?

Every day you talk about
my titatita, every day.

Uncle, listen, I need
something from you.

What, a sport bra?
No. Have you, um...?

Have you still got
access to every prisoner

and their details
on your laptop?

I need some information.

That's illegal to give to you.

Uncle, you're not in the
country legally, so...

Who is he? His nickname
is Memory Stick,

but his real name is Colin
Bigginson Junior III.

White people have
these stupid names.

Shabash! Shall I
join you round there?

No, no, you stay
there. You smell shit.

Oof.

OK, Uncle, what's he into, then?

Enjoy metal detecting, magic,

'90s gangsta rap.

I like to be friend
with this guy.

Uncle, are you sure
that's Colin's details?

Get out, bastard.

Uncle, please let me just...
Get out. Go get life.

No, you can't. You're
in a prison. Bastard.

Uncle... Get out, or
I will snap your tits.

Snap my tits? That's not nice.

Just get out.

Tits don't even snap.

One Time 4 Your Mind by Nas

Whoosh.

Are you ready?

It's the... It's
the thumb trick.

Get it?

Am I doing...? Yeah, look.

No? OK.

David Blaine.

What about him? He was
in that box in London.

I haven't thought about
him in about 15 years.

Harry Houdini.

Died in a box as well, innit?

Just listing magicians at me.

What about Paul
Daniels? He's dead.

What about his auntie who
used to come with him?

Sheila McGee? She was with him.

I know she was with
him! She loved him.

She had nice hair. She had nice
hair. You didn't like her hair?

I did like her hair, but I don't
know why you're talking to me

about Sheila McGee's hair.

What-what-what you
don't like magic for?

I don't like magic, no. I mean,
I wish I could make this moron

that keeps trying to
talk to me disappear,

but, apart from that, nothing.

I got one for ya.

Beep.

Boop-boop-boop. Laser Quest?

And you're at the beach

with a girlfriend, maybe
boyfriend, I don't know, whatever.

Beep. What's that in the ground?

Metal detecting. No.

Why do you keep talking to me
about all this random bollocks?

Shut up!

Shitty khota bastard...!

You should have checked the
information first, bastard.

Uncle, I tried, yeah. You told
me, "Stay there. You smell shit."

That's true.

Very funny, shevi, very funny.

Uncle, Uncle, Uncle, there he
is, there he is, there he is.

OK. Colin.

He enjoys studying telescopes,
understanding the metaverse

and the music of Avril Lavigne.

Thank you, Uncle.

♪ He was a skater boy

♪ She said, "See
you later, boy." ♪

See you later, then.

See you later, boy.

Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne

'Scuse me? Where's he gone?

Discharged. Shit!

Good... for him.

Shit for me!

Pure Water by Mustard & Migos

♪ Y'all already know
who I am, right?

♪ Mustard on the beat, ho

♪ Let's go Uh, woo-woo

♪ No Master P

♪ Ten bad bitches
and they after me

♪ One bad bit look
like a masterpiece

♪ Oh Looking for a dunk... ♪

Let's go. 82. Yeah.

83.84.

What the hell is
going on in here?!

Er, Harpsie just
suggested a few changes.

Harpsie kauna?
Tu Harpsie? OK...

Talk to me, Moonlight,
what you got?

Nothing. What?

No, I mean, I have
made a connection.

You know, like
you would suggest,

you don't go all the way on
a first date. Slowly, slowly.

Oh, I was very much hoping you would
go all the way on a first date.

I was hoping you'd
have full fucking sex.

What now?

In terms of
intelligence-gathering, obviously.

Obviously.

Look, man, I'll see him next
time and it will be pat.

You know how I do,
you know my ting.

Listen, if you spent less
time chatting up bloody Nida,

we'd get it done
quicker, wouldn't we?

We haven't got much time
left, Mob Deep, so when?

I'll tell you when, OK?

When I'm on a wing,
when I'm in a canteen,

when I'm in the fucking
showers, I'll get it done!

I've got blood
pressure... Excuses!

I don't want no more
stress! Get it done!

I don't want fucking
stress! You told me...

Stop pressuring me!
Hey, hey, oi. Oi-oi-oi.

What's going on in here...

..you bunch of shaggers?

Mobeen, I just wanted to come and
say thank you for listening to me

and for going the extra mile.

You see, Chippy came to see me,

and he told me that you
want to do more listening.

Chippy said what, now? And now
that the new inmate is here,

you can talk to him
as much as you want.

Huh? Harper.

You fucking twat.

Can't argue with that.

Talk to who? Who's on the wing?

We're going. Come,
come, come, come.

Jesus, Lord.

Er... No-one's that big.

I... I can't leave the cell.
I can't leave the cell, man.

What do you mean?

Harper, he's gonna fuck
the lungs out of me.

Yeah, what about Memory Stick?
I prefer to keep my lungs.

And the structural integrity
of his anus. Batty guy.

Fuck!

♪ Disloyal motherfuckers
I'mma banish you all

♪ And celebrate all in your
accents once I get rid of y'all

♪ Sometimes I can't describe the
wicked shit I feel in my heart

♪ Break my silence and
sporadically tear you apart

♪ Strike with a serious
vengeance and before you die

♪ Put you through the worst and
make you take a look in my eye!

♪ This means war!

♪ Take a look inside

♪ You can run and you can hide

♪ If you cross my path

♪ I'll make sure
you'll feel my wrath. ♪