Retribution (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Storm - full transcript

In Edinburgh Adam Elliott and his wife Grace are murdered for money by a drug-addicted thief. Adam's siblings Claire and Rob return to the rural community where their mother Louise lives, to comfort her and Grace's parents Moira and Bill though Louise is resistant to ex-husband Peter arriving. During a storm the two families help a car crash victim but realize that he is the murderer so they imprison him. Next morning he is found dead with Moira believing that either Rob or her son Jamie killed him. The families agree to close ranks but, since the murderer Lee Walsh, has been sighted in the area detective Andrew Barker arrives from Edinburgh to pursue him.

'That day was my first memory of you.

'I remember that morning,

'I had a sword in my hand and I
thought I could take on the world.

'But then I went out into the
world and I realised something --

'the real world, and the other people

'that live in it, are terrifying.

'And then I saw you standing there,
and you seemed so... confident.

'The fun-sized little princess
who had it all figured out.

'And you spoke to me.

'Not that you had much choice about it.

'That was the upside of living
next-door to each other in the



'arse end of nowhere.

'We did everything together.

'Even ended up at the same uni.

'Mum, Claire and Rob took me
down and said their goodbyes.

'And then, when they left, I
felt scared all over again.'

But you came to my room, and
we drank red wine, and you told

me I didn't have to be scared and,
since then, I haven't been scared...

of anything...

because I have you.

- Aw!
- Aw!

And that's why I'm stood here...

.. dressed like an idiot...

Yeah, thanks(!)

.. for our first dance.



Come on.

♪ Take away my heartache

♪ In the night like a thief

♪ She gave me love, love, love, love

♪ Crazy love

♪ She gave me love, love, love, love

♪ Crazy love

♪ Yes, I need her in the daytime

♪ And I need her in the night... ♪

We turn our thoughts and prayers
this week to those affected

by these terrible storms and floods.

There's a question I've been
getting asked a lot recently.

If our God is a loving, caring God,

why are we suffering like this?

Why are people losing their homes?

So it goes when hardships come.

Things we cannot control.

We lash out.

We question His existence...

An extremely powerful
weather system is heading

towards Scotland, with the
Met Office having issued

a red weather warning.
Heavy rain and gale force

gusts of wind...

Can't move for all this talk
about the frickin' weather!

Jamie.

Jamie!

Take those things out.

Why?

Why? Because it's bad manners, that's why!

I can hear that racket from here.

Right.

God forbid any part of Sunday
morning be any fun whatsoever.

This. See this?

This is music.

This is Hank Williams.

There you are. Beautiful!

♪ I'm a rolling stone

♪ All alone and lost

♪ For a life of sin

♪ I have paid the cost

♪ When I pass by all the people say

♪ There goes another boy

♪ Down the lost highway... ♪

Hey, Charlie.

What brings you all the way out here?

Bill, Moira.

I...

I got a call from Edinburgh Police.

They've...

found your girl, Grace,

in her flat last night.

There'd been a break-in.

She was murdered, Bill,

her and Adam Elliot. But I just...

No, no, no.

What about the baby?

- Sorry.
- No!

- We need someone to identify them.
- No, no.

I was thinking, Louise's other boy, Rob,

he lives in Edinburgh, doesn't he?

She's my child, Charlie.

I... I should go and see her.

Not like this, Bill.

(No! Why would you say that to me?)

(Why would you say that to me, Charlie?)

Hi, At. Me again, your big sister.

Remember me?

Still haven't heard from you.

Maybe I don't want to.

You're probably...

.. disgustingly tanned. Anyway, give
me a call when it fades. Love you.

Hope it was brilliant.

- Is he coming back then?
- Who?

That fella of yours who went off
to save the world in Nairobi --

- Mr Lover Lover.
- That was my brother...

back from honeymoon.

Forgot I told you about Sam.

That'll teach me to
drink on a school night.

Morning, Meredith. How are you today?

Fine.

Here.

I have something for you.

Oh, can I help?

This one?

This was given to me by my grandmother.

- I wanted you to have it.
- No, no, I couldn't. I couldn't.

I won't take no for an answer.

Thank you.

It's beautiful.

I know you'll take good care of it...

as you have of me.

Is something wrong?

I looked into what we talked about.

There's this pill -- it sends
you quietly off to sleep.

- I can't do that, Meredith.
- If there was anyone else I could ask.

We've been friends a long time now.

It's against the law.

Laws are like cobwebs, which
may catch small flies,

but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift.

Another quote from another
book I haven't read.

I'm going to die, Claire.

I... I can't, Meredith.

- We can do it so you won't
get into any trouble. - I...

You're upset, that's all.

I should... I should get on.

Rob! Wait!

I thought you were going
to give me a lift to work.

I can't. I...

I forgot I'm supposed to
be at Mrs Wilson's place.

I thought you finished
her garden months ago.

Yeah, I guess not.

- You know, I don't think you should
be in work. - Oh, not this again.

It's too soon.

What happened to me is in the past.

Life goes on, Rob.

Locking myself away isn't going to help.

OK, then.

You can kiss me, you know?

You be OK?

Good luck with Mrs Hill.

It's Mrs Wilson.

Right.

Hello?

- Adam and Grace...
- Claire?

.. they're dead.

Someone killed them.

Our little brother's gone, Rob.

I've got some stuff to sell on.

Laptop, jewellery, some photo frames.

You've been busy.

Aye, take a look.

You've nicked some right
old shit here, Lee!

Have you ever tried not getting high
before you break into some place?

A bit of free advice for you, mate.

Just tell me what I can
get for what's in the bag!

- Everything all right, pal?
- I'm in a hurry.

- Need to get somewhere.
- Where?

A place called Braeston,
out in the islands.

I need the money for a train ticket.

I cannae get you anything
for a few days, pal.

I need to find somebody
to buy this shit first.

Front me. I'm good for it.

- Right, cos I'm sitting on
my savings, me! - Come on!

You must have some money!

I'm out, man, honest.

Is everything all right?
Are you in trouble?

I need to get to Braeston,

- finish something that I started.
- Like what?

They're all in there.

I checked. 75 sheets.

250 microgram LSD.

I can just see you now...

at your kitchen table, counting
out tabs of acid, one by one.

You're a regular smiley face
Nigella Lawson, aren't you?

If you want me to go and sell
this shit to someone else, I will.

All right. All right.

I saw you in my street.

Well, we have to take precautions.

Someone like you.

You understand.

It's all there.

OK, then.

Will I be seeing you again then, Grandma?

Take care, dear!

I hope you don't mind...

Oh, it's fine. Claire drinks in the house.

Not that it's helping.

I've been sat here since
I found out, just...

Just... Just sat here.

I'm glad you came over.

I know we haven't always...

I mean, I said things at the wedding...

Oh, it doesn't matter now. God.

Just... Just before Charlie
Fuller came and told me...

.. I'd killed a bird.

I shot it clean out of the sky...

.. and I was so proud of myself.

It's just a bird, Louise.

What kind of person...
gets pleasure out of death?

Hey. Can you help us? I just need
a couple of quid, that's all.

No, sorry.

Don't try and run, yeah?
You keep your mouth shut,

you understand? Give me your keys.

Keys, thank you.

And your wallet. Come on!

Mum.

Rob.

I called Dad.

I thought it was better
he heard it from us --

not on the news. I kept
getting his voicemail.

- I don't want him up here.
- No-one's asking him up here, Mum.

- Why on earth...?
- He is not setting foot in this house!

(Shit.)

You all right, Mum?

Well, I'm not drinking,
if that's what you mean.

Don't pick it up with your
hands, Mum, you'll cut yourself.

Leave it.

Leave it.

Someone really wants to get hold of you.

It's Sam. I told him what happened.

- You're still in touch with Sam?
- What do we do with all his stuff?

It can't just stay there forever, can it?

It can't just sit there.

Jamie, love...

Ma! Would it kill you to knock?

You should come downstairs. We
should try and eat something.

I'm not hungry.

I can't stop wondering why.

Why? Just for money?

A robbery?

Adam Elliot was always a wayward sort.

Nothing but trouble, even
as a lad. You remember.

And then he gets our Gracie pregnant,

when she's got her whole
life ahead of her.

Irresponsible, that's just who he is.

What are you saying?

Someone broke into their home.

Maybe there was a reason.

Maybe Adam was involved in something...

All right, folks?

What are you still doing here?

I wanted to make sure that
everything was done on the farm

and that everything was locked
down for the storm tonight.

You're not going home in this, are you?

It's just a bit of weather, Bill.

No. No. Absolutely not, no way.

I won't hear of it, Alastair,
at least until it passes.

He should stay, shouldn't he?

Of course. We insist.

Shit! Come on.

Oh, my God!

Shit!

- Oh, Jesus.
- Do you recognise him?! Who is he?!

- Go round the other side, Claire.
- Do you know who he is?! Who is he?!

Oh, my God!

Hello?! Can you hear
me?! Can you hear me?!

- I'll call an ambulance.
- Yes, yes! You do that, Mum.

You know a hell of a lot more
than me, Claire. Can we move him?

- Support his head! Get his legs!
- OK, OK.

- We'll need something to carry him on!
- What can we use?!

Oh, shit!

Don't move him any more than you have to!

I've got it! I've got it!

His leg's stuck!

All right. Easy. Easy. Easy.

- Be careful with him.
- Slide him over, yeah?

OK.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

- We need to get him inside.
- OK, wait.

Hurry up, come on! Come on!

- Just pull!
- Lift!

I don't know. It looks...

I mean, his... his leg is hurt and...

Oh. All right, OK.

Well... yeah, yeah, OK,

but quick as you can, please, yeah?

Helicopters aren't coming out in
the storm and the ambulance says

it will be several hours.

The roads have all flooded,
apparently, all over.

This is useless.

He's got an open fracture --
I'm going to need to splint.

What about Bill? Maybe he has
some vet supplies at the farm.

That'd work. Rob, get over
there, grab everything you can.

Wait. Do you need me to come with you?

No, I'll be fine. It's only next door.

The Met Office weather warning
remains in place throughout the night,

as gusts of wind, some
reaching gale-force,

continue to batter Scotland.

This weather front from the Atlantic
continues to bring heavy rain...

Right... I'm going to turn in.

Bill, Moira, I'm so sorry
to burst in like this

but a man's just driven
off the road by our place.

Oh, my God. Is he...? Is he badly hurt?

We don't know right now. Erm...
we've called an ambulance,

but God knows when it's going to get here.

Claire needs some medical things --

she thought you might
have some for the animals.

Of course I do. In the calves'
barn. I'll show you where it is.

- Yeah, I know where it is, Bill.
- Hold on, I'll come with you.

How...? How's he doing?

Pulse is decent but his
temperature's high.

That wound on his head needs cleaning.

I'm going to need some water.

I'll... I'll get some.

Hey, you're awake.

Hello. Are you hot?

You want your coat off?

Careful. Careful. Shhh.

Shhh. Don't... Don't try to talk.

It's OK, the ambulance will be here soon.

OK, OK.

There we go.

Claire.

Gently, gently.

Claire?

- Claire?
- What?

Can we...?

The water's almost ready.

- What?
- We found something on him.

It's got our postcode on it.

Why would he have our
postcode written down?

So he was coming here?

Or Bill and Moira's --
the postcode's the same.

But he was coming here deliberately.

So who the hell is he?

- Thanks, Bill.
- No problem.

Police are anxious to trace a homeless man

who has been named as Lee Walsh.

He's considered to be
dangerous and the public

has been warned not to approach him.

- That's him.
- What are you talking about?

That man... That man's in our house.

We should go over to Bill and Moira's...

- .. see if he's a friend of theirs.
- Right, see if they happen to be

friends with any junkies
who drive a Lexus.

Oh, Claire, we can at least ask.

Well, maybe he's well enough
to just tell us himself.

- Rob! Rob!
- Rob, stop it!

Stop it, stop it! Rob,
get off him! Stop it.

What are you doing?!

- Stop! Stop!
- What are you doing?!

What is it? You're fine.
What is it? Just breathe.

- He was right!
- Right about what?

The news report -- it says
they think this is the man

- that killed Adam and Gracie.
- Oh, dear lord.

This man? He did it?

How do you know?

Well, that's what they're saying.
They're saying that on the news.

What's he doing here?

Why did he come here?

Rob, go and call the police.

- They won't get here any quicker
than that ambulance. - Go.

'Emergency. Which service do you require?'

- Ambulance.
- 'Ambulance service.'

Hi. We called for an
ambulance a while ago.

'Braeston farm?'

Yeah, that's us. Listen, it's
not as bad as we thought.

We're just going to take him to
the medical centre in the morning.

'Are you sure?'

Yeah, he's fine and, in the storm,

we'd rather you didn't waste resources.

- We won't need anyone. Thank you.
- 'Thank you for letting us know.'

Here, put him here. Here.

They're on their way...

but they said the flooding's
getting a lot worse.

People are evacuating their houses,
so it could be quite a wait.

Same goes for the ambulance.

So what now?

He had a folded-up envelope
with our postcode on it.

Here? Why would he...?

Do you know who this is?

Why the hell would I know?

Because you saw Grace and Adam
all the time down in Edinburgh.

- I just thought you might know who it is...
- I have no idea who it is, Moira, not a damn clue!

- Why would I? - Tell your boy
to watch his mouth, will you?!

- He's a grown man! And how dare you
fling accusations...! - Shut your mouth!

Stop it! Stop it!

The ambulance and the
police are on their way.

We just need to wait, that's all.

What if he wakes up again?

He had our address. What
if he...? He's a killer.

What if he...? What if he...?

Cages.

What?

The old dog cages in Bill's barn --

we could keep him in there till
the emergency services arrive.

- You're not serious?
- He's right.

He's right. We could keep him
in there and we'd be safe.

I've done what I can for now.

What he needs is fluids and rest.

He was up and moving earlier.

That doesn't mean he
isn't bleeding internally

and, if he is, we won't
know until it's too late.

The beating didn't help.

What?

What is it?

It's just the same.

What is?

What?

Mum?

What is it?

Claire gave Adam this watch
for his 21st birthday.

- She had it engraved.
- And you still want to keep him warm?

Claire. Claire...

There's a room for you
all at our house tonight.

What was that?

It's nothing.

Just go to bed.

I'll be in soon.

Help.

Help me.

- How are you?
- I'm fine.

Right.

That day we got your diagnosis...

.. I remember, before you went to bed,

you told me you were
scared about tomorrow.

And I told you not to think about it,

that there'd be good days
and there'd be bad days,

but we'd live each day as it came.

No thinking about tomorrow.

I found the money,
sweetheart, for the operation.

I knew that you would.

Maybe we can start to feel normal again.

Wouldn't that be nice?

Someone here did this.

It wasn't me...

So who?

Look, the storm's over. The police
will be here any minute, so...

No.

No, they won't be.

I didn't call them.

I...

I told the ambulance not to come.

Jesus.

Rob, what have you done?

I was so angry and I...

.. I wanted to just...

.. let nature just take its course.

Oh, my God.

Your boy... Your boy's going
to go to prison for this.

He didn't do it. He didn't.

I-I-I...

I...

I saw someone last night...

walking through the yard, towards
this barn, but it wasn't Rob.

It wasn't, I'm sure of it.

Oh, come on. He's as good as admitted it.

Don't tell me that you know
what's happening, Moira,

because you don't have a clue!

- He said he was going to call
the police and he didn't! - Mum,

we will just call the police and
the police will sort this out.

Your boys are rotten to the
core -- they're septic.

They're just like their father.
They're their father's sons.

- The apple doesn't fall far from the
tree, does it, Louise? - How dare you!

- How dare you talk about my sons like that!
- Oh, my God, what has he done? What?!

I need to talk to you.

It's OK. We'll call the police

It wasn't, it wasn't...

Anna! Just wait!

Anna.

Wait.

I just... needed some air.

I didn't do this.

OK, I know I lied about calling the
police, but that was just a mistake.

- I wasn't thinking.
- Would you tell me if you did?

Of course I would.

Same way you told me you've
been stalking Graham Harris?

He raped you.

And you said...

.. you said you wanted to kill him.

Yeah, but I didn't hurt him.

I thought about it... but I didn't.

I thought about it, too.

I don't...

I don't blame you. I wouldn't... I
wouldn't blame you for any of it.

You sure about this?

Aye, Bill, I'm sure.

We should talk to him, now.

W-what's going on?

That man, the suspect
that Rob saw on TV...

.. he came here last
night and now he's dead.

- OK. - Is that all you've got to say?

A man is dead.

But you knew that, didn't you, Jamie?

What the hell? Why would you say that?

I saw you, son.

I couldn't sleep. I got up and
I saw you come out of the barn.

Louise saw you, too. All
right, she saw someone, anyway.

Was it you, Jamie?

Just... please just tell us
the truth so we can help you.

I just...

I wanted to look at him.

Why?

To see the person who killed Grace.

Fine. If you think I'm
guilty, let the police decide.

'I'd never thought he'd be
capable of something like this.'

I'm praying that he didn't,
but... it wasn't that long ago...

That's in the past, Moira. He's
gotten his head straight now.

As far as I'm concerned,
you two are family.

You've already lost one bairn,

I will not let you risk losing another,

not over that piece of dirt.

Whatever he's done, he's our son, Bill.

Right. OK.

No, thanks. No, no, I've got it.

Boss?

Oi, where's DI Wallis?

On the phone.

Give me a call me back
when you have any more...

That's right, OK. Boss.

The Adam and Grace Elliot case
-- got a sighting of Lee Walsh.

Some guy in a garage
recognised him off the news.

He was getting petrol at a
service station. ANPR verified it.

Location's marked on a map,
which should be with you now.

20 miles south of where
the victims grew up.

Who's the liaison officer
assigned to the families?

Uh, local cop, er, Fuller, I think.

Get him on the phone now.

Did you call the police?

No.

Why not?

We've had a talk...

.. me and your brother.

We don't need any more harm
coming to our families...

to either of them.

We've suffered enough.

Don't you think?

Now, we've all seen the news and
the watch that he took from him.

The man in that cage...

.. killed Adam and Grace.

But the police don't know that he's here.

What are you saying?

I'm not saying anything.

I think we should just...

.. take a moment...

.. and think about what
happens if they do come here.

One of us did this.

One of us, right here.

Now, do we want that
person going to prison...

.. because of him?

His face is all over the news!

They're looking for him!

What about the press?

I mean, the phones have been
ringing off the hook all morning.

They'll be here, on our
doorstep, in no time.

Then we'll deal with it.

W... We can't do that!

We need to come clean about all of this!

Can't you see that?

I don't know.

I don't know what to think any more.

I've lost my boy.

I just...

I just want all this to go away.

Dad?

Jamie, just stay there.

- But you've got a phone call.
- Not now.

It's the police.

Go back in the house.

Go on.

Bill Douglas here.

Us and...

.. and Louise Elliot. I'm
looking at her right now.

It's fine.

Everything's OK.

When she gets here?

But thanks for letting me know.

Will do, all right. Bye. Bye.

Charlie Fuller.

The detective's coming from Edinburgh.

What?

What have you done?!

What was I supposed to say, Claire?

OK, what are we going to do?

Nothing like an eight-hour delay

to really reset your
body clock, is there, eh?

Maybe you're just getting a bit old, eh?

Ooh, ouch.

'You have one new message,
received yesterday, 4:11pm.

'Dad, it's Claire.

'I don't know how else to say this.

'Adam...

'Jesus Christ.

'Adam's dead,

'someone killed him,

'him and Grace.'

Are you all right? Who was that?

No-one.