The Widow (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Poteza - full transcript

Why bother?

Scrub and scrape,
only for the mess

to reappear again and again.

That is life, is it not?

What else is there?
Just give up?

"Shit the king, shit the pope,

and in this world of crap shit,
no one escapes."

If we think that way,
then the world will burn.

It already does.

In every corner, it burns.

Like a match.



All the way to our fingertips.

I know you.

You gave me a bag.

A laptop inside.

Sankuru Airways Flight 19...

Didn't think you'd see me again.
Did you?

Where is he?

I told you to go home.

You sent me that message
in the car.

You...

You can't shoot me.

- You need me.
- You're right. I do need you.

Doesn't mean
I can't hurt you, though.

- You want me to believe that?
- Oh, try me.



Emmanuel, my friend,
from the airport,

back when you were pretending
to be Hennie Botha?

He was in that car
when you blew it up.

You should have gone home
like I told you.

He was here, wasn't he?

Will.

He was here.

Will who?

Where's my husband?

Oh, Christ, I'm bleeding.

It's just a flesh wound.
Tie it off.

Talk. Where's Will?

Yeah. He was here
a long time ago.

He came here
with a bunch of aid workers.

Uh, they were caught in a storm.

And... when the storm cleared...

on he went, to catch his flight.

Sankuru 19.

And then what happened?

- He died.
- No. You're lying.

I saw him.

With you,
in the middle of Kinshasa.

Can't be.

The cap. The bloody orange cap.

He left it behind. I took it.

- I thought it was funny.
- It's him.

You want it to be.

It's not.
You're chasing a ghost.

If I'm chasing ghosts, then why
are you putting bombs in a car

and blowing my friend up?

Why are you pretending
to grieve for your brother?

- You see that land out there?
- Yeah. It's a coltan mine.

What's that got to do
with my husband?

Just about every smartphone,
laptop in the world

needs a tantalum capacitor
to run.

And if you want that,
you need coltan.

And it just happens that
the world's supply of coltan

pretty much comes
out of the DRC.

I know it doesn't
look like much,

but there's a lot of money here
right under your feet.

So what?

Did Will find out you were gonna
take over this operation?

How do you want this to end?

I can't take you
to your husband.

I'm just part of a...
of a machine.

A very small part.

But you admit it, though.

You've seen him. He's alive.

You should go home,

before anyone else gets killed.

Merci.

Look, I've told you already,
I'm not interested.

No. No. Meeting up
won't change my mind.

Good-bye.

Everything all right?

It's a bloody salesman.

He's trying to flog us
that cheap plastic.

God knows where he gets it from.

Oh, that, um, Roland guy?

Huh?

Yeah, yeah. Roland.

Look, I'm not
interested, okay...

Yeah, this is, this is
Judith Gray speaking.

When?

The terms
of your mother's estate

aren't complicated.

Everything she left is to
you, and it's that simple.

There's the house... I believe
it's still on the market?

Yes, when she went
into the hospice, we, um...

Well, it, it's just,
it's taking a while, so...

Okay. And after that,
all that remains

is just in one savings account,

uh, the sum of which
amounts to...

just a little under £200,000.

Please be seated.

Sorry about your mother.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming.

Hi.

Shevaun McArdle.
I'm sorry for your loss.

Thank you. Uh, I didn't see you
at the crematorium.

Sorry, how did you know her?

I didn't, I-I just... saw that.

- Oh, right.
- Sorry, I didn't mean to...

It's...

I lost my dad
a couple of months ago.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Mm.

Absolutely fucking miserable.

- Yeah.
- Selfish bastards, aren't they?

Bringing us into this world,
making us rely on them,

care about them

and then buggering off, leaving
us to clean up all their shit.

And then miss them.

I don't actually know
why I chose that photo.

Um, I never could stand
that big spider brooch.

But, um, she always wore it,
everywhere.

I'm pretty sure
she even slept with it on.

Anyway.

You look like you could do
with another.

Oh, right. Yeah, thanks.

I've never heard anything
that disgusting,

and I've heard some stuff
in my life.

Well, that's your fault
for insisting on hearing it.

I'm actually down here,
so, uh...

Thank you so much
for cheering me up.

- Pleasure.
- It was, it was really nice

- to meet you, Shevaun.
- And me, you.

-I'm, uh, sorry,
uh, sorry, sorry.
-I'm not... I'm...

- The wrong time.
- You don't know me.

Maybe you don't know yourself
that well, either.

Here.

It must be dark as hell
in that closet of yours, love.

So when you're ready
for some sunlight,

why don't you give me a call?

Give me your phone.

What's your code?

1011, my kid's birthday.

Did you ever think you might be
better off not knowing?

- Ignorance is bliss.
- No.

Ignorance is just
fucking ignorance.

- Oh, come on!
- Down.

Did you ever stop to think that
Will might be safer where he is?

Did you?!

Kill the bitch!

Oh, shit, shit, shit.

Oh, thank God.

Hello?

Judith?

Judith.
Judith?

J'ai besoin d'une ambulance.
Maintenant!

Merci.

Hello.

Hi, love. Sorry, did I wake you?

No, no. Not at all.

So, listen, I'm-I'm not trying

to pressure you at all,
but do you have any idea

when you might be back?

Another, um...

Oh, maybe a-another two weeks.

Is that okay?
That-That'll make it, like,

uh, what, a month?

Yeah, of course.
Just take what you need.

Okay, bye.

- Bye.
- Bye.

You cannot do that

when I'm on the phone!

Says the woman who answered
the phone in the first place.

Who was it, your boss?

No, no, it was Joshua.

My point being,
as he's not your boss,

you don't have to
explain yourself to him.

No, I know, but...

you know, it's not right
leaving him in the lurch and...

Sounds like you spent
most of your life

trying to do what's right.

Doing what you think
other people want you to do.

-Do you know what I want
right now?
-Hmm?

I want you to stop talking...

and to carry on.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I know I said I'd get
back to your mum's

in time for dinner,
but things have gone

- a bit mental.
- Oh, uh, okay.

Well, um, we could always
meet up later.

Or why don't you come here?

There's a good place
around the corner.

Okay, well, let's do that, then.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I need to get out of here.

- See you later, everyone.
- Bye.

Good-bye.
Have a lovely evening.

I've never really had
Turkish food before.

In all these years
on the planet,

it's-it's somehow sort of
just passed me by.

Okay, what's up?

You've hardly said a word,

which means you've had
to suffer me

talking absolute bollocks
at you...

It's nothing, uh...
it's not your problem.

You can tell me things,
you know.

The world has to turn up
at some point.

Just work.

I, uh, lost a massive contract.

It'll be fine.

We need to borrow a shitload
of money from the bank

so we can see through
the next four months,

and then we'll be right again.

It'll be fine.

Look at this I tracked down.

That's my mum's...

How did you f...?

I've been looking everywhere
for this.

I took another look
through all the boxes.

I-I know you thought
it was ugly,

but it was hers, so I...

Wow.

You just burst right out
of that closet

like a mountain goat,
then, didn't you?

Thank you.

Seeing as though it did take
quite a long time to find,

uh, I couldn't ask you
a small favor, could I?

- Teeny-weeny...
- Oh, my God.

Yes. Anything, anything.

Maybe don't go back to the DRC
and stay here with me?

I mean, it, Judith, don't go.

Oh...

Hmm.

Answering your own door now?

Better not start driving
yourself

or I'll be out of a job...

Loyal employees...

they're hard to find.

What's this?

A dog tried to bite me
in the street.

I had to put a knife
to its neck.

This fucking country.

Does it ever keep you up
at night?

What?

The things we've done.

I try not to think about it.

That's a luxury I don't have.

What do you mean?

A woman knocked
on the door of my house today.

A woman I sent to her death.

It wasn't real.

But she felt real.

You have to shut it out.

But my mind will not let me.

I'm seeing things.

Barking at ghosts.

Come with me.

I can get you out of here.
We have to go, now.

This is no place
for a little girl.

Come on, get in.

You all right?

Being back on a plane
can't be easy now.

Oh, I have flown since
the accident many times.

This is...
this is something else.

Ever since I left the Congo,
I've been running.

You were running a long time
before you got on that plane.

I forgot.
There are no secrets with you.

All I know is there
was a warrant out for fraud

for Mikael Arnason.

I made mistakes in Iceland.

People trusted me
with their money,

and I told them
that I could help them

with their investments.

Each time I lost,
I asked for more,

and I told myself that this one
would get me back on track.

Just one good deal,
that's all I needed.

A tide has to turn.

Only it didn't.

So I-I, I "borrowed" money
from a bank I worked at.

Prison wasn't even the thing
I feared the most.

It was the humiliation.

Disappointing everyone.

My friends, my family...
my parents.

So I ran. Ended up in Africa.

I was incredibly selfish.

But, then, that's me.

I'm selfish... and a coward.

You know this...
Going to Kinshasa with you...

It's probably the only brave
thing I've ever done.

Brave or stupid?

Is there a difference?

English?

- Yeah, yeah.
- Are you family or friend?

Joshua Peake.
Um, I... work with her.

Sorry, um, I found her.

Okay, the doctors are doing
everything they can,

but is there anyone else
we could call?

No, I don't think so.

Okay.

You look so sad.

I'm not sad.

I've just got
an unfortunate resting face.

They all turned you down?

Every single one.

I built that company
from scratch.

It'll be fine. I'll, um...

I'll find a way to bounce back.

I'll... I'll wind
the company up.

These things happen, right?
I'm not the first.

- I could help.
- No.

No, I mean it.
The money my mum left me.

I was going to put it
into the charity,

- but I would far rather...
- No, I won't have it.

You'll pay me back
in a couple of months.

- It's fine.
- No, this is my problem.

No, it's our problem now.

Well, this is how it works,
isn't it?

If I'm staying,
this is how it has to work.

You're staying?

I spoke with Joshua.

I'll work from here,
where I can, and he'll step up.

I can't believe you're staying.

But on one condition.

Mm-hmm?

I'm only staying if you let me
bloody well help you.

Hi, it's Shevaun.

Please leave me
a message after the tone.

Hello, love, it's me.

Um, I don't know what's
happened, so can you call me?

Uh, the film's started.

Hi, it's Shevaun.

Please leave me a message
after the tone.

Shevaun, I'm worried about you.

I'm-I'm gonna come
by the office today.

Uh, I hope everything's okay.

- Uh, hi.
- Hi.

I-I'm just looking for Shevaun.

Who?

Shevaun McArdle.

Sorry, I don't know
anyone by that name.

Uh, y-you remember,
I-I came in, uh...

You work for her.
This is her office.

I don't know a Shevaun,
but that's Sally.

S... That's Sally?

Yeah. Sally... Newell, I think.

Yeah. She had the desk opposite.

It's a shared office space.

She rented the desk
for a week and then...

You can, you can take the bed.

I'm sorry.

No. It's-it's okay.

I don't mind.

This is Judith Gray.

Please leave a message.

Judith? It's me.

Why the hell does Pieter Bello
have your number in his phone?

Hello?

Martin, thank God.

- Georgia?
- I found Pieter Bello.

- He's-he's dead.
- What?

- What are you talking about?
- I took his phone, and on it,

he had all these missed calls
from Judith.

I mean, she knew
I was looking for him.

She-she saw the photo,
she never said a fucking thing.

Listen, I'm in Kinshasa now.

I can go to Judith's house.

- What?
- Yes, I'm here with a man

who survived Sankuru Flight 19.

No. There-there was
only one survivor.

It was, uh, Dominique.

No. This man was
also on the flight,

and he saw what happened.

- There was a bomb, Georgia.
- What?

- The flight report, it said...
- No. Someone planted

a laptop bomb on that flight.

And we're gonna find out who.

GEORGIA Jesus.

Tu vas bien?

I'm fine.

You were shouting.

In English.

This woman won't leave me alone.

What?

Some ghosts I have lived with
for far too long.

Never mind.

Please. Have a drink with me.

I thought I was going
to drive you to work...

I'm in charge there.

They wait for me.

You need to get a cleaner.

I was wondering how long

it'd take you to find me.

Not long, actually.

I was just... I was just deciding

whether there was any point
in talking to you...

Sally.

She told me all about you,
your mum.

Painted a hell of a picture.

But the thing is, I was there.

I was there
cleaning up her shit.

I was there to walk her
up and down the hallway

because she couldn't stand
the sight of that ceiling.

I was there when she died.

I actually cared
enough about her tobe there.

You didn't know her.

Oh, I bloody knew her

better than you did.

She's my mother.
How fucking dare you?

I worked at the hospice
where she died.

And you had no idea who I was.

That's how much you cared.

-I got back to see her
whenever I could.
-Oh, right.

Every three months,
like clockwork.

48 hours, and then
you're off again.

You always talk about
doing good things, Judith,

but do you actually give
a shit about anyone?

You stole from me.
You stole from me.

What, and now you're trying
to lecture me?

I give and I give
and I help day and night.

And I get nothing back.

- So now it's my turn.
- How could you?

How could you lie to me
all those nights?

Honestly... it made it exciting.

Lying there,
knowing what I was going to do.

You did this, Judith.

You left that beautiful
old woman to die alone.

She was always alone.

For good reason.
She made it that way.

Well, we all make
the beds we lie in.

Maybe that's the way you are.

Smiles and kindness
on the outside,

but on the inside you're angry.

You're screaming.

But maybe I've
set you free, Judith.

Because I was
the one risk you took.

I was the one time
you let someone in.

You know what, I'm done.
You don't exist.

Attention, all passengers...

Boarding will commence shortly
at Gate 52.

Shall we meet?

I had to tell one of the guys
who works for me

you were a salesman.

You called so many times.

I even made up a name for you.

Roland.

I could be a Roland.

Drink?

They have good lotoko here.

I'm not here to drink.

So, you are willing
to work with me.

I have a network of contacts
in the Eastern Congo.

So, not just my vehicles,
but all the aid workers

who work in the region.

Doctors... some U.N. people
I can talk to.

Good. I need people
who can cross the border

into Rwanda easily.

There, we can sell the coltan

without the tax
that they levy here.

Aren't you making
enough money already?

From a government mine?

I lose millions
to every corrupt politician

who sticks his nose in.

It is time I take my piece.

But may I ask,
why the change of heart?

I've tried so many times before.

You called me a monster.

My "human rights record."

It's got nothing to do
with my heart.

It's a callous world
out there, Major General.

Everyone's out for themselves,
skimming off the top.

Hands in someone else's pockets.

I'm just sick of looking down
and finding mine empty.

So... let's talk about
how we make this work.

We cannot provide security
for the vehicles.

People cannot know
you're collaborating with us.

But there's a man I know,
ex-military.

A mercenary, a smuggler.

He can help you.

His name is Pieter Bello.

What is this place?

The people who work here,

they-they've seen
children like you.

Look, I have to go
back to Kinshasa.

I can't leave you here
by yourself.

- I don't want to.
- They'll help you.

They say they help you,
but this is not what they do.

But this is different.

I'll come with you where you go.

- Hello.
- Hi. I called ahead.

- Yes, yes, about the girl.
- Yeah.

This is... Wait.

Wait.

I don't need this place.

But where will you go?

Just go back to yourlife.

Look, I don't know
what I'm doing, okay?

I don't have the answers.

Look, come with me, then.

We'll find somewhere you like
when we get back to Kinshasa.

- Okay?
- Come with you?

Come on.

Martin, hi.
Did you find her?

I'm at her house now.

- And?
- There's a problem, Georgia.

Judith is dead.

What?

She was stabbed here,
in the house.

The hospital thought
they'd saved her,

but, um... then she ruptured
an artery this morning, so...

Georgia, can you hear me?

Jesus, what now?

We're gonna find
who planted that bomb.

We'll figure this out.

- When's your flight?
- Soon. Um,

I'm going to the airport now.

Listen, Judith and Pieter Bello

are clearly connected.

We just have to work out how.

So, I'll see you at her house
when you land, yes?

Okay.

Thank you for telling me.

Come on, boss.
We should get going...

I'm not going to work today.

I just heard my main operation
outside Kisima has been shot up.

Every soldier loyal to me
is dead.

When?

Days ago.

And I'm only just now
finding out.

Anyone who might have sent news
has been killed.

Who would do something
like this?

Attacking soldiers?

There is a white woman there,
they said.

Judith Gray warned me
about this woman.

A widow.

I know that face.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking you two can use
some company.