Then You Run (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Martyr - full transcript

As Ruth looks after Tara, Stink and Nessi's plan to sell the rest of Orin's stash and make some 'easy' money takes a tragic turn.

The following programme
contains very strong language,

violence, and scenes of drug use.

Why is my brother frozen,
in a steam room, with no TV?!

Why can't you come to Zante?
She lost her primary carer.

What is in Rotterdam?
My dad.

High time you met the rest
of the family... Uncle Reagan.

I was thinking, maybe
my friends could come and visit.

Mum's dead!
Unfortunately not.

I've been lied to, all my life!

Fuck!

Ohh!



♪ GAZELLE: Anti Body

♪ Don't know how to feel
when you want to see

♪ All the pain you cause
to your family

♪ Suffering the most,
I hear what they say

♪ Everything is clear,
I can't live that way

♪ Don't know how to feel
when you want to break

♪ All the things you love
thinking it's OK

♪ Cutting into flesh
till the loop returns

♪ Everything is black
now that you confess ♪

♪ I can't let you in,
it takes too much to get out

♪ If I don't let you in,
that full force pushes me down

♪ I can't let you in

♪ It takes too much to get out

♪ If I don't let you in ♪



My money's on the heart.

Be a lot easier to tell
when he's properly thawed out.

Look at you.

Even in death, you're the
best-looking fucker in the room.

Head wound?

You think it was them?

Whatever happened,
those girls know about it.

So... where do we start?
Looking for the girls, like?

Bring me the ballbag.

I can't see it myself, Reag.

Her own father?

I know she's an O'Rourke but...

It's not so much the O'Rourke side
that worries me.

Who's that?

No-one.

Tara? What... Like... How?!

OK. She needs water.

I need a spliff.

What? I've just seen a dead dad.

Hurry up, then. Shotgun.

I already smoked our last one
by the beach.

There's some in the pool.

♪ JUNGLEPUSSY: Trader Joe

Tara's dad's a gangsta!

Tara's dad WAS a gangster.

♪ I think I like him
more than I like Trader Joe's

♪ I'll swallow kids
if he start eatin' vegetables ♪

Oh, what the fuck
is up with this shit?

I told you, you can't smoke it
straight from the plants!

Disgusting!

I thought coke
was meant to liven you up?

How much of this did she take?

I mean, are we going
to talk about it?

Like, what the fuck happened?

Her dad had a heart attack?
Probably an OD?

So why didn't Tara call
an ambulance?

I don't know, Nessi.
Maybe between the weed factory

in the basement
and the cocaine in the kitchen,

she was afraid to dial 999?

She must have freaked.

She just found out
that her mum's still alive.

And that she'd been lied to
all these years.

That's fucked up.

Her dad was Skyping
her mum, right?

We should make contact.

What the fuck?
Maybe stop smoking raw weed?

Look, we don't even know
if Tara wants to see her mum.

She will.
This is not coming on.

What is that?

Looks like...

Tara!

Are you OK?
Tara!

Tara! Tara!
When I vom, no-one gives a crap!

Holy fucking fuck.

Well, those two are snuggled up
like a pair of tits.

Nessi, I'm going to change
your life.

- Please don't.
- I've just had.
The best idea. Ever.

Why are you searching up
local landmarks?

I knew I could count on you, Nessi!

For?
That will become clear.

First of all, we need
to go find your pizza boy!

Mirko?

♪ And I know that you can't sleep

♪ And I know that you can't eat

♪ Well, how long
till you can't breathe in?

♪ There's a spin in your brain,
you're delivering ♪

Mirko, ya ballbag!

Do you still have a cock or did
that shrivel back inside you?

I was teaching this English girl.

Did she drown?
No, no, no, she's here, somewhere.

I thought you said
there was three of them?

I didn't come down here to
ride the fucking slot machines.

You said there was one each, Mirko!
There is one each! Come! Come.

Whoa, what happened to the girls?

They left. Quite suddenly.

It was probably my fault.

Women seem to keep
drifting away from me.

Who is this?
Marten. From Hamburg. Hi.

He promises three English birds,
and delivers one German lad.

A fucking liberty, that is!

Where are you going?

To find some fanny
that actually exists.

Well, wait up?

We're not in school anymore, Mirko.

You don't have to do
my homework for me,

and I don't have to charm
the floozies for you.

You look very cold.

I can't drive that!

Course you can! You passed
- your test.
- In a Nissan Micra.

What about this one?

Yeah, and maybe after we've picked
the kids up from soccer practice,

we can go grab a coffee at Gail's.

Well, seeing like we can't find
his keys anywhere,

we're not gonna be driving
either anytime soon.

Shit.

He must have left them somewhere.

Oh, no.

Got them.
Uh-huh.

Thank you.

♪ TKAY MAIDZA: Shook

♪ These mans,
yeah, I got 'em all shook

♪ Earthquake,
yeah, I got 'em all shook

♪ I came, I don't play by the book

♪ Yeah, I make the bands,
yeah, I got 'em all shook

♪ These mans lookin' at me all... ♪

My God! Are we even moving?

Driving slow in this kind of car is
more suspicious! We'll get stopped!

This is my first time
on the wrong side of the road,

and you still haven't told me
why we're going to see Mirko!

Just... Put your foot down.

Been quicker if we'd got
Tara's dad to drive.

Just the man!

Where did you go? I was under the
water, and when I came up...

I am so sorry, Mirko.
Our friend needed help.

Yeah, I think I caught a cold
for nothing.

Well, maybe not for nothing?

That's why I called you.

Uh, so, you came back for more...

Actually, we have
something to offer you.

It's probably too big for you.
But maybe someone you know?

What's... What's too big?
Five kilos of cocaine.

Seriously, Mirko.

We're talking about five kilograms
of quality cocaine.

You sell baggys from a food stand.

So no offence, I want to meet
someone higher up the chain.

And I'm not talking
the pizza chain, OK?

Someone with money.

God, that is rank!

I don't mind it.

You said I owe you
for last night.

It's payback time today, bro!

Stink! Now might be a good time
to fill me in

on what the fucking hell
you're up to?

Er... No. It can wait.

But why did you tell Mirko that
we had five kilos of cocaine?

Because we do.

Darian.
Stink.

Because I smell so good.
Do I know you from somewhere?

Doubt it. What's in the drink?

Kale, turmeric, flaxseed,

maca powder, hemp.

Is this one of those places
guys inject steroids

to make their balls shrink up
like a baby's?

Please can you stop talking
about balls?

I feel sick, the smell in here...

Mirko tells me
you have something to sell.

I didn't realise you were
friends with Pablo Escobar.

The footballer?

Oh... How is it?

Subtle. Very subtle.

So subtle, it's like
it's not even coke.

Just try some more!

This a joke?
What is it, baby laxative?

Am I supposed to shit my pants now?
No! It's good!

My friend took it
and... She's fucked!

And this other guy I know,
he took a lot.

And you know, he's just... gone!

Show me your eyes.

I do know you.

You're a... porno.

What?

Whoo! It's good.

Fuck!

Whoo!

It's really good.

Told you.

Nessi?

Stink?

What in the name of fuck
were you thinking?!

Fifty thousand Euros!
Who are you?

Who is sitting next to me right now?

Who? Fucking Pablo Escobar?

Nessi!

You're speeding.

♪ ALEWYA: Jagna Song

♪ These thighs of mine

♪ Ride till they freeze

♪ Course, if I light up and breathe

♪ How could they,
why would they run

♪ Or would they die with the gun

♪ Flow with ya, flow with ya ♪

Fifty grand!

She's even dumber than she looks!

It's worth fucking ten times that!
The stuff is dynamite.

Should we go see your father?
Why? Fuck him.

This is our deal! Yeah?

Our deal, and it's going to be
the making of us!

Yeah. We don't have
50 grand, Darian.

We don't need 50, dumbass.

This gear is red hot, no question.

But she needs to sell
more than we need to buy.

Yeah?

Those bitches, Mirko,

we're going to fuck them,
and fuck them over, bro.

Yeah.

Nessi, remember we used to
talk about owning our own bar?

Nail bar. You and Tara wanted a bar.
I wanted a nail bar.

Fine, you wanted a nail bar. Now,
we'll have enough money to invest!

Huh?

So just remember,

when I show you what I found,

think of it as Nessi's nail salon,
and not drugs.

What are you doing?

How many bags did you flush?!
Can you calm down?

How many?

Two.

Nessi! Ruth's just flushed
your dreams down the toilet!

Have you seen the state of Tara?
This is the shit she's taken,

and she's lucky to be alive!
Give it to me!

OK! We will hand the bags
to Nessi, who is neutral,

and she will keep hold of them

while we discuss this in a calm
and constructive manner.

How do you know these arseholes -
I knew you wouldn't listen!

...aren't going to dump you
in the canal?

Ruth just called
your boyfriend an arsehole.

He's not exactly my boyfriend.

You can't just trust some random
drug dealers from Rotterdam!

I know that, Ruth.
That's why I've got a plan.

Nine o'clock tonight, I meet Mirko
and Darian by the harbour.

But I won't have the drugs on me.

They'll will be with Nessi
in the car up the road.

They don't pay up,
they don't get the coke.

Hm. Foolproof!
Her dad's in the freezer!

He's hardly gonna come
looking for them!

We are 30 grand richer!

That's ten for Tara,
ten for Nessi, ten for me.

Oh. Yours is in the toilet.

I see deadly drugs in large
quantities, I flush them. I'm sorry.

How do you even know
these are in kilos?

I don't, but if I just said,

'Hi, we've got er... big bags
of cocaine to sell',

I'd sound like I didn't know
what I was doing!

You don't know what you're doing!
You are actually an idiot!

You know what, Ruth?
Me and Nessi are doing

what we should be doing on holiday.

Having fun, driving cars,
meeting boys.

Something you wouldn't understand.
Hm. Why's that?

Because you don't like boys
and you don't really like girls.

You're a double virgin.
It's double boring!

Well, Kenny Swinney
from the Irish club

isn't much to boast about, Stink.

Come on, Nessi.
Let's go have some fun.

Nessi?

Mirko's not an arsehole.

You're not going to stop us.
I know.

But if you're going to do
something ridiculous...

...I don't want to miss it.

Room for one more?

I trust the GT's
looking presentable.

Why?
You're driving me to Antwerp.

I've got a date.
It's not a date if you're paying.

The fuck is wrong with you?

I was going to tell you.
It's super-coke.

It's going to make us!

Us?

Me and Mirko.

That little ballbag?

First it felt sort of warm, like.

Then I was rushing my balls off
for like an hour.

Now I'm kinda like... chilled.

Are you taking the fucking piss?

Chilled?

I swear to God
I always knew you was a numpty.

I only took you in
cos your mother begged me.

Useful to her as a back pocket
on a fecking shirt, you were.

I've a mind to send you back to her!

I don't want to live
with that bitch!

That is one of the few things
you and I have in common.

Go and piss this shit out of you,
take a long hot shower,

and come back when you've stopped
looking like a fucking vampire.

And Darian...

Cut the ballbag loose.

This is insane.

Insane is what we could do
with the money.

What do you think about Tara's dad?

I mean, you saw the blood
on the laptop, right?

Looked like she'd given him
a flipping great whack with it.

What's happening?
It's five-to. Calm yourself.

Why do I have to wait in the car?
Cos you're the driver!

Because none of you
learnt how to drive

cos I always chauffeur you.

What's her problem??
She's about to poo herself.

Tell her to sing I Got A Feeling
like she did in school.

She used to sing it every day
in year eight before PE.

What are you talking about? She did
it just now, before her exams!

Black-Eyed Pussy!

It was a chant for me,
you fucking bitches! It helped!

Good luck.

Hello?

# I got a feeling

♪ That tonight's
gonna be a good night ♪

Shhh!

Two types of people
wear sunglasses in the dark.

Blind musicians and cunts.

Do you play an instrument?

Are you fucking blind?

Not who you were expecting?

Sit.

Where's the rest?

You give me the money,
I'll tell you.

I wouldn't have trusted my son
to pay up-front either.

Do you have any idea what this is?

This here is 80% pure heroin.

With a market value of
half a million Euros per kilo.

A lot of product comes through
the port of Rotterdam,

but none as good as this.

I know every cog in that machine,

and there's only one place
this could have come from.

You're with Tara, aren't you?

Who's Tara?

Your foolish friend is my brother's
girl, God help him.

I'll tell you
what's going to happen.

Tomorrow morning,
I'll pay my brother a visit,

and when I ask him to check the
stock, it will all be there,

shy one Tic-Tac box.

I'll slap him merrily
on the shoulder

and we'll sit down for a coffee,
maybe even a croissant.

When I casually enquire as to where
his fine daughter's got to,

my brother will tell me she's away
back to London in an awful hurry,

along with her silly little
English whore friends.

And if that sequence of events

does not transpire
exactly as described,

I will murder you, slowly.

Almost forgot.

This needs to be accounted for.

Damage her.

This is your fault.

No, no. No!

Go.

Come on!

She needs a hospital!
It's too risky.

Now you care about this!
Maybe she just needs rest.

Look at her shoulder!
Lie down.

Relax. Relax! It's dislocated.

Jesus!

Sorted.

When was your period?

No. No, it can't be that.

Kenny Swinney!
Fuck that.

Where's the coke?

First of all, Amy Winehouse,
it's not coke.

You've been sniffing heroin!

Which might explain why you've been
feeling a little comatose lately.

The heroin is still with me.

And it happens to be worth
1.5 million Euros.

OK, it sounds like you still
want to sell the drugs?

Well, duh?

Stink, you tried to sell the drugs
to the man

who already owned them,
and Ruth got hurt!

And I got Tara's uncle
calling me a cunt!

Even for your family,
Tara, he is a real arsehole.

You need to put the drugs back
- or we are dead!
- We're dead anyway!

Tomorrow morning,
Uncle Fuck is coming here

for a stock-check and a croissant.

He's going to find half of his
heroin flushed down the toilet

and his own brother
lying in the freezer

like a giant fucking MiniMilk!
Well, he can't be angry about that!

It wasn't anyone's fault.

Was it?

They're not nice. Any of them.

If we stay here, we're fucked.

If we go back to London,
they'll find us there too.

The solution
is staring us in the face!

Why do I get anxious
every time you have an idea?

Let's take the big car
and drive to Norway.

You want to see your mum, don't you?

Do you know where she is?

The Nordmann Fir Beach Hotel.

It's been in my mum's family
for years.

She... She said it was mine now.

We own a hotel?

Well, I mean... What the fuck
are we still doing here?

When do you think
we're actually going to go home?

For what? Tara's nan's dead.

My mum and her dumb boyfriend
are happier without me.

What have you got waiting for you?

Ruth, we will drop you off
at a coach station.

What? Why?

Because you're going to get
three A-stars and go to uni.

No, I came here for a holiday
with my girls, yeah?

But we leave the drugs here.

Yeah. Fine.

Right. Let's go find your mum.

What about... my dad?

I can't leave him there.

Looks like... I killed him.

Right?

I guess it does look like that.

He lied to me.

All my life.

About her.

I get it.

If someone did that to me,

I'd wrap a laptop
round their head too.

He had a heart attack.

We just need to make it look like
he had the heart attack that he had.

Right?

Yeah.

OK.

Erm... What gives people
heart attacks?

Bacon?
Cocaine.

Steam rooms.

Ah, the ballbag!

Darian. A word.

Dad... It's not Mirko's fault.

Nothing's going to happen
to the little ballbag.

But he'll talk a lot quicker if
you're not around to protect him.

See the logic?
But he says he doesn't know.

Save your fretting, son.
I'll look after your friend.

So you see, Mirko,

I'd really like to avenge
my brother's death

before he fully defrosts.

I'm so sorry for your loss.
Don't be sorry, just be helpful.

I don't know how,
or why, or anything. I...

Neither do I, Mirko. Neither do I.

Which is why we need to find
the people that do.

The English girls.

I don't know where they went.

I don't have a number.

Mirko, Mirko, Mirko.

♪ NICO: The Fairest Of The Seasons

♪ Now that it's time

♪ Now that the hour hand
has landed at the end

♪ Now that it's real

♪ Now that the dreams
have given all they had to lend

♪ I want to know
do I stay or do I go

♪ And maybe try another time

♪ And do I really have a hand
in my forgetting?

♪ Yes, and the morning has me
looking in your eyes

♪ And seeing mine... ♪

Dislocate my shoulder? Pricks.

♪ Warning me
to read the signs carefully

♪ Now that I smile

♪ Now that I'm laughing
even deeper inside

♪ Now that I see

♪ Now that I finally found
the one thing I denied

♪ It's now I know
do I stay or do I go ♪

Good?
Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's go.

♪ That I'll be leaving
in the fairest of the seasons ♪

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good night

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good, good night ♪

Oh, my phone.

Oh, it's Mirko!

I fell in love
with your English pussy.

Why did you leave without me?
Why? Why?

Answer it! Nicely!

Mirko!

Sorry to disappoint you.

Mirko can't come
to the phone right now.

I'll send you something
to explain why.

And when you see it, just remember,

all he did was refuse
to hand over this number.

What did he say?

Track that number
and hit the road.

They can't have gotten far.

They should all be dead
by lunchtime.

Croissant?

What did he send you?

Stink! What's going on?!

Just drive.