Touching Evil (1997–1999): Season 2, Episode 3 - War Relief: Part 1 - full transcript

Hey, come on, Jim.

A joke's a joke.

This is ridiculous.

Talk to me, Joe.

I don't
know what to say.

You said
you don't remember.

I lied, OK?

I remember.

I'll give you everything.

You lied.

Well, you don't forget
something like that.



You don't have to
lie, Joe, not to me.

I understand.

OK, I'm sorry.

I remember every thing.

Jim, please listen to me.

I don't have to
take it anymore, Joe.

I've come to bring you home.

I'll take care of you.

No!

According to the detailed
reports from Officers Creegan

and Taylor, DC Rivers' shooting
of the suspect David Laney

was wholly in accordance
with his duty.

And therefore, we
conclude that there are

no grounds for further action.



DC River stands completely
exonerated and should

be commended for saving the
life of a fellow officer, namely

DI Taylor.

That's it.

Do you have anything
to add to this?

Nothing, sir.

That's the end of it
then, at least officially.

Congratulations.

Thank you, sir.

Rivers, you might want
to consider the loyalty

shown by your fellow officers.

Ah, you still here then?

Worse luck?

Yeah, yeah, it is for us.

Yeah, get some some
drink or something.

For what?

The reports.

I want a crate of the finest
malt. What about you, Susan?

Yeah, whatever.

Well, I'm not much good
at this sort of thing.

What sort of thing?

Saying thanks.

You've got mine, Mark--

us against the world.

What-- what more can I do?

I don't know what to do.

What does she want?

Time.

Creegan.

Wow, I see why they called us.

Not the safest way to
dump a body, is it?

He looks Scottish.

I don't think so.

His name is Joe Glenn.

His wife's inside.

Uh, there are doctors
with her at the moment.

So we'll have to
wait for a statement.

With a signature
like that, I don't

think this is the last one.

Nor the first.

Why?

Oh, come on.

This is too well-planned.

He's done it before.

Why Joe?

He didn't have an
enemy in all the world.

Where did he work?

Well, he doesn't--

didn't.

He gave it up to do
volunteer work overseas.

Right.

And why was that?

You tell me.

Nobody understood why he went
out there to see those things.

I mean, it was a war zone.

Were you looking for me?

Where's Mark?

Door to door.

You need to talk to him.

I don't think I'm want to--

He needs you to
come through for him.

I did in the report.

You know what I mean.

Damn.

What?

Oh, Joseph Glenn had been
working for a voluntary aid

organization.

I was hoping that
might be a link.

Hm, is that another
one of your hunches?

Mark's on the edge.

Push him too far,
and he'll walk.

It's like you said.

Bottom line, us
against the world.

I was bullshitting.

I don't believe you.

I can brighten
your day, folks.

I can brighten your
day with a big issue.

Thanks very much,
first sell of the day.

Delightful.

All right, have a good day.

See you later.

Come on, folks,
big issue, folks--

bigger issue, bigger issue.

The bruising on
Joe Glenn's wrist, it

looks like he's been tied up.

It's not the kind of thing
you take lying down, is it?

Susan, this is a
35-year-old healthy man.

So how did he let himself get
tied up in the first place?

He knew him?

And trusted him completely.

Big issue, gents, big issue.

Come on, folks,
get the big issue.

Hey.

Jim, you bastard.

Where'd you spring from?

How'd you find me?

Your father.

You mean he actually
admitted he knew me?

How are you doing?

Susan, Creegan was right.

This isn't the first.

Yeah?

Interpol have got two similar
cases on the record involving

bodies wrapped in white sheets.

It took me half
the night to get.

Set up a link to talk to
the families of the victims.

See what you can dig up.

Now, it's case failed.

Come.

We need help.

The name is Johan Valent.

Can you me help?

Looks like it's been
hard for you, Eddie.

I'll survive.

You think that's
enough, just surviving?

I don't get you.

You don't wish that
things could be different.

All the time Come up.

Let's have a beer.

Joseph Glenn, [inaudible]
said he was killed by a drill

to the head, then
washed and found

outside his house by his wife.

This is Frieda Halt, killed
in Zurich, again, washed

and delivered to her home.

Swiss police thought she
was killed by an icepick.

Johan Valent, a medical
student, found dead in autumn--

again, similar MO.

Three victims, one killer,
and now we have a link.

They all worked for
voluntary aid organizations.

Point of contact, Bosnia--

so there's a very good
chance that they each other.

Marion?

The fact that the bodies have
been washed is significant.

It suggests consideration,
even empathy.

- What about a sheet?
- Well--

It's a ritual.

So he's preparing
them for death.

Or for the next life,
wrapping them up like angels.

So what are we looking for,
a religious fanatic, a cult?

Uh, I think we're
looking at an individual.

Or someone who was in
Bosnia at the same time

as the other three victims,
but this list is huge.

It could spread
around the world.

No, I don't think it's
going to go that far.

Now, you've got
Zurich, Arnhem, London.

So there's a feeling
of direction.

I think our killer's come home.

Here, hold this.

Oh, nice work.

Yes.

Hey, hey, Eddie, to me.

And he scores.

Go to the [inaudible].

Why is it off?

Oh, one down.

Jim?

Jim?

What's wrong?

Are you OK?

What are you doing?

For God's sake, Jim, let me go.

Let me go.

Jim, let me go.

I don't understand, Jim, please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Susan, these are the
names and addresses

of volunteers that we should
check out in the southeast.

That'll keep you busy.

Yeah.

Knowing my luck, I'll be sharing
a scone with grannies all day.

Well, I'll split it with you.

Cheers.

I owe you one, again.

Mrs. Keller?

DI Taylor, OSC.

I wonder if I could talk
to you about your husband.

My husband, he's dead.

Yes?

Hello, uh,
Colonel Raymond Mackie.

Can I help you?

I, uh, DC Rivers, OSC.

I'm surprised to
find you, Mr. Mackie.

You're down on my list
as missing in action.

Huh, what?

Yeah, I actually only
popped by on the chance

of meeting someone who
might have known you.

Ah, yes.

Well, I am--

I got a bit screwed up
by my time in Bosnia.

I sort of ran away
from everyone.

I'm trying to forget
about it really.

Yeah, I see.

Well, can I help?

Yeah, I need to ask
you some questions.

OK, come in.

Great.

Do you mind me asking
how your husband died?

Why do you want to know?

Oh, we're investigating a
case which involved some people

your husband might
have met overseas.

How did he die?

Well, they told me he had gone
missing, missing presumed dead.

I'm sorry.

Is there a photograph
I could see?

Hm, there you are.

So the message
is be vigilant and careful

but don't panic.

If you see anyone or
anything suspicious,

then please call me.

Here's my card.

That's terrible
news, just terrible.

Yeah.

Well, that's all for now.

Thank you.

Uh, oh, I'll need some
proof of ID from you.

What?

Oh, yes, of course.

Fine, that's it.

I'll, uh, leave
you to your chores.

Uh, look, um,
this is difficult,

but you're not going to
tell them I'm back, are you?

Sorry?

People will want explanations.

Make me talk about
my time out there.

I'd rather remain
here on my own.

I'm no to anyone.

Well, unless your
name comes up again,

you won't be hearing from me.

Thank you.

I mean it.

No problem, Colonel Mackie.

When
was the body found?

About an hour ago.

You were the
first one in here.

Can you tell us what
you found, Jude?

I only came in to
pick up today's copies.

And it was-- he was
just lying there.

Yeah.

What's your name?

Jude.

OK, Jude, you're
doing really well.

And his name's Eddie, yeah?

Yeah, Eddie Walker.

Did Eddie ever talk about
any close friends that he had?

He kept himself to himself.

He did mention he'd been abroad.

But I'm sorry.

I think you need
to sit down, Jude.

All right, OK.

The killer must have
staked this place out.

It's careful planning, again.

Eddie Walker came
back from volunteer work

in Bosnia totally disaffected.

Ended up on the street.

Well, I hope you
cleaned your teeth.

Pass code?

Freeze.

Zoom in there.

Shit.

Shit.

That-- that's, uh,
that's Raymond Mackie.

What?

It's No it's not.

That's James Keller.

I recognize him from
his wife's photos.

He's supposed to be dead.

- So which one of you is right?
- Hold on.

Hold on.

Bruce?

He gave me his driving
license as proof of ID.

You mean you spoke to this
man in the past 48 hours?

OK, whatever he said,
we need to know, Mark.

There's nothing to tell, lads.

Well, I know I've got his
address here somewhere.

We'll get to that.

Right now, we need to
know about this guy.

- What did he tell you?
- I've got it.

Mark.

I've got his bloody address.

Mark!

Stupid, bloody-- damn you.

Damn you.

Shit.

Come on.

Come on.

Please.

What is all this?

The speaker's under the floor.

What do you think, Marion?

The film and
the sound may mean

he's reliving an experience,
trying to block out a trauma.

And in order to do that,
he has to recreate it.

His inspiration,
Colonel Raymond Mackie.

What do we know about him?

Very little-- missing
in action, presumed dead.

Just like Keller.

So they might both be alive.

I had him.

He even bloody invited me in.

Yet another error of judgment,
just like killing Laney, yeah?

This has nothing
to do with Laney.

What are you trying
to prove, Mark?

You're a good cop.

You know that.

Yes, so how come you write
reports to cover up for me?

You've got a choice.

You can spend the rest
of your life trying

to make up for a mistake
or you can live with it

and do your job.

You can't do both.

I don't even remember
why I took this job.

I mean, what the
hell am I doing here?

Look at you and Creegan.

You're always in there
ahead of the bloody gate.

I can't compete, Susan.

It's not a bloody
competition, Mark.

There a problem?

No problem, just, uh,
just a little pep talk.

I've got to go.

Come with me.

I need your help.

Who are they?

Well, that's what I
need you to find out.

You realize that this
is all for you, don't you?

What?

He knew you'd come back.

This is a message.

Saying what?

Well, laughing at
me for letting him go.

No, not at all.

It's more likely he's trying
to explain himself to you.

Raymond Mackie, Bosnia, these
women, all these people,

they're linked somehow.

These images are
cries from the heart.

He can't be alive.

I buried him.

Ann.

I bought a coffin.

I paid an undertaker
to fill it with sand.

There was a funeral.

When there's no body,
there's no ending.

Where is he?

Somewhere in England.

I don't know what to feel.

Huh, I suppose I should
feel happy or something.

But, um, I can't.

All that time waiting
for him to come home,

I couldn't even mourn for him.

Uh, he might turn up here.

And we need to know if he does.

You might be in danger.

He wouldn't hurt me.

He cares too much about people.
That's the trouble.

That's why he went
to Bosnia because he

thought he could change things.

He thought he could end the war.

He wouldn't hurt anybody.

Hello, Jackie.

Jim?

I thought you were dead.

Hard to keep a good man down.

Let's get inside.

Keller drifted from
one job to the next,

never found any
satisfaction in any of them.

He was prone to depression.

Ah, so he went to Bosnia
to cheer himself up.

Now, Colonel Raymond Mackie
was honored for bravery

in the Falklands War,
again in the Gulf,

and met Keller in Bosnia.

They became best buddies.

MOD reckoned they were
killed by a land mine.

Hang on.

It's just something
Ann Keller said.

She couldn't mourn her
husband's death without a body.

He's sending them home
for their families.

And the sheets?

Um, shrouds?

No, it's not shrouds.

They're body bags.

He's sending them
home in body bags.

I really wanted to find you.

So tell me what
happened to you and Ray.

One day, I woke up,
and you were both gone.

Slummed around
Europe for a while.

Didn't want to go home.

Didn't feel we could.

Of course.

What happened to Ray?

I thought you two were
joined at the hip.

It was terrible,
all that blood.

What?

Ray is dead.

God, no.

I-- he killed himself.

Can't get it out of my head.

Jackie?

Just when I think
I'm getting over it,

I'll see a woman who
looks a bit like her.

And-- I'm OK.

It never leaves you, does it?

Never.

What we need is
to have some fun.

Fun?

There's still
no work on Mackie.

I've put a team on it though.

We're using, um,
tracer companies.

They're doing some
hospital searches, talking

to all relatives, friends.

We'll find him.

Well, I'm ahead of you both.

This woman here
is Lisa Matthews.

She was killed in
Bosnia definitely.

But this woman is
definitely alive.

Her name's Jacqueline Parker.

And that's her address.

She's not in.

Neighbor?

Welcome to the Thorpe

Park information line.

Our opening hours are 9:00 AM
at 10:00 PM Monday to Sunday.

Thanks.

Thanks.

No sign of them yet.

Got him.

All units standby.

[inaudible] suspect
in here-- no way out.

Mark!

Out of the way!

Jim?

What are you doing?

April the 12th and the 14th.

What?

April the 12th and
the 14th, remember that.

Th

Jim?

Jim!

Get out.

Get out.

Keller, get out.

Get out!

Shit.

Yes, is something wrong?

Don't give me that.

Why did you say your
name was Mackie?

Who?
I don't understand.

You're lying.

Have we met before?
I'm sorry.

End of round one.

Everything's
circumstantial.

We'll have to push him
hard to get a judge.

Even so, do you think it's
wise to let Rivers near him?

Oh, he'll be fine.

He didn't look fine to me.

I thought about
sending him home.

After what happened,
he needs to be in there.

Fair enough, if you
think you can control him.

He can control himself.

Ouch.

Got the bastard, didn't I?

You did You're a star.

Lucky punch, was it?

That's not funny.

Come on, Mark.

I need you in there.

And just play it cool,
and we'll be fine, OK?

Yeah.

Ah, at last.

Sit down, Jim.

What
am I doing here?

Nobody's told me.

That's why we're here.

Sit down.

Any idea who this is?

No.

This, Johan Valent,
same question.

Same answer, sorry.

Joseph Glenn, and they
just keep on coming.

Sorry, I got no idea.

Eddie Walker.

Look, um, I'm sorry
I can't help you.

But I still don't
understand why I'm here.

You're saying you've
never seen this man before.

No.

If you tell me why I'm
here, maybe I can help you.

- You're a liar.
- I'm sorry?

Why did you run away?

I didn't.

But it looks like I shouldn't.

Uh, look, I am
trying to be helpful.

Can I get you a cup of tea?

Fine.

What was the point of that?

We've got him on tape
with Eddie Walker.

He can't get out of that.

The man is being polite.

For the moment, that's
all we're going to get.

So what are you saying?

We are not going to
get him like this.

This man has been
sitting in a cell

all night working out
what he's going to say.

So calling him a liar isn't
going to rattle his cage.

We need to find a
different approach.

Do you understand?

Creegan, I think
we've got something.

Well, we've been checking
foreign hospitals

for unknown victims
or unidentified cases.

And this popped up--
a man walking down

the street wearing
a white bed sheet,

blood pouring from his head.

Only this time, he survived.

- Where?
- I think Romania.

I've got a fax coming through.

Now, is that who I think it is?

Raymond Mackie.

So our man of
mystery is English.

He's not uttered a word
since he's been here.

So we didn't know.

Well, he's not said anything?

No, he Says nothing
and does nothing.

Mind you, it's not
very surprising

in the circumstances.

What do you mean?

This way, please.

I have no idea how came
to be so badly injured,

but whoever did this to him--

maybe, I don't know--

but it looks like
crude lobotomy.

Some friends from me
England to see you.

Maybe you can succeed
where we have failed.

Maybe.

Hello, Colonel Mackie.

How is he?

Any change?

The same.

Bloody wouldn't know.

OK, this time, try and
use a little [inaudible]..

Right.

Would that be before
or after I beat him up?

Are you sure you're fine?

I'm a big boy, Dave, OK?

Mark, Jackie
Parker's in reception.

She wants to talk to you.

She'll have to wait.

Not after the stunt
you pulled last night.

I've told her you'll
be right down.

Go and see what she wants.

It's all right.

Sit down.

OK, Jim, let's talk
about Raymond Mackie.

No.

Do
you know this man?

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Take it.

Please.

Do you know this man?

Do you know where he is?

- He's dead.
- How did he die?

- He killed himself.
- Really?

How?

Cut his wrists.

Why?

I can't talk to you about it.

Try.

Ms. Parker.

Where's Jim?

He's being interviewed.

Well, I want him released now.

Yeah, I'm afraid
that won't be possible.

On April 12 and 14,
Jim Keller was with me.

No, he wasn't.

I want to make a statement.

We know where he was and
what he did on those dates.

I want to make a statement.

So how well did you
know Raymond Mackie?

He was my best friend.

Well then, you must know
why he wanted to kill himself.

Do you tell your
best friend everything?

On something like that,
yeah, I think I would.

Ah, yeah, I don't
want to talk about this.

I think I'd want my
best friend to help me.

You don't-- you don't
know what you're saying.

No?

You'd want him to
help you kill yourself?

No, I meant stop me.

I'd want him to stop me.

You see, the thing is, I don't
believe a word you're saying,

Jim.

I don't believe you don't
know who these people are,

and I don't believe Raymond
Mackie committed suicide.

Everything I've
told you is the truth.

Look at the door, Jim.

Ray, Ray.

Ray, is that you?

They found him in Romania,
Jim, wandering the streets.

If I tell you his head was
bleeding and all he had on him

was a white sheet, would
that make any sense to you?

This isn't fair.

You see?

And what happened?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You thought you killed him.

Please, please forgive me.

You failed.

Why did you want
to kill him, Jim?

You wouldn't understand.

No one understands.

No one cares about what we saw.

I care, Jim.

Tell me.

You're lying!

How could you?

How could you do this?

Come on, Jackie.

He was with me.

I'm providing him with
an alibi, and now, I

demand you release him.

We've got evidence that he
was with Eddie Walker on the 14.

- No.
- Do you know what he's done?

He's responsible for
the murder of four people.

And right now, he's
being interviewed.

They're going to crack him.

If you give him a false alibi,
then you're involved as well.

As a lawyer, you
should know that.

Jim Keller is one of the
most gentle men I've ever met.

He isn't capable of murder.

Frieda Halt, remember her?

Johan Valent, him?

Joseph Glenn?

Eddie Walker?

They're all dead, Jackie.

The only one he didn't
succeed in killing was you--

you and Raymond Mackie.

Ray committed suicide.

He's alive.

I've seen him.

What?

Oh, my god.

You haven't told Jim, have you?

It was the latter, Jackie.

Do you realize what
that will do to him?

That is not out problem.

You have no idea.

I understand.

What, seeing women made to
dance while their feet are

chopped to pieces?

Seen that, have you?

Seen families murdered in
their own living rooms?

Hm, I'll bet you'd live fine
with that, wouldn't you?

Wouldn't bother you
one bit, not like us.

Nobody should have
to suffer like us.

Oh, that's what this is about.

Their pain, that's
what you've been doing.

You're taking their pain
away, wiping the memories

from inside their heads.

Is that why you killed them?

You'll never understand
what's in here.

Well, tell me.

Come on, Jim.

No, no, I love him.

I love them.

And you killed
them, didn't you?

Nobody should have
to see what we saw.

What Ray did, nobody
could compare with that.

You couldn't come close to
being the hero that Ray was.

You're nothing.

I've had enough now.

I don't want to talk
about it to you anymore.

Shall we go home now?

We're not finished.

I need you now.

My best friend, Lisa, was
running the volunteer group.

That's why I went.

She'd been seeing Ray
since he'd left the army.

They were very much in love,
expecting their first child.

Jim was a friend of Ray's.

When I met him, we just--

you know.

Tell me about Lisa.

A group of us had to go
to this village that had

been shelled over the weekend.

Before we knew
what was happening,

they were all around us.

And they took Lisa.

She was gone for ages.

And when we saw her next,
they'd taken all her clothes

and soaked her in petrol.

She was just standing
there too scared to move.

One of them, he had
this box of matches.

They were going
to burn her alive.

That's when Ray did the most
difficult thing in his life.

He'd found a gun
abandoned in the village.

He shot her.

It was the most heroic
thing I've ever seen.

But I think we all
died inside that day.

Ever since, it's been a
question of just holding on.

Jim's a wonderful
man, but he's weak.

You shouldn't have told him.

We have to let him go.

But we follow him, tight
surveillance at a distance.

Jackie--

We can not let this
guy on the streets.

Jackie's also a witness
to police assault.

So we give him some space.

Why don't we just supply
the bastard with weapons?

It's all over now, Jim.

It's finished.

Just let it go.

Whatever they told
you, it's not true.

I haven't done anything.

I know.

Are you ready?

Get out.

Where is he?

Over there.

Shit.

Oh, Jim.

Jim.

Leave me be.

Please.

Take it.

Jim, please.

Take it away, Jim.

I don't want to die.

I don't want to die.