BANGING AT DOOR All right!
Why aren't you answering your phone?
I was probably having a shower. What's the matter?
It's Bex.
She's gone.
Uh, get a room.
Er, excuse me, we did - and this is it.
Have a lovely first day.
I will. Do I look OK?
You look really smart.
What does it matter? They're all going to be dead anyway.
Yeah, thanks for helping unpack.
Oh, is that what I'm doing?
I thought I was just noseying through your stuff.
I'll see ya later. See ya.
No, Tiff, don't! You'll break it.
You should thank me if I did.
If a fella ever got me something like this, I'd chin him.
I love it.
Ooh, listen to you, properly domesticated.
What's he expect you to with it? Make him little cushions for him to
put his big hairy feet up after a hard day's work?No.
He bought it so I can express myself.
Well, you can express yourself by chucking it in a skip.
No, I'm serious.
Thinking of starting a little business.
This could be a whole new start for me, Tiff.
Fine, but if I ever hear you talking about making your own curtains,
I'm taking a sledgehammer to it.
Clear?Clear.
Tough night?
How is she?
She had a lot of questions.
I'm not sure I had all the answers.
She's normally up and about by now.
Beginning to think she's avoiding me.
If you want to know whether I told her you knew...
I didn't.
In that case, I'll make you both breakfast.
Nah, we'll grab something on the way.
Where you taking her? Salon.
All day? She'll be bored out of her box.
Why don't she stay here?
I'm not working till the afternoon and, well,
Chatham and Riley, they're going to the park later, I'm sure they wouldn't mind taking her.
She's coming to the salon.
In other words, you don't want her around me.
Here you are.Ta.
Louise hasn't heard from her.
Ah, voicemail. How did she seem last night?
I didn't see her.
She said she was going to the cinema after her revision,
so I just assumed that she... You didn't check in on her?
She's 18 years old, Martin.
I go to bed before her more often than not.
I know it's half term, but is the school open for revision?
I don't know, but she hasn't take any of her stuff. Nothing.
All her books are still in her room. Who did she say she was going to the cinema with?
I don't know. You didn't ask?No, Martin, I didn't flamin' well ask,
all right?! If you want to make this my fault, then treat yourself -
it ain't going to help the situation.
You need to talk to Kush.
Kush?
Shoot him! Shoot him!
How's your eye today, Dennis? Shoot!
Oi!
Linda has come over specially to see how you are.
Yeah, I'm fine.
I felt terrible. I mean, it's one thing when it's your own kids,
but when you're responsible for someone else's...That's enough.
We all know who's responsible and it's not you.
Y'know, it's bad enough that woman has six kids of her own
without being given another one to screw up.
So you knew about this crush, or whatever it is?
Told me yesterday. You didn't think I should know?
Well, I didn't want to embarrass her any more than I needed to.
So I thought I'd handle it myself. And did you? Handle it?
Not yesterday, no. You didn't say anything, did you?
It's OK. You've done nothing wrong.
Yeah, mate, no, we just want to get things, y'know, clear.
Yeah.
All right, I came home from work and I jumped in the shower.
And Bex sort of followed me.
Into the flat? Into the shower.
No. I don't believe that. She wouldn't do that.
I think she might've been drinking.
Hang on a minute, I don't understand.
What is there to not understand? She took her kit off and got in...
Not that! How did she get in?
I gave her a key last week. What?
She told me she couldn't concentrate at home.
And I'm out all day, so I said she could work there.
You didn't think to tell me this yesterday?I didn't think it was a big deal at the time.
Seems like a pretty big deal now though! She obviously thought you was offering her something else.
Whoa, you're making it sound like I led her on and I didn't.
You gave her a key to your flat! Because she was still struggling
with the exam stuff. I told you all this yesterday and you hadn't even noticed it!
Just stop it, the pair of you! None of this is important.
The only thing that matters is finding her.
What did you say to her after? I told her to go.
She was embarrassed but I tried to make her see that it was all fine.
How is any of this fine? She made a mistake.
I didn't want to make her feel any worse than she already did.
And you didn't think to call me? I persuaded him not to.Why?
Cos it's not the sort of thing a dad wants to hear.
Ain't about what I want to hear, it's about what I needed to know, Kat.
Look, if we'd thought anything was serious, Kush would've called you.
You know that.
She's young and embarrassed.
She thinks everyone's going to find out what happened
and she don't want to be around when they do.
She's probably holed up at a friend's house.
She'll be back, you'll see.
Cheers.
Hello, Ted, just the paper, is it?
Is that everything?
And milk.
Milk!
So sad, isn't it, when you see old people on the slide like that.
It's like they go round in a full circle and become babies again, really.
Makes you want to take care of them, doesn't it, really? Yeah.
Ah, that warms my heart, that does.
Course, words are just words.
Ain't about what you say, is it? It's about what you do.
Just that, please.
He's very weird, that man.
I mean, did you see that look he gave you?
I mean, what was all that about? I've no idea.
You should have said something. The man's a lunatic.
You don't want to go toe-to-toe with someone like him.
Just want to keep your head down and walk on by.
Yeah.
GAME GOES SILENT
What did you do that for?
You've had enough screentime this holiday.
Phil's arranged to take you to the Arches for a couple of hours.
Why?Well, to get you out and about.
Learn a bit more about engines. I'm injured, remember?
Ain't likely to forget, are we?
Way you've been banging on about it, like a big baby.Phil...
Well, he is, ain't he?
Anyone'd think he'd done ten rounds with Conor McGregor.
Now go and grab your jacket and get over the Arches before I give Pearl a call to give you a slap.
I hate you!
What?
About time you were up.
Oh, right, hiya.
I'm Ben's mum.
He doesn't speak much English.
I am starving.
You want something to eat? I had breakfast two hours ago.
What's that?
Just something Ian asked me to look at.
Ugh, we're out of milk.
I'm going to nip over to the Caff.
Why can't you find yourself a nice steady boyfriend,
instead of these, whatever you call them...?Hook-ups?
Look, I'm not against having a boyfriend, but you've got to meet him first.
London's full of gay pubs and clubs.
Yeah, but after a long day I don't always feel like getting on the Tube
and trekking across town to find Mr Right.
So I settle for Mr He'll Do.
Yes, I can hold.
Bex?
Hi, I know you don't give out student phone numbers,
but if somebody could just phone her tutor for me?
Maybe he knows some friends that I don't,
because I've tried everybody that I know.
OK. Thank you. Thanks.
BANGING
Oh, you nearly gave me a heart attack.Sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
I cut myself shaving.
I couldn't help but overhear that just now.
Is something wrong with Bex? She didn't come home last night.
Really?I thought she stayed at Louise's, but no luck.
Are you worried? Of course I'm worried!
Sorry.
Sorry, it's just that this isn't like her.
Y'know, she's a good girl. No, of course she is.
Course she is.
Are you sure she didn't come home?
Why? Why, did you hear something?
No, but how do you know she just didn't get up early?
Well, I don't.
Only her bed, it don't look slept in.
And apparently she did something to embarrass herself last night.
I mean, I'm thinking maybe she's upset and she can't face us, y'know.
I'm going to have to call the police.
Whoa, it's a bit early for that, isn't it?Is it?
Yeah. I mean, what are they going to do anyway? She's 18.
It's like I said,
we don't even know for sure she didn't sleep here last night.
Maybe she got up early and went to the library.
Without her books?
OK, well, I didn't know that.
But the point still stands.
We don't know she was gone all night.
No, maybe you're right.
Hey, hey.
Like you said, she's a good girl.
She wouldn't get into any bother.
PHONE RINGS
Martin.
Mart, have you found her?
I've asked everyone on the market, I've been in every shop, no-one's seen her.
Yeah, I'm in the caff. All right, I'll wait for you.
You don't know what's up with Martin and Sonia this morning, do you?
It ain't like him to miss a morning's work.
What?Well, I don't know whether I should say.
There you are. What's going on? Why haven't you been answering my texts?
Ruby, what's up? Talk to me.
If you want someone to talk to, why don't you call Lola?
Talks to me like I'm a little kid.
Yeah?Always making fun outta me.
Laughing cos I got tricked by a girl.
Don't worry what Dad thinks.
It ain't just him.
The worst thing's knowing them Taylors sitting in their
scuzzy flat, thinking they've got one over.
If it bothers you, you should do something.
Saying I should hit a nine-year-old? Course not.
What I'm saying, if you want to send a message to the Taylors,
there are other ways.
PHONE VIBRATES
Hello, Mum.
I'm beginning to think we should call the police.
Me too, only Stuart says they won't be able to do anything.
Stuart? What does Stuart know about the police?
I hope this isn't a bad time.
There's something I think you ought to know.
Please, Bex, I know you're upset but this has gone far enough.
I've just seen your mum and dad in the caff, and, babe,
they look so worried.
Oi!
Don't you walk away from me! What was that all about?
I ain't got time for this.
You had time earlier in the shop!
Your snidey little comments, being all holier-than-thou -
you ain't no better than me, you know!
Rainie, you might have everyone else fooled
but I know what you really are. Remember that.
Oh, yeah, go on, go on. Throw all your dirt at me, why don't you?
Be my flamin' guest. I've had it all my life. Just washes off me.
You're right, you're right.
There was no call for me to say what I did. I'm sorry.
All that stuff with Mrs Branning is done, it's in the past.
People deserve a chance to change.
Lock away their mistakes.
I had no business dragging yours up.
Rainie.
Truce?
Why do I feel like you're playing me?
Cos that's what life's taught ya.
But sometimes a handshake's just a handshake,
and that's it.
Days like this put things in perspective, you know.
Bex has taken herself off.
Sonia's in a state, climbing the walls.
I thought I could find her, Rainie, I thought I could track her down.
Kids.
You never stop worrying.
If you see her, you call me, yeah?
Stuart never said anything about an argument.
I can't speak for him, only tell you what I saw.
He was wrestling with her.
Wrestling?Well, maybe that's a bit strong.
They definitely weren't fighting.
Tussling? That's a bit much. Jostling, maybe.
But he had his hands on her? Oh, yeah, he had his hands on her.
Or maybe he had his hands on the bottle.
Anyway, that's when the bottle smashed to the ground,
and Stuart ran away.He ran?
Well, maybe he didn't run, I'm not sure.
Perhaps he just walked...briskly.
That's it. Brisk walk.
But he left her. Yeah, definitely left her.
And did you talk to her? After he'd left. No.
Listen, Ted, we're grateful for you coming to tell us.
I'd have done something if he hadn't left.
I would've done something.
Where are you going? Where do you think I'm going?
Stuart! Stuart!
He's not here.
What's that? Is that from her?
He was trying to play it down earlier.
He told me not to call the police
and now all of a sudden he's worried enough to go looking for her?
Let's not jump to conclusions, eh?
He never said anything about this fight.
But there is no reason to think that Stuart would hurt her, is there?
Is there?
Some things have happened, right, past few weeks.
I haven't told you because there always seemed to be an explanation.
A while back they went off together, Stuart and Bex.
Shopping, she said.
Don't you think that's a bit weird? Why would she go shopping with him?
Well, of course I thought it was weird, but she didn't think so, so what could I do?
Another time, he left a chocolate on her pillow.
Hang on, he's been in her bedroom?
Yeah, I know, Martin, all right?
I had it out with him, I told him it weren't appropriate.
I thought he'd overstepped the mark, learnt his lesson.
And then last week...
..I caught them hugging.
I talked to Bex about it, all right, and she told me there was
nothing in it. It was just affection, OK? What?
Well, you should've told me! Like you told me about Kush?
It's a bit different, Sonia, isn't it? The way you're talking
it sounds like this has been going on for a couple of weeks.
And what would you have done if I had told you, eh?
Stormed round and told her not to hug people?Not people like him.
He lives here.Which is worse!
Look, I haven't ignored anything.
I confronted them when I've had to.
In the end, I just thought he was genuinely fond of her.
What? He had a cut on his neck.
Said he'd done it shaving - now what if he's lied about that as well?
I just moved the bed,
and you do not want to know what I found underneath.
Les and Pam?
Don't even go there, all right? No, it was a spider.
The biggest, fattest, hairiest thing I've ever seen.
That's all Callum's stuff. You can leave that.
Yeah, I could, but you're looking for fashion inspo.
You could do a military line.
Look, it's very "in", very "now".
Yeah, it's very funny, but you can put it back.
Atten-shun!
Tiff, stop it, that's his private stuff.
What are you doing?
Who said you could go through my stuff? It's disrespectful.Callum.
We were just having a joke. A joke? This ain't a joke, Tiff.
It's about as far away from a joke as you can get!
What are we doing, Mum, eh? You're acting very weird.
Well, it's about the necklace you gave me.
You haven't lost it, have ya?No, but I got it valued for insurance
and turns out it was worth a lot more than I thought.
Yeah? How much?
Well, put it this way,
it went a long way to getting the leasehold on that place.
I don't understand.
Well, I sold the necklace and put the money towards the lease.
I don't... I cannot believe... Don't be angry.
Look, it was a really generous gift, and I loved it,
but when I realised how valuable it was, well,
I'd have had to keep it locked away in a bank.
I would never have seen it.
The jeweller made me a one-time offer and I couldn't turn it down.
To be honest, I think I could've got even more if I'd had a receipt,
some sort of proof of purchase,
but, well, there isn't one, is there?
What are you saying?
I'm not stupid, Ben.
I don't know where you got it from and I don't want to know.
He made me the offer and I decided to take it.
Come on, this family has been through a lot.
And Bobby's coming home soon
and the last thing we need to be worried about is money.
Another business will give us some security.
But why this place, Mum? After everything that has happened here.
Look, I can't change what happened in the past, but maybe
I can make some new memories,
drown out the old ones...
..if I'm lucky.
Oh, Ben, don't be angry.
How can I be angry?
So, I guess we're in the bar business then, are we?
Actually, we're in the gay bar business.
Come on, I've got to find my boy a steady, haven't I?
Right, no-one fires till I say, yeah? Understand? Come on.
Let's get in position.
Tiff's gone now...
..so are you going to tell me what all that was all about?
I overreacted. I'm sorry.
I'll apologise when I see her.
This ain't like you.
What happened out there?
To be honest with you, Callum...
..you scared me a bit.
I know what it's like to think you know someone
and then you find out that you don't.
You know me. You do.
It was a one-off. I'm so sorry.
No, I'm not looking for an apology.
I'm trying to understand.
You know what I think it is?
I think you miss it.
The Army.
And I totally understand if you do.
It's like a whole way of life, ain't it?
You live together, you work together, you eat together,
you do everything together. And it's a lot to miss.
So I'm sorry. I am.
I'm sorry that I've only just realised how much that means to you.
And I promise you we could be so happy here together.
Say something.
I just...
I just think you're the best person I've ever met.
And I am so lucky to have found you.
PHONE RINGS
You're busy.
A pint please, Teen.
You look well tired. Are you all right?
I feel a bit discombobulated, to tell you the truth.
Should I call a doctor?No-no. Scrabble training kicking in.
I'm having a bit of a day of it. That's all.
That poor girl gone missing,
her parents out of their minds with worry...
Bex? What's that got to do with you?
Well, I'm not at all sure that that's my place to say.
Wasn't sure if you were coming. Neither was I.
Tell her what you just told me. It is not my place to start spreading gossip...
He saw Stuart and Bex fighting in the street last night.
No, that's not quite what I said.
I saw you with her, yesterday, in the market.
Is that what this is about?
She had a set-to with Billy.
And I was reassuring her it was going to be all right, that was it.
OK, but that's not what upset me.
Just every time I see you with Lola,
I think you look really natural, you know? Like you just fit.
Rube, I thought we sorted all this out.
Yes, I made a mistake. OK, I did.
But I only kissed her because I felt sorry for her.
No, you're not listening to me. No, I am.
I really am. And listen, I can't help the way you see me and Lola
together, but imagine coming through that door and seeing us together.
What would that make you think? Well, I dunno.
Well, it'd make you think that they're good together.
Yeah, that pair fit.
I don't care about Lola.
I care about you.
Attack! Get 'em!
Yeah, get 'em. Get 'em.
Yeah, take that.
Come on, lads.
Again.
Oi!
Run!Come back here, you little thugs!
Boys, are you all right?
Yeah.Yeah? Are you sure?
Yeah.
Ted, has Martin been in? Only I got a message to meet him here.
No. I haven't seen him.
Stay there. Might need you.
Did you hear that? They're coming.
We need to show them the photo you sent me.
I don't think that's a good idea, Tina.
Are you worried about embarrassing Bex or something?
Cos if you are, need to get your priorities straight. She's gone.
And you heard Ted, they already think Stuart's involved.
But only me and you know how much. We don't know anything for sure.
Of course we do. And that photo could help them find her.
It's one photo, we might've interpreted it wrong, so...
What is wrong with you?
If someone you loved went missing,
you'd want to know all the information, good or bad.
We owe it to them to let them know.
Hey, where's your brother?
I don't know.What's this about? Doesn't matter what it's about.
Bex has gone missing. We're just trying to find where she is.
What would Stuart know about it? I don't know. That's why I want to talk to him.
Why are you talking to him like he's got something to do with it?I just want to know where his brother is.
All right, don't be aggressive. Yeah, well, I feel aggressive!
Cos your brother has been creeping around Bex for weeks now,
according to Sonia. What, Stuart?Yes, Stuart.
Acting all weird. Sneaking into her bedroom.
And Ted said he saw them fighting last night.
And this morning she's gone.
If you're saying that Stuart's hurt Bex, that's crazy.
Back me up, Son. Tell him about all the things that Stuart's been doing.
Well, not here.
Look, I know he's made mistakes, but Stuart wouldn't hurt Bex.
So why is he pretending he didn't see her last night?
You said she had a drink. Maybe he didn't want to get her in trouble.
Like you'd lie for a mate.
He's not her mate, is he? He's a middle aged man.
Look, she's looking at this another way and she's right.
He could've been protecting her, y'know, like an uncle.
He ain't her uncle, though, is he? Why are you making excuses for him?
I'm not. All right, I'm just looking at the evidence. And right now
there's not enough to make me think Stuart's directly involved.
They need to know the truth. Are you going to tell them or what?
What we know could be the difference between them
calling the police now or waiting another day?
Do you really want that on your conscience?
Right, if you won't tell them, I will.
Guys, I need to show you something.
Let's get you home, boys, eh? Here, take these.
I'm going to lock up here and I'll be back in a jiffy.
Did you see who it was?
Hoods up, like proper little gangsters.
You know, my boys may be big,
but they ain't got a nasty bone in their bodies.
They wouldn't know how to fight to save their lives.
But I do.
And when I find out who done this,
I'm going to rip their flamin' heads off.
There's your evidence. I don't believe this.
I don't believe she'd do something like that with him.
Maybe he didn't give her a choice. If he's hurt her...
That won't help.
Where did you get this from? Rainie took it.
When?
About a week ago. A week?
Right, well, she's shown us now.
At least we know who she's with, even if we don't like it.
Thanks.
We're wasting time. We need to call the police.
They'll find him. You find him and you'll find Bex.
You look tired.
Are you OK?
I've got a room nearby.
Oi!