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Phones off during our sessions, please.

Do you know what an "acceptable loss" is?

Some businesses have what they call an acceptable loss.

So, at the end of a job a plumber might have

a spare bit of piping they might chuck or reuse.

Same with a builder.

It might be timber or metal.

And it's also a military term used

for casualties inflicted by the enemy that are considered tolerable.

Do you know what the acceptable loss for your business is?

You.

You're the acceptable loss.

- Tyler. - Right.

- Oi, battyman. - Science.

- Told you he's a battyman. - Everybody's favourite subject.

- Here we go. - Sir, Tyler just said he's gay.

Nah, man.

- You've done nothing for two hours. - You can't force me.

You've done nothing apart from whinge about doing nothing for two hours.

I'm a big Year 9, you know. Allow it, man.

- I ain't doing this work. No way. - You don't do any work anyway.

You see that?

I'll teach you about that one later, fam.

Anyways, yeah, the guy, he came to me, yeah.

I saw him and I'm like, "What?"

I knocked him out, fam. I knocked him out. One bang.

You're a hater.

Fam, tell him, tell him, tell him. Did I not knock him out?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Yo! Gimme your chips, man. - Oh, allow it.

- I literally just bought them. - Shut up, fam.

Give me your chips, bruv. I don't care.

What you doing?

- What you doing? - Nah, I was only joking.

- You were just joking? - Yeah, man.

- I was only joking with him. - Shut the fuck up.

Idiots, man.

You all right?

Yeah.

Where you going now?

I'm just going home.

You want a lift?

- No, it's cool. - You sure?

Yeah.

- All right. - Thank you.

Yeah.

What do you want, a top knot or ponytail?

Top knot.

OK, let's see.

- Bye, kids. - Bye.

Aliyah.

Aliyah!

Are you ready for school?

Come on. Where's your bag?

Go on, go get your bag. Put that away.

Hi.

Hiya.

Hey, Mum.

Hi, babe.

Why is your hair so messy?

Did you brush your hair?

- Come on. - Has she eaten?

Yeah. She's gonna eat on the way to school.

All right. Bye.

Bye.

All right, have a nice day at school.

- See you later. - Bye.

Hey, guys.

He's dead. He's fucking dead.

- Fuck you, you fucking prick. - Step back.

Hey, hey, hey. Just sit down. Sit down.

Get back to your desks now, all of you, come on.

- Calm down. - He called my mum a bitch, sir.

- Just sit down. - What? Fucking faggot. Dickhead.

- Nah, I called your mum a cunt. - Yeah? You...

Yeah?

'Toni, it's Laurence here.

'Er, you gotta come in.

'There's been another incident with Tyler.'

Toni, we are going round in circles. You're not listening.

This is bullshit. It's your job to engage him.

- Look, we can't force him. - Yes, you can.

No, we can't.

Are you gonna punish him for what he did?

I don't think punishing him is the right course of action to take.

- Oh, I suppose that's my job, is it? - Actually, yeah, it is.

He is just...

I'm trying.

- Have you tried talking to him? - I'm his mum, he doesn't talk to me.

- Toni, what...? - Laurence, you know what he's like.

He's always just been a very quiet kid.

During every lesson he just stares out the window,

actively refusing to do any work.

And when he does say something, he's either being offensive

- or he's winding up the other boys. - Look, the bottom line is,

my son is being bullied and you are doing nothing about it.

How about I work with him for a few sessions,

see if I can get him to talk?

Some time away from Deontay will probably do him good.

No, why does Tyler have to be the one taken out of class?

Toni, we're just trying to help.

This isn't a one-size-fits-all approach.

See, that is what pisses me off about this place.

Bully a boy and you're labelled complex

but become withdrawn and you're a menace to fucking society.

Tyler's not perfect. He did call Deontay's mum a cunt.

Well, he's right.

I've known that bitch for a long time and she is a fucking cunt.

Do you remember when you tried to burn our school down?

Oh, my God, Laurence. Are you ever gonna let that go?

Well, I took the rap for you, got you out of that mess.

Yeah, well, I still managed to fuck it up, didn't I?

Well, you're a liability.

I still looked out for you.

Yeah.

Just work with us, Toni, please.

All right, I'll talk to him.

Thank you.

We'll do our best on this end and...

let's catch up in a couple of weeks, yeah?

Yeah.

Come on, let's go.

Now, Tyler.

What, bitch?

That's what I thought.

Deontay.

Did you not hear what sir said to you?

Get in there!

Oh, for fuck's sake.

I've gotta go to the shop.

Come on.

We need to talk about what happened today.

Tyler.

What, here?

£6.36, please.

Thank you.

I can't believe you called her a cunt.

Aliyah!

I wasn't. Sorry. I'm sorry.

Please. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- What? What? - Sorry. No, no...

Yeah?

Yeah, it's good.

Who are you calling stiff? Man was a big baller, you know.

- You're a baller? - Up front. I used to bang in bare goals.

Bare goals, bare headers, take it down on my chest...

- Yeah, Sunday league, yeah? - Nah, it weren't a Sunday league.

- How old are you? - It doesn't matter how old I am.

Just stand back because I just wanna show you something.

Pretend to pass the ball to me. Just pretend.

Look at the way I'm on my toes.

- You want me to imagine? - Yeah, just pass it.

I don't know what's funny. It's serious stuff. Pass the ball.

All right, look, you see the way I just got that?

- And then look, look at that. - Yeah, I'm watching. Come on.

Do you see that? Then what I would do is just bring it down and play the ball.

Simple, just like that.

- Jeez. - So, no-one's told you, no?

You haven't seen any pictures on the internet or anything?

- What you talking about, man? - Like, man here was...

I got drafted, innit.

Man was drafted for Real Madrid.

- Real...? - Real Madrid. What?

- Real Madrid. - Real Madrid?

I was living in Spain for three months.

Man ain't taking the piss. It's serious stuff.

- Real Madrid wanted you to play? - Real Madrid wanted me

- to play for them in Madrid. - No.

I was there for three months. I hurt my kneecap.

- They wanted me. - When?

- But I got a injury, innit. - Must have been, like, 50 years ago.

You're not serious. Take a seat. Do your work. You're not even listening.

- You're just chatting shit, man. - Just sit down and do your work, man.

You're not even concentrating.

I got drafted.

What's going on, T?

Yeah, not much.

Are you coming back?

I don't know, man. I want to, but...

You should, bro.

Listen, we got this defense in midfield, he...

He's all right but he's not T level.

We need T level. He's good.

But that ain't T level, man. We need you.

I'll see, yeah? I'll see.

- So, next week, yeah? - Next week?

Yeah, go on, then.

Sweet.

Cool.

Oi, do you want pizza?

Er, yeah.

Sorry.

You're all over the joint.

Sorry. This is my daughter.

Yeah? She's lovely.

- Is it shut? - Yeah, it's shut, babe, innit.

It's shut.

Shut up.

Know what I mean?

- In there? - Yes, come in.

Wait a second, wait a second...

- In here? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go on.

You still awake? Come on, let's go to bed.

Oh, hey. Thanks for the other day.

What?

At Rocky's.

You know, with Deontay.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

No problem.

Do you go PRU?

I went there when I was your age.

- Yeah? - Yeah, I fucking hated it.

What was your name?

Tyler.

I'm Simon.

Yeah, I just wanted to say thanks.

Oi.

Why don't you long that off today?

I don't know.

Dunno, I should probably go.

Do your thing, man.

Yeah, no, I hear that.

He needs to wait, though.

- Yo. - Yeah?

- Can I get these ones? - Yeah, get what you want.

All right, cool.

- Thank you. - Cool, bruv.

Is it good, yeah?

Yeah.

Yes?

All right, let me call you back.

All right, all right.

What do you do?

Entrepreneur.

What?

Someone who works for themselves.

So, like, you don't have a boss or nothing like that?

Nah.

Nah, I'm the boss.

That's cool.

Have you got a job?

That's a bit lazy, innit?

I used to work for some older guy when I was your age.

Doing what?

Just running errands, things like that.

He pay you?

Enough for me to help my mum out.

Yeah, see, she weren't working so I had to be the man of the house.

I'm the man of my house.

Is it?

- Should get a job then, innit. - Yeah.

Yeah.

Stressful, though.

Stressful.

That's what being a man's about, though, dealing with stress.

Innit?

Can you deal with stress?

Dunno.

Yeah, think so. Yeah.

Good.

- Where is it? Just here? - Yeah, just that one.

- Thank you for today. - Cool.

Thanks.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm just... I'm late for work.

Oi, where's Aliyah?

- Oh, fuck. - Tyler!

- Sorry. Sorry, I'm late. - Where the fuck have you been?

I'm sorry. I was really busy.

Thanks for looking after her. Sorry about that.

I'll see you later, yeah?

- Come on, let's get takeaway. - Really?

- Yeah. - Fine.

I want burger, chips, a drink, chocolate.

- And the drink has to be coke. - OK.

I found her.

- She was just here. - Yeah. Thank you.

Toni.

Toni.

Go home.

Mum?

Mum, why are you here? Why are you not at work?

Have you lost your fucking job?

- Have you lost your job? - I am not in the fucking mood, Tyler.

Fuck's sake.

Talk to me, T. What's up?

How are things at home?

Basically...

Fuck's sake.

All right, let's pick this up in a bit, yeah?

Come on.

Who set it off this time?

Just turn around, turn around.

What, you don't think I'm cold? Just turn around. Turn around, man.

Did you set it off? Was it you?

Course it was him, man. Look at him.

Just checking.

Ty, breakfast.

They've been texting

and they wanna go on a date.

OK.

And, um, Lily asked me to go with her.

- Morning. - Morning.

Yeah, that's not gonna happen, babe.

- Why? - You're not going. Cos I said so.

- But I'm not on the date. - It sounds like you're on the date to me.

- Here you go. - No, it's just my friend.

I'm gonna take her to school today.

All right, cool.

Why can't I go?

Because you're too young to go.

I'm not on the date, I'm just going.

- You all right? - Yeah, I'm all right.

It sounds to me like you wanna go on a date with a boy

and you're just using Lily as a cover.

No, you can go and ask her.

I will go and ask her. I'll ask her mum too.

Jim's line.

Brown or white?

Cool. Be at the bench in half an hour, yeah?

Why you just standing there?

Sorry.

Got something for me?

Yeah.

Where's your toilet?

Out there, on the left.

Fuck.

You never seen someone shoot up before?

No.

The map's inside.

We're always looking for people. Do you have a CV? I'll check and see.

- Great. Here you go. - Thank you.

- Thank you very much. Bye. - I'll call you back.

I've worked in a salon before but mostly just cleaning up.

Amazing. I will look into it and I'll get in touch with you.

- Thank you. - Thank you. Goodbye.

Yeah?

What do you want?

All right.

Yeah, yeah, same place.

Sadiq.

I need the second wrap.

Jim's line.

- Please. Please help me. - Right.

Yeah, I'll be with you in 20. Yeah.

Please.

Please.

- Oi, Sadiq. - What?

I'll suck your dick, yeah?

- Give it to me, please. - You can get fucked.

Please help me.

Go on, take it.

Go on, go on. Take it.

Dumb bitch.

- 'Sadiq, I need my second wrap.' - 'Yeah, and I'll give it to you.'

'Deal was, I give you my place and you keep me level, remember?'

'I'll give it you when I give it you.'

'I need it. I need it.'

- 'I need it. I need it, I told you, ' - 'Too bad, innit.'

- 'You know I need these things!' - 'Don't demand shit from me.'

'I'm not demanding anything. It was a deal. We have a deal.

'Suits you when you're here, doing your deals.'

- 'What about our deal?' - 'Don't fucking touch me!'

- 'Stop it, you fucking bitch.' - 'Fuck you!'

Don't be shouting in my face, you fucking dickhead.

Don't fucking touch me.

Look what you fucking made me do.

Don't fucking touch me.

- Sadiq... - Oi, shut the fuck up.

Shut the fuck up!

I'm hungry.

Yo, boss, man, I need a chicken box, now.

- Sorry? - Box of chicken.

Why you looking at me for, bruv? Hurry up, chicken box now.

Fucking hurry up.

Man, why you taking so long for?

Hurry the fuck up.

It's cold.

I'm joking.

Sit down.

Sit down.

You done good, nah?

How old are you?

I'm 14.

I'm sor...

Where have you been?

Where were you last night?

'Yo, it's Jim's line.

'If you don't know what we already have,

'we've got, er, ten out of ten crack cocaine, heroin,

'we got cannabis, we got... we got hash.

'We got everything there, so you need to send a text to us quick.

'I'm gonna be here for one week.

'First 24 hours, two for one, yeah? So holla the line, yeah?'

- Yo. Sorry, bruv. - Yo.

What you saying, big man? Keeping me waiting?

- Shut up. Fuck off, bruv. - Keeping me waiting? You shit.

- What you saying, bruv? - I'm good, clown. You?

Yeah, I'm calm still.

Phones off during our sessions, please.

Do you know what an "acceptable loss" is?

Some businesses have what they call an acceptable loss.

So, at the end of a job a plumber might have

a spare bit of piping they might chuck or reuse.

Same with a builder.

It might be timber or metal.

And it's also a military term used

for casualties inflicted by the enemy that are considered tolerable.

Do you know what the acceptable loss for your business is?

You.

You're the acceptable loss.

In the last six months he's been missing more than 40 times.

- How much is he bringing home? - What?

Don't fuck around. How much is he bringing home?

What, enough for you to not work, then, yeah?

Do you have any idea what he has to do to get that money?

The risks that are involved?

We brought someone in specifically to work with him,

to try and get him out of this mess, but, Toni, you gotta wake up.

Wake up. It's time for you to take responsibility.

Dinner.

Dinner!

Turn these off, please.

- Mum! - I asked you to do something.

So unfair.

Get the fuck out of my way, please.

I asked you to fucking do something!

I hate this family!

You see what you've done now?

Nice work.

Wait, what is this shit?

I give you money, you can't even buy nice fucking food for me?

You fucking lazy pig.

I don't understand who I'm speaking to.

You never have.

You need to stop lying.

About?

Why don't you tell me where you go anymore?

Cos you never fucking ask.

OK, well, I am asking you now.

Where do you go?

Work.

- Doing? - Work.

Tyler!

I wash cars.

Do you expect me to believe that?

You can believe whatever the fuck you want.

You are moving stuff!

Moving stuff?

You know what I mean.

- Fucking bitch. - Don't talk to me like that.

Don't ever fucking touch me again.

Do you understand?

I am the man of this fucking house.

Somebody needs to look after this fucking family.

Stop. Leave her alone.

Get out of my house.

Get out!

Yo.

Call me back, now.

Don't fucking come here, bruv. I'll text you the address.

Some boy.

Hi, I'm Bex.

I've been assigned to work with Tyler at his PRU.

We were scheduled to have our second session today

but he didn't turn up.

I don't know where he is.

Can I come in?

How are you doing?

I've been better.

Did Tyler do that to you?

Look, Toni,

you have to report him missing.

'Emergency services. How may I help you?'

Now fuck off.

Get up.

Get the fuck up.

Do you have any idea who you're fucking with?

This is my line.

- Do you understand me? - Yeah.

Go deal with that.

'It's me.

'I don't know where I am. Need your help.

'Please.'

Your boy owes me two grand.

You got 24 hours. You go to the police, you'll never see him again.

- You understand? - Yeah.

Mummy.

It's OK, baby.

If you don't pay, she'll swallow the debt, yeah?

Please don't hurt me in front of my little girl.

Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up.

'It's me.

- 'I don't know where I am.' - Listen to that.

- 'Need your help. Please.' - Pay up.

'Tyler?'

Mum. Mum.

- 'Tyler, are you OK?' - Mum.

Mum, can you hear me?

'Tyler, I can't...

- 'Tyler?' - Mum, I need your help.

Please.

'I want to help but I don't know where you are.'

Mum, I don't know where I am.

'Tyler, tell me...'

I need your help.

Please.

Mum, can you hear...? Can you hear me?

'Tyler...'

'Tyler, a man came here last night.

'He wants money.

- What? Mum? - 'Tyler.'

Mum, what?

Mum?

Mum, can you hear me?

Mum?

What the hell happened to you, son?

Can you take me to a station?

Get in.

Thanks.

Are you gonna be OK?

Can I have an ambulance, please?

Fucking police. What the fuck are you doing here?

- Just wanna ask him a few questions. - Nah, fuck off.

Give us a moment, please. Not a good time.

- I'll come back later. - Mum!

Trying to fucking set me up.

You're OK. Try and relax.

So, what repayment terms can you fulfill on the loan?

Come on, baby.

We'll see you tomorrow.

Bye.

Bye.

Where's all my shit?

How is he?

Why do you do it?

It's easy.

Stay away from my family.

OK, Toni.

- You all right, little man? - Yeah.

I made you lunch.

I'll leave you alone.

Mum.

Thanks.

Mum, I'm so sorry.

It's OK.

It's OK.

I don't blame you.

OK?

It's OK.

Will you pass us the bowl?

Cheers.

Have a good day.

You, too.

Love you.

I love you, too.

Good to see you.

- Speak to you later, yeah? - All right.

Hey, Ty.

How you doing?