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[Connor] I want answers, Christine!

And I'll find them! I will find them!

-You wanna know the truth? I-- -[screams]

[Det. Pritchard] Connor Moran is missing.

The last trace of his phone was at your daughter's wedding.

Doesn't anyone care?

Have the council signed off on the mineshaft already?

[Ash] Will said we could go ahead and get it filled in.

[Harry] All these years I've pictured me seeing the kids

and I had to tell them a pack of lies.

We had an agreement.

-[grunts] -[Megan grunts] Let go of him!

-I don't know what I'm doing. -How did you know where I lived?

What have we done? [sobs]

We did nothing but good, Kate. The rest was out of our control.

[Kate] I need to go away, I can't keep living like this.

Connor's dead.

[Gethin] Tell me everything.

[police siren wailing]

[theme music playing]

[theme music concludes]

-[tense music playing] -[police siren wailing]

-[metal screeching] -[chains clattering]

-[police siren wailing] -[indistinct chatter]

[sighs]

-I’ve prepaid, it's all sorted. -You're too good to me.

Oh, you just need support till you get on your feet.

You're gonna be fine. The pair of you.

Um, you get some rest, we’ll catch up tomorrow. Okay?

Is everything all right?

Yeah, it’s just that Will is waiting for me,

so I’ve gotta go and try to...

All right.

-[Will] What was she doing here? -Never mind about that.

-Jamie, go get rid of Gethin. -[Jamie] Why?

Jamie, just bloody do it, will you, please?

-What's happened? -Will you keep your voices down?

Uh... Geth, can you give me

a couple of minutes with Megan, please?

I told him.

[clock ticking rhythmically]

-Told him what? -He knows everything.

Why would you do that?

I dunno. Why would you throw somebody down a mine shaft?

What are you gonna do?

[smacks lips] I don't know.

[Will] What do you mean, you don't know?

Well, my head's kinda spinning now, so...

We haven’t got time for this. The police have found Connor.

[exhales nervously]

They’re at the quarry.

They might have been there for hours.

-What are we gonna do? -I will figure something out.

-[knocking on door] -[Det. Pritchard] Christine?

-Oh, my God. -What do we do?

Put the kettle on, Jamie. Go on.

Go and sit down.

We don't know anything.

The last time we saw Connor was at the wedding.

Remember the story, and don't complicate it.

[Det. Prichard] Christine, it’s the police.

You're family now, Gethin.

We stick together. All right?

[Det. Pritchard] Christine!

[tense music playing]

[Megan exhaling]

-[Christine] What's going on? -Is Will here?

[Christine] Sure.

Why, what's happened?

[Det. Pritchard] Can we come in?

So, Detective, what’s this about?

We need you to come down to the station.

-Why? -We have some questions.

Okay. Well, can you not ask them here?

No. We need to question your family independently.

My colleagues will explain.

Will?

[Will sighs]

[Det. Pritchard] We’ve retrieved a body

at the site of your Adventure Park.

[tense music concludes]

We haven't officially identified this person but, um,

I was wondering whether you could

throw some light on who it might be?

Well, I mean, we get kids trespassing there all the time.

You know what kids are like.

They go there to get drunk or high or whatever.

Maybe... Maybe one of them had an accident, I don’t know.

There's pretty clear evidence to show this person

didn't end up there of their own volition.

I'm not following.

It's looking like the body was placed there

and, uh, an attempt made to hide it.

A pretty poor attempt, if you ask me.

Desperate, maybe?

[tense music playing]

Do you know anyone who may have wanted to hide a body?

What the hell are you talking about?

No.

Of course not.

[officer] Has Will's behaviour changed at all recently?

I don't think so.

Have you seen him get angry,

or physically violent with anyone?

No.

Jamie, what happened to your face?

[chuckles]

We've warned him about texting on the move,

but he never listens.

[chuckles]

What if I told you the person in question was Connor Moran?

Shit.

Really?

Hmm. It all starts to add up, doesn't it?

What do you mean?

Well, you two have history.

Then he disappears, and hey, presto, he turns up, dead,

on your land.

[scoffs]

[male officer] You've been very quiet, Gethin.

Anything to add?

[clock ticking rhythmically]

It's just a shock.

This kind of thing doesn't happen around here.

[male officer] No. [sighing]

-It's horrible. -[male officer] Yes, it is.

[tense music concludes]

I don't know what to say to you.

-I didn't ask for any of this. -Yeah, but neither did Connor.

-If you want... -What?

I... I dunno...

leave. I’d... I’d get it. I'd understand--

Yeah, it’s a bit late for that now. I'm an accessory,

I just lied to the police.

This was your mum's idea, wasn't it?

To keep quiet, to cover it up?

-She was protecting Jamie. -Is she, though?

She wanted Connor gone from the start. Fought for it.

Even though he's the spitting image of her son,

she wanted him gone. Like he was some kind of threat.

What was she so scared of?

-I was just gonna call you. -And say what?

[Christine] Just that... if you need anything--

Yeah, yeah, I do, as it goes. I need a husband I can trust,

a son who isn't following in his footsteps,

a new business...

But most of all, I need to understand

how and why that boy died.

[chuckles]

You surely don’t think Will's responsible for that.

His issues are buried so deep,

I don't even think he knows where they come from.

-But you do. -[scoffs]

[Samantha] I've pretended to get along with you

for all of these years, and it was fucking exhausting.

I'm not doing it anymore.

[police siren wailing]

-Just there, okay? All right. -[Christine] Thank you.

-[door closes] -I want to talk to my son.

-[clicks tongue] -[tense music concludes]

We're holding him overnight while we make more enquiries.

He’s done nothing wrong. I want to see him.

-Well, you know I can't do that. -[breathes heavily]

And you know I'm the reason you still got a career.

[soft music playing]

You should organise a lawyer for your son.

This isn't looking good.

And sit down.

[metal door clanking]

[Will sighs]

[seagulls squawking]

[Beth] I keep thinking about Kate.

If I'd have got there earlier,

I could've stopped her driving off.

Oh, it's not your fault, love.

Well, they said she was driving erratically,

like she was drunk.

Well, at least she didn't hurt anyone else. [breathes heavily]

-I need to show you something. -What?

What... What am I looking at?

-Bottom of her dress. -[eerie music playing]

Is that blood?

Then later when they danced.

[Beth] It’s gone.

[door closing]

-[eerie music concludes] -How's Gethin?

I dunno.

He’s gone home, said he wanted some time alone.

Are you guys gonna be okay?

[sighs]

Look, I want to fix all this.

But if I go to the police now, everyone's in trouble.

[door opening]

Sorry, Beth, we haven’t turned the machine on yet.

I'm not here for coffee.

There was blood on your wedding dress.

[tense music playing]

I think you need to tell me about Connor.

[tense music playing]

[phone ringing]

[exhales nervously]

[whimpers]

The truth's coming, Christine. One way or another.

[whimpers]

[tense music concludes]

That poor boy.

[Jamie] I never meant to hurt him.

[dramatic music playing]

[Beth] This is never going away, Jamie.

You have to tell the police.

[sobs]

I understand if you need to take some time.

But don’t drag this out.

This has cost too many lives already.

[dramatic music concludes]

Can you tell Detective Pritchard

-to ring me urgently? -[cellphone beeping]

Aunty Kate's dead.

What?

[Jamie] There was an accident last night.

Beth saw the car. Reckons she'd been drink-driving.

Look, she said to call her and not to go to work today.

She’s been trying to get hold of you.

Okay. Yeah.

-[Jamie] Mum? -[Christine] I'm okay.

-Don't you care? -[Christine] Um, yeah of course.

Can... Can you just give me... give me a minute?

[grunts]

-[soft music playing] -[Christine sobs]

[sobs quietly]

[sobs]

[female officer] Up!

You’re free to go now while we make further enquiries.

[indistinct chatter]

[soft pensive music playing]

Mum, they got my DNA.

So...

I’m screwed.

Kate's dead.

-There was a car accident. -What?

It could look...

like she killed Connor, couldn't handle the guilt.

-Jesus Christ, Mum. -[Christine] It'll add up.

'Cause her car will have been seen near his flat.

And if they find his phone,

it'll be on the way to her place.

For fuck's sake, just stop!

Stop!

How many more lies do we have to tell?

It's all we ever do.

I can't handle it anymore.

[inhales] I'm sorry.

-For which bit, exactly? -Everything. All of it.

[Samantha sighs]

Did you kill that boy? [sighs]

No. Of course not.

[Samantha] How did he end up in our quarry?

[sighs]

I don't understand what's wrong with you. I--

I don't think you understand it either.

But there is...

something very wrong.

[breathes shakily]

[indistinct chatter]

-I tried calling. -Um, what’s Dom doing here?

[Beth] Can you come into my office?

[door opening]

What's going on?

[Beth] Sorry, Christine, but you've been suspended.

What? Why?

No, I’ve...

I’ve got appointments, Kayla is expect--

Yeah, well, I'll deal with them.

[sighs] Is this Dom's work?

What the hell is he playing at?

I had to tell him about the police investigation.

I haven’t mentioned the rest, but he'll find out soon enough.

What do you mean?

[Beth] I told Jamie to write it all down in a statement,

to tell the police what really happened

at the wedding.

[tense music playing]

It wasn't Jamie's fault.

A boy died, Christine.

It was an accident.

Should my family pay for that

because some stranger tries to ruin our lives?

But he wasn't a stranger, though, was he?

Connor was your son. I’m right, aren’t I?

-[cellphone vibrating] -[gasps]

[breathes shakily]

[gasps] The hospice.

The woman who ruined my life is finally dying.

I'm still gonna hold her hand.

-[Beth] I'm sorry. -[scoffs]

You have no idea. [breathes shakily]

[Christine] Nurses say you can still hear me.

-[tense music concluding] -[clock ticking rhythmically]

[Christine] Hmm. You look different.

[indistinct chatter]

Like you're fading away.

I used to think you were made of hate.

Even that's gone now.

You know,

I made it my mission, my life's work...

to raise my children in spite of you.

To be better.

I just became a part of it.

Your legacy...

of lies, manipulation.

Maybe you didn't even start it.

-[soft music playing] -Maybe you were a victim too.

Someone needs to break the cycle.

They need to know the truth.

[match striking]

Jamie, come and sit down, please.

[soft music concludes]

I'm just going out for a minute.

I know where you are going.

The police need to know the truth.

We’ll talk about it later, love, just...

[sighs]

-What's going on? -I dunno. Last supper?

New lie, new plan? Are we... Are we brainstorming--

Oh, Megan, shut the fuck up, will you?

Don't defend her, you were stuck in a police cell all night.

I know, but just shut up for--

We're gonna have a problem if you talk to her like that.

-What are you gonna do? -What?

Oh, he can go fuck himself.

[Christine] Uh, can we just not argue?

Let’s just... eat this before it gets cold.

[cutlery clattering]

[Will] So, what's the letter? Is that your confession?

I just wrote it all down so it's clear in my head.

I understand why he wants to tell the truth.

A lie sits at the heart of you if you let it.

Changes everything till there’s nothing else left.

-What the hell are you on about? -Connor.

[Christine] I want you to know...

that I did what I did for the right reasons.

Mum, what did you do?

Kate had a client... who was an addict,

she was pregnant, lived in a squat.

Kate had her own issues...

at the time, she took her eye off the ball,

missed a few appointments, and this woman skipped town.

But she left the baby.

Kate panicked when she found him, she asked me for help.

He was a week old.

He'd been in that squat for days, on his own.

Like rubbish, like he was nothing.

He was tiny.

He looked at me...

like he needed me.

So...

I took him.

[scoffs]

What do you mean?

Well, I saw a... a tiny baby boy in danger,

needing love from someone. So, I... I brought him home...

and I named him Liam.

-[sighs] -[sighs]

And I... I didn't know

he had a brother until Connor turned up.

I mean, if I'd known that, I might have acted differently.

Wait. You... You stole Liam?

[Christine] No. I... I rescued him.

I protected Kate.

She was a good person. And I owed her.

And I... I gave Liam a home.

You can't just take a baby.

Why didn't he just go into care?

I took a chance.

I risked everything...

to make a change in the life of one...

one child.

To give him a...

a loving home and a family.

This is fucked up.

I mean, how... how did you get away with it?

You can't just appear with a baby overnight.

Well, um, Kate helped

cover the paper trail and... and...

and Harry and I just

came back to Wales. [inhales]

-You made him lie to us. -[Will] My God.

This is why Dad left.

Because of what you did.

[Christine] He wasn’t happy about it, but he understood.

-Until he couldn't anymore. -[groans]

I mean, it's... it’s abduction. You could've been locked up.

Well, I would do it all again if I could, Megan,

just to save one child.

Why didn't you just adopt Liam?

[chuckles hesitantly] I wasn't thinking.

[Gethin] My cousin adopted a kid. And it’s tough.

You know, cause they talk to everyone.

Your friends, your colleagues, your family, you know...

other kids. And they dig into your past.

And they're thorough cause they need to know

you've got nothing to hide. No secrets.

So, I'm thinking... [exhales] ...what about the others?

Cause if you can lie about Liam...

what about Will and Jamie and Megan?

-What d’you mean? -Are you our mother?

[gasps] How can you ask me that?

[tense music playing]

I raised you, didn't I?

Gave you everything, every opportunity--

But are you our mother?

Yes.

Oh, my God.

Liam wasn't the first.

[Gethin] You said you owed Kate. Why?

She was my friend.

[scoffs] Or because she'd covered for you before?

Mum?

We moved around a lot when we were kids.

London, Manchester, then here. You said it was for work.

It was.

I've never seen a photo of you pregnant.

[gasps] You are my kids,

and I love you. That's all that matters.

Who are we? Where are our parents?

I'm here. Two brothers, one sister...

my children.

This isn't a family. This is a cult.

[chair scraping]

-What are you doing? -[Megan] I don’t know.

I just can’t be...

I used to think that I was the problem.

[door closing]

If we stick together, we can get through this.

-This is too much for me. -Will, please.

[door opening, closing]

Just tell me the truth.

I stood by you after the wedding, Jamie.

I have protected you your whole life.

[breathes heavily]

[inhales sharply]

[inhales sharply]

Please don't leave me.

I’m sorry.

[music intensifies]

-I ain’t got nowhere to go. -[tense music concludes]

-Me either. -[wind rustling]

Wanna go for a drive?

[Gethin] I wish I could fix this for you.

Why the fuck did you ask that question?

I'm sorry.

-I am, I’m sorry. -[soft music playing]

Whatever happens...

you're still you.

And you’ve still got this place,

and Jamie, me.

You know, this is who you are.

Here and now. And you can choose to be anything.

You know, you get to decide...

not her.

Hey, come here.

Hey.

-[soft music concludes] -[Will] I guess it makes sense.

It’s like we never clicked, you know?

Not properly, not like other families.

[Jamie] Yeah, but plenty of families don't get along.

All I ever wanted was my big brother.

Don't go soft on me, please.

You don't remember Dad leaving...

but I do.

Mum said that...

you know, that I was the man of the house now.

I wanted you to be strong,

so you didn’t have to go through what I did.

You know, like you don’t belong...

like you’re worthless...

and not just by other kids. Grown-ups,

teachers, police. [scoffs]

So, you did care about us.

Pretty messed-up way to show it.

[breathes heavily]

I guess prison will toughen me up.

Don't say that.

I might have to lose the nail varnish.

I always liked it.

[chuckles]

[sniffles]

[car engine rumbling]

[doorbell ringing]

Kayla?

I rang the office, only they said

-you weren't working, and... -[baby cooing]

-Come in, out the cold. -[baby wailing]

[Megan] It makes sense though...

She'd be pulling us back to her...

forcing us together.

Making us into this thing.

But she raised us.

Loved us, gave us everything we ever needed.

Doesn't that make her our mum anyway?

I still want you to be my sister.

[Megan] Whatever happens, this doesn't change you and me.

Okay? I won't let it.

[Gethin] I’ll, um, I’ll give you some space, okay?

-[Jamie] Thanks, Geth. -Yeah.

I look at him, and it's like...

I love him, and I don't even know him yet.

How’s that work?

[Christine] Even when you know them too well,

you still love them the same.

I can't imagine what it's like to lose a kid.

What that does to you.

Your Liam was really special.

I still see him sometimes.

I didn't realise you knew him.

Kayla?

I did know him.

And it's... it’s all my fault.

What is?

Everything that's happened to you.

That day, when he died...

he asked me to get him some gear.

Something stronger. He said he wanted to forget.

-He’d never slammed before, -[tense music playing]

so...

I showed him how.

I injected him.

Tell... Tell me exactly what happened.

[Kayla] He had seizures...

I tried to help him, but it happened so fast.

[breathes shakily]

You were here?

You... You were with him while he was dying?

I was so scared.

And high.

So, I... I ran.

[sobs] The next day, I thought it was like a nightmare.

But then I heard his body had been found.

I didn't know what to do.

[sniffles]

[Kayla] The next week, I made an appointment.

You came looking for me.

I wanted to tell you what happened.

But you were so nice, I couldn't.

You were lying to me all this time.

[Kayla] I didn't know how to say it.

But I know I have to, no matter how much you hate me.

I'm so sorry.

I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry... I’m so... so... [sobs]

[sobs]

[sobs]

I’m sorry.

I'm...

[sobs]

[sobs] I’m sorry.

I’m sorry.

-[tense music concludes] -I talked to Will. It got heavy.

Like, honest.

I can understand where he's coming from.

He's just as messed up as the rest of us.

[Megan] I was so scared of marrying Geth,

of turning out like Mum and Dad.

Maybe there’s a part of me that remembers what it was like

-to be abandoned. -[soft music playing]

I want to pretend like none of this ever happened.

Things will never be how they were.

[sighs]

Please don't go to the police tonight.

I can't deal with that on top of everything else.

Meg, the longer we leave it, the worse it's gonna get.

[Beth] Hello.

-I didn't know where else to go. -[soft music concluding]

[water rippling]

[sighs]

[breathes heavily]

[door closing]

[breathes heavily]

Christine?

[tense music playing]

-[car engine starts] -[car door closes]

[baby wailing]

Wait, what are you doing? Christine?

Christine, open the door!

Open the fucking door! Christine! Please!

Don't take-- Don't take him! [sobs]

[baby wailing]

[shushes]

-It's okay. -[wails]

Everything's gonna be okay.

Please! Please, you've got to help me! She's taken my baby!

[wails]

-Come on, come on, come on! -[car engine stalls]

-[cellphone ringing] -[baby wailing]

-[Jamie] She’s not answering. -[Megan] Try Beth.

-[Gethin] Which way? -[Megan] I dunno, choose one.

[Gethin] She could be anywhere.

-Yeah, we're on our way. -What can I do?

Stay here in case Christine turns up.

You're driving, come on.

-[car engine stalls] -Shit.

[sighs]

-[baby wailing] -Oh, no, wait, you’re okay.

Everything’s all right. [shushes]

Hey, you’re safe with me.

All right. There we go.

[Will] Why would she do this?

[Beth] I don’t know, love. Let’s just find her.

[car engine revs]

-[breathes heavily] -[baby wails]

[Jamie] That’s her car.

[Gethin] Can you see the baby?

[Jamie] Not here.

Uh-- Tell the others we found the car and come back to get us.

-All right, be careful. -Split up, yeah?

[car engine starts]

-[tense music concludes] -[Christine humming]

[waves crashing]

-[Megan] What’re you doing here? -[Christine] We're okay.

[Megan] It's a bit cold for him.

He's sleeping now.

He's fine.

I used to bring Liam here when he was teething.

He liked the drive, he used to drift off.

And sometimes when he didn't,

I'd take him out and show him the sea.

I'd tell him he'd be safe with me

for the rest of his life.

Oh, you were all safe with me.

Kayla's worried sick.

Good.

She killed your brother.

She was with Liam when he overdosed,

and she did nothing.

I wanted her to know how it felt to be a mother.

The helplessness and the panic.

Can I have him?

[baby coos]

-[shushes] -There’s so many kids, Megan...

who need help.

They’re unloved, they’re unwanted.

I should know, 'cause I was one of them. [chuckles]

-You never talked about that. -[Christine scoffs]

I didn't want to relive it. [breathes heavily]

Every time...

that I save a child,

I’m doing it for the little girl in here.

So my suffering wasn’t for nothing.

People shouldn’t be defined by their start in life,

it should be what they make of it.

I gave Liam a home and a family.

And if you all want to judge me for that,

then you go right ahead.

[sniffles, exhales]

What about the rest of us?

If a child’s protected,

what does it matter?

[Megan] I’ve gotta get him back.

[Christine] Do you hate me?

-[somber music playing] -No.

I think you made a mistake.

And I stand by it.

But look at what it cost.

Connor, Liam...

Kate...

-[sighs] -...all gone.

-And what about the rest of us? -[sobs]

[Megan] Jamie will be dragged off to prison, Will too.

Maybe you, maybe all of us.

Our lives are over.

[Christine] Megan?

The police...

the police will find GHB in Connor's system.

No one else knows.

I... I gave him a lethal dose in a drink.

What-- Why would you do that?

[Christine] 'Cause I wanted him gone. [sighs]

And I... I... I forced the rest of you to... [inhales]

[smacks lips] ...to do what I said. I...

I'm sorry.

[sighs] This was all my fault.

[Gethin shouts] Megan!

Megan!

[breathes heavily]

[Megan] It's okay, it’s fine. I've got him.

Take him to Beth, she's in the car.

Wait, where's Mum?

-[Megan] She’s there. -Where is she?

[Megan gasps]

[breathes heavily]

-[grunts, screams] Mum! -[Gethin] No.

[Jamie breathes heavily]

-[sorrowful music plays] -[Jamie] Mum!

[Jamie] Mum! Mum!

[breathes heavily] Mum! [screams]

Mum! [screams]

[breathes heavily, screams]

Mum!

[sorrowful music continues]

I’m gonna have a word with the girl, all right?

[music fades]

[indistinct chatter]

[Det. Pritchard] All finished here.

Sir, thank you.

I got you a cab, so, um, you get yourself home.

Look after the little one, and we’ll be in touch, okay?

[somber music plays]

[sighs]

[sighs]

[door closing]

The police need to speak to you.

I don't want to talk to anyone.

[police siren wailing]

Can't keep putting this off.

Why would she do this to us?

[Gethin] She wanted to take responsibility.

And I think that she knew, if she was still here...

you wouldn't let her do that.

She's given us a way out.

[somber music continues]

One last lie.

[birds chirping]

[music concludes]

[Jamie] You okay?

My lawyer reckons I'm looking at six months, as an accessory.

I might even get a suspended sentence,

considering everything that's happened.

[smacks lips] I'm so sorry, Will.

-It's all right. -[soft music playing]

[Will] I got this.

Then we start over, yeah?

I guess now, we get to decide who we are.

[music gains momentum]

[kisses] Love you.

[Jamie sighs]

[kiss]

[bus engine revving]

[music continues]

[sighs]

[music concludes]