09/09/2014 River City

-I spoke to a journalist.

-Oh, no.

He's got the story.

I was wondering if you'd heard from Eric Turnbull.

Turnbull, no. Why?

Somebody's got to know where he is. What's happened to him.

-It's no' me.

-Well, I'm gonnae find out who does.

Turnbull will turn up when he's ready.

You think?

There were other reports.

What, more than just this one?

So he's falsified reports before?

So who is this Raymond Henderson?

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Yeah, I know you said I had to reduce the amount, but is there...

Yeah, I can do that.

OK, I see.

No, I don't want to come in.

Do you think you can just post them out to me?

Right. OK.

Thanks a lot.

What's up?

Business stuff, usual nonsense.

Are we struggling?

It'll be fine.

It's this development, isn't it?

It's just the way it goes.

I'm phoning around, I'll drum something up.

I could get a job.

I told you the last time.

This is different,

we weren't struggling like this, last time.

But this is a big year for you, exam year.

I can't have you putting that at risk.

You're always telling me to get getting my priorities right.

I'd say this was a priority, would you not?

I can handle it, I know I can.

I'll think about it.

I came as soon as I got your message.

Do you want to talk?

Come in.

I just wanted to say, I'm sorry...

I don't want to hear it, Raymond. I am sick of hearing it.

-I know. It's just...

-I'm not interested, so keep it to yourself.

I've got enough on my plate without worrying about you.

OK.

I need you to take responsibility for your son.

-Fine by me.

-Good.

I've got a meeting tomorrow at the council,

I need you to take Stuart. Can you do that?

Be here at 8.30. Do you think you can manage that?

Of course I can manage that.

You and Stuart mean everything to me, you're my family.

You should've thought about that earlier.

If I didn't need your help with Stuart, you wouldn't be here.

You understand?

See you tomorrow.

Raymond, how you doing?

Stevie.

I was gonnae give you a phone, but...

No worries. How you doing?

Just plodding away. You?

See it all, mate.

Listen, I think we should meet up for a pint

and a wee blether, do you know what I mean? The way we used to.

Raymond?

Aye, aye, we'll do that, I'll give you a phone.

No, don't worry about it Brian, honestly.

'It'll be fine, I understand.'

Mick, it's Alan Lindsay, how are you doing?

Aye, no' bad.

Aye, long time no see.

Listen...

I've got a wee favour to ask you.

I was wondering if you could help me out a wee bit...

Martin, it's Alan.

I'm good, how are you?

No' bad. How's the wife, how's the kids?

No, things are OK.

Well, that's a lie. I'm no' great at the moment to be honest.

A thousand would be great. That would see me through.

Are you sure?

You're a life-saver, Martin. Thank you.

Thank you, that's brilliant.

What?

No, I didnae know that.

When?

Right.

OK, thanks. Thanks for letting me know.

Well, you can put that away.

What do you mean?

Things are sorted.

Just like that?

Alex has promised me some work.

Oh, right, like the development?

No, no' like the development. Something solid. And soon.

Well, a little bit extra would help.

She's right.

I want you concentrating on your studies and nothing else, OK?

She should be out in the real world, earning.

-That's what you're always telling me.

-Zip it, you.

Remind me what I'm supposed to be looking for?

Look, I realise that none of this actually proves anything yet...

Cos all I'm seeing is a school project.

"My history of the development."

That land is full of poison.

Weren't they fixing it?

Only cos they got caught out.

It doesn't matter, they're fixing it, I don't see what the problem is.

It doesn't seem suspicious to you

that Eric Turnbull has just disappeared

and no-one's seen him for eight weeks?

He was the guy that got the land report wrong.

It's not a surprise he's keeping his head down.

Eric Turnbull told me he was being blackmailed.

Somebody else forced him to write that report.

-Who?

-Well, how would I know?

So, let me know when you do.

What I do know is that something's happened to Eric,

and any of that lot could be involved.

Alan Lindsay, Alex McAllister, Frank Paton,

they might all be in on it.

Raymond, you can't do this.

You can't go around making wild accusations against people.

I wouldn't have to if you were doing your job.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not doing my job now?

Not in the way you should be. Think about it!

Eric Turnbull tells me he's being blackmailed,

and the next minute, he just disappears.

You don't think that's just a wee bit suspicious?

His wife hasn't even reported him missing.

Because she's terrified about what might happen!

Look, I've got responsibilities.

I can't spend the rest of my life chasing this up,

I need some help here.

OK, I'll tell you what I'll do.

You go and wait outside.

I will call Mrs Turnbull and talk to her. How about that?

Good news.

Mrs Turnbull has heard from her husband,

so Eric Turnbull is alive and well, and there's nothing to worry about.

She's happy, I'm happy. You happy?

-Where is he?

-She didn't say.

And you're happy with that? Just to accept it?

Why wouldn't I be?

-Someone could have his phone, pretending to be him.

-Enough.

Don't make me issue you with a formal warning.

Do you realise who you're accusing, here?

Frank Paton is one of our most well respected councillors.

Do you really think he'd be involved in some daft wee conspiracy?

Look just go home, eh?

Maybe you can start another project.

Hello.

Hello, Betty? It's Raymond Henderson, please don't hang up.

I don't want to talk to you!

You've heard from Eric.

Please stop calling me.

When did you hear from him, where is he?

I haven't spoken to Eric, I haven't heard from Eric.

You promised you wouldn't phone the police and you did.

I'm losing everything here. Will you just leave me alone?!

ENGINE WHIRRS

I need to speak to one of your journalists,

a Mr Iain Millar.

Well, could you get him to phone Raymond Henderson

as soon as he gets back?

He's got my number.

DOOR OPENS

Mrs Turnbull, come in please.

-Take a seat.

-Thank you.

Can I get you a tea or a coffee or anything?

-Oh, no, thank you.

-That's fine.

I didn't know what else to do.

Something's happened?

My house has been broken into.

I think it was a man named Raymond Henderson.

You're kidding me? Have you called the police?

Well, I didn't think I should.

He took Eric's hard drive.

His hard drive?

He had everything on there. All his...

-..business.

-There's probably some important stuff on that, yeah?

-I wouldn't know.

-No, no, of course not.

Do you know this Raymond Henderson?

He's some investor in the development, I think.

He's popped round, to speak to Eric,

then he's been at my door several times

and he's been phoning me.

He said someone's been blackmailing his ex-wife.

Blackmail?

Look...

you're probably wondering why Eric got you to come and see me.

You see, we had an agreement that we'd look out for each other,

because that's what friends do, right?

And Eric's done the smart thing -

he's gone to ground to let things settle.

But why would someone do something like this?

Because there's always some chancer,

looking to make a fast buck at somebody's expense.

-So do you think I should go to the police?

-No, I don't think

that would accomplish anything.

They'll just write a report, pat you on the head,

then put that report in the bottom of some drawer.

I think you should do much the same as Eric.

Lie low for a bit till it dies down.

-I don't know...

-I don't want to scare you,

and this is probably nothing,

but it's best to be safe.

Well, I suppose I could go to my sister's.

But then the house is getting sold,

I've just got so much to deal with.

Don't you worry about any of that.

I'll take care of it, OK?

Least I can do for an old friend.

And I'll sort you out some money.

Eric would do the same for me.

Let's hope he never has to, eh?

You go to your sister's.

Don't worry about anything.

Probably best not to talk to anyone about this.

You'll be fine.

OK. Thanks

-You take care, yeah?

-Thank you.

Get me all you can on this investor

from the Lowtherhill project, his name's Raymond Henderson.

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What do you want?

See when you first arrived here, I wasnae sure about you.

I didnae know what you were really like.

Look, Raymond, I don't have the time or the energy for this, OK?

Then for a wee while I had you down as a family man,

-just looking out for your kids...

-Hey!

Don't even think about talking about my family.

Now I see you for what you really are.

Aye, and what's that?

There was another report, wasn't there?

I don't know what you're talking about, what report?

Don't give us that, you know all about it.

All of you lot do, and I can prove it.

I honestly don't know what you're talking about.

You knew that ground was poisoned,

you knew that would cause cancer,

and yet still you were gonnae go ahead and build flats on it.

Cancer doesn't check your bank balance, Lindsay.

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-I need to talk to you.

-I'm just on my way out. What's up?

I need a drink.

Alan...

What is it?

I said, right from the off, that we should have nothing to do with this,

I told you.

Do you want to clue me in here?

I've just had Henderson at me.

He knows about the original ground report.

-What do you mean? How could he?

-How should I know?

He was in my face about it.

Which means this is all gonnae come out and we are screwed.

Right, what did he say exactly?

What does it matter what he said?

I knew something like this would happen.

I knew it would come to this.

Look, we just need to keep the head here.

It's not your head on the block.

I should have said no to you, right from the start.

He's bluffing or guessing, there's just no way he could know anything.

He says he can prove it.

Let me speak to Frank, I'll see what the score is.

Frank?

I'll tell you exactly what Frank is gonnae say -

deny everything and let Alan take the blame.

That's not gonnae happen.

Who's gonnae stop him?

He's got the whole council behind him.

We've been through this, OK?

Frank is a loner, the council don't know half of what goes on.

This is a mess.

How did we find ourselves in such a mess?

This is all Frank, and I'll tell you something,

you won't see him for dust.

I'm just about away to meet him.

He's asked to see me.

He is setting me up, man, I'm telling you.

I won't let that happen.

If he does try and blame this on me,

I'm gonnae take him down with me.

You pass that message on.

I promise you, it won't come to that.

Coming here was supposed to be a new start for me and my family.

Now look at me.

This isn't what I signed up for, Alex.

Dodgy reports, lies and secrets.

It's not me.

This is not who I am.

Look, you just stay here, OK?

Make yourself at home.

I'll go and sort things.

There's a bottle of malt in the cabinet.

Aye, that'll fix everything.

Well?

We've got problems.

Somebody's broke into Eric's place and stole his hard drive.

It was Raymond Henderson.

He's been at Alan.

He's claiming he can prove that Alan knew about the dodgy report.

Do you remember the last time we were here?

Oh, aye, I remember.

We were all gonnae be very rich, it was all gonnae be plain sailing.

That's no' changed.

Frank, I'm spending my money cleaning dirt.

That's part of the game, you know that.

But this Raymond Henderson thing, that's a different story.

OK, this is what you do.

Alan was the one that commissioned that report,

he's the paper trail.

We can use that. You go to him, you tell him...

Me?

He's your man, he countersigned it.

All we have to do is deny that we know anything about that report.

It's Alan in the frame,

so it's in all our interests that he gets his hands on that hard drive.

-And how is he supposed to do that?

-Put the frighteners on Henderson.

You don't know the first thing about Alan Lindsay.

What's to know?

He's got fists, hasn't he? He's desperate.

Wind him up, point him in the right direction.

You know, it was bad enough getting involved with Lenny...

but look at us, what are we, eh?

Thieves? Thugs?

First we jump into bed with gangsters,

now we're acting like them?

No, there is no way I'm gonnae let you pin all this on Alan.

Wait a minute, Alex, what is this?

You got a sudden attack of conscience?

You knew exactly what you were getting involved in.

We're the same, you and me, that's why I picked you.

I made all of my own decisions, OK?

You think you can make everybody dance to your tune,

well, think on this -

if Eric kept one report on his hard drive,

he would've kept them all.

Every little deal, every tiny dodgy report

that you've ever been involved in will be there.

Me? I can just deny all knowledge. Who's to know?

This is your problem, Frank, you sort it out.

Ho!

Don't walk away from me.

Alex!

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Stevie.

How you doing?

Fine. Come in.

I saw you had a run-in with Alan Lindsay earlier.

I just want to make sure everything's all right.

Everything's fine.

I can see that(!)

Just going over some old stuff.

Aye?

About what?

Don't get involved, son.

I'm already here.

It's just some stuff about the development...

What?

Stevie, son, you've suffered enough with all this, everyone has.

This is my problem. I'm gonnae deal with it.

Suffered? What are you talking about "suffered"?

Please, do me a favour.

Go home, pretend you never seen any of this.

Nah. Raymond, I'm worried about you.

Worried? Why would you be worried?

Look at this.

Does this look normal to you?

I've got the chance to make things right.

For you, for Eileen.

Right, explain it to me.

Then I'll go.

All that stuff, with Eileen supporting the development...

she was blackmailed into it.

Blackmailed?

Because of Sean Kennedy.

See when you kill a man...

..it doesn't go away, Stevie.

It's always there, in here.

It never leaves you.

What are you talking about?

And what's all this got to do with Sean Kennedy?!

Lenny found out.

I don't know how, but he did.

He said he would expose the truth

if Eileen didn't toe the line.

So don't you see? I have to do this. I've got to make it right.

-Do what?

-Fix it!

There was a cover-up, with the development land...

and if I can expose that,

I can bring them down, and get shot of them.

I don't believe this.

I thought this was all behind us.

It will be, don't you see?

No!

If this gets out, I'm going to jail!

Eileen's going to jail!

What about wee Stuart, eh?

You're willing to risk all of that because of what?

A feeling you've got?

It's not like that!

I'm doing this for you, for Eileen.

No, Raymond, this is about you.

Because of what you did that you cannae handle, do you no' see that?

You're not getting this!

You need help on this.

You need to speak to somebody, a doctor, I don't know, whatever.

You need to get past this, Raymond.

That's what I'm doing!

I'll help you.

We'll go and speak to somebody.

We'll do it together.

No. I said no. I know what I'm doing, Stevie.

Raymond, please just listen to what I'm saying, will you?

Right.

I'll think about it, all right?

I'm on your side. I always have been.

I know that, son.

I know.

Right, out with it.

Huh?

The state of your face, what is it?

Nothing.

I know it's something.

Raymond.

Right, what about Raymond?

I need to go...

I'm working late an' all, sorry.

Stevie...

So what happened, what did he say?

There's nothing to worry about, he said he would take care of it.

How?

I don't know, he didn't say.

Well, what did he say?

I mean, what was said? I want to know.

What does it matter? It's his problem.

What was said? Tell me.

You're setting me up.

Don't be ridiculous.

The pair of you. Hanging me out to dry.

I told you I wouldn't let that happen, and I didn't.

What do you mean, "you didn't"?

It was discussed?

Raymond has Turnbull's hard drive.

Frank suggested that I should get you to get it back.

-I told him where to go.

-Me?

And how am I supposed to do that?

By leaning on Raymond.

So, what, I'm your heavy?

That's what I told him.

I turned the tables, I put it on him.

I told him I'd have no more to do with it.

This is all normal to you, isn't it?

This world, these people.

I should have seen it right away. This was bent from the start.

I was as much in the dark as you.

Don't give me that.

Whenever there was a problem, it was sorted, just like magic,

the money for the remediation was there.

Where did you get it all, Alex?

Investors.

What kind of investors?

Proper investors.

Name them.

You can't expect me to remember every single investor.

I went out of my way to make sure this is all above board, believe me.

The only thing I believe now...

is it's every man for himself.

What are you gonnae do? Alan?

If we're gonnae keep meeting up like this, we'll need to get a room.

-You've let me down, Lenny.

-Oh, aye? What have I done now?

I cut you in for a generous percentage on the understanding

-you would take care of a problem.

-And I did.

Raymond Henderson just broke into Eric Turnbull's place,

stole his hard drive.

Yeah, I heard Eric was away on his holidays.

That's my business.

-You seemed to have messed yours up.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You asked me to put the clamps on Eileen Donachie, OK? And I did.

This is a different problem.

He's her ex, it's part of the same thing.

Oh, I see.

It's my job to silence half of Shieldinch now, is it?

Look, Lenny, I'm no' in the mood to barter, here.

You've got money in this an' all.

If this goes down the pan, so does your dosh.

What's on the hard drive?

I don't know. Could be nothing.

Or it could be everything.

It goes without saying you'll be well looked after for this.

All I can do is talk to him, no promises.

Thanks for coming.

What's so urgent?

I thought we should have a chat.

About what?

It seems that you have something

that some of my associates would like.

What?

Are we really gonnae do this?

Can we not just talk like men?

Lenny, I've got no idea what you're on about.

OK, let's play it your way then.

This thing that you don't have...

you need to gie it back.

Why would I need to give it back?

Because I don't think you realise what it is you've got your hands on.

You've got the wrong guy.

Look, I know what's happening here, OK?

You've got yourself all wound up over Eileen.

Now that's understandable, and you think you can make all that go away

if you just hold on to that hard drive.

Doesnae work like that.

These people...

they're way beyond you, Raymond.

Powerful, powerful men.

You take them on, you're gonnae lose.

You mess them about, well...

everything'll come out -

Sean Kennedy, all over the front pages.

Or worse.

See, this is what I've never understood in all of this.

What it is you actually think you know about Sean Kennedy.

You might wind Eileen up with your threats...

..doesnae work the same with me.

You and me have never got on.

So why should I want to help you, right?

Right?

Well, maybe I don't think you deserve what's coming to you.

Not for Sean.

Give it back, Raymond.

How you doing?

OK.

Have you thought any more about what I said?

Still thinking.

Good.

DOOR OPENS

Raymond, I need a word.

I've nothing to say to you.

Please, just a couple of minutes, eh?

Can we go outside and talk?

No, we can talk here.

At what point exactly

did you decide cancer wasnae worth bothering about?

-Keep a lid on it, will you?

-Why should I?

So that you lot can get away with treating people like that?

Raymond, come on.

Please, come outside, I just want to explain.

Oh, I see, you're the good guy now, is that it?

You're no different, pal.

You chose your side. It's called money!

Right, that's enough.

I'm not wanting any bother.

Get out.

-Me?

-Aye, you. And take your daft conspiracy theories with you.

Raymond, wait.

Will you please just listen to me?

It's too late, there's nothing you can say.

I was gonnae come clean, I wanted to.

Why didn't you?

OK, you want the truth?

Fine. I'll tell you everything.

But no' here.

Come in to my office.

So?

I didnae want any of this.

I tried to tell them, to stop them.

You should have tried harder.

You have no idea what I've been going through.

I'm supposed to feel sorry for you now?!

Do you know what it's like? Constantly living with this?

No, I don't. Cos I'm not the type of guy

that gambles with people's lives.

It's no' that simple.

Can you even begin to imagine what you've put me through?

What you've put Eileen through? This community?

You think you can just run people's lives like you own them?

Like they're somehow worth less than you?

Look...

Look, that's a copy of the original report.

It says the land is full of chromium,

that's evidence of the cover-up.

You made your own copy?

Why?

Because I knew one day I might need it.

To save yourself.

No, look...

I knew fae the start that this was wrong.

-I just thought that if things got out of hand...

-Out of hand?!

That says chromium, how bad does it need to get?

The minute you saw that, you should have gone to the authorities.

You think I don't know that?

You think I'm proud of this?

-I just kept waiting...

-Because you were blinded by money!

Who else knew about it?

Alex, Frank Paton.

This was all his idea.

I had my own man lined up for the ground report.

He's the one that brought Eric in.

These are dangerous people you're dealing with here, Raymond.

You need to return that hard drive.

What happened to Eric?

I don't know.

Did you kill him?

What?

Was it you? Or Alex?

I haven't killed anybody!

You admit somebody did?

No, look, you're getting this all wrong.

I've had enough of your lies.

I'm trying to tell you the truth here!

What is it with you Lindsays?! You're lying scum, the lot of you!

Raymond, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Raymond, please.

You're done, pal.

Done!

Raymond...

Raymond!

Raymond, please, think about what you're doing.

Raymond!

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Hi there.

Can I come in for a minute? Have a wee drink.

A chat about Eileen.

Sure.

Cheers.

We need to talk business.

What business?

How much do you want?

You mean for the hard drive?

Just name a price.

I don't have one.

Everybody has a price. Might not be money, so what?

What is it that you want?

I don't want anything from you.

OK, so how about this...

a rapid promotion for Eileen.

You give me back what's mine, then you can sit back and watch her rise to the top.

Come on, that's what this is all about, isn't it?

Not any more.

Is it OK if I have another?

Help yourself.

-Do you want one?

-Why not?

So, can you explain this "mission" you seem to be on.

What is you get out of it?

I get to stop to men like you.

No, that's where you're wrong, Raymond. You get to stop one man.

One man in a sea of hundreds like me.

Nothing will change, the world will carry on without me,

in the same way, with the same story.

And why do you want to stop me anyway?

Can you explain that?

Because you treat people with contempt.

Contempt?

Do you have any idea how many homes I've seen built, good homes?

The number of jobs I've created? Decent, well-paid jobs.

I'm changing this city for the better.

And you don't care who you have to hurt to achieve that.

It's a "needs of the many" argument, Raymond. Some folk will suffer,

but the majority, they benefit, their lives improve.

That's just how it works.

Is that right?

You tell me this.

How did Eric Turnbull's life improve?

You can't win a war without casualties.

It was you, wasn't it?

You killed Eric Turnbull.

He was being blackmailed, and it was you doing the blackmailing.

It was Eric who was blackmailing me.

He threatened to go public unless I paid him.

I only wish I could have stopped him from going to the press.

It was me that went to the press.

I really wish you hadn't done that.

That's all behind us now, Raymond.

I made you a fair offer.

What...

What have you done?

HE GROANS

Are you OK?

HE GROANS

Let's get you some air, eh?

I hear on the radio that your mob are all over Raymond's house?

Yeah, that's why I'm here.

Looks like you both had a square go, right enough.

I understand Raymond was in the Ship last night, can you run me

through what happened?

Mr McAllister, Mr Lindsay, I've just got a few questions I need to ask.

Alan lied to the police about being in the pub all night.

Trying to cover up for the fight.

We've already lost Mum, we can't lose you as well.