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River City - Season 2025 Episode 63 -
10/12/2025 (1559)
10/12/2025 (1559)
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00:00Thank you for listening.
00:30I feel sick.
00:40Nae point worrying. You'll drive yourself mad.
00:44If this all goes wrong again...
00:45And by wrong, you mean me?
00:48I didn't say that.
00:50No, but we'll be thinking it.
00:53Well, the money's in the bag this time.
00:57But you will get it back.
00:59That's a promise.
01:00I bet her.
01:01And afore Tommy notices it's missing for your account.
01:05We'll catch them this time.
01:07I've taken extra precautions.
01:16What do you think, my wee teddy bear?
01:23I hope that's not for him.
01:24Aye.
01:25He's going to fall on his old man's footsteps.
01:28As a mechanic, fine, but I just thought I was a Rangers fan.
01:31Don't tell her.
01:32Keep her a wee secret.
01:34Have you seen this?
01:36Christmas light switch on.
01:40Do you fancy it?
01:41Have you seen who's sponsoring it?
01:43Does it matter?
01:44We're not supporting anything Harlan does.
01:46No way.
01:47You really don't like him, do you?
01:48I know his type.
01:49Creep.
01:50Creep.
01:51It's our first Christmas with the wee man.
01:53Do you want to see the twinkly lights?
01:55Is that you or Teddy?
01:57Both.
01:58I've got to go.
02:00Promise me you won't start anything with this guy.
02:04As if I would.
02:05Amber, that wasn't a promise.
02:08I promise.
02:10Did you use your fingers crossed there?
02:17Amber.
02:18Bye.
02:19Bye.
02:20Bye.
02:21Bye.
02:22Bye.
02:23All right, mate.
02:26How can I meet you?
02:28You're joking?
02:30No, you said you could get me more than...
02:34No, of course it's not enough, but it'll need to do.
02:37Right, fine.
02:38Don't worry, I've got the cash.
02:41But just make sure this stuff's good quality, yeah?
02:44Right.
02:45What's up with your face?
02:58What face?
02:59Right, come on, Ma.
03:01I've got an empty fridge here needing restocked,
03:03so can we fast forward the should or shouldn't and spill the tea?
03:07Does Drew seem all right to you?
03:09Well, no sense he's been able to walk and talk, but what's your point?
03:15Ma, what is it?
03:18What's going on?
03:20I just heard him on the phone.
03:22He seemed really agitated.
03:24It might be nothing, but...
03:26Well, what is it? What's going on?
03:29I think he might be using again.
03:32When they collect the bag, we'll see that dot move.
03:37How?
03:38There's a tracker in there.
03:40Allows us to intercept.
03:43Intercept?
03:44You make it sound like Mission Impossible.
03:46Where if they find the retract or thingy?
03:48Unlikely.
03:49It's hidden in the lining of the money pouch.
03:51It's not moving.
03:55Maybe it's not working.
03:56Maybe they've binned the pouch.
03:58Have some patience to perry, please.
04:00Have a wee hour, money.
04:02What if they find the cash and then still blab to the police?
04:05Nobody's going to the police, Luke.
04:07Will you please just...
04:09Oh!
04:10Look!
04:11It's moving.
04:17You should have told me.
04:18Look, he promised me he had returned the painkillers and apologised to Tommy.
04:23Oh, well that makes stealing them all right then.
04:24You didn't see how upset he was.
04:26Every addict has lapses.
04:28Exactly.
04:29That's why you should have told me, so I could help him.
04:31He's got to have someone he can trust when he slips up.
04:34Hmm.
04:35And God forbid that should be his mum.
04:37I made a mistake.
04:38Yes, you did.
04:42Maybe what I heard on the phone was innocent.
04:48Maybe it was exactly what you think it is.
04:50You don't know what that is.
04:59Really.
05:00Because to me it looks like your man supplying my boy with pills.
05:06Where's it been?
05:07That's been ten minutes.
05:09Be patient.
05:11So much for your watertight plan.
05:14Probably chucked the bag in the Clyde.
05:19There.
05:22Shield Inch subway station.
05:25The signal on the tracker must have dropped from being underground.
05:29It's turning into Montego Street now.
05:34It's heading towards us.
05:36It stopped.
05:37It's going into the tall ship.
05:42What if this is someone we know?
05:48Indy fancy a wee lunchtime swally to find out.
05:51Do it.
06:05It's all on the way.
06:06Have you seen this?
06:07It's been giving out freebies all day.
06:09Hardly anyone stepped inside the oyster.
06:11How are people falling for his good guy accent?
06:13Give him his due.
06:14He knows how to work it, right?
06:17He's a charlatan.
06:18How are we getting on with the petition?
06:21Nowhere near enough.
06:22Signatures.
06:23The council won't take us seriously unless we get some more.
06:26Hey.
06:27Have you got a permit to put that thing there?
06:32Sounds like somebody's lost their Christmas spirit.
06:35Only I know people on the council.
06:36I could check.
06:37Yeah, well, we all know people on the council.
06:40You might want to keep the screech levels down a notch or two.
06:43Don't want to wake up the wee one.
06:47Coffee and complimentary mince pie.
06:49Courtesy of Harlan coffee.
06:51Sorry.
06:52Can't.
06:53Worried I might choke on it.
06:55Choke on what?
06:56A kind gesture.
06:58Come on.
06:59We all know what you're doing here.
07:01Enlighten me.
07:03Ply everyone with freebies.
07:05Sink the price of the oyster when the books aren't looking good.
07:08And then you step in with a lowball offer.
07:11Never gonna happen.
07:13People around here are loyal.
07:15Yeah.
07:16It looks that way.
07:18Look, there's a woman over there for the Clyde Enquirer.
07:21She said she's got an interview thing with you.
07:24It's hardly a hing shack.
07:26It's a two-page spread.
07:28Color photo.
07:29The Stephen Bartlett of Shield Inch.
07:32He's not here as well, is he?
07:33That guy gets about everywhere.
07:38Are you working for him?
07:42Aye.
07:43It was either this or I was washing glasses at the spoons.
07:45Plus the cash in hand isn't such a bad thing.
07:47Cash in hand?
07:49Tell me more.
07:54Could be any of them.
07:56Are you sure they're still in here?
08:02What about Caitlin?
08:03What's everything that's been happening with Drew these last months?
08:09Do you really think she'd have the time?
08:12I don't know.
08:13Gain the money we spend in here.
08:19There we are.
08:20Oh God.
08:22Surely not Carrot.
08:24She ran with Alex Murdoch.
08:26So she's not the peaches and cream type she marks out to be.
08:30She'd have no reason to do something like this.
08:32A bag of cash is reason enough.
08:36I did once spill red wine on that cream coat of hers.
08:40Oh aye Miss Marple, you've solved the mystery.
08:43Gailie Murray?
08:44An old family grudge does make more sense.
08:45No.
08:46She's given off more two pound found down back of the couch than swag bag.
08:48Oh you're right enough.
08:49Then who?
08:51My money is on the person splashing the cash.
08:55Connor.
08:57What?
08:58What?
08:59What?
09:00What?
09:01What?
09:02What?
09:03What?
09:04What?
09:05What?
09:06What?
09:07What?
09:08What?
09:09What?
09:10What?
09:11What?
09:12What?
09:13Where's the bag?
09:14Nae the bag.
09:15The money pouch.
09:17The little bitch.
09:18Shhh.
09:19Don't draw attention to yourself.
09:26Why would you come for us?
09:28That doesn't make any sense.
09:29Nae us.
09:31Me.
09:32This is about me.
09:35I ripped strips off of my boot wee Chloe.
09:39Still.
09:40Hardly reasoned.
09:41Believe you me.
09:42It was reason enough.
09:44So what do we do now?
09:47We do nothing.
09:49You two.
09:50Finish your drinks.
09:51Go back to work.
09:54I'll deal with Connor.
09:56Can I interest you in a three mince pie?
09:57I need to speak with your manager.
09:58What a bit of coffee.
09:59I might even write my number on the cup.
10:00Just your manager.
10:01Thanks.
10:02Thanks.
10:03Plan hard to get.
10:04You know I respect it.
10:05Oh dick.
10:06For the last time it's Richard.
10:07Sound.
10:08Sound.
10:09This gorgeous lady wants a word.
10:10You can't stick your coffee cart this close to the market.
10:11Good afternoon to you too.
10:12This PR stunt's already lost market traders money.
10:13What you're blocking the flow of traffic selling this stuff here.
10:14Take me clear.
10:15I don't know.
10:16You can't stick your coffee cart this close to the market.
10:17Good afternoon to you too.
10:18Good afternoon to you too.
10:19This PR stunt's already lost market traders money.
10:20Well you're blocking the flow of traffic selling this stuff here.
10:21Technically I'm sampling.
10:22People aren't buying it.
10:23Does you have a pyramid?
10:24Obviously.
10:25God.
10:26You sound like her.
10:27You're a pyramid.
10:28I'm not lying here.
10:29I'm not lying here.
10:30You're lying here.
10:31Of course.
10:32That's the Grand The P.
10:33Not the Last Time.
10:34It's Richard.
10:35The sounds.
10:36That's a gorgeous lady once or two.
10:37It's been one.
10:38Steve Chasley, who's the best?
10:39You can't stick your coffee cart this to the market.
10:40Good afternoon to you too.
10:41This PR stunt's already lost market traders money.
10:42What you're blocking the flow of traffic selling this stuff here.
10:43Technically I'm sampling.
10:44Will you have a pyramid?
10:45Obviously.
10:46God, you sound like her.
10:48Not that I'm not sympathetic to her plight.
10:51You know, new mother at her age, hormones flying everywhere.
10:54Divina McCall, she does a podcast about it.
10:57Seemingly patches can help.
10:59Seriously?
11:00Now, if you excuse me, I've got an interview to conclude.
11:06He's unbearable.
11:07That's a much nicer word than what I was going to use.
11:10Have you seen these?
11:11He wants to strip the place with no more booths, but only screens to order.
11:16We've seen the plans.
11:18He done the same to a local place in Moss Green.
11:20Takeaway only.
11:21The letters are out of control.
11:23One hundred years of history gone, thanks to him.
11:26We're trying to get a petition going, but it's not exactly went viral.
11:30Yeah, well, his track record as a boss isn't exactly squeaky clean either.
11:34Will we walk and talk?
11:37Why?
11:38Not just planning.
11:39Nothing.
11:40He's legs going like the clappers.
11:54That's the DT's.
11:55Ma.
11:56Ma, I swear to God, if Eddie's got him back in the painkillers, I'll go through him like a door.
12:01Look, we don't know what the money was for.
12:03And don't be dragging Eddie's name through the mud without proof.
12:08Seriously?
12:09That man tried to scam you?
12:11Oh, it was all in the past.
12:13And he would never do anything like this.
12:15Oh, you don't believe that, do you?
12:17He's pals with the folks.
12:18You know what they sell, don't you?
12:20Look, he's a good man.
12:22And he's hardly a pal.
12:24Well, if you're so sure, why don't you ask him?
12:26What?
12:27What does that look like to you?
12:37How about you?
12:38Out.
12:39What?
12:40You heard.
12:41Out.
12:42And take whatever it is you're selling and all.
12:43What's going on, Max?
12:44Oh, you're trying to make a quick buck off my boy.
12:46It's disgusting.
12:47Look, Mum, calm down.
12:48Shut it, you.
12:49Right, hand it over.
12:50Mum, you don't understand.
12:52Look, whatever it is you've got, just give it to your mum.
12:55Maggie, you've got this all wrong.
12:56Aye, seems like she has.
12:58Defending you.
12:59Thinking you're the changed man.
13:00Right, gaze at here.
13:07Hello?
13:08Yeah, it's your favourite brother.
13:09Well, your only brother.
13:12Erm, listen, give me a call when you get us.
13:14I've got good news.
13:33I thought you had done something stupid.
13:35Well, some would say buying 50 Santa suits isn't the greatest investment,
13:39but it sure as hell doesn't warrant this reaction.
13:42Do you want to give them a shake?
13:43Make sure no drugs fall out.
13:45Look, I heard you on the phone this morning.
13:47So you're listening to my calls now?
13:48You sounded agitated.
13:50Yeah, because a pal let me down for the Santa dash.
13:53Eddie was good enough to help me out.
13:57I got it wrong.
13:58Yeah, Maggie, you did.
13:59I'm sorry.
14:00Well, what did you expect us to think, Drew?
14:02I expected you to trust me.
14:03Trust you?
14:04Like that's going to happen after you bumped Tommy's pills.
14:07Cheers, Gran.
14:09She should have told me.
14:10I've a right to know.
14:12Don't you laugh at me.
14:13I'm your ma.
14:14I worry.
14:15I do you.
14:16Of course I do.
14:17Hang on.
14:18I think we should just...
14:19Butt out, Eddie.
14:20It's not today with you.
14:21Is this how it's going to be every time I leave the house?
14:22Get searched on the way back?
14:24I'm trying to help you.
14:25I know you've had a few knocks recently.
14:27No, Mum.
14:28I lost everything.
14:29Right?
14:30Football was it.
14:31My ticket out of here to something else.
14:34Something better.
14:35And I messed up once.
14:36Right?
14:37You do it all the time.
14:38And we let you go on with it.
14:40Give you space.
14:41Why can't you do the same for me?
14:43Oh, you didn't have to do that.
14:54Look, it was a pleasure looking after Kenzie.
14:56Turns out, 472 Thanos clicks is just the right amount of number
15:00to guarantee a nana nap.
15:02And potential arthritis.
15:05Oh, he stuck this not-so-subtle birthday list in my jacket pocket.
15:10Just like his ma.
15:12Kim used to always leave the Argos catalogue opened and circled.
15:15Oh.
15:17I'd avoid the drum kit.
15:18Mm.
15:19Thor?
15:20As in the toy?
15:21Oh, no, no.
15:22As in actual Thor.
15:24Seemingly the shuttle bus to Asgard only goes every second Wednesday.
15:28If only you knew somebody in the know, eh?
15:30Mm.
15:37I can get you a Thor.
15:39Oh, aye, of course.
15:41Ha-ha.
15:42Right, how much we talking?
15:43Well, it's the busy period, but I'd get your mates rates, so a couple of hours, 500 quid.
15:48For a Wayne's birthday party?
15:49Are you having a giraffe?
15:50For the sake of my proctologist, I certainly hope not.
15:53It's the going rate.
15:54I mean, you've got the K-pop triplets charging nearly a grand for half an hour, and that's just three lasses for bailists and miming in shell suits.
16:01500 quid seems a lot.
16:03Sounds like a rip-off to me.
16:04Eh, steady the buffs, Curly Sue. I don't set the market rate.
16:07I have somebody to do it for half that, Bob.
16:10You pay for quality?
16:11Oh, aye.
16:12Cos the K-pop triplets are an A grade.
16:14My mates done plenty of kids parties.
16:16Totally legit.
16:17If he's happy to stick on a superhero costume for half the price, you've got a deal.
16:22Don't worry.
16:23I can sort something.
16:26Hmm.
16:27Hmm.
16:31Wait!
16:32Wait!
16:33What's going on?
16:44You know,
16:46I had you down as many things, but terrorising two women, two of your neighbours, you should be ashamed.
16:55I don't know what you're talking about.
16:58I'll tell you what.
16:59Let's speak open and freely here, and that'll save me having to get my pals back in here to pry your lips open.
17:09Here.
17:11Take it.
17:12Whatever.
17:13Not until you tell me what you know.
17:16I only have to shout them back in here, Connor.
17:22Roshin and Gilliam are talking.
17:23I heard them say they'd done something.
17:32I never heard what it was that they'd done.
17:35You expect me to believe that?
17:38It's the truth.
17:41How's Nicole keeping this weather?
17:44You keep her out of this.
17:45I'd like to.
17:46I really would.
17:47But I get the sense that you are not being honest with me, and you need more persuading.
17:54I heard they said they'd done something bad.
17:56People found out what they did.
17:58They'd be done for.
18:01I saw an opportunity, and I took it.
18:06By blackmailing them.
18:08I know, eh?
18:09What kind of scum threatens people.
18:12It's good to know I'm in good company.
18:14But that's...
18:16That's all I know.
18:18I promise.
18:19It's lovely to see the oyster so full, which hopefully is a sign of things to come.
18:29If you don't mind, I just want to say a few words, which isn't really my thing, but...
18:34I just want to thank you all for today.
18:37It's, er...
18:38It's been wonderful, actually.
18:40Being out there in the street with you all.
18:42It's, er...
18:44We're just...
18:45We're really feeling the love.
18:46Who's we?
18:47As in the royal we.
18:48Well, that's just pretentious.
18:50And I just want to draw your attention to the switch-on that's happened in a couple of hours.
18:54It's, erm...
18:55It's an honour to have been asked.
18:57He wasn't asked, he paid for it.
18:58And hopefully it displays just the very beginning of the Harlan Coffee Company's commitment to the community here in Shieldinch.
19:05A commitment that starts out here and extends to our bold plans here in the oyster.
19:10And by bold, you mean tearing down a beloved local landmark?
19:14Hardly, Miss Murdoch.
19:15The oyster's gonna get a...
19:17A much-needed upgrade.
19:19With dynamic, competitive pricing.
19:22Meaning what?
19:23Well, at the risk of airing our grievances in public.
19:26It's been remarked by quite a few of the oyster's customers that what they were charged for a flat white film is like...
19:31Like daylight robbery.
19:32And here was I thinking we left that sort of thing to the Murdoch family.
19:35Robbery?
19:36What, like the way you treat your staff?
19:39Zero wireless contracts, cash in hand, less than minimum wage.
19:44I don't know where you get your information from, but I can tell you that is entirely inaccurate.
19:49Is it though?
19:51Profit over people. That's your mantra, isn't it?
19:53You couldn't be any further from the truth.
19:56But we welcome the transparency, we do.
19:59And it allows us an opportunity to put to bed any falsehoods.
20:04Put to bed? That's an interesting phrase given the high turnover of staff at your coffee shops.
20:09I just wanna say it's an honour to have been here.
20:11Not that there's actually that many people left working there.
20:14They've all been replaced by self-ordering screens.
20:17Self-ordering? So what about the likes of me?
20:20Pipe down.
20:21I haven't got a pipe though, have I?
20:23Would you prefer a gag instead?
20:25Well, meh. Not cool.
20:27High turnover of staff like that makes you wonder if there's a story there.
20:30And here it is. The tale of Onda's time.
20:32The Murdoch gangster threatening the next generation of entrepreneur.
20:35Gangster?
20:37Oh, right, because of my past.
20:38I've worked in this community for years.
20:42I've set up the two jailbirds to create opportunities for people like me who needed a fresh start.
20:48Because I know what it's like when an employer judges you for the worst thing you've done in your life.
20:53People like you, Mr Harling.
20:55And that's why I chose to sit on the council to do more, be better.
20:59But that's the problem with the corporate types like you, eh?
21:02You only see what you want to see.
21:04Gangster.
21:06Troublesome women.
21:08But actually...
21:10I'm actually quite like most of the people here.
21:12You know, I'm a concerned mother with questions and wants to voice their concerns.
21:18And all you want to do is humiliate me.
21:21Well, that tells me everything I need to know about the Harling Coffee Company.
21:25APPLAUSE
21:26You're on your own, mate. I quit.
21:34Fine. Go. You looks like ten a penny.
21:37Is that right?
21:39Can I draw your attention to this petition? It's against the proposed sale of the oyster.
21:43And these are concerns, Mr Mordock. We are very happy to respond to. We're very happy to.
21:51Do you mind just taking a step back? Just you're upsetting the baby.
21:55Sorry about this.
21:56That's fifty quid missing.
22:08I don't have it.
22:09Wait.
22:23You...
22:25mention this to no one.
22:26Got it.
22:28You've got forty-eight hours.
22:29To what?
22:30To leave Shield Inch.
22:31I'm going nowhere.
22:33You've caused enough trouble round here.
22:35The way I see it, a fresh start wouldn't be such a bad thing.
22:39If you think I'm boosting, you're madder than you look.
22:42I think Jillian and Rasheen will take some persuading not to go to the police to have you charged.
22:48See whatever they've done.
22:49You're talking about daft affairs of the heart stuff. Relationship stuff. Stuff you know nothing about.
22:57But you...
22:59This...
23:01Is a criminal case.
23:03Blackmail carries a sentence of fourteen years.
23:06Do you think you could take another stint inside?
23:10So, I'm gonna take this hard-earned cash back to Jillian and Rasheen
23:14and give them a guarantee that their blackmailer will never bother them again.
23:21Because if he did, it would be a matter for the police.
23:25Do we understand each other?
23:27So, what? I'm...
23:29I'm supposed to just pack up and go?
23:32Good.
23:34I'm glad we're finally understanding each other.
23:37Now, get your stuff and go.
23:44Clock's ticking.
23:49Is this ah my fault?
23:51Course it isn't. We're both to blame.
23:54You never saw how I was with him.
23:56Poor boy. Ah that rage goes of me.
23:59Rage? Greed more like.
24:01I'm a trained therapist, Jillian.
24:04I'm supposed to gain better.
24:06Aye, and I took the Hippocratic oath to do no harm.
24:10Safe to say the job does not make the woman.
24:12Please tell me you have good news.
24:18He's not a threat.
24:22How do you mean?
24:24He knows nothing. Snippet for conversation. Nothing else.
24:27So he says till the next time.
24:29There won't be a next time.
24:31No. You never...
24:34Of course I didn't.
24:36The point is this is over.
24:38Nobody except the three of us knows what happened here.
24:40Oh thank God.
24:42How did you convince him to give us the money back?
24:45I did what needed to be done.
24:47Oh.
24:49We can't thank you enough.
24:51Just let this be the last time your conversations are privy to pass us by.
24:57As far as I'm concerned, this is the last time ever we speak about all this.
25:01Agreed.
25:03Right, I better get Popped to the bunk.
25:06Before Tommy starts asking serious questions.
25:12Mick.
25:14Thank you again.
25:16Can I thank you enough?
25:17We were very lucky.
25:30I know.
25:32We can't afford for anything like this to happen again.
25:36Can I trust it won't?
25:38Absolutely.
25:40I promise.
25:42You're upset on you.
25:44What would I be upset about?
25:46Well, me arguing with Richard like that in front of Teddy.
25:50Well, I cannae say it's what I thought I would see on my way home.
25:53But it was a great idea.
25:54I mean, who's going to take when I'm on public?
25:56You showed that posh numpty exactly who you're messing with.
25:58So you're not angry?
25:59You kidding?
26:01I'm proud of you.
26:03I'm just glad Teddy was there to see you at your best.
26:07Give me a minute.
26:09I'm proud of you.
26:11I'm just glad Teddy was there to see you at your best.
26:14Give me a minute.
26:16I'm just glad Teddy was there to see you at your best.
26:19Give me a minute.
26:21Seriously?
26:23We're fighting over who serves lattes. It's hardly breaking bad.
26:27Give me a shoot if you need honours.
26:34I, erm, wanted to apologise.
26:38Really?
26:40I'm a better friend to have than an enemy.
26:43You see, I have friends.
26:46Legitimate business friends who could make life for someone like you.
26:49Troublesome.
26:53That sounds like a threat.
26:55Yeah.
26:57Yeah, it does, doesn't it?
26:59I know how to have obstacles removed.
27:03Legitimately.
27:05Well, this I can't wait to see.
27:07Don't worry.
27:09You will.
27:11What time's the entertainment getting here?
27:16Right, erm, so here's the thing.
27:19Where's the entertainer Chris booked?
27:21Er, he's just running a wee bit late.
27:23There'll be a bit of getting here soon.
27:25Looks like I'm gonna get the go ahead to completely renovate the oyster.
27:27We've recently discovered that the oyster is a historically protected building.
27:31Connor, who's told you to leave?
27:33That you know I can help you?
27:35You know how you said Machine's been acting a bit weird lately?
27:37Aye.
27:39Well, trust her, got on that.
27:40Here we go.
27:41This is a great challenge.
27:42That you know?
27:43There can be a lot more design.
27:44That you know we can make it work.
27:45You know the way, maybe there's something else.
27:46There can be a bit of a difficulty, perhaps.
27:47There's something else that we can do in the Middle East.
27:49That you know we can run and drive now.
27:50And you can drill down.
27:52And you can just continue to climb.
27:53That you know we can do really well.
27:54There's something else that you need to do.
27:55I can actually do.
27:56I can't take a bit of a fight.
27:58So let's have fun.
27:59I love you.
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