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Captivating mini drama stories filled with romance, suspense, and unexpected twists - all in quick, binge-worthy episodes.
Captivating mini drama stories filled with romance, suspense, and unexpected twists - all in quick, binge-worthy episodes.
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00:01My main area of work is trauma patients.
00:03Dissociative identity is PTSD.
00:05Did Angela try to hurt us?
00:07No. No.
00:09I've got a witness.
00:10He said there's a police officer involved.
00:11I think it's Lou.
00:12We started off him looking out for me.
00:14And then we started sleeping together.
00:15If you can nail him, nail him.
00:17I found out he's been having sex with a victim.
00:20Can't stop now because it's Lou.
00:22Why do you think she hates you?
00:23Because I have a normal life.
00:25She won't be happy until I'm dead.
00:27I didn't realize how much I needed company until I sent that text.
00:31Are you okay?
00:32A dear client.
00:33She died.
00:35Suicide.
00:36Sorry.
00:36If these boys were involved in very brutal fights,
00:40then they were in fact fighting to the death.
00:43Victoria Berkman.
00:44What happened to her?
00:45She was alluring.
00:46Terrifying.
00:47She's vanished.
00:48Some people are trying to do the right thing.
00:50Even if it hurts.
00:52I know what he does to you.
00:53He did it to me too.
00:54Are you abusing your younger daughter now, Mr. Berkman?
00:56Leave Madeleine out of us.
00:58Meet me here tomorrow morning.
00:59We'll go away together.
01:00I won't let you leave.
01:02Victoria isn't just your sister.
01:04She's your mother too.
01:19Martin?
01:22Martin?
01:26Martin?
01:36Martin?
01:39Victoria?
01:40Come inside.
01:45No.
01:46I can't find Martin.
01:50If I take you to him, will you be a good girl and come inside?
01:54We're coming inside.
02:29You can't look for Martin anymore.
02:40You hurt him because you loved him.
02:44No.
02:46Nobody will believe you.
02:48You did a bad thing.
02:51You remember now.
02:52Now, my love for you is as endless as the sea.
02:57If you're lost, my love will show you the way home.
03:00But if you refuse, if you run, or if you hide,
03:05my love will find you.
03:07No matter where you go, no matter how big you grow,
03:12you'll always be my baby, mine alone.
03:17And I will love you, whether you like it or not.
03:22Jair here, whether you like it or not.
03:30Say goodbye now.
03:38His feet are dirty.
03:40He doesn't like it.
03:43Can I wash them?
03:45Hi!
03:49Come on.
04:23Hello Victoria, she's not coming, she will always be my baby, mine alone.
05:03Hello Victoria, she is coming, she is coming, she is coming, she is coming, she is coming.
05:12The End
05:13Rock of our baby on the treetop, when the wind blows, the cradle will roar.
05:20When the wind blows, the cradle will roar, the cradle will roar.
05:29When the wind blows, the cradle will roar, the cradle will roar.
06:06When the wind blows, the cradle will roar.
06:37When the wind blows, the cradle will roar.
06:48When the wind blows, the cradle will roar, the cradle will roar, the cradle will roar, the cradle will roar.
06:58I was walking around the other night.
07:01She wanted to talk about stuff. Why?
07:05Just asking.
07:08It's quite late.
07:10Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! Hallelujah!
07:15Lou, what are you doing here? The car's fixed?
07:18Yeah, I know, but I was close by and I figured I'd come and pick you up.
07:22But mainly I wanted to give the big man this!
07:24Thank you Uncle, thank you.
07:24Can I have him going shirtless for the big match tomorrow?
07:27Huh?
07:28I asked you if I could take him to the game.
07:31Really?
07:32Yesterday, you said yes.
07:33Yes, thank you Uncle Lou.
07:34Did I?
07:35Please, Mum, please, please.
07:38Jesus, have I just walked in on a proper domestic?
07:40Oh, fuck off, Lou.
07:48Um...
07:50I had a really shit night's sleep last night, I'm sorry.
07:52Perfectly all right, Jeanette.
07:54No, I am, I'm sorry. I'm very sorry.
07:56Women are mysterious creatures, Jojo, huh?
08:01Jeanette, I just teed you up.
08:03Right, where is that?
08:04Where is that wallet?
08:06Jojo, have you seen Mama's wallet?
08:08Where's the last place you had it?
08:10I had it in your car last.
08:12Hey, come on.
08:34Yes, yes, yes.
08:37Yes, yes, yes.
08:42No.
08:45Then...
08:46Whoo.
08:56Two.
08:57Two.
08:57Two.
09:03Two...
09:05Fuck me.
09:13Shit.
09:21Fortune!
09:22All for you.
09:23Told you.
09:24By the way, there's a distinct lack of toast in this house this morning.
09:27Terrible service.
09:28Right, Jojo, say bye to Uncle Lou.
09:30Bye Uncle Lou.
09:31Bye.
09:31Come on.
09:31We'll brush your teeth, please.
09:33Come on.
09:33Go, go, go, go, go.
09:40And by the way, she came round to talk.
09:44She's having trouble with her partner and she wanted some friendly advice.
09:49OK.
09:52What did you tell her?
09:56I've got to go.
10:00See you, Lisa.
10:03See you, Lisa.
10:54What are you doing?
10:55Talk to me.
10:56What are you doing?
10:56What are you doing?
10:57About what?
10:58Why don't you want me to take Jojo to the football?
11:00I never said that.
11:01When did I say that?
11:02Well, you've got your knickers in a twist about something.
11:05Oh, I'm sorry.
11:08Alex and me are...
11:09There you go.
11:10There you go.
11:12Alex and you, not me.
11:15Nothing to do with the job?
11:16No.
11:19Right.
11:21Well...
11:22I haven't done anything to you.
11:24I've got your back, pal.
11:26So...
11:27There's no need, all right?
11:29Yeah, all right.
11:29Understood.
11:33For what it's worth,
11:36I'm sorry about Alex.
12:00I won't do something.
12:02I'm sorry for that.
12:03I'm sorry for that.
12:03I'm sorry.
12:10I'm sorry for that.
12:14But...
13:31You mustn't sit up.
13:36You'll hurt yourself.
13:42Her name's Madeleine.
13:49Can I see her?
13:52She's dead, sweetheart.
13:55You dropped her, remember?
13:59You pushed her out, and you wanted to hold her, and you were all confused, and you dropped
14:09her on her little head.
14:10She didn't cry.
14:13She was a good girl when you cracked her head like an egg.
14:21She's dead because I loved her.
14:26Yes.
14:28She's dead.
14:29Like Martin.
14:30She's dead.
14:32She's dead.
14:43She was dead.
14:48She was dead.
14:48She was dead.
14:53She's dead.
14:54She's dead.
15:00I don't know.
15:38I wouldn't.
15:46If I were you, Victoria, this wouldn't have happened if you'd stayed away.
16:06Sir, no mess, no histrionics.
16:09Just read him his rites and get him out of there.
16:12Don't make us here.
16:14Okay.
16:33Hey, Lou.
16:34Yeah, you're around flat white.
16:36Come with me for a second.
16:37Why, what's wrong?
16:37We're just coming up a word with me for a second.
16:39Come on.
16:40Detective Inspector Louie Stanley.
16:41Good morning.
16:41I'm Detective Inspector Newton from anti-corruption.
16:45And this is my colleague, Detective Chief Inspector Singh.
16:48Right.
16:57You're here for me?
17:02Is that why you...
17:05You knew?
17:08You fucking knew.
17:10And you let me come into work this morning.
17:12Let's go outside and have a chat with him, shall we?
17:14Oh, I'm staying here.
17:15I'm not going outside to talk to anyone.
17:16We're doing this here and now.
17:17You can all, all you can fucking watch.
17:19There's no need for this, honestly.
17:22We just need to discuss some findings with you and go to another room.
17:25Findings?
17:27Findings, you.
17:28You've been snooping on me, have you?
17:30Come on, let's go and talk about this together.
17:32I am dying to hear what it is that you found out about me,
17:35you miserable bitch!
17:39Well, come on, then.
17:41Let me hear you say it.
17:42Come on, let me hear it.
17:44Say it, sweetheart.
17:46Christ, she's young, isn't she?
17:48Must be the first time you've said it, isn't it?
17:52Detective Inspector Louis Stanley,
17:54I am arresting you on the offence of misconduct in public office.
17:57I must caution you and inform you that you do not have to say anything,
17:59but it may harm your defence if you do not mention one question
18:02something you later rely on in court.
18:04Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
18:08Well done, you.
18:10Excellent delivery.
18:12You want to come from here as well?
18:13No, if you cooperate.
18:16Let's go.
18:24What are you doing?
18:26Hey, hey, hey!
18:27DCI Kilburn!
18:29DCI Kilburn, open the door!
18:31You want to get that?
18:32Shut up.
18:33Give me two seconds, please.
18:34Just two seconds.
18:35DCI Kilburn, don't do this.
18:36Open the door!
18:37You're on your own, Julian.
18:38I'm not fucking doing this.
18:39You need to tell me what you've done.
18:39You owe me that.
18:40I don't owe you shit!
18:43Another officer has brought it to my attention.
18:45Oh, fucking Mike.
18:47Fucking Mike, the little shitbag.
18:48Nice job protecting your source.
18:50Three dead boys, all brutally killed in fights, and you run a boxing club.
18:55I've got nothing to do with those deaths.
18:56I'm investigating them the same way as you are.
18:58I didn't know they were linked to the gym.
18:59You must have.
19:00Don't lie.
19:01Whoa, whoa, whoa!
19:02Now you tell me how me teaching a bunch of kids who can't even speak English
19:06the difference between a cross and a jab equals them being dumped in bags.
19:10What are you saying?
19:11Hostel manager, right?
19:12She knows you by fucking name, Luke.
19:14What a minute.
19:14Are you involved in this?
19:16Are you saying that I've been deliberately passing boys over to what?
19:20To fight to the death?
19:22Why?
19:23Why would I do that?
19:24I know that you're taking money.
19:27I know that.
19:30Found it in your gym bag.
19:32I fucking knew you only lost your wallet.
19:34You're such a piece of...
19:35What's the money for?
19:35For Christ's sake, Jeanette.
19:37I help them.
19:37Help them?
19:38What does that even mean?
19:39Explain what that means.
19:40I help them by placing them with people that I know will personally look after them.
19:44Money, purpose and security.
19:46And that's a damn sight more they're getting from anyone else.
19:49So you've got them doing what?
19:50You've got them beating each other to death for cash?
19:53No.
19:54Fucking no.
19:55I don't know anything about that.
19:56Those people are fucking monsters.
19:58What then?
19:58What?
19:59What are these boys doing?
20:01Drugs!
20:05Drugs.
20:05I set them up selling drugs.
20:14You're profiteering from this.
20:16This is a wee kickback.
20:17It's what I'm old.
20:18You're a fucking criminal.
20:20Oh, come on, Jeanette.
20:21I'm doing it for them.
20:22I have seen firsthand how the law works in favour of those who do not fucking deserve it.
20:28Huh?
20:29You know how I feel about protecting vulnerable people.
20:32Don't shit the bed now.
20:33Are you serious?
20:34I help people.
20:36That is what I fucking do.
20:38And sometimes, sometimes the law just gets in the way.
20:44Is that what happened with Ursula?
20:47Fucking mention her name!
20:49Don't you fucking mention her name!
20:51Oh, what?
20:52What?
20:59I helped her.
21:02I helped her.
21:08I swear to God, you should have seen her.
21:11You should have seen her after they were done with her.
21:16I couldn't bear the thought of her going through all that.
21:22And so...
21:25I rescued her.
21:28By fucking...
21:30I'm so fucking...
21:32You're a police officer.
21:33There's no way she didn't feel pressured to comply.
21:36It was consensual, for fuck's sake.
21:39Yeah, as soon as she'd seen what you did to her rapist, yeah, it's a complete...
21:42It's a total abuse of power, Lou.
21:45He's lucky I only smashed his teeth in the fucking pedo!
21:48Fuck that poor girl, that poor, poor girl.
21:52She went from Karl Lowry and his mates and all those bastards to you.
22:01You fucked everything for me.
22:04You've really fucked this for us.
22:07You're my partner.
22:11You're the godfather to my son, who worships the ground you walk on.
22:19Do you know...
22:21I prayed that your car would never get fixed, because your house in the morning, the chaos and the shit
22:28and the energy...
22:31I fucking love that.
22:35See, I don't have an Alex or a Jojo or a family.
22:38In fact, I have nothing.
22:40You can't put that on me, Lou!
22:43Oh, I kind of love.
22:48Jeanette, this is an extreme lapse in judgement and I am ordering you to leave this office at once.
23:08You've got anything else to tell me before I lose you?
23:11daughter.
23:11I'm jadi Swappa
23:111
23:384
23:396
23:406
24:06This is what happens when you love someone.
24:14You murdered Martin, you murdered my baby Madeline, you murdered all those boys, that
24:24game you play, you murdered a part of me, you and all your friends, and now you've murdered
24:40yourself.
24:53This is what happens when you love someone.
25:25You will always be my daddy, mine alone, and I will love you.
25:43Whether you like it or not.
26:12For what it's worth.
26:13I genuinely don't want to hear it.
26:16You'll have to tell the disciplinary panel anyway, and I'd rather you didn't use this
26:19as a dry run.
26:24The anecdotes we choose to tell about ourselves and the narratives we use to frame the justification
26:30for our actions are important, Jeanette.
26:34I understand you feel betrayed.
26:36I don't know that you do, Verity.
26:41Lee was my family.
26:45Yeah.
26:49As betrayals go, it's certainly considerable.
26:56I should have done my best mate in the name of doing the right thing.
26:58Only you didn't, because not a word of your little chat will be admissible.
27:07In your opinion, is there hard evidence that he is connected to the deaths of those boys?
27:15Technically, no.
27:18He says he didn't know about the fights, and I believe him.
27:25Everything else he's admitted to.
27:27Placing the boys in gangs and selling drugs.
27:30Yep.
27:30Well, the less said about that, the better.
27:35I have no choice but to inform the IOPC.
27:41He'll lose his badge.
27:42That's certain.
27:44But the CPS will likely throw most, if not all, of it out due to this morning's shenanigans.
27:59Go home, Jeanette.
28:10Call 151.
28:27Call 152 by Hooper.
28:30Call 151.
28:31Call 152.
28:34Call 151.
28:36Call 152.
28:55I'm sorry I didn't think you'd be home so early I haven't had a chance to
29:04Janert I'm so so sorry how am I going to tell Joe how tell Joe what about Lou or us
29:20I think
29:29I think you think what I think
29:40oh I can't do two life-changing things in one day
29:58it's no one ever I think we need to give us a chance
30:05not us us but as people as as individuals
30:15and I think the more we both try in our own ways to fight for this we're making it worse
30:30look
30:36there's a world in which we pretend this conversation never happened and we both live secure lives but
30:46I never want to resent you Janert
30:51I love you
30:55and I love you Alex
30:58but
30:59yeah but
31:00forever the but guy
31:05but in all seriousness I think that we
31:10we need more
31:13we need more
31:19yeah
31:19yeah look
31:22we don't have to put a clock on this
31:26we don't have to tell Joe right away
31:29let's just figure out all that stuff and
31:33okay
31:35focus on the fact that we love each other and
31:39oh sorry
31:43oh I gotta take this
31:47what
31:48where are you
31:49what do you mean where am I
31:50but you sent me home
31:51come back
31:52there's a fire
31:53fire
31:54Bertman's farm's gone up in flames
31:55to confirm dead
31:56I'm heading there now
31:58fuck
31:58okay
31:59I'll be there straight away
32:00I'm sorry
32:01I've gotta go
32:02Alex
32:03er
32:03something really major has come up
32:05I'm sorry
32:05yeah it's fine
32:07what do you want for dinner
32:10whatever you fancy
32:12that's
32:14celebrate
32:16okay
32:18to us
32:20to us
32:45what have you got
32:50first body's inside
32:51male late 60s
32:53most likely Ben Burton
32:55most likely
32:56he's not visually identifiable
32:58it's a dental record shop
32:59from what we can gather
33:00it looks like he was tied down to a chair and set alight
33:03which is new
33:04and grim
33:07looks like the fire then spread through the living room
33:09who called it in
33:10anonymous 999 call
33:11we're tracing it now
33:13female voice apparently
33:15yeah no shit
33:16so there's one body in there
33:17where's the other one
33:20come with me
33:21come with me
33:22come with me
33:24come with me
33:50It's Madeleine Berkman.
33:52You sure?
33:53Yes.
33:56I saw her a few days ago.
33:57I spoke to her.
33:58Where's her mother?
33:59Well, Mary Berkman.
34:00Yeah.
34:01Unaccounted for.
34:03We've come through the house.
34:04Haven't turned up anything yet.
34:06Passports, wallets, keys, everything's still in the property.
34:10She's just...
34:11vanished.
34:22Boss?
34:23Yes?
34:24Okay.
34:37Yes.
34:38Ben's dead.
34:40Carl's dead.
34:41She'll be coming for us next.
34:43Unless you...
34:44Can't be done.
34:46Does she know?
34:48Where is she?
34:50I've no idea.
34:52Yeah.
35:32Any update on those poor boys?
35:34We're currently tracking the locations for next of kin.
35:37Then we can update the coroner.
35:39So hopefully we can get the bodies released once the investigation's over.
35:44Of course.
35:49Daniel Rexall.
35:51Basil Qureshi.
35:53Samuel Osmond.
35:55There are more.
35:58There could be a fight happening now for all we know.
36:02I know this is the last thing you're going to want to hear, Mike.
36:05But you are a bloody brilliant detective.
36:10I think...
36:12I don't know.
36:17I am sorry about today.
36:18And what happened to Lou.
36:20Really.
36:22Yeah.
36:26But it felt good.
36:29Knowing he's going to lose his badge for what he's done.
36:35We're all the same, you know.
36:40We all want justice.
36:43It's just...
36:45Justice looks different to everyone, doesn't it?
36:51Yeah.
36:55I should, um, hop back on with these.
36:58I'll be staring at the incident board.
37:02Serious?
37:18I'm sorry.
37:25Let's go.
37:44I'm so glad you called.
37:45Look, I'm really sorry I came over the other night.
37:49It was so inappropriate.
37:50Can I come over?
37:52Uh, yeah.
37:54Sure.
37:55Well, I'll explain, but, uh...
38:01It's been a crazy day.
38:04I could ask you a few questions over the phone, but, um...
38:07But?
38:08But I'd prefer to ask them over a bottle of wine.
38:11That kind of day.
38:13Just a shit show.
38:15Not less than three insane things have happened today.
38:19Well, I'll put a bottle in the fridge.
38:22Perfect.
38:23I'll see you then.
38:24Bye.
38:27Bye.
38:58I never would have come round if I thought that you...
39:00Oh, God, no, no, no, no.
39:01No, no.
39:02I think, um...
39:05I think it was a long time coming with Alex.
39:11I think you were really brave.
39:13I'm not brave.
39:14I'm impatient.
39:15No, you are.
39:17You are.
39:18Most people would have stayed.
39:24This is...
39:25This is really lovely.
39:27Oh, God.
39:31Yeah, if you describe a rogue deli selection as lovely, you've come to the right place.
39:43So, yeah, all considered today has been horrific.
39:52Yeah.
39:57On the phone, you said it was three things, so that's your colleague and Alex.
40:04What else?
40:06Have you heard from Victoria Beckman?
40:11I've not been able to find her.
40:14The trail's gone cold, Hugh.
40:17Victoria, it was a fire at her parents' house today.
40:21We suspect Victoria might be behind it.
40:28Two dead.
40:32Both parents?
40:34Mm.
40:37Uh, the dad, Ben Beckman, and, uh...
40:42The daughter, Madeleine Beckman, it was extremely strange.
40:56Ritualistic.
41:00But I don't think Victoria killed Madeleine.
41:04But she most certainly positioned her.
41:08No, I...
41:10I need to find her.
41:18Oh, shit.
41:21Do you need another drink?
41:24I do.
41:26I really do.
41:35Uh, I need to call Alex first.
41:39Tell him I can't make this break-up dinner.
41:47Hi.
41:48Hi.
41:49Uh, look, I'm really sorry.
41:51What's up?
41:52Um, can we take a rain check on...
41:55tonight?
41:57Sure.
41:58Everything okay?
41:59Yeah.
42:01Something's come up.
42:03Right.
42:04We'll chat in the morning, okay?
42:06Yeah.
42:06Bye.
42:08I thought we could open a bottle of something a bit nicer.
42:16You're really beautiful.
42:22I need a call.
42:28It's okay.
42:37Hey.
43:00I've never done this before.
43:38I've never done this before.
43:39I've never done this before.
44:08I've never done this before.
44:09I've never done this before.
44:21A question I used to ask myself.
44:25When will it be time?
44:29And as the years washed away, so did my immediate need.
44:36It never left.
44:39But shifted.
44:42Became a quieter beast.
44:46Dangerous, but caged.
45:00Until one day...
45:03There it is.
45:04The enormity of it.
45:07A wrong that must be righted.
45:15And where there was a need...
45:18Is now a plan.
45:21It's no good telling the little girl from before that everything will be alright.
45:27Because that's a lie.
45:32I wouldn't.
45:39If I were you, Victoria...
45:44If you were me...
45:47You're too weak to live in my body.
45:51I watched the three of you playing happy families.
45:57What does it feel like to kill a child with your bare hands?
46:03Is it different to watching them fight one another to death for sport?
46:07How I imagine you feel knowing you led Martin directly to his death.
46:11Burdensome.
46:13Complex.
46:15Stop!
46:16But powerful.
46:19Maybe even the same feeling she felt when the light left her.
46:38This wouldn't have happened if you'd stayed away.
46:51Don't worry.
46:52Don't worry.
46:52I made sure to tell her that you were her mother.
46:56This is what happens when you love someone, Victoria.
47:11I made sure to tell her that you were her mother.
47:47Oh, my God.
48:28Did you know that crows can talk?
48:32When I was a little girl, I found a crow.
48:37And I thought I was helping it.
48:42But because I loved it, it got hurt.
49:25In this world, there are truths and there are lies.
49:30And the truth is that bad things happen to little girls.
49:37And bad things happen to little boys.
49:43Either you're made to fight or you're made to fuck.
49:48Look, your light is snuffed out.
50:11I wish I were a crow.
50:12I wish I were a crow.
50:15Jet black and invisible.
50:18Clever and canny.
50:22I'd never forget.
50:29It would finally be my turn.
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