Malice
Created by: James Wood
Written by: James Wood
Stars: Jack Whitehall, Carice van Houten, Christine Adams, Raza Jaffrey, David Duchovny
Season 1 – Episode 4
Episode title: Episode 4
Original air date: November 14, 2025
Plot: Damien discovers that Adam is a fraud. Can Adam stop him before his secrets are revealed?
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Malice – S01E04 – Episode 4 | Transcript
Mmm. No, Dexy.
Ugh.
Grownups make such a mess.
Yeah, they sure do.
We’re going to have fun today and just leave that stress behind.
You don’t know the word quit.
Let’s give up on being good and go for great.
Frank?
Mum!
Dad!
Turn love and kindness and affection towards yourself.
Relax your jaw and soften your lips.
Your hands and arms rest easily by your side.
Now, focus on your heart and generate feelings of friendliness and love and warmth towards yourself…
♪ Mornings turn to night
And then the night becomes the day ♪
♪ I can’t keep up with time ♪
♪ Not a slave if I’m already free ♪
♪ Not a captive
If it’s where I wanna be ♪
♪ Oohlalalalala ♪
♪ Then the crowd calls ♪
♪ Oohlalalalala ♪
♪ Who’s gonna catch me
When I fall down? ♪♪
It was probably one of your stupid fucking friends that let him out.
You don’t know that.
Who else?
It… It’s my fault.
No.
If I’d known there was gonna be people, I’d never have let them put the poison out.
Why did you decide, “Hey, everybody, come back to my place,” last night?
What the fuck was that?
Don’t be so aggressive.
I didn’t plan it.
Okay, shall we call the vet?
Err… for what? To see if Jesus is on call?
Is…
Is he definitely…
Is he definitely what, Dex? Dead?
Yes, he’s definitely fucking dead!
Jamie!
What? My dog just died.
We’re all upset.
I should have warned everyone.
I… I feel terrible. I feel so…
What do we do?
What do you mean?
With Frank. We can’t leave him like that.
Yeah, well, we’ve got to bury him, right?
Yeah, I’ll…
I’ll wrap him up in this, and we’ll hold aa funeral, invite all your cunt friends, and see if anybody owns up to it.
I blame myself.
Please stop saying that.
Sorry.
I’ll go see Dex.
What do you want, Rachel?
What?
Arrested?
What’s going on?
When did this happen?
Frank’s died.
What?
Okay, I’ll be right there.
Kit’s been arrested.
He’s been given a youth caution.
What? Arrested for what?
That kid can’t do anything right.
Er, just… just leave Frank where he is…
I’ll deal with that when I get back.
I’ve got to go to Rachel’s.
And we’ll talk about this later.
What… what’s going on?
So, we wanted to talk to you about Adam.
What about him?
There’s things about him that don’t add up.
Like, what things?
Well, when we hired him, we didn’t bother checking any references.
Because you liked him.
But I did some looking into him, and he was abroad for ten years.
What… You’ve always told me how great he was.
Yes.
No, what I found out is…
I think that when he was in Bangkok, well, I think he was arrested.
For what?
Damien’s found some pictures of him.
That’s him, isn’t it?
But here, it says his name is Paul Grenson.
Hey, what’s going on?
Adam, is that you?
You lived there for years, didn’t you? In Thailand?
You were there in 2017?
This is my brother, Paul Grenson.
He’s my half-brother.
I don’t really like talking about him.
Yeah, looks like me, or so I’m told.
Personally, I don’t see the likeness.
Maybe I don’t want to.
What happened here?
He got arrested in Patpong.
This is years ago, though.
Some poor kid got killed.
Maybe Paul had something to do with it.
Maybe he was innocent.
Could have been framed, I don’t know.
Where is he now?
Last I heard, he was sailing to Kuala Lumpur, I think.
Yeah, scour round the prisons there, you might find him, if you wanted to.
And he’s your half-brother, right?
Sorry, what is this really about?
What do you mean?
Why are you digging into my family?
Oh, no. No, I’m not digging.
I just… It caught my eye.
Damien, come on.
You don’t just randomly chance upon a seven-year-old foreign news story.
I think we’re allowed to look into who’s taking care of our kids.
That’s not what I’m saying, Jules. I…
I think I know what this is really about.
Well, you work here now, so I suppose it’s none of our business.
Come on, Damien, let’s go.
Look, I… I get why seeing a story like this might make you a little concerned about me, but it really shouldn’t, because it’s not me.
Yeah, thanks for clearing that up.
Let’s go.
I mean, I’d say stay, but…
No, it’s… it’s good.
A lot of coherent detail wasn’t there, about his brother.
Oh, shut up!
Can we just leave it now, please?
I don’t need my room cleaned, thanks, Nayla.
I don’t want my room cleaned, thank you.
It’s okay, I clean all the bedrooms.
I know, but I don’t need mine cleaned anymore.
I’ll do it.
Are you sure? It’s not a problem.
Thanks.
Okay.
Don’t worry, Bedford.
That annoying woman’s gone now.
There’s no reason the school needs to know about this, right?
We keep it to ourselves, you can start back there on Monday.
Got it? So, come on, I want to talk to you some more in the car.
Tell him.
Tell me what?
What if the police prosecute me?
They won’t.
They would.
Then the school would find out.
They won’t.
Dad, they would throw me out.
They’d expel me.
If the police were going to prosecute you, we’d know that by now.
You’ve been given your caution, it’s a misdemeanour…
You don’t know that.
Yeah, I do know that.
It’s a misdemeanour, you’ve been given your caution. Now, let’s go.
I want to stay here.
Kit, all your stuff’s at my place, and I want to talk to you.
He wants to stay here.
Will you shut up, Rachel?
Please don’t try to act like you’re the responsible parent here, okay?
Just shut up.
I want to stay here.
I’m in no mood for this, okay?
Let’s go.
Look, sorry, why…
Why don’t you just listen to him?
He said he wants to stay here.
I heard him. But I’m afraid once you’ve been arrested and given a caution, then it’s not about what he wants anymore.
Yes, it is, okay?
Can I just stay here with Mum, please?
Please, no, Kit, just…
I’m fed up with you treating me like I’m some fucking problem child all the time, Dad!
You’re not!
Yes, you do!
It’s just… you know, the dog has died and needs to be buried.
And, fuck, I’ve got a tennis match at 12:00.
You care more about this fucking dog than me!
No, no.
Yes, you do.
Kit, please, get in the car.
Please, Kit?
Just get in the fucking car!
I’m gonna live here!
Did you go there last night?
Yeah, just for an hour or so.
It was great, really nice place.
Well done, Luc.
Hello?
Oh, hi. Is that Sophie Clark?
Yeah.
Oh, hi. Er, my name’s Damien.
We’re looking to hire a tutor, and we’re interested in Adam Healey.
Your name’s down as a reference for him.
Yeah.
Yeah, I’m just wondering how you found him.
Erm, yeah, he… he was great.
Erm, he was really great, actually.
He was brilliant with my kids, they really loved him.
How many do you have?
How many…
Kids.
Oh, right, yeah. Okay, of course.
Oh, er… two.
What ages are they?
Chloe is 13, and Vincent is 11.
Erm, Chloe, she was struggling at school, but once she started working with Adam, her grades really went up.
And Vincent, he…
He actually got a special mention from his new school, about how well he did in the 13plus exam.
So, that was… that was great, and, erm…
Well, it was all down to Adam, really.
Wow, that’s… er, that’s great.
What else did you have him do for you, beyond teaching?
Beyond teaching?
Erm, not much.
I mean, he’s very helpful.
Where abouts are you, Sophie?
Er, Shepherd’s Bush.
Listen, erm, I’ve got to go to work.
So, I…
Oh, yeah, one… one final question.
You said, your son, Vincent, was 11.
Yeah.
Just wondering why he was doing the 13plus.
You said he did well in 13plus exams?
Yeah, that’s… that’s me being an idiot.
It was… It was Chloe that did her 13plus with Adam.
Yeah.
Oh, okay, cool.
And what school did she get into?
I don’t think you need to know that.
Listen, erm, I really do need to go now.
So, erm, I honestly can’t recommend him enough, and I hope it really works out, okay?
Thanks.
Thanks.
♪ Everybody’s gotta live ♪
♪ And everybody’s gonna die ♪
♪ Everybody’s gotta live ♪
♪ I think you know the reason why ♪
♪ Sometime the going get so good ♪
♪ Then again it gets pretty rough ♪
Goodbye, Frank.
You’re a good dog.
♪ But when I have you in my arms, baby ♪
Anybody have any words?
♪ I just can’t get enough ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
I wish Kit was here.
♪ Everybody’s gotta live ♪
Yeah…
♪ And everybody’s gonna die ♪
♪ Everybody tryna have a
A good time ♪
Loved you, Frank.
Bye-bye, Frank. I loved you.
♪ Everybody’s gotta live ♪
♪ You gotta live
Before you… ♪♪
“We that are young will never see so much, nor live so long.”
Fuck’s sake, it’s just a dog.
♪ Why they lie to the people
Why the world is so evil ♪
♪ Why can’t just cool
Just let me cool ♪
♪ Walking explosives
Stressing all of the time ♪
♪ Why can’t just cool
Just let me cool ♪
♪ You’re sucker sucker
Don’t take me for no sucker ♪
♪ I just want to cool
Just let me cool ♪
♪ You’re sucker sucker
You’re such a motherfucker ♪
♪ Just let me cool ♪♪
Hey.
Thanks, man.
Easy.
Hope I didn’t forget anything.
Jesus, you look like you’ve been dug up.
Mate, I’m sorry.
What happened?
I thought you were coming.
I was. I did.
I was coming to get you, and by the time I got there, everyone had gone.
‘Cause we’d all be fucking arrested.
Me, Page… It was Heath, Finn…
There was two others…
What happened to Eve?
She’s okay, I think.
I mean, they kept her in. She’s alive.
I think she gets discharged tomorrow.
She’s okay, but I’m fucked.
No. Look, I know it feels like that right now…
Dad wants to kill me, Adam.
Yeah, he’s angry, but that will pass.
In, like, ten years, maybe.
In time.
Look, just stay here for a while, that’s best.
You see, if I get thrown out of school, I’m fucked, okay?
Dad’s got this whole plan laid out for me, this whole path.
Which is why you’re better off here, than with your nasty father.
Oh, mate.
Come here.
I promise you, everything’s going to be okay.
I should never have agreed he could live there.
He’s here now, which is great.
Oh, I meant to say, if you wanted me to carry on tutoring Kit, I’d be more than happy to.
He’s so smart, and I just wouldn’t want him stewing alone or falling behind.
Thanks, that’s nice.
I’ll think about it.
Did you all go to Greece again this year?
Yes, six weeks. It was too long.
It was great!
Emily, you look more and more like your mother every time I see you.
Stay classy, Dad.
Hmm.
Hey, I just… Well, I love Parisian women.
I love them so much that I married one, only to discover that she was Dutch.
Oh, poor you.
Hmm.
We never see you anymore, now that you’ve bought your place.
You really must come…
Thank you… to Corfu again.
Mmm.
I know, we should.
Come to our place.
Yeah? Mum and Dad would love that, me too.
How do you all know each other, if you don’t mind me asking?
I don’t mind you asking.
Emily’s dad, Olivier, and Jamie were at some bank together, a hundred years ago.
Deutsche.
Yeah, Deutsche Bank.
And, uh… But it was only actually after we all met by chance in Corfu that we became really good friends.
We just bumped into each other, like, out of the blue, in that funny restaurant on the beachfront.
It… That’s still there.
And we went out on those pedalos every day.
Oh…
We had so much fun.
I’d rented this amazing speedboat, and the kids just wanted to go on the pedalos!
And now, you are going to be in finance, I can’t believe it, like your dad.
Not what he does.
I’m… I’m more interested in the high-yield bond market.
Mmhmm. I’d like to see you get more interested in venture work.
I’m going to have Ingrid in our office show you around.
You’ll love all the girls there, though.
When he says “girls”, he actually means women in their 20s and 30s.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
I just mean to say that I appreciate your ambition in getting on with your life.
And I wish, you know, my… my kids were as focused.
Well, they are all the most fun and charming people that I know.
And I miss them, very much.
Yeah, they are.
And where is the other handsome young man in the family?
Kit’s with his mum tonight.
Oh. How is he?
Great, good.
He got arrested.
Well played, Dexter!
They won’t tell me why.
‘Cause it was about nothing, that’s why.
Stupid cops, being stupid.
I’ll tell you about it tomorrow, but it’s nothing.
It’s no big deal.
Hey.
You caught me looking at car porn.
Sorry to disturb.
I might need you to sign Dexter’s swimming consent form for tomorrow.
Sure, yeah, yeah.
If I email it over to you, can you DocuSign it?
Yeah.
There.
Thanks. Sorry to bother you.
That’s okay.
Busy in there?
Yeah.
Good.
I just don’t want to end up alone, in your highly chlorinated water, with a 70yearold Russian.
Thank you, Lily.
Here you go, Dex.
Ooh, that looks delicious.
Yeah.
Oh, Adam, reminder.
Could you please pick up April after school tomorrow?
Oh, I put the photos up from your night out, on the family drive.
There’s some good ones.
Oh, great, I’ll look at them. Bye!
Bye.
Love you.
I miss Frankie.
Yeah, me too, buddy.
♪ Well, my throat is dry
And my knees are weak ♪
♪ It’s so darn hot I can’t even speak ♪
♪ Walk in my shadows ♪
♪ I can’t take it anymore ♪♪
Hello, Nadia?
Hello, Mr Tanner.
Is this a good moment?
How can I help?
Would you have any time to come in and talk to me about Kit, ideally today?
What’s the issue?
It seems like we’ve been talking about him a lot this week, already.
Yes, but we’ve been given some new information.
Uh-huh.
Er, what is that?
Oh, where did you hear that?
Right. Well, if you’re going to throw him out, can you tell me now, so you can save me the hassle of coming back in?
Didn’t I just give you a shit ton of money?
Right, thanks for the support.
Yeah, yeah, write him a hundred-grand reference.
And for the record, Nadia, you as a head, and the school as a whole, I think you’ve failed him.
Yeah, right.
Fucking bitch.
This is Ingrid.
Ingrid will show you how it’s all done, show you the ropes.
Ingrid. Thank you.
Emily is Olivier’s daughter.
So, please, just treat her better than you’d treat anyone else.
If you have an issue, and I’m not around, or if I am around, and that issue demands any tact or composure or empathy, talk to Jo.
I’m your lady.
Good.
Sorry about our strange behaviour round at yours.
No, don’t worry about it.
Damien’s got these weird ideas about Adam.
Yeah, I mean, what’s his problem?
There’s something I need to tell you.
I’ve… I’ve been meaning to.
What?
A few months ago, Adam and I had a night together.
Well, a couple of nights, actually.
And, well, I mean…
I didn’t mean for it to happen.
Obviously, I feel terrible about it.
Tell me.
No!
Yes, tell me everything!
No!
It was just…
Come on!
It was… it was a brief…
You and Adam? I… I…
I mean, I’m shocked.
I’m honestly shocked.
Yeah, so am I.
Tell me Damien doesn’t know.
No!
Okay.
God, no!
Although I… I do wonder if he senses something, hence the other morning, round at yours.
Sorry, I can’t believe it.
What’s he like?
Oh.
Energetic.
And young.
Julia Michaels, sleeping with the Manny. I…
You jealous?
What?
Little bit?
No!
You are.
Just a little bit.
Not about Adam, but… you know, about the excitement of it all.
Yeah.
I can’t work out whether he’s gone up in my estimation, or down.
It’s up.
Definitely, up.
You’re terrible!
I know.
You even drive like a granny on this game.
You know a lot of cool, successful people didn’t make it at school?
Amy Winehouse, er, Albert Einstein, Snoop Dogg, all got chucked out.
I’m not like them, am I?
We don’t know that yet.
You might still become the Snoop Dogg of Holland Park.
Look, what I’m saying, right, is that this doesn’t need to define you.
I know it feels huge and horrible right now, but the reality is, it’s not going to stop you achieving anything that you want to.
I don’t know what I want to achieve.
How did the school even know about my caution?
Er, I don’t know.
They hear things, you know?
Fuck ’em. They chucked you out.
It wasn’t the right place for you, anyway, okay?
You deserve better.
I think I’m going to have to scoot, mate.
What?
Yeah, sorry.
But we can do it again tomorrow?
Yeah, all right.
Yeah?
Please don’t mope.
Hi there, sorry to bother you.
Do you mind me asking, do you have kids?
Erm, no. Why?
We spoke on the phone. I’m Damien.
You’re Sophie Clark, right?
You helped me out with the reference for Adam Healey as a tutor.
You said you had two kids…
I, er… I’m really sorry, I can’t talk.
It’s… It’s about Adam.
I’m… I’m worried about him.
That’s why I’m here.
Would it be all right if I came in?
It was, er, only once, for a job that he wanted to be a tutor to a family.
May I?
Yeah.
Which family was it?
I can’t remember.
Was it the Sahanis?
I think… honestly, I don’t remember.
We’re the Sahanis. I’m Damien Sahani.
Why did he want to work for us?
Well, like I said, he…
He wanted a job, for money, and it’s something that he’s good at, so…
Erm, that’s fraud, isn’t it?
And you helped him.
Yeah, well, perhaps in hindsight it wasn’t the best idea to help him.
Look, I don’t mean this as an excuse, but he’d been having a really tough time, and he’d been away for years.
I was worried about him.
Why were you worried about him?
Er, I wasn’t worried-worried.
It…
He’s basically a very good person.
He’s hardworking, he’s kind.
Do you think he’s dangerous?
No. Why would you say that?
Has he ever been in trouble with the police?
No.
No, that was your brother, Paul, right?
Sorry, who’s… who’s Paul?
Hi, this is Jules.
Please leave me a message after the tone. Thanks.
Hi, it’s me.
You need to give me a call about Adam as soon as you can.
I know who he is and what’s going on.
Hi, this is Jules.
Please leave me a message after the…
Come on, Jules.
Right, slow it down, slow it down.
Hold up, hold up.
Right, big man, keep it moving.
Give it a sec.
Fucking hurry up!
All right, nice one, yeah?
Hey.
Adam.
So sorry to surprise you like this.
It’s just that I was nearby, and I think I’ve made a terrible mistake, Damien.
I came over to apologise and ask your advice.
What for?
Can I come inside?
Erm…
It’s to do with Jamie and Nat.
What have you done?
I feel like you’re the only person that I can talk to.
Can I tell you?
Well, why don’t you tell me here?
I don’t know what’s going on, but I know you’re lying to us.
Yeah, I have, but I think you’ll understand why.
It’s just quite a sensitive situation.
It’s, erm…
It’s a sexual thing.
So, what’s going on?
I wish you’d just fucking…
Adam, what… What do you want?
Hey, Jules. Where are you?
Home.
Okay. I need you to come and meet me, right now.
I think I’ve fucked up.
What? What have you done?
With Damien. I… I think he knows about us.
What? What’s happened?
Can you come and meet me?
I’m in, er, Holland Park.
That pub, The Carpenter’s Arms, will you meet me there now?
What did you say?
Just… Can you meet me there in ten?
Fuck off!
Adam?
Hello?
Sorry. Can… Can you meet me there?
No, I’m at home.
I can’t get there in ten minutes.
Where’s Damien?
Out with a client.
You can’t speak to him until you’ve seen me, all right?
Just… I’ll explain when I see you.
It’s all my fault.
Okay, I’ll see you there.
Oh, for f…
Hey, sorry I was late.
Nat called. I had to take it.
What’s happened?
I’ve fucked up, Jules.
I had to tell Damien about us.
What?
He knew, okay?
He was wild. He came at me, all…
What?
I tried to obviously tell him that, you know, I didn’t know what he was talking about, but it wasn’t any good, he knew.
How?
I don’t know.
I’ve never seen him like this.
He was properly mad and angry.
Jesus Christ.
Has he called you?
He left a message.
Saying what?
I think it’s pretty fucking obvious what it was about, don’t you?
Right.
Can I get a Diet Coke?
Didn’t answer?
Why the fuck did you tell him?
Because he knew, okay?
I mean, come on, Jules, he’s been acting weird with me for weeks.
And I’m sorry, I’m just not good at lying.
Jules, it’s gonna be fine.
You know, a lot of marriages go through a moment like this.
He’s not like most men.
Thank God.
He’ll have taken this really badly.
I mean, that is most men.
Oh, fuck off, Adam!
Look, I’m sure he’s gonna call you back.
Just need to say that it was meaningless.
Please, don’t give me advice on my marriage, after you’ve just fucking destroyed it, okay?
Look, I’m sorry.
But the truth is I’m a little bit in love with you, Jules.
Well, I’m very much not in love with you.
Just fuck off, Adam.
I need to work out what I’m going to do.
Okay, I’m sorry.
Forgive me.
I’ve got to go get the kids now, anyway.
You will let me know if he gets in touch?
Just fuck off, Adam, please.
Just hope he hasn’t done anything stupid.
Boys?
Dexter?
Yeah?
Sorry I’m a bit late.
Come on, grab your stuff.
Come on, hurry.
I’m coming.
Open the boot.
No, the boot’s broken and full.
But we’ve got all our bags.
Just hold your bags.
Come on, in the back.
Please?
Dexter, come on, in the car.
♪ Nobody likes me, everybody hates me ♪
♪ I guess I’ll go and eat some worms ♪
♪ The long, thin, slimy ones ♪
♪ The short, fat, juicy ones ♪
♪ The itsy-bitsy, fuzzy-wuzzy worms ♪
♪ Down goes the first one ♪
♪ Down goes the second one ♪
♪ Oh, how they wiggle and squirm ♪
♪ The long, thin, slimy ones… ♪
Hi, Sophie. Sorry, I’m with the kids.
♪ …fuzzy-wuzzy worms ♪
Yeah. Look, I don’t know what you’re talking about, but can we speak about this later?
Gotta go.
♪ Oh, how they wiggle and squirm ♪
♪ The long, thin, slimy ones ♪
♪ The short, fat, juicy ones ♪
♪ The itsy-bitsy, fuzzy-wuzzy worms ♪♪
Right. Boys.
I’m being pulled over by the cops.
I’m not sure why.
Don’t say anything to them.
They can be terribly sensitive.
There’s something in the boot.
Yeah, I told you, it’s broken.
Hi.
Could you get out of the car, please, sir?
Can I ask what the problem is?
It’s just I’m trying to get these boys to a football match.
Could you get out of the car, please, sir?
