Run Away
Genre: Thriller
Based on: Run Away by Harlan Coben
Developed by: Danny Brocklehurst
Cast: James Nesbitt (Simon Greene), Ellie de Lange (Paige Greene), Ruth Jones (Elena Ravenscroft), Minnie Driver (Ingrid Greene), Alfred Enoch (DS Isaac Fagbenle), Amy Gledhill (DC Ruby Todd), Lucian Msamati (Cornelius Faber), Jon Pointing (Ash), Adrian Greensmith (Sam Greene), Ellie Henry (Anya Greene), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Jessica Kinberg), Annette Badland (Lou), Ingrid Oliver (Yvonne Previdi), Marcus Fraser (Rocco), Maeve Courtier-Lilley (Dee Dee), Finty Williams (Enid Corval), Joe McGann (Wiley Corval), Sam Swainsbury (Professor Van De Beek)
Original release date: January 1, 2026 (Netflix)
Episode plot: Dee Dee comes clean to Ash, and zeroes in on a new target. The police find a lead connected to the Shining Truth, and Simon returns to Rocco’s basement.
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Run Away – S01E07 – Sliding Doors | Transcript
[unsettling music playing]
[The Visitor] Go and spread The Shining Truth.
[Dee Dee] Forever be The Shining Truth.
[music intensifies]
[man] Bye, love.
[door closes]
[car lock beeps]
Nathan?
Yes?
Nathan.
How do you know my name?
You need to go away. Just for a few weeks.
But you need to leave right away.
Who are you?
Is there somewhere you can go?
What are you talking about?
You’re in danger.
I can’t tell you how I know this, but two people have been sent to kill you.
Here they are.
This is what they look like.
I only know their first names.
It’s Ash and Holly.
And she goes by the name of Dee Dee.
Are you out of your mind?
I’m calling the police.
No police, please.
[Nathan] Get out of my way.
[sighs] Just go away. Until it’s safe.
I have to get to work.
No. You must trust me.
You must believe me. Please listen to me.
You have to believe me.
They will find you. You have to go.
Get your family and leave.
[engine starts] Nathan!
Nathan!
Nathan!
[dramatic music playing]
Nathan!
♪ ‘Cause I am ♪
♪ I am ♪
♪ A little wicked ♪
♪ Hands red ♪
♪ Hands red ♪
♪ Just like you said ♪
♪ I am ♪
♪ A little wicked ♪
[song fades out]
[birds chirping]
Here’s her phone.
[somber music playing]
[phone whooshes]
[Dee Dee sighs]
[man shouts indistinctly]
What was that?
[bicycle passing]
Right. Cover the body.
What? How?
Just sit on it.
Are you serious?
[bicycle squeaks]
[woman] Morning.
[sighs with relief]
“Morning”? Really?
What?
Right. We better find somewhere else.
[both grunt]
[phone chiming] Is that her phone?
She’s got a text from Simon Greene.
“Have you met Alison yet?
Please fill me in when you can.”
Who’s Simon Greene?
[shovel thudding]
[dirt falling]
Ash, look at this.
[shovel thuds into ground]
[Ash] That’s Aaron Corval from our list.
[Dee Dee] Yeah, it’s Aaron.
And that’s Simon Greene.
Why are they together?
What’s Miss Marple here told him?
[suspenseful music playing]
[drill whirring]
[music fades out]
[sirens blaring in distance]
Randy?
Yeah.
Jessica said that I’d meet you here.
I’ve never met a Randy before.
Now you have.
You got the money?
Uh, yeah.
It’s, uh… It’s my daughter’s.
[somber music playing]
You got the results?
Of course.
Tell me.
It’s all in there.
Just tell me.
The one you said was a priority…
Paige.
It’s positive.
[sighs with relief]
Positive in a good way?
She’s your biological daughter.
You’re the father of all three.
The results are in there.
Thank you.
[sighs with relief]
[gentle music playing]
[phone chimes]
Weird one.
“DNA test shows I’m Paige’s father.”
“Still don’t know how she hooked up with Aaron, but I think it’s linked to his adoption somehow.”
“I’m heading to the hospital. Message me when you’ve seen Alison Mayflower.”
So Paige is Aaron’s girlfriend.
Why is her dad involved?
Should I message him back, ask which ward?
No, no, no. It’s too suspicious.
Because Elena’s been there, she’d know.
[Dee Dee] Hmm.
Okay, how about, “Thanks for the update.
Let me know of any new developments.”
“It’s vital to keep me informed, even if I can’t reply.”
Yeah, that sounds twatty enough.
Go on, send it.
[phone beeps]
We’re gonna have to take care of Simon Greene.
I don’t know.
Can we not just stick to the plan?
If Elena Ravenscroft was getting close to discovering The Shining Truth, then maybe Simon Greene is too.
He could be onto us.
I’ll request authorities to add Greene to the list.
[suspenseful music playing]
[phone vibrating]
[phone chiming]
[Lou] Hello?
Oh, hi there.
This is Simon Greene.
I’m a friend of Elena’s.
I found your number online.
Sorry to trouble you, but do you know how I can find Elena?
I’m a bit worried about her.
Me too.
When did you last see her?
Elena met Stephanie, Alison Mayflower’s girlfriend.
She said Stephanie was taking her to meet Alison.
She sent me a photo of the car reg plate but now isn’t returning my calls.
She texted, “I’m fine,” but that’s not really the way she texts.
Same.
Obviously, I don’t know her as well as you do, but the text I got from her, it just doesn’t sound right.
Thing is, uh, we had a row earlier.
Ah.
I thought we’d made up, but, uh…
You know how people can be off if words have been said.
[Simon] Hmm.
Why don’t you track her phone?
You’re the tech expert.
[sighs] She deleted the tracking app.
I’ve asked my contact if he can ping Elena’s phone and track the car reg she’s sent me too, but he’s not got back to me yet, so…
I’m gonna look into the girlfriend, Stephanie.
[phone dings and vibrates]
That’s my kids. I’m gonna have to go. Um…
Let me know if you hear anything.
I will.
[Sam] Dad? Dad?
Hey.
Come here.
Come here. Come here. Come here.
[groans happily]
You okay?
Yeah. Yeah. Are you?
Ugh. Yeah, I’m just holding on.
So did you find him? Paige’s professor?
Yeah, I did.
[Anya] What happened?
They weren’t in a relationship.
Professor van de Beek was…
He was helping her to transfer to study medicine in second year.
What, like Mum?
[Cornelius] Simon.
Oh. Hey.
Sorry for just turning up. How’s Ingrid?
It’s hard to say.
Um, Cornelius, this is my daughter, Anya, my son, Sam.
Hi.
Yes.
Good to meet you both.
And you. Yeah.
I just need a quick word with your dad.
Yeah, look, do you want to go back to Mum, and we’ll talk more later, okay?
Yeah.
[Simon clears throat]
Rocco’s been in touch.
He’s gonna be at the estate later.
With Luther.
Luther’s out?
On bail.
Rocco says he and Luther want to speak to you, but you’re gonna need that cash you promised.
That could be a problem.
Luther’s asking for 10K too.
What? Why?
Not sure.
But Rocco says they’ve something you need to hear.
[Dee Dee] Hey, look what I found.
[Ash] “Simon Greene, director and financial advisor.”
Runs a company with his sisterinlaw, Yvonne Previdi.
Making rich fuckers richer.
Deserves to die.
What?
“Deserves to die”?
I was half joking.
Look, doing what we do is simple, right?
We follow instructions, and we don’t break our own rules.
Meaning?
Meaning you didn’t wear a mask at the tattoo parlor, so I had to kill someone I didn’t want to kill.
Then you took us to Mrs. O’Hara’s house, and then to your cult.
None of them were part of the original instruction.
Now we’ve had to kill some investigator, and Simon fucking Greene’s on our tail.
Circumstances change.
No, they don’t, all right?
That’s how we stay alive.
We do the job, we get paid, and we disappear into the fucking sunset.
We follow the plan.
We’re so close to the end.
All we have to do is see this through, and then we can be free.
Free?
Remember when we were kids?
We said we were gonna open a bar on the beach like that show we used to watch.
So it wouldn’t even feel like work.
Who am I gonna be opening it with?
Dee Dee or Holly?
[footsteps depart]
The student accused of raping Paige, Doug Mulzer, his alibi for Aaron’s murder checks out.
He was hours away in a physio session when Aaron was killed.
[Isaac] You saw his fundraising page.
He could’ve paid someone to do it.
Already checking his bank accounts.
Detective Fagbenle?
I want to report a missing person.
Elena compiled a list of Henry Thorpe’s halfbrothers.
Who hired Elena to search for Henry?
His father, Sebastian.
Elena told me she was meeting a woman called Alison Mayflower earlier today.
How does Alison Mayflower connect to all of this?
She organized the adoptions of all the halfbrothers.
Elena said Alison’s girlfriend, Stephanie, was taking her, but I tracked Stephanie down myself, and…
She’s on holiday in Brazil, so Elena can’t have been meeting her.
I think she’s walked into a trap.
Paige Greene and Henry Thorpe were in contact before Henry went missing.
And now they’ve both disappeared, and so has Elena.
I’m really scared for her.
We need to talk to Sebastian Thorpe.
[Todd] So, when did you last hear from Elena Ravenscroft?
We spoke two days ago.
She’s not returned my calls this morning, and I’ve been leaving lots of messages, because, uh… [inhales] …there’s been something of a development.
“A development”?
I received a letter.
Well, Henry did. I opened it.
I know you’re not supposed to, but…
[Fagbenle] It’s fine.
What’s the letter?
It’s from a woman, Victoria.
No surname.
She’s suggesting that they meet again.
There’s a time and a place, and I’ve been getting rather frantic, because, uh, it’s today.
[suspenseful music playing]
Where?
Well, that’s the problem.
I don’t actually know where it is.
“Where we met last time, the Lookout.
3:00 p.m., this Wednesday.”
Vague.
Who’s writing a letter to arrange a meeting?
[Fagbenle] Hmm.
Hang on. The Lookout?
Could be anywhere.
No, I recognize it.
I think it’s the name of a café I’ve seen in the park.
You’re right. But there’s two.
Both in Rosgate Park.
One by the west entrance, one right over the other side.
We’ll go there. But do you have any idea who this woman might be?
None whatsoever.
[Simon] Hey. Any issues ordering the cash?
No. But what’s going on?
Who’s this?
Uh, Cornelius.
What do you need this money for?
No, it’s not for him. He’s helping me.
With what?
Information about Paige.
That costs £60,000, does it?
It does when you’re getting it from the sort of people we’re getting it from. Yvonne…
Okay.
I’ll go and get the ball rolling.
Thank you.
Yeah. She seems nice.
Ingrid’s sister.
She’s, um, protective of me.
[phone chimes]
[scoffs] It’s Rocco.
He can’t find Luther.
What?
He says give him two hours.
[Simon sighs]
[Todd over earpiece] I’ve got a few couples and friends chatting.
Any sign of Victoria there?
[Fagbenle] No sign so far. You?
Yeah, yeah, she’s here.
I just forgot to mention it.
I’ve got a single mum with a baby, a jogger, three couples, two old men moaning about politics, and a man sitting on his own mumbling to himself.
The last one’s me.
[chuckles]
I’ve got a woman approaching.
In her thirties.
Goodlooking. Actually gorgeous.
She’s got incredible blonde hair.
Want me to get her number for you?
Nah. See if there’s a redhead nearby.
[Todd chuckles softly]
Hang on. She’s sitting down.
This could be her.
[suspenseful music playing]
Hang on. She’s getting her phone out.
No, she’s taking selfies. [sighs] Christ’s sake, people can’t do anything without it going online.
You know burglars use social media nowadays to target homes?
Find out when you’re out, where you go when.
People don’t realize.
It’s the modern world. #KeepUpGrandad.
No one seems to be waiting to meet anyone here, but I’m keeping an eye out.
Maybe Victoria’s running late.
[Fagbenle] The waitress just sat down.
Wait a second.
I think she’s waiting for someone.
Isaac?
Isaac, have you got eyes on her?
Isaac? Talk to me.
Excuse me.
I’m finished, love. Shift’s over.
Oh, I’m sorry, Victoria.
[dramatic musical sting]
But if you’re waiting for Henry, I don’t think he’s coming.
[spluttering]
Who are you? How did youDetective Sergeant Fagbenle.
[chuckles awkwardly]
[pop song playing]
I mean, they made you change your name.
[Dee Dee] Holly is my truth.
And you always saw Holly.
You’re the only one.
What’s wrong?
I was given that by Mother Adiona.
Right.
So you don’t trust me.
Why didn’t you show me this?
Why did she say that?
I think one of the men on the list is her son.
Why do they want to kill her son?
Why is she telling me not to trust you?
I’ve never lied to you.
Right, so be honest.
Why are they doing this?
He’s dying, the One.
[ominous music playing]
In the Shining Haven, male blood is the purest.
The daughters, and he has plenty of those, don’t count in terms of leadership.
So The Visitor and The Volunteer will take over after The One has passed.
How much is it worth?
Millions.
Casper inherited money and plowed it into the Haven, but their followers sign over wealth and property.
Okay.
So his two heirs are set to inherit that when The One breathes his last.
Yeah. But The One, Casper, he liked to have sex with the women in the compound.
And he had a lot of children.
But after he had his divine sons, he didn’t need any more.
So he has more than two sons.
Mmhmm.
So what happened to the other sons?
They were all put up for adoption.
Sold, really.
So that’s the list.
[Dee Dee] It’s written in the symbols that the Shining Haven and all of The One’s possessions will be equally divided amongst all his male heirs.
[Ash] His other sons could inherit.
And ruin The Shining Truth.
And that’s why they got rid of them.
[gun firing repeatedly]
We got rid of ’em.
[Todd] We need some information on Henry.
He’s missing.
[sighs] How can he be missing?
[Todd] Don’t worry. We’re looking for him.
Can you tell us why you were meeting Henry here today?
[sighs] Um…
We just were…
It’s okay, Victoria. You can tell us.
[Victoria sighs] What’s your connection?
This is all my fault.
Victoria, why were you meeting Henry?
It’s important you tell us the truth.
[tense music playing]
I’m his mother.
[Dee Dee] For years, Casper had nothing to fear.
They were scattered all over the country, records destroyed.
Alison Mayflower helped make it all happen.
But now, with all these DNA websites, it was only a matter of time.
Okay, so his sons could’ve linked themselves back to him?
If 14 sons came forward, it would destroy The Shining Truth.
We couldn’t risk that.
It would expose them.
The Shining Truth. Dee, come on. Like…
I just don’t understand how you can believe all this crap.
I take from it what I need.
It’s not normal.
It’s religion, Ash.
We form whatever narrative we want.
Kind God, vengeful God, laidback God.
I know it’s not normal.
What part of our lives have been?
The Shining Truth helped me make peace with everything that happened to us.
I’m safe with them.
And when have we ever been safe?
So, giving your sons up for adoption, that’s just…
It’s what? Part of his narrative, is it?
The adoptions weren’t legal.
But what they did to the mothers…
They lied to me. They said Henry was dead.
[voice breaking]
They said my son was dead.
Who were they?
[Victoria sniffles]
[inhales]
[sighs, chuckles wryly]
The Beacon of The Shining Truth.
[suspenseful music playing]
I was seduced by them when I was at university.
And the leader, Casper Vartage, was an impressive man.
And when he picked me out, showed me some interest…
You slept with him.
I got pregnant.
And I was happy.
When I gave birth, they said it was a boy.
But they… told me he was stillborn.
Casper didn’t want to speak to me after that, and…
I left The Haven a year or so later. [sniffs] Uh, well, I say left. [chuckles softly] I escaped.
So you can imagine, Henry turning up and saying he was my son… [laughing] You know, at first I thought, “This is a scam.”
Yeah, he’d found me on a genealogy site.
Did you tell him about being part of the cult?
[inhales sharply] Henry and I agreed to keep everything secret.
No texts, no phone calls.
Just meet up, slowly, try to build something.
So you wrote each other letters?
We kept everything offline.
[breathing heavily]
We didn’t want anyone to find out.
Victoria. Victoria.
[Victoria whimpers] [sniffling] I should…
I should’ve kept my mouth shut.
What do you mean by that?
I told them I… I told them I knew.
Who did you tell?
The leaders at the Shining Haven.
Victoria, what did you tell them?
I told her that I knew Henry was still alive.
We’re gonna do everything we can to find him.
[sniffles] Thank you.
But we do need you to tell us where it is, this… Shining Haven.
What happens when this all comes out, that all these brothers are dead?
Don’t you think it’s a bit of a coincidence they’ve all died in this short space of time?
That’s why we’ve been careful.
A suicide, a robbery, a stabbing, a runaway.
Dee, be straight with me.
What are you getting out of all this?
Every priest who makes money from their religion, whether they believe in what they preach or not, is getting something out of it.
That’s life.
I don’t buy it. This isn’t you.
If you just trust me, we can both benefit from this.
The leaders think they can use us, but they can’t.
We’re using them, and we’ll get what we’re owed.
After everything we’ve been through… don’t you think we deserve that?
I think you deserve more.
[somber music playing]
You’ll never be safe with them.
But you are with me.
[phone dings]
Request approved for Simon Greene.
[Ash sighs] Same payment as the others.
But let’s get Aaron Corval out the way first.
[menacing music playing]
[children shouting playfully in distance]
Do you think Paige Greene could be connected to all of this?
Simon said her problems started at university.
What if that’s where she was lured into the cult, like Victoria?
If she’s there, we’ll find her.
[car engine revs]
So Aaron Corval could’ve been heir to a fortune but ends up living on the Marinduque Estate.
Life, eh? Sliding doors.
Sliding doors?
The film. ’90s.
You know the actress.
She named her kid after a piece of fruit.
[laughing] I have literally no idea what you’re talking about.
I know what you think about it.
The Shining Truth.
I don’t have to go back to them.
After this.
[somber music playing]
And if you didn’t, what would you do?
Depends.
[Anya] Mittens misses you.
Dad doesn’t give him as many treats as you do.
Sam does, though.
[door opens]
[Simon] Hiya.
[Anya] Hey, Dad.
[sighs] How’s she doing?
[Anya] Same.
I just like talking to her.
Right, well, we’re here now, so you two can head home.
Great. I have to study.
So do you, missus.
Oh, um, I might be a wee bit late.
Can you rustle up something to eat?
Yeah, yeah. Pasta bake. I’m a specialist.
Ah, student food.
[sarcastically] Great.
They’re good kids.
You did well.
You mean compared to Paige?
That’s not what I said.
No, I know.
But it’s what everyone thinks, eh?
You know, druggie daughter.
Must be something the parents did wrong.
Simon, I don’t think anyone thinks that.
Paige was raped.
On…
When she was at university.
I never knew.
[inhales shakily]
My wee girl.
You knew?
You knew?
Simon.
Don’t fucking Simon me, Yvonne.
How could you?
I’m her aunt. She used to confide in me.
I’m her father!
You didn’t think to tell me?
She made me promise not to.
Oh, grow up! How old are you, ten?
If Finn came to me and told me something lifechanging, would you be happy for me to keep it to myself?
Yeah. Yes, if that’s what he wanted, I would respect that.
Oh, bollocks!
So what happened?
I helped Paige get some private counselling.
I don’t mean that.
What happened to the… the rapist?
Did Paige report him?
It’s a long story.
Are you fucking kidding me?
[somber music playing]
[Yvonne sighs]
Paige was having trouble remembering the details.
She thinks he might’ve slipped her something.
[splutters] It was messy, Simon.
You should have told me.
I begged Paige to.
But, well, there came a point where she just… she just shut me out.
[sighs]
And then she started up with Aaron.
Ah. [sighs]
[breathes heavily]
All this time, you’ve been sat here with me, with my wife, knowing that, keeping it from us.
Not “us,” Simon.
Just you.
[dramatic musical sting]
[music darkens]
You told Ingrid?
[phone vibrates]
[music fades out]
[suspenseful music playing]
[guns cock]
Yeah.
[knocking softly]
[knocking]
[Ash] Aaron.
Fuck. There’s no one home.
[sighs] Look at the state of this place.
Wait.
This was a crime scene.
Shit.
And by the look of that, someone’s got to him before us.
Let’s get out of here.
[Dee Dee] Ash, wait.
[Ash] What is it?
[Dee Dee] That guy.
It’s Simon Greene.
Rocco wants to meet in the basement.
Where my wife was shot?
That’s where he is.
Yeah.
It’s him.
What’s wealth management doing at some shithole estate?
His daughter’s with Aaron, and Aaron lives here.
Let’s get him.
[suspenseful music continues]
You got our 60K?
Have you got my daughter?
No.
Then you don’t have the 60K.
Where’s Luther?
[Rocco] He’s close by. If you don’t have the money, then what are you doing here?
There’s no point in coming down here.
Not until I have the information.
All right. Yeah.
I got a confirmed sighting of Paige.
Where?
Seems your daughter got on a bus out of town day after Aaron’s murder.
Bus to where?
Show me the money.
Bus to where?
Money. Bus to where?
Make sure there’s 60K in there.
It’s a hundred short.
If they get a round number, it flags the system. Bus to where?
What do you mean it’s a hundred short?
Come on!
You’ve got the money. Tell me!
Paige got on a bus to Brackmere.
Does that mean anything to you?
No. Nothing.
Maybe she has a friend there.
No.
It was you, wasn’t it?
You shot Luther.
Don’t worry, old man.
I ain’t no snitch.
And think about it.
Luther didn’t shoot you.
He shot your wife.
[gunshot]
Don’t move.
Rocco, look out!
[gunfire] [Rocco] Luther!
[gunfire]
[Rocco grunts]
[Cornelius] Stay down, Simon!
[gunfire]
[gun firing]
[gunfire]
[glass shatters]
[gunshot]
[grunts]
[Simon grunts]
[Simon and Dee Dee grunting]
[gunshot]
[Dee Dee grunting]
Ash! [screams]
[thud]
[Simon grunts]
[Ash gasps]
[somber music playing]
Ash!
Ash! Ash! Stay with me, Ash. Ash!
Ash! [breathing shakily] Hey! Hey! Ash. Ash.
Stay with me. Stay with me.
[Dee Dee panting]
Ash.
[choked sob]
[screaming]
[door opening]
[Cornelius grunting]
[tambourine rattling]
[guitar notes resonating]
[“Electioneering” by Radiohead playing]
[gun cocks]
[gunshot]
[Simon] Jesus!
[Dee Dee screaming]
[Simon] In here. In here.
I’ll distract her.
Stay here. Call the police.
♪ Say the right things ♪
♪ When electioneering… ♪
[gunshot]
[Dee Dee screams]
♪ Trust I can rely on your vote ♪
[sirens wailing]
♪ When I go forwards ♪
♪ You go backwards ♪
♪ And somewhere we will meet ♪
♪ When I go forwards, you go backwards ♪
♪ And somewhere we will meet ♪
♪ Ha ha ha ♪
[gunshot]
[Simon grunts]
[song ends]
[dramatic music playing]
[Simon gasping]
[Simon whimpering]
[music intensifies]
[Dee Dee breathing heavily]
[whimpering]
[Dee Dee gasps, screams]
[“Electioneering” resumes]
[body thuds]
[Simon] Who are you?
[grunts weakly]
[song ends]
[dramatic music playing]
[music fades out]
