01x02 - Episode 2

[bunniefuu]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

I'm so sorry, I didn't see you.

Is that your wife?

[JACK] Yep that's Jen.

Jen's agreed to a trial separation.

[TASHA] I'm pregnant with

a married man's child.

We all know what you did to get here.

[TASHA] Jen's running around

like she's still your wife.

It's not yours Sam.

[JEN] If there is something

going on with him, be careful,

Jack'll find out.

[TASHA] She was in my house, drunk.

She showed up at our

supermarket the other week.

Have you seen a woman?

I left my baby with her.

You left your baby?

Have you been to see

her since your chat?

- [JACK] No.

- [TASHA] It needs to stop.

[TENSE MUSIC]

sh*t.

[JACK] Tasha.

Tasha, please.

Would you wait?

Tasha, wait. Tasha.

- Stop it Tasha, stop it.

- You f*ck.

- Stop it.

- You f*ck!

- f*ck!

- Stop it, stop it!

Tasha.

It's not what you think.

Okay?

Whatever you're thinking,

don't, because it's not that.

I'll explain if you let me, all right?

[TASHA] Thank you so much.

You're welcome. Anytime.

[DOOR CLICKS]

[PHONE PINGING]

- Is that her?

- No.

- Are you sleeping with her?

- No.

I said no. I'm not sleeping with her.

You followed me tonight.

How long have you been doing that?

I didn't follow you.

[JACK SCOFFS]

I used the phone finder app.

Okay, okay.

All right, here's the truth.

Do you wanna sit down or

You can't spend that much

of your life with someone

then suddenly feel nothing.

I'm sorry, you can't.

Now you told me to

speak to her and I did.

But one phone call after twenty years,

one phone call, that's not good enough.

Now it appears as though

there's no way to prove to you

that I choose you over her

unless I never see her again.

And I needed to see her again.

So you forced me into a

pretty impossible situation.

Are you f*cking with me right now?

I don't want you going for

date nights with your ex-wife.

I don't think that's unreasonable,

- do you?

- It was dinner. It was dinner!

She's got a new contract,

she needed someone.

Tasha, I didn't want to let her down.

I didn't want to.

Cause it's f*cking difficult,

but I'm trying to do this gently.

All right?

And it's different when you're older.

- f*ck off!

- It is different!

She's got all of her friends,

but all of them have families.

All of them.

They're all doing their own thing.

It used to be just me and her.

And now what?

I just abandon her.

Is that what you want?

I don't want anything.

You do what you want

and I'll do what I want.

Oh, for f*ck sake. Well,

- can I ask where you're going?

- [TASHA] I'm taking Emily away from this sh*t show.

You're taking her? No

you're not taking

Sorry. Sorry. I didn't mean that.

I'm sorry. Okay, sorry.

f*ck, I haven't been

listening, but I am now.

I promise you I'm listening now.

All right? I'm listening.

So

No more Jen.

Okay.

And your family have to be nicer.

Yeah, I agree with that.

I will definitely talk to my family.

And I promise you that

things will get better.

I promise.

You're my priority.

What?

Come on, tell me.

It's this house. It's

I'm here all the time.

And I miss my life, my job.

Okay, right.

Right, this is what we'll do,

Emily's old enough for

nursery now, so let's

let's start three days a week.

You get your space.

I can't lose you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[TASHA] Go on

- Say it.

- [SAM] I've got nothing to say.

I told you how I felt

about this from the start.

So don't make out like I'm holding back.

Yeah, but this is different.

This is new information.

Well, the point is, do you believe him?

- I do.

- Okay.

Well you know how I feel,

but there's no way of knowing

what they gettin' up to in there.

I mean, they weren't going at

it when you called him, right?

- Sam.

- I'm just saying for balance.

I don't trust him but

you didn't catch him doing

anything wrong, did you?

- No.

- Right.

And now it's all over and Jen's

not coming back, ever again.

Okay.

So it is a good thing.

Yeah.

Great news about the nursery though.

- Yeah.

- Get some time back.

Oh.

So it's mandatory for companies

to have a pumping room.

- Lush.

- But there is no universal signage yet

so I thought I'd give

it a go for my portfolio.

There she is.

I love it.

I'm here for you. You know

whenever you need.

Oi, seriously.

Last time I told you

how I felt about Jack,

we didn't speak for a year.

A year! I'm not risking that again.

If you're happy, I'm happy.

- Yeah, right.

- For real.

Can I use your bathroom

quickly before I go?

Yeah just be quiet

because Emily's sleeping.

All right, sweet.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

[TAP RUNS]

[EMILY BABBLING]

Who's gonna go to bed? Me?

You?

Ooh.

[EMILY BABBLING]

More?

Later, after our sleep.

Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Gonna sleep long?

Yeah?

- [DOORBELL RINGING]

- Who's that?

Who's there?

Is that Daddy?

No.

It's not Daddy.

I come in peace, bearing gifts.

I know I'm an awful witch

but I've driven three hours

and I'm gasping for a coffee.

And I promise I'm on

absolute best behavior.

Yeah, come in.

Hi.

I'm just putting her upstairs.

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it,

Jack really went to town on us.

Even Mum and Dad didn't

come out unscathed

and we'd given up on them years ago.

They probably need water.

It's a long drive and I

had the heating blasting.

He must really love you, Jack.

He's not done anything like

that before, so, good for you.

God this is good.

This is the one he gets

from Guatemala, right?

He told us how unhappy you've been.

It's hard that first year

with a new baby, isn't it?

Yeah, it's bloody hard.

It's uncanny

how much she looks like him.

You're in there, of

course, the chin maybe,

but his eyes, cheeks, dimples.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Yeah, kids are hard.

Can't imagine what

it's been like for you.

No support network.

Hadn't occurred to

me until Jack said it.

He said you'd been brilliant, of course.

I've been awful to you.

Not a literal or a

figurative sister, but

I'm here now and I'm sorry.

I really appreciate you saying that.

It's been a little

harder than I expected.

But worth it, of course. I mean,

I wouldn't change it

for the world, but

[TASHA SIGHS]

It's funny how we can

create a person in our minds.

You're not who I

thought you were at all.

I didn't think somebody like you

would care what we thought of you.

I didn't realize you'd

be quite so fragile.

Don't get me wrong, I could

do with a touch more fragility

or I could of course completely change

but that might run the risk

of a full character implosion.

Well, please don't implode,

our cleaner's not here until next week.

[HAYLEY CHUCKLING]

Come here.

- Okay?

- Yeah, good.

Is Jen okay?

Jack really loves you.

Okay? He'd do anything

to make you happy.

But you said jump, he jumped.

No one's said a word to her.

Cold turkey after twenty years.

I'm not blaming you

no contact means no contact.

You asked.

The answer is no, she's not really okay.

I have to go.

Sorry.

Take care. See you soon.

[PHONE VIBRATING]

Right, well he said

specifically no purple.

He didn't say anything

about mauve, did he?

So let's get the swatches

- and mail them across.

- [DOOR KNOCKING]

Okay, one second.

I'm sorry to barge in, it's

just, Hayley came by yesterday.

She told me Jack had

stopped talking to you

and hadn't explained why.

That's my fault.

So I thought I should come and explain.

Or

apologize, I don't know.

I don't know what I'm doing, Jen.

And, up until now, I've

been behaving as though

I'm still this laid back,

easygoing Gen Z or whatever.

But the truth is, I'm not.

You're a lovely person

but the lovelier you

are, the more it frankly

scares the sh*t out of me.

You should hate me.

I stole your husband.

I don't hate you, Tasha.

I hate what happened to me and Jack.

But that happened long

before you arrived.

Jack needed a fresh start

and you were exactly that.

And, if I'm honest,

I'm not sure I would

be doing any different

if the tables were turned.

[EMILY GURGLING]

[TASHA] It's okay, I'm right here.

God, she's just hungry.

Oh, hi darling. Hello.

Hi. How's my girl?

Beginner's luck.

Yeah?

[BABY COOS]

I've actually forgotten her food

- so I have to go.

- Oh, in the kitchen.

The cupboard on the right?

Yes. Oh, it's a ducky.

Quack, quack. Quack, quack.

[DISTANT BABY COOS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

Oh look, ba ba ba

- Did you find it?

- Yep.

What's this?

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything's fine.

- Thank you.

- My pleasure.

Jack brought her here.

A few times actually.

Or I should say he dropped

by and she was with him.

Recently?

No, no. When she was younger.

Come in for weekend days for a coffee

or we'd all go for a walk, wouldn't we?

And you thought you'd buy food

for her, just on the off chance

that Jack would pop by with my daughter?

No, of course not.

Jack must have left

them here by accident.

No, I probably should have

binned them actually

[BABY COOS]

[JEN] All right, here they are.

You should probably have

them, or it's just a waste.

I'm sorry Jen.

No, no don't be silly.

I understand. Like I said

if the tables were turned.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[PHONE RINGING]

[SAM] Tasha, finally.

[TASHA] Hey, sorry I missed

your calls, are you okay?

[SAM] Yes. I've been trying to

get hold of you. Where are you?

[TASHA] I know, I know, I was busy.

What's up?

[SAM] I did something.

What? What'd you do?

I needed to talk to you earlier

so I went to the house

and Jack was there.

- Jack was there?

- Yes.

- In the middle of the day?

- He was being weird.

He was making even less of an effort

to disguise the fact that

he didn't want me there.

So he left and I

followed him.

You followed Jack?

Yes.

But I think he saw me.

Sam, you idiot.

He saw you?

Why the f*ck were you following Jack?

Because I could I wanted

to get hold of you and

he was acting strange.

I'm looking out for you.

He was acting strange? Sam,

this isn't looking out for me,

this is crazy behavior.

Okay.

Okay.

Are you sure he saw you?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think so.

And?

I drove off.

Oh my God Sam,

if he didn't think that something

was going on between us before,

I'd say he might now, don't you think?

I think a certain someone dropped this.

I'll let you get back to Sam.

sh*t.

sh*t.

[CHILDREN SCREAMING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Oh, I forgot to say, I forgot to

say I have to go to New York again.

- Oh.

- It was a last minute thing, I'm sorry.

- Oh right.

- Oh, that's a good one.

It is.

Yeah, I was gonna get you a ticket, but

I figured the timing's

still off. Beautiful.

Look, we're nearly at the front.

- We're nearly at the front.

- Yeah.

So lookout, fellow drivers,

because my dad's got a

previous for speeding.

[PHONE RINGING]

It's fine, here.

- Who is it?

- It's Johnny.

Johnny?

Sorry, it's a work thing. I

- Yeah, yeah you go.

- Have fun.

Sorry, what is it?

Up we go!

[EMILY BABBLING]

[EMILY AND TASHA LAUGH]

Where are we going?

[NOISY CHILDREN PLAY]

Look at you!

Where's your dada?

I don't know where your dada is.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Would you mind watching her?

Thank you. Thank you.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[MUFFLED NOISY PLAY]

[CHILDREN SCREECH]

[RAPID TENSE MUSIC]

Have you seen there was a

little girl here, just there.

Just a second ago.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[JACK] Tasha? Tash!

- What's happened?

- It's Emily.

She was there and then she's

Okay.

Jen!

Jen!

What the hell do you think

you are doing with my child?

Oh my God. Oh my God.

No. I'm so sorry.

I'm her mother, I'm her

mother. I'm so sorry.

You left her alone,

I was looking for you.

I know, there was an emergency.

Thank you so much looking after her.

[CARER] It's a busy place, you

shouldn't just leave her alone.

Thank you, thank you.

- Thank you so much.

- I'm glad to help.

It's okay, come on.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention.

- It's okay.

- Oh,

I won't leave you ever again, I promise.

- Never.

- It's okay. There's no harm.

I promise I won't ever do that again.

It's okay. It's fine.

- It's okay. It's okay.

- No, it's not okay.

It's not okay. You were arguing

with Johnny and then I

I saw

You thought you saw Jen?

- Yeah, I heard.

- Yeah.

I think half of the soft play heard.

Tash, you know she's not here, right?

- Tash.

- Of course.

I'm so sorry.

All right, okay.

- I'm so sorry.

- It's okay.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[MUFFLED PARK SOUNDS]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[DISTANT CHILDREN PLAYING]

[TASHA] And she had

Emily's food in her house.

- [JACK] What do you mean?

- Pouches of toddler food.

In her cupboard.

It was

She claims that you left them there,

accidentally, the last

time you went around.

- Did you?

- Well

I guess I must have if she says so.

I don't know.

It was weird.

What did you expect?

A broken woman?

Well, she's not like you.

Not like me how?

She doesn't express emotions like this.

It's just not what she does.

No, that's not a criticism

of you. It's just

her whole world could be

crumbling and you'd never know.

You'd think she was fine or joking?

Whereas I?

Tash, I'm not starting anything.

She's just older and she's

been through lots of things.

Don't do that.

Do what?

I get it, I'm

You're the wise elders and

I'm this footloose chancer

- who's lucky to be here.

- No

The thing is, Jack, I

know who I am.

I've been a grown up since I turned 16

and started working to

fund my own education.

I supported my mother

and then after she died,

I supported myself, so

you're gonna have to find another angle

if you wanna justify

all of this bullshit.

'Cause the truth is that

The truth is

You left your wife but you

didn't leave her, did you?

She's here right now.

She may as well be

having dinner with us.

That's a really unfair thing to say.

Jack.

Jack, can we Can you

come back so we can

It's totally unfair and you know it is.

This isn't gonna change, is it?

You said things would change but

I can't do this anymore.

If I don't leave

I feel like I'm gonna disappear.

Tasha.

Tasha.

Tasha!

Are you not speaking to me now?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[MUSIC AND SHOUTING INTENSIFIES]

[CASE SMASHES AND TUMBLES]

[TASHA GASPS AND PANTS]

[SILENCE AND FOCUSED BREATHING]

I'm gonna go check on Emily.

Jack.

Look, you're my wife.

There's no one else here,

it's just you and me.

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

[JACK] We could renew our vows.

We'll move somewhere.

Let's move somewhere.

We might have to if the glass bursts.

Oh, yeah.

I'll get it fixed.

You know what you said earlier,

about me being a wise

old elder and you

You know I don't think that, don't you?

It's been such a weird day.

I saw Sam earlier, your Sam,

Hanging around outside the house.

And then again at work. It was

It was really unsettling.

Something's definitely up with him.

I dunno what it

Do you think he has feelings for you?

What?

He was at the house?

Mm.

No.

No, he doesn't.

I don't know.

What happened?

Did you speak?

Do you want me to say something to him?

We spoke briefly, it was weird.

But no, don't cause a

problem on my account.

I just don't trust him, that's all.

It was probably a

coincidence him being in town.

He's a cabby, isn't he?

Yeah, weird.

You should be careful around him.

[JACK WHISPERS] Morning.

Good morning.

[TASHA] I love you.

Are you packed?

Have you got everything?

Except you.

I'm right here.

Now listen,

I'm gonna be gone for three nights

so that gives you three

glorious days to relax

and be creative, find a job.

Generally have a lovely time.

And I'll see you when I'm back.

Right. Driver's downstairs.

I've got Emily up and

dressed for nursery

so I'll drop her off on

the way to the airport.

- Oh, that's okay I can

- No, it's fine, it's fine.

She'll be fine.

I packed her nursery bag

with all of her things.

A garrot, mace, cleaver, usual stuff.

I am a pretty hands on dad, I

don't know if you've noticed.

I trust you.

Well, at least someone does.

Thank you.

What for?

Changing my life, kiddo.

You too, old man.

[JACK] Old, old, old.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

[LAPTOP PINGING]

[PHONE PINGING]

[PHONE RINGING]

- Hello?

- [JOHNNY] Oh hey, it's Natasha,

It's Johnny. We met at Jack's

hearing, the driving ban.

I'm sorry to bother you at home,

I'm just trying to track Jack down.

He's not there, is he?

Hi, yeah, Johnny, I remember.

He's actually just left for

New York on a business trip.

Really?

Oh, okay. Right.

Has he?

My mistake then. I'll

just try him again later.

Thanks, Natasha.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[DIAL TONE BEEPING]

[OPERATOR] The number you have

called is not being recognized.

[PHONE VIBRATING]

Hello, stranger.

[SAM] There she is.

- Back in the game.

- It's just an interview.

It's in the bag.

I've got a good feeling about it.

But listen, I need to speak

to you about something.

- Sorry hang on.

- You're here for?

- Emily Warrington.

- Great, I'll go get her.

- [TASHA] Sorry, are you still there?

- Always.

How's my princess doing?

Well, good, I think.

The algebra's coming along nicely.

Oh, and she speaks Spanish now.

Well, no one needs

to learn algebra ever.

But listen, I really

need to talk to you.

Is everything okay?

Sorry, Sam, I'll call you back.

Hi. Sorry, just to clarify,

you're here for ?

Emily Warrington.

- I'm her mum.

- Yes, yes.

Emily's already been collected.

What?

W What do you mean collected?

By who?

Who collected Emily earlier?

- Emily's mum.

- I'm her mum.

Who the hell did you give my child to?

She was in the pickup book.

No, no, no, no, no

this can't be happening.

What did she look like?

The woman who took my child!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]