01x01 - Episode 1

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LAUGHTER

OLIVIER: Oh, come on...
EMMA: No, it'll stain.

Use a coaster.

They have coasters, come on.
For using.

Olivier's not using a coaster, so...
I just, you know.

Don't get me involved in this.
No, no, it's your house, mate.

You're involved
whether you like it or not. Now...

Angela, you're with me, aren't you?
Oh, God. I dunno.

Are we...? Are we coaster people?
I hope not.

All right, I'll use a coaster.
Christ.

Sorry, I interrupted you, Angela,
you were saying.

It was really silly, but I just
thought it was interesting.

I was... I was watching
this nature documentary

and it was saying that hippos
are the most dangerous animal

in the world. They cause
more deaths than crocodiles

and they attack for no reason.

Not food, not territory,
just because...

Because they bloody want to.
Yeah.

And their sweat turns red.

It's some sort of
natural sunscreen, apparently.

Oh, you could've used some
of that hippo sweat the other day.

Yeah. What is this?

Ah, that's global warming for you,
mate.

The lunch last week.

We got a table outside and, oh,
Mike bloody burnt his head.

Swan Vesta.

I know, I had to remind Olivier
to be careful on the course.

What, on the...? On the golf...?
Oh, a spot of golf, was it?

No, cos Angela said
you were working.

And I was.
Sorry, I'm being stupid.

I'm thinking of Sunday.

Listen, I have tickets
from the car park to prove it.

I'm innocent.
Innocent till proven guilty.

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, mate.

No, look, see, cos, yes,
see, I can see you're sweating,

It's red.
Hippo sweat pouring off.

I'm sorry. Awkward. I know.
You just need to stop it.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

LAUGHTER DISTORTS

I've checked on the kids,
they're fast asleep.

Thought the salmon went down well.

It's the first time I've tried that.
What did you think?

Olivier?

You embarrassed me.

You mean about missing the lunch?

It was a mistake.

I covered.
They knew.

Really, I don't think they did.
You did it deliberately.

Why?

You were so annoyed I played golf,

even though I told you weeks before
the lunch was booked.

It doesn't matter.
Yes, it does.

You could've just told the truth,
they wouldn't mind.

They're your friends.
You wanted to embarrass me.

Don't be silly.

Let's just leave it. Can we?

I'm gonna get
the rest of the things.

ANGELA SCREAMS Olivier, please!

THUDS,
CRIES

Don't you ever walk away.

Shut up!
Olivier!

Don't you ever walk away
while I'm talking to you!

GRUNTS,
CRIES

Do you understand?

VOICES ECHO

MAX: Throw it back to me.
Throw it back to me.

No!

Sam...

Mum, Sam's being really annoying.

Sam, come on, give it back.

SAM: You're being really annoying.

Stop it.
Sam, come on.

Please give me back my toys.

OK. Have you got everything?

BOTH: Yeah!
Have a good day. I'll see you later.

Careful crossing the road.
Bye, Mum.

Bye, Mum. Love you.
See you later. Bye!

Love you.

Your son must have pushed the door
very hard.

Yeah.

He doesn't know his own strength.

Psychopaths, aren't they,
at that age?

We'll get a rush on the mould,
quick as we can,

and let's get you fitted.

DOGS BARKING

Hey, sorry I was late.
Had a bit of a...

Bloody hell.

What did you do to...?
Oh, Sam. Opened a door in my face.

Oh, yeah, that's why I had girls.

They don't hurt you physically.
Just psychologically.

For now.

DOG WHINES

Hey.

Jacky?

Good boy. Come on.

Come on, come on.

In you go.

There we go.

JACKY WHINES

Jacky. Jacky, come on.
Come here, boy. Come on.

There we go.
Oh, that's better, isn't it?

That's better.
What are you doing?

Oh, the muzzle was chafing, so...

Come on, Ange, you know better.

What is going on with you?

Nothing. He... He won't bite me.

All of them can bite you, love,
whether they mean to or not.

Sorry... I'm just tired.

I really am sorry.
I'll take him back.

Come on.

SAM AND MAX: Hi, Mum!
Mum!

Hey, you two.
Mum, Mum,

Marissa said me and Max
can go trick-or-treating

with Luke and Ronan
and stay the night at theirs.

Oh, well, I thought
we were gonna do something.

Yeah, it's the weekend tomorrow,
Mum, please.

Hi! Sorry, they cooked this up
over playtime and...

Do you have anything planned?
Not especially, just the usual.

Come on, Mum. Please!
Are you OK?

What happened?

Ah, yeah.
Just, er, woman versus door.

Looks worse than it is.
Let's go, Mum.

Well, I suppose,
if Marissa doesn't mind

dragging more children
round strangers' houses and...

It's fine, honestly.

BOTH: Yeah!
OK. Sure.

Yes! Yeah!
Oh, what about your costumes?!

We got them in our bags, remember?

Oh, yeah. Sorry.

Yes, come on!

OK, then.
Yes. Yeah!

Oh, give me your school bags,
I'll take them home. Here you go.

Well, have fun.

Thanks, Marissa,
I'll pick them up in the morning.

You're welcome. No problem.

Come on, then, boys.
Love you, bye. Bye!

Love you.

Sorry, you don't have a lighter,
do you?

Cheers.

This is not how I thought
I'd be spending my Halloween.

Sorry?

I was meant to take the little one
trick-or-treating

for the first time, but...
me and his mum broke up, so...

My kids are at a sleepover.

Happy Halloween.

How old's yours?

Three. Going on 56.

Enjoy it.

It's a lovely age.

World hasn't had its way
with them yet.

Sorry, but...

..what happened there?

Just looks nasty, is all.
It's my, er...

My son slammed the door into me
by mistake.

Psychopaths, aren't they,
that age...?

Actually, erm...

..I got into a fight.

Well,
someone got into a fight with me.

Jesus.

What happened?

COUGHS

It's just some drunk idiot.

The police have any idea
who it might be?

I didn't report it.

What's the point?

You don't always act
the way you think you would, do you?

You think you'll fight back,
or scream, or...

do something.

Anything.

Not just stand there
and let it happen.

Still don't understand
how anyone could do that, though.

Just hurt someone for no reason.

I'm fine.
SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

Until it happens again.

What do you mean?

Unless you report it,

people like that can just keep
walking around thinking it's OK.

Like I said,
it was just some drunk idiot, so...

You can always do something.

Yeah, well.
People say that, don't they?

Let me get you another drink.
No, no, I should go.

Maybe see you next Halloween, then.

Please. I'm sorry.
Please don't go.

You're always sorry.

I know you have no reason
to believe me.

Because we've had
this exact same conversation

right here in this hallway.

I couldn't breathe because...
I didn't mean...

..because you fractured
my f*cking ribs!

You promised it would be different.

You came to that shitty hotel room
I had to stay in,

our children had to stay in.

And you looked me in the eye
and you promised me.

You swore on our kids' lives,

and now here we are,
four months later.

You know it's not me, I just...

I, er, I lose control sometimes,
and...

No-one has a clue.

People see me and they see this,
and...

..I smile,
and I pretend and I think,

"Thank God. I got away with it.

"I got away with it."

HE SIGHS

I could be better.

I want to be better.

It's not enough.
Wait...

What will you tell our boys?

The same as before.

We need time away.

I love those boys. We both do.

We both want the best for them,
don't we?

Don't rush them away
from this house again.

They were so scared last time.
Don't...

Don't use them like that.

If this is how it must be,

then we should talk to them first,
don't you think?

Sometimes, I look at us
and I think...

..if anyone knew...

..what a stupid woman
they'd think I was.

But it's not that simple, is it?

HE SCOFFS

We have so much that's...

worth fighting for,
don't you think?

I don't want to even look at you.

ALARM RINGS

RADIO: 'The best time to plant
these wonderful trees is in March.

'And that will ensure
that by autumn,

'you will have plenty of gorgeous
yellow fruit to harvest.

'However, if you have the patience,

'do wait to harvest
as long as you can bear,

'as, especially in colder climates,
this will ensure a more...'

'Quince is fairly simple
to look after,

'and it grows well in most soils.

'Best to give your tree shelter...'

'There are plenty of
sugar-free baking options available

'in supermarkets these days.

'Things such as chocolate drops
and sweeteners,

'and almond, coconut
and other gluten-free flours

'are very easy to find.
Plus, the online resources...'

DOORBELL RINGS

Morning!

Hi, how was it?
Fine.

Once they came down off
all the sugar and managed to sleep.

Sam, Max, your mum's here!
MAX: Coming!

Boys!

Let me go fish them out.

Morning, Mum!
Hi, Mum!

Hey, how was it?
Good.

Are you gonna say thank you
to Marissa?

BOTH: Thank you.
You're welcome.

Thank you. I'll see you at school.

Did you have fun?
BOTH: Yeah.

Be careful, don't bend it.

Ah, cool! You're bending it!
In you get.

No, I'm not, calm down...
Just give it back!

Guys, just get in the car.

Seatbelts.

Can I have a look?

Yeah, but I'm not gonna give you it
cos you're gonna bend it.

No! I said no.

Guys, shh, shh, shh!

No! No, you're gonna bend them.

No, I'm not.
I promise I won't bend it.

Fine.

Mum, why have you stopped?

CAR HORN BLARES

Whoa!
Whoo!

Whoa! That was so fast!

Mum, can we go to the park?
Erm... Sorry, yeah.

Yeah. Good idea.

I just wanna talk.

I'm sorry.

I should've said something
yesterday.

You know, I wanted to, but...
Who the hell are you?

My name's Ed Harrison.

I, er... help people with things.

W-What does that mean?

Some rich people don't like
to do sh*t for themselves.

That's where I come in.

Your husband hired me.

To do what?
To follow you.

He wants a divorce.

SHE SCOFFS

Piss off.

He wants a divorce and
he doesn't wanna share custody.

So he hired me to dig up anything
that I could find

to influence the court's decision.

Show you to be an unfit mother,
put you in a bad light.

Well, then, why are you telling me?

Please.

I know what he does to you.

Sam! Max!
You hide it well.

But I know how you lost that tooth.

Your husband's a piece of sh*t.

When I told him
I couldn't find anything on you...

he said he wanted
to find another way.

Meaning what?
I dunno.

My guess is he wants to set you up.

Manufacture something to
make you look bad and get custody.

I'm supposed to be meeting him
in the next few days.

Now, look, I'm not perfect.

I've screwed up a lot more
than I've gotten right,

but I have a line.

So I'm gonna tell him no.

The only thing is,
other people in my business won't.

It'll get done.

Your husband WILL get a divorce
and he WILL take your kids.

And I'm supposed
to just believe you?

You follow me, you track me down
when I'm with my children...

You need to protect yourself.

Get a lawyer, have a plan,
do it properly.

Just do it soon.

Leave me alone.

Look, I'm just trying to help.

It ain't right what he does to you.

Especially after Edgewater.

How do you know about Edgewater?

I know everything about you, Angela.

Well, I don't need your sympathy.

What I need is for you to piss off.

Kids, come on!
In a minute!

Before he called me,
he hired a solicitor.

Divorce specialist Kieron Farwell.

Sam, Max, we're going! We're going!

This is happening
whether you believe me or not.

Wheels are already turning.

Come on.

Sam, come on.

Come on.

Let's go, let's go.

OLIVIER: OK, your signature goes...

SAM: My signature...
Yes, it's the classic, right.

I'm going to call it
Gerald The Goose.

Gerald?
Yes. Hm.

That's a lovely name.
Why not?

Do you think he's sitting on an egg?

Maybe. Hmm...

I've washed these twice,
they still stink of petrol.

Ah, yeah. I was dealing
with a faulty pump

while I was filling up my car.

We'll have to throw them away.

You should be more careful.
Really?

What are you doing?!

What?

You're colouring the sky in red!

Yeah, well, the sky can be red.

But it doesn't make sense, though.

Well, sometimes,
that's how the world is.

The worst thing you can do
is try to make sense of it.

We must simply live in it.

The sky is blue.
Yeah, the sky is blue.

They're right, the sky's blue.
Exactly.

Oh, OK!

The sky is blue.

There you go. There's blue.
Thank you.

It's not blue.
I'll be back, I'll be back.

This, you know...

This is what we are.

In these moments.

You wouldn't want to be away
from these moments, would you?

I dunno.

Would you?

Did you talk to them yet?

No, not yet.

I don't know how.

So, you aren't leaving?

I didn't say that.

What we have...

..it's beautiful.

But beautiful things can be flawed.

We have to try, do we not?

Why would anyone want
to destroy a beautiful thing?

People do it all the time.

They lie...

and they hurt each other.

And they also forgive.

Never again.

I mean it.

I love you more than anything.

Then why?

Because sometimes,
the world doesn't makes sense.

Sometimes, the sky is red.

Daddy,
can you help me with these trees?

Yeah!

Er, what colour are they?
Green.

Well, the leaves are green.

Ah, that's good. I like that.
The tree is...

You can also give them
some fall colours,

like yellow and brown.

DOGS BARKING

JACKY WHINES Hey.

I know, I know, I know. Come here.
Let's take this off.

There we go.
That's better, isn't it?

SNIFFS

BARKING

Jacky, it's OK. It's OK.

Stay.

Stay. Stay...

Angela!

Jesus Christ, are you OK?

Ange, are you all right?
Yeah.

Yeah.

BARKING

ON TV: 'And send a wire
to the Blue Anchor,

'Union Street, Nottingham.

' "Regret to tell you
Spicer passed away.

' "Condolences from his old pals."

'They'll like that.
Shows proper feeling.'

'Where are you going, Pinkie?'
'I'm going courting.'

'A wife can't give evidence...'

HE GROANS I need another drink.

Tough day?

You could say that.

One of those...

You keep turning it over
in your head, over and over.

Unable to stop it.

If you're going...

Of course. What would you like?

What was that Rioja
from the other week?

The Contador.
Yeah.

It's a good choice.

Why don't you get those nice glasses
Frank got us for Christmas?

I'm so scared of breaking them,
we never use them.

Yeah.

They might need a rinse out, though.
Sure.

A thorough rinse, yeah?
I will.

Here you are.
Thanks.

Actually, you know what,
I might just take it up and read.

I'm tired.

Erm...

I don't suppose, tonight,
I could return to our bed?

I'm not ready.

When?

I don't know.

HE SIGHS

ON TV: 'Make a record
of your voice for me.

'It doesn't cost very much.'
'We haven't got a gramophone.'

'If ever you're away,
I can borrow one,

'and then I can hear your voice.'

'You asked me
to make a record of my voice.

'Well, here it is.

'What you want me to say is,
"I love you."

'Here's the truth.'

Angela!

What are you doing here?

I didn't know how else to reach you.

Olivier called.

He wants to see me. Today.

Any idea what that is?

No.

Why would I?

My business with him's done.

I told him no. So...

So, what, you...?

You think I told him about you?

Did you?
No.

OK.

Sorry to bother you.

Wait!

I saw the name on his phone.
Kieron Farwell.

Like I said.

I know what you think of me.

I'm just some...

..deluded victim you just wanna ask,
"Why don't you leave?"

I think you're brave.

If I was brave,
I would have left him

every time I said I was going to.

Do you think he'd let you?

No.

I don't know.

I almost did.

A few months back.

But he showed up and he begged.

He's the father of my children.

I can't imagine my life without him.

How f*cked up is that?

Would you do something for me?

I want you to follow him.

If he's gonna make me look

like I can't be a mother
to my own children,

I need to know.

I can't.
He wants to see you again,

so he's not giving up
on this sh*t, is he?

Aren't you even gonna look
how much is in there?

It doesn't matter.

I thought this is what you do.
"Help people with things."

I crossed a line, OK?

I shouldn't have told you anything.

So why did you?

Because I like you.

You don't like me, Ed.
You don't know me.

You think you do because you've been
watching me for two months,

but you do not know me.

I'm sorry.

But I can't get any more involved.

You know what he does to me.

You're gonna let him
take my children, too?

Find somebody else.

What is it you're not telling me?

Good luck, Angela.

I mean it.

OK, in you go.

I'll get you a snack in a minute,
OK?

Dad!
Dad, you're home. Hello.

How was school?
Hey, how come you're home so early?

Slow day.

Can we please
just go play our game now?

Ah... 15 minutes.
Yay! OK.



Mwah.

What was that for?

Because you're beautiful.

Do I need any other reason?

No, I'm not.
Yes, you are, yes.

You are.

So, where have you been?

What do you mean?

Well...

There was money under your pillow,
right?

From the tooth fairy?
Oh, yeah. Right.

Did you spend it?

I bought these.

Are they new?

And beautiful.

MOBILE RINGS

Oh, sh*t. The office.

Do you have to go back?
I don't know, I'll see.

Hello?

Mm-hm. Now?

MAX AND SAM CHATTER

Guys, can you turn it down
a bit, please?

Boys, turn the volume down.

Mm-hm.

Mm-hm.
Well, you need to sort this out now.

Otherwise, what's the point
in me paying you?

Yes.

Yeah, but what's the point
in me paying you?

GASPS

Everything all right?

No, I've got to go back to work.
Eat without me.

What's wrong?

Other people.

Right.

I'll be, erm, back when I can.

OK. Good luck.

I'll see you later.

Yeah.

Later.

Lights out.
Oh, five more minutes.

Please?
OK.

Lights out in five.
Yes!

Sleep tight.

Mummy?

Mm-hm?

I'm scared.

You're worried about
having nightmares again?

You won't, love.

But what if I do?

Then you know you'll wake up
and it'll all be over.

And I'll always be
just down the hall.

Do grown-ups have nightmares, too?
Sometimes.

Well, what do you do?

Same thing.

Just remind myself it's not real.

Night-night.

THUNDERCLAP

KNOCKING,
GASPS

I'm sorry, I had to see you.

My husband's upstairs.
You need to go.

No, he's not. I saw him leave.

Please.

All right? We need to talk.
It'll just be two minutes.

Look, I'm sorry.

But I met up with him today, and...

he doesn't want me
to manufacture evidence

against you any more.

He wants me to k*ll you.

Come on.
I'm being serious.

Just the other day he's hiring a
solicitor, now he wants me dead?

I know, I know, but you need
to listen to what I have to say.

No. You need to go
before I call the police.

Wait. You think that a man
who does that to you...

..you think that he's not capable
of doing much worse?

You don't know your husband.

You don't know him as well
as you think you do.

What's that supposed to mean?
He is not a good man.

Look, I know what he can do,
but it doesn't mean...

No, you don't.

You don't know anything.

It's the boys, I need to...
Do you remember Yuki Okubo?

Right, she worked at your husband's
company a few years back.

Yeah. Why?

They were having an affair.

So you say.
They were having an affair.

She threatened to go public.

And she was gonna let you know,
she was gonna let everyone know

cos she thought that she loved him.

And then she just disappeared.

I mean, you've gotta remember that,
right?

So, what are you implying?

What, that Olivier m*rder*d her?
Is that what you're trying to say?

And how the f*ck would you
even know that?

Because he told me.
Right.

Right, he was trying to prove
that he was serious.

Look, I don't know you.
You're just another man...

I might be the only friend
that you have,

and I'm trying to do something good
for once in my life.

OK, that's enough.
Look, I'll go.

All right, I'll go.

Just check his briefcase
and then call me.

All right, there's just one number
in this and it's mine.

Whenever we need to talk,
we talk on this.

It's not safe otherwise.

SAM: 'Mummy? Mummy?'

Look, you don't wanna believe me
and you don't have to believe me.

But just think about this,
why would I make it up?

I have nothing to gain from this.

I... 'Mummy.'
Please. Just take it.

He's not a m*rder*r, OK?
He wouldn't... He loves me.

He hurts me, it's f*cked up,
but he doesn't want me dead.

You keep telling yourself that.

It's OK, it's OK.

It's all right. I'm here, I'm here.
HE TREMBLES

I'm here.

Shh, shh, shh.

It's over now.

It's all over now.