01x05 - Episode 5

[bunniefuu]

Sit there.

All right, Johnny?

All right, mate?

Umpint, Diet Coke,

whisky chaser

and a packet of crisps.

Sit f*cking still.

You're staying with me this weekend.

Whatall weekend?

We're going to have a nice time.

You'll like it.

It's by the sea.

Why'd that man call you Johnny?

It's a name I'm using. Listen

..if anyone talks to you, don't

tell them where I used to live.

All right?

Don't worry, I'm still me.

Justincognito.

Still me.

People say you can change, Dan.

You can't.

You are what you are.

Your life is your life.

No-one changes, Dan. Ever.

People say that

to get you to behave yourself.

But nothing f*cking changes.

Not for men.

What about you, Dan?

You a man?

LINE RINGS

All right? This is Lee,

if you leave your name and number,

I'll get back to you when I can.

Cheers.

Hey, Lee. Hey, it's me, it's Dan.

Um

Look, I-I'm sorry

about the other night. Um

..I get it. Umthis doesn't

just affect me.

And, yeahthe pictures

of my stove, that is

It's a bit out of control.

Um, but, look, I've

I think I've

found a solution and

Lee?

Yep.

I was just leaving a message.

Um OK.

Well, you can just tell me.

Yeah. Um

I was just saying sorry

for the other night. Um

Things have been

a bit off-kilter with me, so.

Anyway, I'm sorry.

And, um, that prisoner

that I told you about,

um, going in tomorrow, going to

shut it down once and for all.

Um Yeah? Yeah, yeah,

but for good, this time.

That's good.

That's good, Dan. I mean it.

Look Yeah. ..I can't hang around,

I've got to go to a meeting.

Oh, that's great.

Yeah, yeah, I've been, uh

I've been slipping a bit, you know -

I can't afford that.

Neither can you, Dan.

Yeah. No. I Look, look, I'm

I'm all right, bro. I really think

I've got things sorted now, so.

Bye.

All right.

OK.

Oh, look. It's in. They've done it.

They've done a good job.

It looks solid.

Yeah. He'd have liked this.

Can't believe it's been a year.

Right. Let's have something to eat.

Don't you want to stay? What for?

He's dead, Danny.

He's not going to begrudge us

a cheese and pickle sandwich.

This is nice.

Hmm. It's odd.

It's nice.

I like a picnic in a cemetery.

We always used to do this

when we visited my gran's grave.

Your grandad used to call it

MOCK MENACE: ..bread with the dead.

BOTH CHUCKLE

Thank you. Oh, sourdough.

Is that Martin's influence?

Bloody sourdough.

He's got me on it now.

He was always going on about it.

Have you still got his

sourdough starter in the fridge?

I have to feed that bloody thing.

Great big, stinky, slimy mush it is.

Well, just chuck it -

you're never going to use it.

It's a living thing, Danny,

I feel like I can't.

He sent off for it special.

Apparently, it dates back

to the Black Death.

I mean, who wants a lump of

the Black Death in their fridge?

Anyway.

How are you, then?

You all right? Yeah, I'm all right.

Lee told me about what happened

with that girl you were seeing.

Natasha, was it? Yeah.

Sounded bad.

Yeah.

Yeah, it was pretty cataclysmic,

all right.

Any chance of smoothing it over? No.

No chance at all.

He told me you were

looking for your dad.

I wasn't looking for him.

Why are you even

thinking about that man?

Last time I saw Dad, I remember him

saying that a person can't change.

I feel that

every time I go into work.

I can't change what's in me.

I keep thinking they'll find

a knife in my bag.

I really think it, Mum.

Or drugs, or a phone.

And I panic because I'm his son

and I know that I'll end up inside.

Load of sh*t

that man used to talk, honestly!

You're living proof

that you can change.

You've never once been in trouble

with the law.

Christ, I mean, you say that

like it's an achievement.

Well, with the men in our family,

it is.

It's like winning

the bloody lottery.

Not once, Danny.

It's good. Yeah, not once so far.

SHE TUTS

Please.

I can't believe

I'm going to say this, but

..you could take a leaf out of

Lee's book

and get wasted once in a while.

Jesus. Mum, that is

Well, no, I don't mean get addicted.

Justout of your head a bit.

Day release from Danny.

It's Mum. Hiya, Mum. You all right?

What? Who, Frank?

Well, no. Well, I can't right now -

I've got that doctor's appointment

at noon. Danny might be able to.

Why, what is it? What's happened?

Oh, no.

Oh, you're kidding.

Oh, no.

Hey, Unc.

Has he come out of his room?

Frank, it's Dan. Look,

could you say something, please?

So that we know that you'reOK.

They've declared me

fit for work, Dan.

They've gone and got me

a f*cking job.

I know, Unc. I know. Well,

they got me on this induction.

I've got to do day two of it

tomorrow.

But I don't understand a word, Dan.

I'm lost.

I mean, I'm pushing trolleys -

what do I need all that for? That's

the way things are now, Frank.

And they gave me all this homework.

Look at it. Look at it all.

I-I've got to have all that

filled out. All of it, Dan.

But I don't understand a f*cking

word. That's all right, Unc.

Look at this.

Look at this.

"How do you feel you fit in with

the company's ethical priorities?"

Ethical? They're a supermarket,

not the f*cking UN.

Do they want to know how I feel,

or is there a right answer

I've got to put in there?

OK, look, look, Frank,

this is all just stuff, OK?

When you're working, it'll be fine.

The whole day was this, Dan.

It was like they were

speaking in a foreign language,

but made up of words I knew.

And everyone else got it,

all these kids,

and I'm there like

the village f*cking idiot.

Look, do you want me to help you

with these forms?

Would you do that?

Yeah, of course. You serious -

you'd do that? Yeah, come on.

Look, let's have a look now, eh?

OK. Uh

OK, how about this?

"I try to live in integrity

"by ensuring fair treatment

for my team."

And, "I maintain customer focus

by being adaptive to circumstance."

f*cking hell, Dan. That's blinding.

Put that in. That's perfect.

How do you know how to do all that?

It's just blather.

OK. "How do you align with our

company's core values of integrity,

"customer focus and innovation?

"Provide specific examples

from your past."

I mean, it's trolleys, Dan.

Beautiful day.

Shame to do all this.

Otherwise, you and me

could go down to Sandwich,

a bit of bird-watching.

My life's been in prisons, Dan.

All those men I was inside with,

they're gone.

It's someone wrote us all up

on a whiteboard,

drew us in meticulous detail,

then justrubbed us out.

Our world

..evaporated.

How can I do this, Dan?

HowHow can I be good at this?

You'll be all right, Frank.

You're not like the rest of us,

are you, Dan?

How do you mean? All this.

You're different.

How am I different?

How am I different, Frank?

SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE

Excuse me, sorry.

Have you got a signal?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, it looks fine. Thanks.

f*ck.

f*cking scanner's down. Huh?

Hey, um, how's your signal?

Are you getting 4G?

Seemed OK a minute ago.

Why? Waiting for something?

No, no, no. It's just

This is the third time this week.

Come on, I've got a class waiting.

Be a minute, I said. Yeah,

20 minutes ago you said that.

I mean f*ck!

You got one or two today? Uh, two.

One in the afternoon as well.

Come on, Campbell, this is crazy.

Hold on! Hold on.

Did you hear about Dris? Huh?

f*cking hell. He got his release.

Yeah, he's already got a job. Prime

Minister of Belarus, apparently.

Well, God knows they need new blood.

Sorry, I'm listening, Jamie.

That's so kind. Thank you so much

for your divided attention. Sorry.

f*cking signal. You got to

put it away now, anyway.

Look, if you're doing two classes,

you want to get some lunch?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Campbell, please, for f*ck's sake.

All right, all right. Just

Just go through.

DOOR BUZZES

Well, go on, then.

Oh, Greg.

Are you OK? Mm.

Are you sure? Yeah.

Yeah, what is it? Um

Well, I'm really sorry that

I couldn't get you that laptop,

but I've had an idea.

I think that maybe

They didn't bring my Skittles.

What? My Skittles.

They forgot my Skittles.

I ordered them, I paid for them.

They should be in my canteen,

but they're not. Oh, well, maybe

Maybe you'll get them next canteen.

How the f*ck's that going to help?

They knew I wanted them.

It's f*cking deliberate. That's how

it works in here. They grind you.

Or sometimes they just

run out of Skittles.

Um Sorry, look, I, um

I was thinking maybe

you could write it in capitals,

your life story.

And what's the point of that?

Well, you wanted to write it.

You said

OK, Greg, look, I know that doing

something like this is really hard,

especially in here,

but I don't want us to give up.

I think we can do it. Who's we?

There's no f*cking we in here.

I'm banged up. Not you. I'm not

I just I'mjust trying to help.

I ordered them Skittles.

I f*cking ordered them.

Can't have anything.

Not even one thing.

f*ck's sake.

Dandy Dan!

You all right?

Oh, this looks serious.

You mention my father again,

I'll write you up.

OK? You'll go on basic.

And if I can prove

you were planning manipulation,

you will get solitary

and time added to your sentence.

Do I make myself clear?

Aye.

Crystal. If I wanted

to talk to my dadthen I would.

OK? So you can tell your friend

I'm not interested.

I'd be happy to, but I can't.

He got release. Wednesday.

Out on a tag.

You missed the f*cking boat, son.

OK, as of right now, you are

not welcome in my class any more.

Stay the f*ck away.

That crystal enough for you, Keith?

A frog is about to cross a river

when a scorpion comes up

and asks for a lift.

It says, "Take me on your back.

It's getting dark,

"and owls on this side of the river

eat scorpions."

And the frog says, "No, no, no.

No, I can't trust you.

"You're a scorpion. You'll k*ll me."

But the scorpion says,

"Look, if I sting you in the water,

"we'll both drown.

So you can trust me,

"because it's not in my interest

to k*ll you."

I've got a bad feeling about this.

The frog thinks, agrees,

and the scorpion climbs on his back.

I've got a bad feeling.

Halfway across the river

..the frog feels a terrible pain

in his head.

Don't say it, Dan.

The pain travels down his back

and through his body.

His limbs feel heavy.

The scorpion has stung him.

I knew it! I told you! I knew it.

f*cking hell, Malik, we all knew it.

It's a famous f*cking fable.

And the frog says, "Why did you

do that? Now we'll both die."

And the scorpion says,

"I can't help it. It's my nature."

They both sink and die.

Whose fault is it? Frog. Frog.

Stupid f*cking idiot f*cking frog.

It's definitely the frog.

Why?

Well, it's like when you go

up for parole

and you convince them

you've changed.

Then when you get nicked again,

you feel like it's THEIR fault.

Cos they should have known

you haven't changed.

So men can't change?

I'm saying a scorpion can't change.

Dan, did the scorpion know the

whole time it was going to do it?

Does it matter if he did?

Well, yeah.

It's like people in here,

they say they're your friends

and then they rob you.

Like, what I want to know is, did

they know they were going to do that

when they made friends with you?

What do you think, Greg?

Why are you talking about frogs?

What the f*ck does a frog matter?

It matters if you're a frog.

OK. Hands up

if you think the frog is to blame.

Junior, come on, man,

the frog is an idiot.

If you blame people

for being kind-hearted,

then what happens?

No-one wants to be kind.

When I walk out of here,

I don't want to come back.

So I've got to believe

that I can change.

Or what's the point?

You believe what you want.

Reality don't give a sh*t.

I hate to say it, Junior,

but that's true.

I'm an addict, bro.

You think I'm going to get out

and not start robbing?

How's that going to even work?

I mean, why didn't I get my

Skittles, yeah? I ordered them in.

And nobody can tell me why.

Greg, um,

we're talking about the frog

and the scorpion now, is that OK?

I done a ten once.

When I got out, felt like

everything was moving so fast.

Prison speed is like a slow walk.

No-one rushes inside.

But on the out, it was insane.

I remember I got the bus

and had to grip the seat

cos I felt f*cking sick.

I felt like

my nature belongs in here

and not out there.

Whenever I get with a new girl,

I always say,

"One thing you should know about me

is that I'm a really good liar."

Do you know what they say?

"Thank you for being so honest."

How can I not rob them?

So you're saying we can't change?

I just won't believe that.

I just can't.

Sorry I'm late, Dan. Had some

silly shite going on in my cell.

Oh! The frog and the scorpion.

That's easy.

Scorpion's a twat. Frog's a c**t.

Where do you want me to sit?

You're not on the list, Keith.

What?

No, I'm definitely on the list.

Definitely on there.

Oh. Well, let's have a look.

No, you're not.

But I'd

I'd really like to stay.

Yeah.

But you can't.

Look, would you like me

to find you a guv

to help escort you

back to your cell?

It is my canteen.

It is my canteen. I ordered them.

I ordered them in special.

Like, that's my canteen.

I want my Skittles! Greg.

I want my f*cking Skittles, Dan!

Greg! f*ck me!

All right, all right! Hold on!

Calm down.

What preceded the incident?

Umhe seemed upset.

At something in your lesson?

No, I-I don't think so.

I mean, I had tried to get him

a laptop, but A laptop?

In here?

And he was upset that his Skittles

were missing from his canteen.

Look, um, I have

a class this afternoon.

There's blood all over the walls.

Can I get someone to clean it?

Not today. Today's a nightmare.

What

Well, OK, OK. I could do it.

Maybe I could do it,

if I had some bleach, maybe?

You want me to carry bleach

through the landing?

You ever seen what bleach

can do to the human eye?

Ah! Sorry. You've got to stay put.

What, in here? Yeah.

Drone sighting. Don't worry,

there's no other classes till yours

so you'll have it all to yourself.

I don't want it all to myself.

My next class isn't for three hours.

Welcome to prison.

Sorry, are you serious?

I have to stay in here

on my own for three hours?

What No, I'm having lunch

with Jamie.

Oh, no. Now he'll have to

bore himself to tears.

Look, Stephens, this is ridiculous.

Mm. Isn't it?

See them two up there?

Don't f*cking look.

If anyone tries to touch me in here,

those blokes will step in.

They're my minders. Really?

See the one on the left?

He's got a sh**ter under his coat.

I'll always be your dad, Dan.

Always.

That will never change.

I'm inside you, boy.

Do you understand?

I'm in you.

I'm a part of you.

Nothing's going to change that.

Ever.

Ohfuck.

f*ck off! f*ck off!

Oh! Hey, Jamie.

Sorry about this.

Sorry, it's justsomething I do

when I'm bored and on my own -

I take my shoes and socks off.

I just like the freedom. Whatever.

Is that a phone?

Yeah. Um

OK, look, I, um

I couldn't get a signal. Do you

remember I asked you about it?

I-I couldn't get a signal.

Please say that's not your phone.

No, it Yes, it is,

but it's not Look, it's not

Jamie, look, I couldn't get

a signal, and so I brought it in.

You brought it in? Yes.

But, Jamie, it's not

It's not like that.

You brought a phone into a prison?

It isn't anything wrong.

What do you mean, it's not wrong?

I-I just I couldn't

I couldn't get a signal.

Dan, it's a f*cking phone!

You brought a phone into a prison!

It may as well be

half a kilo of smack.

They put you inside for this.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

I'm in a room with you!

I'm in a room with you and

a f*cking phone! I'll take it out.

Take it out through that

big f*cking prison out there?

Those secure walkways and CEOs

and metal detectors and cameras?

Have you lost your f*cking mind?!

Well, I'llI'll just chuck it.

What, should I chuck it?

I'll chuck it. It's your phone.

It has your emails and your numbers.

You can't just lose it behind

a sofa. This is a Cat B prison.

OK, well, what shall I do with it?

What shall I do with it, then?

Why are you asking me?

I'm supposed to report you now.

You know that?

I'm supposed to go straight to

the Governor and report you.

I'm complicit if I don't.

Are you?

Are you going to do that?

Why the f*ck is this door open?

What's that doing there?

It's mine.

I just walked in.

You brought THAT in here?

I'm going to need you

to empty your pockets.

Seriously?

Do you have anything else on you,

or is it just that phone? I'm not

Do you have anything else?

No! No, it's just this.

I'm still going to need you

to empty your pockets.

Now, please! OK!

Why, though?

Because they're going to charge you.

You've contravened

the Prison Act 1952, Section 40D,

conveying unauthorised items

into a prison.

PSIs issued by

His Majesty's Prison Service

specify that staff members caught

bringing contraband into a prison

are deemed to be committing

a criminal offence.

Would you like your lawyer present?

I don't have aI don't have a

lawyer. Well, we have to proceed.

Is that OK? Yep.

As you know, I operate

a zero-tolerance policy

on breaching regs.

And when they are breached,

I will always petition

for a maximum sentence.

In this case, two years.

Why did you bring a phone

into my prison, Dan?

And I would strongly advise you to

trust in the exact truth right now.

I have an app on it.

It streams an image of my stove.

Your stove?

For months now, I haven't been able

to leave the house.

I keep thinking that the cooker's on

and I'm just going to

burn the place down.

That started when I first came here.

And I got around it

by taking photos.

But then I stopped trusting them.

And, um So then I got

I got the app and the camera and

..and that solved it.

Made things better.

My officers do a hard job.

They know, when those doors close,

no-one's looking, no-one cares.

They have to deal with

all this chaos themselves.

And, Dan, they do.

They come in,

they put the uniform on.

Some of them

even try and make a difference.

And the biggest insult

those officers can receive

is to find that one of their own

is smuggling in contraband

for personal gain.

It wasn't for personal gain.

Yeah, but I don't know that, do I?

So what happens now?

Now you get escorted

from the premises.

You're on suspension. Go home

and await contact from either

the police or myself or both.

OK.

Jamie had nothing to do with this.

That's for me to decide.

Can I see him, actually?

Sorry, I just

I feel like I need to apologise. No.

Jamie is a potential witness

in a criminal prosecution.

You cannot talk to him.

You cannot talk to Officer Stephens.

This is serious now, Dan.

Do you understand that?

Danny! What are you doing here?

Um

I've come for the sourdough.

What? The sourdough starter.

Umjust thought I'd come

and get rid of it for you.

Are you all right? Yeah.

Yeah, you said that

you didn't want it. I thought

I'd thought I'd take it from you.

OK.

Are you sure you want that? Yeah.

Don't really have anything

of Martin, so.

You could have had his model cars.

I've got bloody hundreds of them

up in the loft.

I don't know what to do with them.

Yeah, I don't want cars.

So you want his stinky sourdough

to remember him?

Not to remember him.

I liked Martin.

I never loved him, but he wasn't

Dad, and that was good enough.

You all right, Danny?

No.

Why didn't you leave him earlier?

Oh, Christ. Not this again.

I need to know. I told you.

No, you didn't.

You said something about lipstick.

You didn't tell me why.

I told you the truth.

No, you didn't.

Are you calling me a liar?

Yeah. Excuse me?

I know what he was like, Mum.

You were scared.

Sorry, sorry, I'm not going to be

spoken to like that.

Well, you are not telling me the

truth. I protected you.

Did you?

What about Lee, Mum?

Are you blaming

your brother's addiction on me?

You think it hurt you

to see your brother like that?

You have got no idea.

I don't know what I am, Mum.

I'm half this and I'm half that.

Don't fit in anywhere.

What is going on with you, Danny?

I'm him.

I'm exactly like Dad.

No.

No, you're not.

You are nothing like him.

You don't know, Mum.

You don't know.

What's happened?

OK, look, why didn't you leave him?

Why didn't you leave him?

I need to know, Mum.

OK? I'm not blaming you.

I just need

I just need to understand why.

Because of you.

What?

I stayed because of you.

From the first second he held you

..you loved him, Danny.

He'd walk in the room,

stinking of booze,

and your little face would light up.

You cried when he put you down.

I couldn't understand it.

But he'd go off to work or the pub

orwhatever the f*ck it was

he was doing

and you would be inconsolable.

I don't remember it like that

I thought it would wear off.

But it just didn't.

You were four, five, six.

Talked about him

all the time.

All day long.

You were obsessed with him. I stayed

for you, because you wanted him.

Right, OK, well, then

..then why did you leave him?

I didn't.

He left me.

He left us.

And thank God he did.

But it broke your little heart.

And I don't think it ever fixed.

That's

That's not That's

I don't remember it. That's not

That's not true.

Then why do you

keep saying you're him?

You're not.

You really aren't, Danny.

I've lived with both of you.

I know better than anyone else.

You are not that man.

But for some godforsaken reason,

you want to be.

You all right, Danny?

Justsomething's come up.

Come on. We're going home.

I'm going to be busy

for a while now, boy. Right?

I've got work to do.