01x06 - Episode 6

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Rob, you're standing on my feet.

I'm not standing on your feet.

You're standing on my feet.

You've done an incredible job, Jo.

People are staring at us.

I bet you love that.

Sash can't move like this.

I like the way you move.

- Are you really as awful as you seem?

- You have the best dreams, Jo.

Mum, I was thinking,

maybe I could come back home?

- To live.

- Really? Really, are you?

I would be so happy.

Finn!

Finn!

Rob?

No, don't

Promise you'll never leave me.

Rob, please don't do this.

Rob

Why?

Why are we back here?

People don't just collapse

for no reason, do they?

None of the tests are telling us

anything we don't already know.

- Which is actually good news.

- How can that be good news?

For Christ's sake!

Have you been allowing yourself

to get stressed?

Because if you have,

that's probably why you fainted.

I think, Jo,

you need to avoid

stressful situations

and give yourself the time

and space you need to recover.

I'm going to suggest we keep you in

under observation.

A couple more nights.

Rob?

Will you get me a nightgown

from home, please?

I can't spend another night

with polyester on.

Yeah. Is there

anything else you need?

Maybe some clothes for the morning

and a washbag, please.

Sorry if I was over the top.

Somebody's gotta stick up for you

with these doctors.

I'll see you later.

- Mrs. Harding? Can I come in?

- Just a minute.

- I am so sorry. I have to go.

- This really isn't a good idea.

So, you can't stop me?

That's right, isn't it?

You can't stop me.

Trust your instincts, Jo.

That's the only way

you'll find out what happened.

Hello?

This is Jo.

I'd really like to talk to you,

and I need a place to stay tonight.

Can you please call me back?

Thank you.

Trust your instincts.

Mum?

Jo

You'd better come in.

I don't remember much from last year.

But you feel very familiar.

- Like you've been in my house.

- That's not true.

I mean like,

he brought you in with him.

Like sh*t on his shoe?

No.

Like a shadow.

Following him.

What are you doing here, Jo?

You're pregnant, aren't you?

Did you both plan it

so you could be a family?

If we did, it's not working out

very well for me, is it?

He's not here, Jo. He's with you.

But he's also still seeing you.

Isn't he?

He's working out what he wants, yeah.

I think he pushed me down the stairs.

I don't know what was going on

in his mind at the time,

but I found out about all this,

and I believe that he did it.

Right.

All this from the woman

who believes that she went on holiday

to a house that isn't there anymore.

Who locks herself in a room

with an imaginary friend.

Come on, Jo.

Yes, I've seen him a bit stressed.

The odd stapler's

taken one for the team, but

are you suggesting that he pushed

his wife of 30 years down the stairs?

The woman that he loved

That he still loves.

It's just not real, Jo.

Thank you for coming in,

Mrs. Harding.

Your father went walkabout

last night, and he had a fall.

Quame found him on the floor

of the day room.

- Oh my God!

- He was obviously upset, but

Hi, Dad.

Look at you.

I want to go up in a firework.

You look like you've been in a w*r.

Don't worry about me.

No, but I do.

It's Jo we should worry about.

No, Dad.

I am not doing this now. Please.

Won't you just look at me?

It's me.

Johanne, your daughter.

You set fire to a cat.

You did.

It was a toy.

It was a toy cat!

Okay.

Oh, Dad.

What a mess we are, huh?

What a pair.

Utterly broken.

Everything is broken.

I don't know what to do.

The sound of the ocean.

Waves crashing against the shore.

Oh, Dad.

I've always wanted you

to live with me.

Then let's bust out of here, huh?

No.

Not today.

Please.

Just for a few hours.

I'd love to go to the sea.

Do you mean it?

It's just not a good idea,

Mrs. Harding.

I'll have him back by dinner.

You'll get wet, Dad!

Okay.

I know you still miss her.

I don't want a bench when I go.

I don't want people sitting on me.

Okay, Dad.

Turn that thing off, please.

Dad?

Dad?

Rob is having an affair.

And

I'm scared of him, Dad.

I'm scared to go home.

It's difficult for him.

He's married to someone

who's better than he is.

What? But that's not

- That's not even an excuse.

- Don't shut me down.

- It's not an excuse.

- It is difficult.

It's difficult

when you are with someone who

can never be happy with you.

We have that in common, me and

- Rob.

- Rob, yeah.

I want an ice cream.

Proper one.

Not the bloody sh*t

I get in Alcatraz.

Right.

You want ice cream, and I wanna

sh**t something. Let's go.

What's happening, Dad?

That one. I want that one.

I'm shedding my skin.

Jo?

Hey! Hey, Jo.

What's going on?

It's Rob.

I can't stay with him any longer.

Do you like me?

Nick? Do you like me?

- I have a condom.

- No.

- Look, Jo, no.

- Come on, I know you wanna f*ck me.

What the f*ck, Jo!

This isn't

This isn't what's been going on here!

Okay, Dad, are you done?

Cup of tea?

That f*cking phone.

What's going on?

You swear too much.

It's

It's just waiting

for someone to return my call.

And then what? We're on our way?

I think

I'm going to

Run away.

I don't know what I'm gonna go.

You need to send me off

in a firework.

What do you say?

Time to go back to Alcatraz?

Going now.

Thank you, I'll see you soon.

Bye, take care.

Jo?

- I need

- Yep, toilet.

Do you want me to help you?

- Where are we?

- We're in the toilet.

I can't see.

Dad, I'm just here.

Do you want me

to close the door?

Where's Quame?

I need Quame.

We're not at the nursing home, Dad.

Quame's not here.

I can help.

I'll take these.

I'm just gonna

Okay.

No, what are you doing?

Get away from me!

- Dad, I'm just trying

- Get the hell away from me!

If you f*ck him again,

I'll k*ll both of you!

Do you understand?

I'll k*ll both of you!

Do you understand? I'll k*ll you!

Do you understand? I'll k*ll you!

You nearly k*lled her.

What?

I'll f*cking k*ll you both.

You got that?

- I'll k*ll you.

- Dad, stop!

Dad!

Who?

Mum.

You nearly k*lled her.

Where's Susan?

- She'll come in a moment, won't she?

- You're all right, Frank.

That's enough excitement

for one day.

Thanks.

And one day he came home and found

his queen sitting on a rock

in the arms of a human.

A sailor.

He flew into such a rage

that he drowned the sailor.

And then the Mer-King pushed

his trident

deep into the Mer-Queen's chest.

It was only once.

Once is too often.

Hello?

Thanks for getting back to me.

Yes, I need somewhere to stay,

but I've got to sort

some things out first.

Thank you.

Sash.

Yes, I'm sorry.

Will you guys come by

the house tonight?

Yes, thanks.

Finn.

Just do it for me, please.

Thank you. All right.

Rob?

Rob, calm down.

I'm coming home.

Where have you been?

What have you been doing?

I've been very busy, Rob.

Putting things together.

Hi, Mum.

My baby.

Mum!

- Hey.

- Hey. I was really scared.

Sash, there are things

I want to say. I need to say.

Okay.

Ah, the prodigal mum.

Shall we

Okay.

Not just to you, to all of you,

you understand?

I'm just gonna go upstairs

and freshen up.

Okay. Do you want me

to stay with you?

- No, I'll be very quick.

- Okay.

- I'll be right down.

- Okay.

It's been difficult.

I haven't wanted to worry you.

Okay? But your mum's really

Well, it's not good.

Well, what do you mean?

She's been

imagining things.

You know, things that are not real.

So

There are

There are some things

that you need to know.

Okay.

Keep calm.

Don't let the engine overheat.

Mum.

Are you okay?

When you've been married

for a long time,

you get these periods

where you plateau

and where you just

get annoyed

and distant with each other

Jo, I think you should

drink some water.

I think you're dehydrated.

You forget to

to find out, you know,

what's going on,

what's really going on

in the other person's life.

- And then

- Jo.

You come out of it,

and everything goes back to normal.

It's like you've watered

a dying plant just in time, but

But

This particular plant

For this particular plant

it's too late.

This plant is f*cked.

Excellent.

Sorry.

Mum

What are you saying?

I'm leaving your father.

- What?

- So sorry, kids.

Dad.

- And also

- Jo.

I think it's been a really long day,

and I think we should leave it.

No.

They need to know

about Anna.

- Jo. Kids, do you mind?

- He's been seeing someone.

- What?

- Another woman.

Okay. Mum, listen.

This sounds Just

- Please.

- You don't believe me?

- You don't believe me?

- Come on.

Jo, come on.

Well, she was leaving you

the night of her accident, so

Probably is true, isn't it?

What do you mean?

How do you know?

I wasn't allowed to say anything.

Your father's been having an affair

with a woman from work.

Jesus. Jo, it's over.

She's having your baby.

She's pregnant.

The woman.

Anna's her name. She's pregnant.

You're having a baby?

Dad?

- Dad!

- Dad!

Dad!

What the f*ck!

I just don't understand, Rob.

What were you going to do

if I remembered?

You're just gonna walk away?

Mum!

I'm so sorry, kids.

I

We're awful.

I'm just going to speak

to your father.

So, are we gonna finish this?

I didn't recognise you last year.

You were cold, you were distant,

and you abandoned me.

Don't you dare.

Don't blame me

for your f*cking wandering d*ck.

Last year was horrible for me.

When my baby left home,

I started menopause.

All the old ghosts started

to come back,

but I didn't go there this time.

I got sad.

And then I blossomed,

while you, you got

your lover pregnant.

Is that why you pushed me

down the stairs?

To get rid of me?

- You're insane.

- I heard you.

"Oh, she imagines things

that aren't true."

But you've lied to me, over and over,

since the night I landed

at the bottom of those stairs.

I can't prove it

but I know it.

I know you did it.

When?

When did I ever hurt you?

In all these years

that we've been married,

when did I ever do that?

The truth is, Jo,

you do imagine things.

You don't know what's real

and what isn't.

I f*cked up.

I had sex with another person.

I'm the bad guy.

But please don't say that.

Jo, please don't say that. Please!

Please.

Finn?

Sash?

f*ck!

Rob?

I know you're home!

sh*t-f*ck!

- You okay?

- Tickety-f*cking-boo!

Where are they?

I've told them we need to talk.

You don't want me to tell them

what you did to me.

Well, a rational person wouldn't have

brought them here in the first place,

would they,

if I'm so dangerous, but

you're not particularly rational

at the moment, are you?

Jo!

Jo. I don't want you to leave.

Jo, please.

Goodbye, Rob.

Jo.

Jo, you're right.

Jo, we had an argument that night.

We had a terrible argument.

Tickety-f*cking-boo!

Are you drunk?

I wonder why that is?

It's because of this.

This!

Were you going

to say something?

Have you any idea what it's been like

living with you for the last year?

It's been a f*cking nightmare!

I told you to get the f*ck

out of my house.

Get out of my f*cking house!

I said I wasn't going anywhere.

- And we both said some awful things.

- You didn't think to use a condom?

Sometimes we got carried away,

and I didn't have to wait for her

to get f*cking wet.

I wanted a second chance,

and you laughed, and you said,

"Fine. If you're not gonna leave,

then I'll go."

You'd put the house on the market

and give me the commission,

because God knows

I needed the business.

Jo! Jo, we can get through this.

I screwed up things with my boss

because of you.

My work. I loved my job.

I loved it more than

Me?

You wanted a photograph

of the children, that one.

Oh yeah, go on. Take the photograph

of our sweet little kids.

The ones you f*cking walked out on.

I was grieving.

You were being selfish!

You reached for it.

You lost your balance,

and you slipped.

You caught me.

I don't understand.

Why say you weren't there?

Why not just tell me I slipped?

Jo, I couldn't hold on to you.

You slipped through my hands,

and I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'd messed everything up.

But I was scared.

You know, who's gonna believe

that I didn't push you?

But you woke up in hospital.

And you couldn't remember any of it.

And I had a second chance.

You lied to me.

You lied to me all these weeks.

You didn't tell me

my marriage was over.

God.

Jo.

Jo, I tried to save you.

No. You pinned things on my timeline.

You tried to rule me with it,

you arsehole.

I love you. I've always loved you.

We can work through this.

- No, we can't.

- Jo!

- I tried to save you.

- Bullshit.

It's not gonna be easy,

but we can work it out.

It's bullshit.

He tried to save you?

Jo, I love you.

It's bullshit, bullshit, bullshit

- Jo.

- Come on, think straight!

You know what happens

when things get buried.

Come on, your father used a f*cking

fairy-tale to excuse his behaviour.

I'm sorry.

Oh, God. I'm so sorry.

This is my fault.

This is all my fault.

This is my fault.

- I was grieving!

- You were being selfish!

Lose a baby, get another one.

You know what?

If you're having a boy,

you should call him Lucas.

You let me go.

You let go of me.

Jo, I did a bad thing.

I did a really bad thing,

but I'm not a bad person.

Bad things, Rob?

How many bad things

do you have to do

before it makes you a bad person?

You okay?

Yeah.

Ow!

Sorry. Just checking.

Hello?

Hello?

Mum?

Are you okay?

You all right?

- Hi.

- Hi.

I'll have one of those, please.

Blackberry.

Yes. My favourite.

- That was my mum's favourite too.

- Was it?

- Well, I'm here tomorrow too.

- Well, I'm not stopping for long.

Thanks.

I know you're not real.

I f*cking hate mermaids.