01x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

I haven't got good news,
I'm afraid.

'Several new witness statements
have implicated you.'

'Why did he sh**t him?'

'Because he was in love
with him.

'You've been
an amazing friend, Martin.

'We've told each other everything.
All our deepest, darkest secrets.'

SCREAMING,
SHOUTING

Ben can't be behind the wheel.
We have to consider Katherine.

To lose a child at the hands
of another, it would k*ll her.

This morning, I let the chairman
of the 1922 Committee know

of my resignation as leader
of the Conservative Party.

He creeps, Jarvis, doesn't he?
What are we gonna do, Martin?

Are we just gonna leave it?
Are you saying there's a move left?

I mean, I can think of one.

Things must be bad
between you and Jarvis.

'You can't even look at him.
Did something happen?

'Is there something I should know?'

Why? Is there a bonus in it for you?

'Lucy won't talk.'

'We might have to lean
into the situation, with Amina.

'Perhaps
you could give her something.'

I've got nothing left to give.
You didn't k*ll Phoebe.

Ben Fitzmaurice k*lled
his own sister.

I think that changes everything.
Yeah.

That changes everything.

ALL CHEER

'Take On Me'
by A-ha

Hey. Sorry about the wait.
There was a queue.

How are you doing?

I'm OK.
I'm sorry.

How long
have you been working on it?

Depends. Two years-ish.

As soon as Labour changed
the privacy laws

for offshore holdings companies,
you must have known.

When will it run?

Now he's announced his candidacy,
it's likely to be fast-tracked.

Two days, I reckon.

We'll give you tomorrow
to make statements.

We'll send you the piece.
It's all standard protocol.

It'll destroy Katherine.
She'll grieve all over again.

She has plenty of resources
to be absolutely fine.

That's what you lot think, isn't it?

Not flesh and bone, just one
heaving, rotten mass of "rich".

Not exactly.

I'm sure they suffer.

They just don't suffer
in the same way,

and their lives don't unravel
in the same way.

They have nets to catch them.

I don't think they ever truly fall.
She'll never forgive him.

What about your mother, Martin?
What about her?

You seem very concerned
about Ben Fitzmaurice's family,

but what about your own mum?

Won't she be, I don't know,
shocked, relieved, have questions?

Have you even thought about her
in all of this?

HE SIGHS
Well done. No.

It's a good show.

Great show.
It's not like that.

It's not a gotcha.

Isn't it?
No.

Then what is it?
It's the truth... Martin.

THEY LAUGH
More wine, my love?

No, no.
Anyway, it totally grossed me out.

No, good on them, I think.

Mm?
Go on, son!

Sorry, doesn't it give you the ick,
hearing your parents at it?

Come on, that gives you the ick.
No, not at all.

I think it's...
I think it's a good sign.

It shows that there's life
in the old dog. Ugh!

You know, Phoebe, she used
to call my mother the wailing wall.

Did I tell you that?
My God!

f*ck, it's gone up my nose.
LAUGHTER

Oh, sorry, LS.

SHE LAUGHS
Sorry.

Did you ever hear
your parents at it?

Er...

Er, no, no.

Oh, my God, I completely forgot.
Yeah?

I met a girl who knows you both.
Lucy Farni.

Ring any bells?
No.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, hold on.
Yeah, actually...

I don't remember her.
Well, she's funny as hell.

Her hair needs a bit of work, and
you've got to see past her clothes,

but I think you two could
be perfect for each other.

One drink. Come on.

But have you got...?

How many weddings
have you got this summer? What?

Oh, I think we've got
about six or seven.

The next one's in New York, so...
Thank you.

...yeah, you know
how that one will be.

Well, I've never been
to New York, so...

Oh! Come on.
You've never been? Oh, my God.

We should take her. Let's take her.
I'd love to come.

Oh, you should come.
Yeah, you should totally come.

Did you book the flight? OK.
You said you were booking it.

The thing is, it's gonna be so...
So, what do you do?

I work in children's publishing.

Oh. Fairy tales?

Yeah, and stories

and creative programmes
and educational programmes.

Do you enjoy it?
Yeah.

Why?
Why do I enjoy it?

Erm...

I don't know, I think that
if you can expand the imagination

of a child, then...

I think, ultimately, you experience
more freedom as an adult.

I don't know.

Don't you think we look alike?

I said this to you. Look, come on.
Totally.

Twins. Twinning!
Absolutely, 100%, yeah.

Not the hair.
That's generous.

THEY CHUCKLE

Well, you are way hotter. You are.

Don't look. Don't look.
They're both laughing.

CHATTER

Are you looking at my terrible hair?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Are you thinking of ways
to improve it?

A few.
I thought you might be.

HE CHUCKLES SOFTLY

Just... Just the look in your eyes.
Hm!

sh*t.
SHE CHUCKLES

MUFFLED DANCE MUSIC

SHE GROANS SOFTLY

LUCY GROANING

Ah!

Oh, dear.
It just started.

Oh, my goodness.

Have you seen Martin?

What's happened?
It's Lucy.

LUCY GROANS

Luce?
Oh, Serena, I'm OK. I'm fine.

What's happened?
It's just started. It just...

LUCY GROANS
OK.

OK, OK. Come on.

Let's get you up here.

Here. Get your legs up.

Get those cushions from over there,
would you, Japes, quick?

LUCY GROANS
OK. There.

There you go. All right? OK.

LUCY GROANS

OK. It happens.
I bled a little bit with Barnaby.

Yeah? I mean, you bled with Simeon,
right, Japes?

Oceans.
Could you just get Martin, please?

What kind of pain is it?
Shouldn't we call an ambulance?

Let's just keep an eye on her
for now.

It'll pass.
We're here, Lucy, all right?

We'll take care of you, OK? OK?
OK.

OK. It'll pass.

Would you fetch a towel, though?
Cos this is... Never mind.

You see, the question is,
have you ever seen a teenager

with a picture of a politician
on their wall?

I can't say I have, actually.
That's the point.

It's not cool to be a politician.

I mean, we've had a bad rap
for so long -

liars, cheats, what have you -
but at the end of the day,

all any of us is trying to do is to
make the world a teeny bit better.

That's very considerate of you.

In ancient times,

the Greeks were politicians
and poets and playwrights.

They were creative artists.
Hugely respected.

Well, lovely stuff.

Sadly, this doesn't help us with
our attempted m*rder investigation,

Mr Conrad, which you tell us
you have some insight on.

I do.

I don't want to be throwing anyone
under the bus.

I don't want this to look like

I'm just trying
to score political points.

Martin Gilmour is under arrest

for a very serious offence,
Mr Conrad.

Anything you share is simply
in the name of justice being served.

Well, look, all I know
is that he was being paid...

...by the Fitzmaurices.

A considerable amount.

I think
Ben was cleaning up his house

now the leadership position
has come under contest.

And are you saying these payments
were somehow connected

to Martin Gilmour getting violent
with Ben Fitzmaurice?

Honestly, I don't want
to be pointing the finger.

No, but if you were
to point the finger,

the finger would be pointed
at Mr Gilmour?

Perhaps the finger would. Yeah.

Perhaps the finger would.

Your medication.

Thank you.

Right, OK, Martin,

we've been in touch
with the Crown Prosecution Service,

and the decision has been made.

We are gonna charge you.

OK?

MUFFLED VOICES
AND MUSIC

Yeah!

How long are we gonna stay here?
You said we'd go to a strip club.

What?
You said we'd go to a strip club!

I didn't organise it. Ben did.
Hello, mate!

All right? How are you doing?
You having fun?

We thought we'd be going
to a strip club,

not some g*y dancing place.

Ooh.

Right, OK. I'm sorry.
THEY LAUGH

Dafydd saved up three weeks wages
for this stag.

We promised him
he'd get his end away.

He's had a dry spell.
What? How dry?

Five years, and we promised him
a shag if he'd come to Spain.

Five years? Five years?

OK, well, we found Martin a wife.

I'm sure we can find a shag
for Dafydd.

Leave it with me.

What's he saying?
I don't know.

Does he know them?
No.

Do you think
one of them will shag Dafydd?

Martin, do you think
one of them will shag...?

I don't know, Gareth!
I don't know. I don't know.

Are you having a good time?
Oh, my God, yeah, of course.

Promise?
Promise.

I didn't really know what was
gonna be your... your thing.

You are a very hard man
to plan a stag for.

You know that, right?
Ben, you smashed it out of the park.

Yeah?
f*ck yeah.

Did I?
Yeah. OK.

Wahey! Dafydd!

CHEERING

You two, it's your turn.
Pass the cherry.

Looks like it's our turn.
Come on, we've all done it.

Come on, then!

You've got to play pass the cherry.
Just relax.

Relax.

Boys, boys, a bit of quiet, please,
for the groom and his best man.

Oi-oi!
Tongue as well.

HE SIGHS

♪ Para bailar la bamba... ♪
HE MUMBLES

♪ Una poca de gracia

♪ Una poca, por ti sere

♪ Por ti sere, por ti sere

♪ La, la, bamba, la, la, bamba... ♪

ALL CHEER
What's up? Man of the hour!

Hello, lads.

Your friends have been telling me
about how many children they have.

God, it's absolutely insane.
Owen's got... two?

Three. Another on the way.
He's got two.

He's got three.
Ready for this? Five.

He's got five children.

What did you do?
Did you start when you were...

how old were you, 12?

That's a lot of children.
LAUGHTER

Now, I was...
I was showing them this.

Who wants a Bloody Mary?
ALL AGREE

Right, Bloody Marys all round.
Absolute Trojans.

Here, come on, mate. Come here.

Serena and I wanted
to tell you together,

but now's as good a time as any.

She's four months in.
Terrible sickness.

HE CHUCKLES

So, yeah, I'm joining the club.

You'll be godfather, won't you, LS?

You know, it's not uncommon
for newlyweds to... get on with it.

I'm happy for you.

I tried to give you
the best send-off I could.

And where are you
sending me off to, exactly?

We had a great time
monkeying about... didn't we?

But, erm...

...I think we've got to get grown up.

Wives and kids.

Can't avoid it.

I can't... be a good husband to her.

I shouldn't marry her.

It's not fair on her.
No.

It's not right.
No. Listen to me.

She gets to have you.

However it works,
whatever it looks like,

she's won the bloody lottery, mate.

♪ Happy birthday to me

♪ Happy birthday... ♪

Do you remember Charlie Bloom?
No.

Yeah, you do. Charlie Bloom.

We called him Shark
cos his brother looked like a shark.

Sharky Bloom.
Oh, yeah.

Yeah, you remember?
Yeah.

He's going to space.

Is he?
He's going to f*cking space.

He was, like, made of nothing.

I don't remember.
He was a sort of non-person.

He was just liver and bad breath.

Well, anyway,
he's made a ton of money in tech,

and he's sucking c*ck
in California,

and now someone's sending him
up to space in a spaceship.

Ben...

Amina Bates is going
to print the story next week

about Phoebe's accident.

She's fast-tracking it
because of your sudden announcement.

BEN SCOFFS

She has a key witness

and all the evidence
from your family's holding company.

She knows you were driving the car,

and she knows
about the financial arrangement.

She's gonna send us the proof, and
we have two days to make statements.

What do we do, then? Hm?

Martin...

...what do we do?

You're gonna tell your mother
how Phoebe died.

You're gonna tell her
before she reads it in the papers.

You have to.

You owe it to her.

See, I told you
things would calm down.

Motherhood, Lucy.
Ups and downs, peaks and troughs.

Oh, God, yeah. We're all like that
with baby number one, aren't we?

Baby number four,
you don't give a sh*t.

THEY LAUGH

You did have me scared, though.
Silly-billy.

Sorry.
Getting all upset.

Sorry for interrupting your party.
Oh, God, don't worry.

I was having a little moment
to myself anyway.

Yeah, you left a bit of that
little moment in your nostril.

Oh.
It's OK, I don't mind.

Pregnancy is so stressful.
Yeah.

Hormones all kerflooey.
Right.

Oh...

Oh, what the hell?

Oh, wh...?

It can't be her waters.
No, it can't. I'm only six months.

I'll get Martin.
Yeah, get him now, yeah.

Here. Right, can you walk?

It just feels terribly unfair
on her, LS.

She's in her seventies.
Ben!

And with my dad being the way
that he is...

Our hands are tied.
Are they? Really?

Look, so the piece comes out, right?
So what?

We bury it. We fake news it.
We misinformation it.

It's easy-peasy.

You've done it
a thousand times before,

you can do it
a thousand times again.

No.

I'm not doing that.

I'm not lying any more.

I'm not gonna lie for you any more.

Martin, I think we need
to take Lucy to the hospital.

Why? What's happened?
We're not sure exactly.

We're worried her waters
have broken. OK, I'll drive.

Whoa, best leave it to the women,
eh, mate? This is girls' stuff.

I'm going.
Let them take her in.

She needs you, Martin.
I need you, Martin.

Don't run away.

Take your hands off me.

Best leaving her here
with the women, mate,

where we can keep an eye on her.

You don't want her picking up
some vile infection in A&E, do you?

Stop trying to turn every
f*cking thing to your advantage.

God's sake, not now. Let me go.
This has nothing to do with you.

No need to talk to me
like I'm a piece of sh*t, mate.

Get out of my way, Ben.

You're a snake!
Ben!

You're a f*cking snake.
You're a parasite. Ben!

You've been leeching off my family
for years and years and years.

You just take
and you take and you take.

Every f*cking holiday.
Every Savile Row suit. Stop it.

Every ski trip. Every Christmas.
Stop it!

It's all off my family,
and now look.

And the moment
that I need you the most,

you stab me in the back
when I need you.

You're done, mate! You're cut off!
It's done. You're done.

It's over. It's done.

I am not cleaning up your sh*t
any more.

Oh, Jesus Christ!

Oh, God.
It's OK. It's OK.

ENGINE STARTS

BEN GROANS

Here, you're all right.

Everything OK?

Yes, couldn't be better.

Elinor's here.

Oh, goody-goody gum drops!

Come, come.

Is he OK?
Don't you worry, Mum.

What's happening?
What's happening to her?

Is he OK?
It's all right. Just stay calm.

We're just gonna reposition you,
OK, Mum? Well done.

Can somebody tell me
what's happening, please?

I'm gonna get the doctor
to do a quick scan.

Please be OK, please be OK,
please be OK.

All right, it's OK.
That's it. Well done.

Oh, sh*t!

I've dropped a hot dog.

I've dropped a hot dog.

Have you got a towel?

Towel? Cloth?
Clear up this mess, hm?

You might want to wet it.

No, I'm good, thanks.
Take it.

Darling, don't you think
you've had enough?

HE SNORTS

Oh! Happy birthday, Benjamin.

Elinor. Mwah, mwah!
Thank you so much for coming.

That speech was... mwah!
Yeah, unimprovable.

Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Li-Li!

Oh, you made it.

What a night of dramas, eh?
Gosh. How are you feeling?

Oh, I don't f*cking know.

Resolved, bitter, relieved.

Kenneth's delighted
we can finally make some money.

Nobody tells you how poor
politics makes you, even at the top.

Hey, ain't that the truth!
Well, you did all that you could.

I mean, you were
in an impossible situation.

What more could you have done?
I don't know.

Went as hard as I could on migrants,
hard as I could on taxes,

but anything short
of out-and-out fascist these days

just doesn't cut it, not any more.

Good luck if you want to try it,
but they are coming for us.

They're coming for this country
whether we like it or not.

Well, it's very noble of you
to step down.

You put the party first.
Not everyone does that.

No man does that.

A woman knows when she's curdled.

You're so clever.
You're so clever, Elinor. Just...

I'll cut to it.

I hate to be the bearer
on your big day,

but we can't support your bid.

It's not about timing.
You just don't have the support.

The country wants something else.
They want someone else.

They don't feel you represent
their interests.

They want someone working class,
a proper grafter,

someone comfortable to say
the uncomfortable truths.

Like her.

Someone like her.
Me?

CHATTER

She was nominating you, you know.
Mm.

That was basically an endorsement.

Yeah.
It's something to think about.

It never crossed my mind.

You said Elinor was a fan.
You said she'd do anything for you.

She was. She is. She is a fan.
Ha!

She is. She'll come around.
"Stick with me," you said.

Yeah. Never mind
that I had the scholarship.

You know, never mind
that I got the starred first.

Never mind that I had the f*cking
brains and the work ethic

and all the opportunities in the
world to make something of myself.

What are you talking about?
You have made something of yourself.

Oh, bullshit. You've emptied me.
You've used me up.

Turning me
into a baby-making factory

while you go and play silly buggers
with the boys.

What a fool I was
to turn a blind eye.

And now look where we are.

Your stupid, impulsive announcement
has got us nowhere.

You don't believe in me. Is that it?
Is that what you're saying?

There's nothing in you to believe.
There's nothing in you.

You're empty air.

Have you had a drink?

Serena?

You stupid old soak.

Get the f*ck out of my face.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

W-What's happening now? Is he OK?

Your baby is keen
to come very early, Dad,

so we are monitoring
the baby's heart rate.

All routine things
for us to be doing, OK? OK.

SHE SIGHS
Hey.

Why was he shouting at you
like that?

Calling you a snake?

Because I'm not lying any more.

What are you lying about?
Oh, I...

I don't want to upset you.
Just tell me.

Luce...

...we're so close to meeting our boy.

I don't want him to be born
like this.

Please just tell me.

He was driving the car... Luce.

He crashed it.

His bluster, his hubris,
his arrogance.

He k*lled Phoebe.

They've paid me ever since
to take the blame.

That's been the arrangement.

And he may have been
behind the wheel...

...but his dad crashed that car...

...and I crashed that car...

and we all k*lled her...

...with our stupid, selfish,
f*cked up...

But it ends today. I've told him.

I'm not gonna lie for him any more.

I just... I can't live a lie.

Why did you do that?

Because I loved him.

HE SIGHS

But that's over now.

SHE SIGHS
It's over.

SHE GROANS

SHE SHOUTS

Something's happening!
Please! Please!

Help! What's happening?

SHE GROANS

What's happening?

So, Martin,

it's likely that you'll be kept
in custody in Gloucester.

Just waiting for confirmation
on that.

We now have to wait to see
if Benjamin Fitzmaurice survives

and, if he does survive,
what his statement will be.

That's all we're waiting for
at this stage, Martin.

I need to know that
you've understood that, Martin.

Can you just tell me
you've heard that?

Yes.

SHE GROANS

That's good. And another one. Push.

SHE GROANS

Good.

Hello, Mummy.
Squirrel.

Sorry I had to French exit.
Or is it Irish exit?

Whichever nation's an expert
at f*cking off.

Come in, come in.

It was a great speech, Mummy.
You, er, showed me up.

Well, don't let
the compliments go to your head.

Have you been fighting?

Yes.
Just like your father.

Couldn't let a celebration go by
without a decent scrap.

Serena certainly went all out,
didn't she?

Is she happy with it?

She stormed off, actually.
Huh!

Come to her senses and left you?

Perhaps.
SHE CHUCKLES

I'm tired, darling.

Right. OK, well, good night, Mummy.

Night-night, Squirrel.

Tell Sinead to bring just coffee
at seven, won't you?

She will ply me with eggs
the moment my eyes open.

Can't abide it.

Will do.

HE BREATHES SHAKILY

Squirrel?

Mummy, there's something
I need to tell you.

It's, erm...

It's something
that's been plaguing me.

Yes?

Rumours.
Oh, those.

They're rumours that, erm...

...I really wanted
to talk to you about.

HE EXHALES
Maybe you should sit down.

I don't want to break your heart.

I don't... I don't want that all.

I just want to make you proud.
That's all I've ever wanted, really.

Sorry, Squirrel, you know
I'm not very good at sentimentality.

No, I'm not, erm...
I'm not, I'm not, er...

Mummy, I'm not...

I'm not being sentimental.

I want to protect you.

I want to protect you from this...
this pain.

Well, you can't do that. No-one can.

No, of course not.

I'm just being silly.
KNOCK ON DOOR

DOOR OPENS
Get some rest, Squirrel.

OK?

You want water? I'll give you water.

Monica... take him out.

I'm getting ready for bed.
Oh, OK.

Hey... Ah...

Hey. Hey.

DOOR CLOSES

LUCY GROANS

Well done, Lucy.

OK. Push.

LUCY GROANS

Good, good.

LUCY SIGHS
He's out.

Right.
Is he OK?

Right, let's start with some
gentle stimulation, please.

Is he OK?
OK, someone start the clock

and note the time, please.

Let's get this baby breathing.
Why isn't he crying?

Is he OK?
Why isn't he crying?

No breathing or chest rising...

Why isn't he crying?
No heartbeat...

BVM and set PEEP set to six.
DOOR OPENS

Can we have some assistance, please?
Is he OK? Please...

Let's check this again.
Come on, come on.

No work of breathing.

Let's reposition the airway
and get a roll under the shoulders.

What's the matter?
Why is he not crying?

Let's push the PIP...
Why isn't the baby crying?

...and test the blow-off valve.
There's no heartrate.

SATs aren't picking up
and eyes look fused. Is he OK?

Why is he not crying?
Come on.

Come on, little man, come on.

No, I'm getting nothing.
What's happening?

No heartrate.
Is he OK?

No?
No. Extreme prematurity.

If everyone's in agreement,
I think we should stop.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Is he gone?

That's my son. Don't let my son die.
Please, I want my son.

I need my son, please.
I'm so sorry. He's died.

There was nothing we could do.
No.

We need our baby.
He's gone.

He's gone, he's gone,
he's...

Oh, God.
He's gone.

Oh, God.

HE SOBS

Are your feet tired, Squirrel?
Do you want a foot massage?

Time to stop running, maybe.

You can only run away
for so long, Benny.

You look like a tired little puppy,
scared of its own tail.

When will you realise...
it's all you?

Stop.
Daddy?

Hello, my darlings.
Who are you talking to?

No-one.
Will you come down?

Yes, I will in a sec. Yeah.

Please come down.
We've got a surprise for you.

We spent ages on it,
and everybody's waiting.

It's so late.

What are you...?
What are you guys still doing up?

Hasn't the party finished?
No, Daddy. We haven't had cake yet.

We've got something for you.
Please?

DISTORTED CHATTER

Come on, quickly!
It's the girls!

Come on!
Come on, Ben!

Come on, it's a surprise.

MUSIC PLAYS

♪ They don't make them
Like my daddy any more

♪ Guess they've thrown away
The patterns through the years

♪ In this great big land of freedom
At a time you really need them

♪ They don't make them
Like my daddy any more. ♪

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Where's Mama?
I don't know.

Well done. Terrific.

Come on.

♪ For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow

♪ For he's a jolly good fellow

♪ And so say all of us
And so say all of us. ♪

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

'Dancing In The Moonlight'
by Toploader

♪ We get it on most every night

♪ When that moon is big and bright

♪ It's a supernatural delight... ♪
PHONE RINGS

♪ Everybody's dancing in the... ♪

Sorry. Hey.

I didn't think
I was gonna hear from you again.

LS?
'Meet me at the outhouse.'

Why?
Just meet me at the outhouse.

ENGINE REVS

HE SCREAMS