[ Aqualung's "Strange and Beautiful" plays ]
♪♪
♪ I've been ♪
♪ Watching your world from afar ♪
♪ I've been ♪
♪ Trying to be where you are ♪
♪ And I've been ♪
♪ Secretly falling apart ♪
♪ Unseen ♪
[ Exhales sharply ]
[ Electricity crackles ]
[ Lighter shuts off ]
[ Door handle rattles ]
[ Door handle rattling ]
[ Door creaks ]
[ Door closes ]
[ Radio on in background ]
[ Mobile phone bleeping ]
I am popping out for some milk.
[ Door opens ]
[ Radio on in background ]
[ Both breathing heavily ]
[ Panting heavily ]
You're enjoying this, aren't you?
Of course.
No, I mean...
You mean being a dirty bit on the side?
Wondering if your wife knows?
Maybe even hoping she finds out.
[ Metal clangs ]
[ Wood thuds ]
You were supposed to be a still life.
I won't move a muscle.
I can include you, if you like.
-You serious? -Deadly.
I'm Jed.
-Sadie. -Hey.
You're good.
Oh, it's just part of my therapy, really,
but it works for me.
You've done much drawing?
Yeah, erm...
Just as part of my therapy.
You got any more?
[ Engine starts in distance ]
JED: You ever shown your stuff anywhere?
Never really had the chance.
Been ill in hospital for a long time.
Thanks.
Well, it was, er,
mental health unit.
This is my first bid for freedom.
Yeah, it can be hard getting out of those places.
Is that the voice of experience?
Yeah. In and out since I was a kid.
[ Sighing ]
But I guess they helped me get better but
I just felt like I couldn't breathe in there.
Like I was trapped and I couldn't escape.
Actually thought I was dead and had gone to hell at one point.
[ Chuckles ]
Well, you're out now, so...
Yes, I am.
It feels really good.
Except I don't have any friends any more.
I kind of scared them all away when I was ill.
Don't suppose you wanna hang out?
Yeah.
You can count on me as new friend number one.
[ Both sigh ]
I don't think I've ever done it with a landlady before. [ Chuckles ]
Don't think I can call myself a landlady.
It's not like I own the place.
-No, but your dad does, right? -Yep.
It's his baby.
I think you should tell him to tone it down a bit.
-Tone what down? -Well, the big spooky pictures
and all that bull---- about it being in the family.
-Don't you think he's taking it a bit far? -In what way?
Well, it's a good marketing ploy,
it's very original but...
I just think it freaks people.
Well, it's not bulls---.
My grandfather ran this asylum.
It's been in the family for 300 years.
[ Scoffs ] Don't you think that's a bit weird?
I don't care what other people think.
I'm eating fine, Mum.
Everything's very good. Don't fret.
'Course I would.
Love you too. Bye.
[ End call bleep ]
[ Men shouting ]
How did it go?
Good. Three more signed, five maybe.
Chicken feed.
We're doing the best we can.
Dad, do you think we're doing the right thing?
Well, we got a cracking price on the builders.
Poor sods are doing it for next to nothing.
Even if it sits empty for a couple of years,
we'll still make a mint in the long run.
I mean being back here at all.
Is that what Jed thinks?
No, it's nothing to do with him.
Why wouldn't it be the right thing?
I just... Doesn't it upset you?
Remind you of Granddad?
I just think you've been a bit on edge since we moved here.
Hey.
I'm doing this for your granddad.
I'm doing it for you.
You okay?
No, I... I was...
[ Sighs ]
I'm underestimating what a big move this is.
It's gonna take a while to get used to being on my own.
You'll get there.
Maybe I should be sharing a flat like you.
JED: I'd much rather be on my own.
Why?
Just like my own company, I suppose.
Just a bit easier.
'Cause no one gets it, do they?
Yeah.
Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Do you, erm...
Do you wanna come over for dinner tonight?
-Oh. -If you don't wanna be on your own then
you'll like my flatmates. They're cool.
MOLLY: The words "job centre" imply that they have actual jobs.
Do not be fooled by that.
-RYAN: They must have had something. -MOLLY: Yeah, two jobs.
One in a lap-dancing club,
the other in a fish finger factory.
[ Laughs ]
I don't know which one's worse.
Fish finger factory obviously.
Lap dancing's good money.
You'd do that, would you?
Well, if my circumstances demanded I needed to.
Wouldn't you?
It's not really my bag, but whatever floats your boat.
Please ignore her. She's a wind-up merchant.
Bulls---. You know I'd do it.
Like hell you would, Kate.
Oh, come on, you'd pay to watch me.
Wouldn't you, Ryan?
And what brings you here?
I've been in hospital for a couple of years.
I had a breakdown. But I'm all right now.
I can eat my own food and everything.
Oh.
So you two have something in common.
Has Jed told you he sees ghosts?
Well, he used to.
And not just pretend.
-Totally believed they're real. -Kate.
You're all right now, aren't you, Jed?
Has it ever occurred to you
how joking about it might make Jed feel?
I think he's big and ugly enough to fight his own fights.
Why make it a fight? Why not try showing a bit of empathy?
Good night. And sorry.
No, it's probably my fault.
-Trying to be honest about... -It definitely wasn't your fault.
Erm, good night.
Good night.
[ Clattering ]
What's her problem?
She's the one that made the scene.
Well, she didn't do it by herself.
That girl did not help.
What did you think of Sadie?
Well, you know, she seemed nice enough.
A bit full of herself.
God, yes, she was trying way too hard.
And she was all over Jed like a rash.
I know. I didn't even think she'd be his type.
What, a bit screwed up and fancies herself?
That's why Kate didn't like her.
Two peas in a pod.
[ Both chuckle ]
Right, I'm off.
Oh, you're not going out?
I said I'd go to evening mass with Mum.
is on in five minutes.
Go on, God won't mind.
Sorry.
Isn't it a bit late for a church service?
Well, us Catholics do like an inconvenient act of worship.
Bye.
I knew this would happen from the moment I saw you.
I mean, I hoped it would happen.
You know, you're pretty great.
You're not so bad yourself.
[ Exhales ]
Yeah, well...
I'm a bit out of practise, to be honest.
It's been a while.
[ Muse's "Supermassive Black Hole" plays ]
♪ Ooh, baby, don't you know I suffer? ♪
♪ Ooh, baby, can't you hear me moan? ♪
♪ You caught me under false pretenses ♪
♪ How long before you let me go? ♪
[ Ghostly baby crying ]
[ Door opening ]
-[ Door closing ] -You all right?
Yeah, erm, I just had a bad dream.
Went to get some fresh air.
[ Vigorous scrubbing ]
[ Water shuts off ]
-You okay now? -Hmm.
[ Dog barking ]
Who are you?
What do you want?
Hey, wait. I just wanna talk.
Hello?
Where are you?
Hello?
GRACE: Can I trust you?
I need to know.
Yes.
You can trust me.
I need your help, Ryan.
How do you know my name?
Ryan McAllister, RMC Computer Services.
You've lived here for 14 months, is that right?
I stole the paperwork.
I had to find out who you were.
Who are you?
I'm Grace.
I live here.
You live down here?
That's right.
Do you like it?
It's small but quite comfortable.
How long have you been here?
Oh, years.
They've never found me.
Not even when they were renovating the place. The fools.
I used to be a patient.
Here?
That's right.
What are all these?
I need your help.
Tracy in 1988.
Jane in 1986.
Catherine in 1983.
And Jennifer...
June 1st, 1984.
It was the last time I saw her.
She was my daughter.
Somebody took them, but I never found out who.
And that's Molly's mate, Zoe.
GRACE: Zoe.
They've taken her.
I just know they have.
It's started again.
It has to end.
]
[ Grunts ]
[ Exhales ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Door opens ]
You're up early.
I can't sleep.
Bad dream.
Where have you been?
Go on, spill the beans. What's his name?
Well, that's for me to know and for you to find out.
[ Shower running ]
[ Gasps ]
-[ Bang on glass ] -[ Screams ]
Sadie? You all right?
I... I slipped.
Sorry.
Right, better get ready for my first day.
JED: What's the job?
Office dogsbody. Nothing special.
Sorry, I really need to get on.
I'll speak to you later.
Do you want me to walk you there?
SADIE: Oh, no, I'll be fine. Honest.
Okay.
I'll, erm, see you later.
[ Door closes ]
[ Cries out ]
[ Screams ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Panting ]
It was a friend of my dad's.
Nobody knew.
I was really ashamed.
He didn't know I was pregnant.
Nobody did.
Nobody noticed.
But...
hiding it from everyone
was what made me get so ill.
What happened to the baby?
[ Sighs ]
I gave birth on my own.
On the bathroom floor.
It was horrible and painful.
And then, when it came --
[ Sobs ]
it was blue and it wasn't breathing.
It looked so tiny.
It broke my heart.
But I didn't know what to do. I...
I was in a bad way.
My mind was shot.
I was delirious.
So what did you do, Sadie?
I wrapped it in a towel and buried it in a box in the garden.
And now I keep thinking I'm seeing the box again.
I know it's just the medication.
I know my mind is playing tricks on me.
You have to get out of this flat, okay?
-Why? -It's just not good for you to be here. Trust me.
It's...
It's not that I want you to go, all right?
That's not it at all.
But I just think you should.
I think I'm gonna go to my mum's for a few days.
Yeah. Today, right now?
Mmm-hmm.
I just need to get cleaned up first.
[ Sighs ] Thanks for your help.
I just need a bit of time on my own.
Yeah.
Yeah, of course.
-Call me from your mum's. -Yeah. Of course.
[ Door opens ]
[ Door closes ]
Ryan, I need you to find a patient.
Wait, I've got something massive to tell you.
20th century, I think, female, early 20s,
had a lobotomy. Died from it.
-And she probably had a baby. -Have you seen a ghost?
-Can you do it for me? -Is it at that girl's flat?
-She's got a name. -Is that where you were?
-Jesus, Ryan, give it a rest. -Okay.
But you're coming with me. I've got someone to introduce you to.
I'm in a bad mood.
Bad bad or good bad?
Hmm.
Both.
[ Both moan ]
Hey, no marks.
I said no marks. You know why.
Because she'll see.
That's the one.
And you'd have to explain yourself.
I don't trust you.
I know.
Scary, isn't it?
Just a bit.
What if I don't listen to you?
What if I was to do this?
Aagh! Kate!
[ Breathing heavily ]
You're mine now.
Not hers.
Get off me.
Get out!
[ Lift rumbles ]
[ Electricity crackles ]
[ Clicks ]
[ Creaks ]
[ Thump ]
[ Series of ghostly noises ]
[ Noises stop ]
[ Distant clanking ]
[ Distant baby crying ]
[ Baby crying ]
There was like four girls
that went missing in a five-year period.
Then a big gap. Now Zoe.
She thinks it's the same thing.
Look at all this. All these girls went missing when they were here.
She thinks Zoe might have been taken by someone.
Hello, Ryan.
I've brought my friend.
The one I told you about.
I... I've seen him about the place.
Ryan told me your story. I just wanna help.
How can I trust him?
It's okay. You can trust me.
We just wanna help you.
Ryan told me that you used to be a patient here?
Three nervous breakdowns.
I never got better until I was released.
Why do you think Zoe Fielding was taken?
Like the other girls, like your daughter?
Girls don't go missing from this place for no reason.
It's strange that Bettany's back.
What's he doing here?
That's what I wanna know.
He's Jed's uncle.
Well, he's not my real uncle.
Only adopted.
Oh, my boy.
I know who you are.
I knew your dear mother. Such a sweet woman.
She was a good friend.
I think you're mistaken.
You didn't know she was a patient here?
She had a baby.
Died in childbirth, November, 1985.
They said Caleb Bettany took the baby away.
So that must be you.
What's the matter with you?
My mother was a patient here. I was born here.
Why haven't you told me that?
It was my idea that Joan adopt you.
She could never have children of her own, as you know.
She was delighted.
You had no right to keep this from me.
We were gonna tell you,
but as soon as it became clear you had problems,
I suggested we put a lid on it.
That wasn't your decision!
Maybe it wasn't,
and I understand you feel angry,
but you've had a lot of troubles, Jed.
It was hardly gonna help matters
if you knew that your mother had this...
Was cut from the same cloth.
You didn't think how I'd feel
knowing that my mother had died here.
Who told you that?
The woman in the tunnels.
What... What you blathering about?
Her daughter went missing.
Like all those other girls.
What happened to them, Warren, eh?
What happened to my mother?
Listen to yourself, son. Missing girls?
Mad old ladies who live in tunnels?
You're never out of the loony bins for long, are you, Jed?
Just like your mother.
Tell me what happened to her?
She was pregnant when she was admitted.
In a bad way.
She died giving birth to you. Poor cow.
Still, I'm sure she'll be very proud of you.
Chip off the old block.
Look where you're heading, Jed.
Delusions, imagined conversations.
And now you're threatening a member of your own family with violence.
[ Tuts ]
[ Scoffs ]
Now take your hands off me
or I'll have you sectioned just like that.
[ Keypad tones ]
[ Bleep ]
Hi, this is Jed. Leave a message.
Did you know about my mother?
That she was a patient here,
that she died giving birth to me?
I didn't know that. Sorry.
You'd better not be lying to me, Kate.
I said I didn't know that.
But your dad did though, didn't he?
Maybe he thought it was better you didn't know.
[ Scoffs ]
He's trying to protect you.
You might not believe it, Jed, but he sees you as part of this family.
Bulls---. I'm not part of this family. I've never been part of this family.
I'm just part of the freak show.
And you've been quite happy to play that part.
You know, you Bettanys are all the same.
You just do what you want and you don't give a s--- about anyone else, do you?
Give me one scrap of evidence to back that up.
All right. Shagging a married man.
How do you know?
It's pretty obvious, Kate.
Yeah, well...
What do you care?
I don't.
We need to go back down, speak to Grace.
Find out what else she knows.
Do you think Zoe was adopted, too?
I think Grace is right. I'm sure of it.
Do you think it's got something to do with this place?
Everything's got something to do with this place.
I think we've found our ghost.
There were three deaths from lobotomies here in the 20th century.
The other two were men. So it has to be this woman.
Elizabeth Smith, 23 years old.
Moral degradation?
RYAN: She had a baby outside wedlock.
That appears to be the only thing that was wrong with her.
They took the baby off her and threw her in here.
[ Mobile phone bleeping ]
[ Knocks on door ]
Sadie?
Sadie, it's Jed.
Sadie?
[ Ringing ]
Sadie, it's Jed. Call me as soon as you get this.
[ Clattering and clanking ]
[ Clattering continues ]
SADIE: [ Weakly ] Help!
[ Pounding ]
-[ Phone bleeps ] -[ Screams ] Help!
[ Whimpers ]
[ Phone bleeps ]
[ Gasping ]
Sadie, where are you?
I don't know.
You've gotta help me. Please help me.
[ Crunching ]
Jesus, what's that noise?
-Describe where you are. -I'm in a... I'm in a box.
A wooden box.
It's dark...
I'm scared, Jed.
What the hell is happening to me?
It's all right. It's all right, don't panic.
All right? I'm gonna find you.
-Jed... -Sadie...
-[ Coughs ] Sadie, I'm losing you.
[ Phone beeps ]
[ Clattering and clunking ]
[ Sobs ] I think I'm gonna die.
[ Ringing tone ]
Hi, it's Sadie. Please leave a message.
[ Distant clattering ]
Sadie!
[ Cries out ]
Sadie!
I'm coming! Hold on!
Sadie, stay calm. I'm here.
[ Sobs ]
SADIE: [ Whimpers ]
Somebody call an ambulance now!
He was alive!
My baby.
He was alive.
[ Sobs ]
I'm so sorry.
[ Crying ]
I'm sorry to hear about Sadie's unfortunate cry for help.
I hope she recovers soon.
[ Door opens ]
You have got to see what's happening outside.
Ex-patient.
Used to hang around the place apparently.
[ Up-tempo music plays ]