Previously...
Was my husband...
with Mandy?
-I think-- -Was he?
Yes.
[Lisa] This is a community full of decent,
-God-fearing people. -[Caroline] Oh, shut up, Lisa.
You spent the summer screwing your choirmaster.
You can talk. Everyone knows what you've been up to.
I've brought you some--
Chlamydia? I think this town
has had enough of you, Caroline.
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[Miri] You must really miss her?
[Billy] Yeah, I'd never met anyone like her before.
And I have never met anyone like you before, either.
What are you doing outside a bank at this time of day?
I'm planning a robbery, actually.
Right. That's treason. I'm writing that down.
-That's not treason. -One foot wrong
and you're back in prison.
We can go home. We can start again.
I don't run away.
[engine revving]
[shouts]
[panting]
[birds chirping]
Hi, um, I need to report something.
But whatever happens,
-it cannot be Ti-- -[Tina] Oh, no.
-Oh, no, no, no. -What have you done now?
No.
Is there anyone else I can speak to about this?
Why is it always you?
It's a small town, small police station.
And, as I've said, Leonard's on paternity leave,
so for the next two weeks, it's the Tina Show.
Yay. [sighs]
Oh, yeah. Wet paint.
Oh, my God!
Suits you, though. Right, what do you want?
Someone tried to ram me last night.
-TMI. -No, no, on my bike.
On the road at night.
They tried to kill me, knock me off.
Right, yeah. Using what weapon?
A car, what else could it be?
Well, a t... a tennis racket or golf club.
Like, a mobility scooter.
No, no, no. They tried to run me over in a car.
It was terrifying.
Mm. Any witnesses?
-No. -Interesting.
-What do you mean? -Convenient.
-Well, it's the exact opposite. -What, not convenient?
Inconvenient.
Mm.
Well, you look okay to me.
There is a giant bruise on my ass.
-Can you check-- -Okay,
I could arrest you for that.
Tina, please.
I know you hate me, but this happened,
and I thought I was going to die.
-I'm begging you. -[Derek laughing]
[John] Well, I best leave you to it.
Good to see you, Derek.
And I love what you've done with the office.
Oh, yeah, big man's back in town.
His wife was missing Hythe.
Understandably.
It was their home
before somebody grievously murdered their only child.
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Uh, what about the incident?
Sir Chief Inspector, Your Highness.
What was that about?
Oh, nothing, apparently.
Right, this badge is
-because of you, sir. -Excuse me?
1999 to 2003. You were my mentor, sir.
-Course. -Mm.
Good to see you, Tuna.
-It's Tina, sir. -[door opens]
Tuna's a fish.
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[waves crashing]
[Miri] I think he was trying to kill me, Dad.
You don't know it was him for sure.
It could have been Drunk Philip.
-It wasn't Drunk Philip. -It's normally him.
He runs over lots of cats.
No, it was Mr B-B... John.
I can call him John now because I'm a grown-up.
It was him. I saw his car.
It had my bum dent on it.
[engine sputters, stalls]
[groans]
Maybe now is not a good time.
Look, shall I make us some hot chocolate?
No, no, no. I-I need to do this.
It's my test on Monday.
-Then you need to concentrate. -Okay.
-[engine starts] -He lost his daughter.
Hold your nerve.
They'll go back to Portsmouth after the vigil, I'm sure.
-The what? -[engine revving]
Clutch!
-[engine stalls] -[sighs]
It's a memorial thing.
Sound Mirror and candlelit walk to the church after.
It's nothing big.
What, at the place of her death?
Why is he doing this?
He's her father.
If he wants to remember her to the town...
Or me to the town.
[scoffs] He lost his only daughter, Miri!
Yes, but he's had 19 years.
Why is he doing this now?
Come on, just start the car.
Oh! Ugh!
He is a horrible man!
Stay away from him.
Ugh, Dad, I am trying to.
Come back. I think we have marshmallows.
Bye.
Hi!
Hello! Oh, okay.
Why not?
Oh! Oh, my God. This town.
Oh... Bad day?
Do you ever wish you were someone else?
No.
I quite like being me.
Ew, what's that?
-Oh, it's paint. -Mm.
-[chuckles] -I thought you were lactating.
I don't think that it looks like that. [laughs]
Right, I have a few things to do, so if you want to--
Oh, yes, please. Take me anywhere.
I'll do anything, just get me out of here.
-Yeah? -Yes.
Okay.
[engine starts]
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[indistinct chatter on radio]
[door opens]
[door closes]
How was she?
As long as she doesn't have to drive, she'll pass.
[chuckles]
I meant is she okay?
Ah, no. She's in a dither
and thinks it was Lara's father
-in the car. -What?
He wouldn't do that. Would he?
That's what I said.
-Well, did she see him? -No.
She's paranoid, understandably.
It was probably Drunk Philip, in the car.
Yeah, quite. [chuckles]
Should we go tonight to the vigil?
Show our faces?
I don't think it's our place.
We have to do something. Everyone is.
The Ladies of Hythe are doing the flowers.
Christian when it suits them. Ghastly.
I'm so glad they booted you out.
Hmm.
Do you want to go for a coffee or something?
Oh, yes.
-Oh, I'd love that. -Good.
Because I'm prepping my campaign,
and I-I need "to create the circumstances
in which I can shine."
So I should--
Uh, yeah.
Oh, right.
I'll make myself scarce.
Hmm. Yeah, yeah.
[sighs]
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Ooh.
Oh, wow, you look smart.
Ah, thanks. [chuckles]
Where are we? What are we doing?
Uh, it's my mum's house.
It's her birthday.
-What?! -Woah.
-Oh, my God, Billy! -Hey.
-Shit, shit, shit. -[laughs]
You didn't say.
-I'm not ready for that. -No, no, you look great.
Don't worry about it.
Oh, my boobs.
-Look at me. Oh, my... -It's fine.
It's just a flyby.
-[knocking] -[gasps softly]
[Miri whimpers]
Miri? Miri?
[Gaia chuckles loudly]
He's here!
-He came. -Happy birthday, Mum.
Mwah, mwah. [chuckles]
This is Miri.
[whispers] Miri. Miri. Miri.
She's just coming.
Boo! Happy birthday!
What is this?
This is my friend, Miri.
Oh! Miri.
I'm so sorry. I, um, I didn't know.
I was... I was decorating.
So I... He didn't say. Billy didn't say.
Typical Billy. Useless.
Shall we find you something?
-No, no, no. She looks fine. -Oh, wow. Yes, please.
-Come with me. -Oh, Mum.
Mum, don't... [groans]
[quiet chatter]
-[Miri] Beautiful house. -[Gaia] I know.
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[murmuring]
[Norah] I thought it was just at the church.
[sniffles] No.
It's just a little morbid to start there.
A procession's a bit much, don't you think?
[breath trembles]
I said I was sorry.
Let's just go home.
We don't have to put on a show.
What show?
Our daughter's skull was smashed in.
She bled to death on the rocks on the beach.
Please, John.
I can do this without you.
[indistinct announcement over P.A.]
Oh, there she is.
Boom. [laughs]
-Joan Collins. -What?
Yeah, I heard all about it.
You're a dark horse, aren't you?
-Well, I... -Hmm?
I ain't judging. I love all that shit.
Dynasty, Real Housewives, TOWIE.
Everybody loves a diva.
-[laughs] -Thank you. I suppose.
Mmm, looking glam.
-Where are you off to? -Meeting at the church.
-Oh. -If they'll have me.
Mm, do they hate you?
Hmm.
Then bring biscuits.
Oh, well, actually, I, uh...
Strong choice, yeah. You're gonna be fine.
-Oh. -[chuckles]
[chewing loudly]
Bad girl. Yeah.
[birds chirping]
So, what kind of look do you usually, uh...
Anything that's not this. [chuckles softly]
I didn't know Billy had a new--
Oh, no, we're not t-together. Well, not...
How did you meet?
Over the fence. Neighbors.
Oh. I, uh, wasn't a fan of that witch.
She was different.
-She sent me feces. -Me, too.
-I didn't like it. -Me, neither. [chuckles]
If you ever did that to me...
I-I won't.
Can't afford the postage.
Oh!
[both laughing]
Yay!
What do you do?
Um, oh, I just started work at a supermarket actually.
-Um, customer-- -Relations?
Well, yeah, kind of. Yeah.
For one of the big supermarkets?
Well, one of the ones.
Very impressive. Love a career woman.
Oh, well, I'm not really.
Don't apologize for it.
I hate it when women apologize. Own it.
Okay.
Well, it's-it's all mine.
[laughs]
[laughs nervously]
You are hilarious.
Oh, I love scrubbing up a plain Jane.
Perfect.
[footsteps approaching]
[Gaia] Ta-da.
[laughing softly]
Oh. [chuckles]
You look...
different.
I know.
Right. Come and meet the spinster.
Kidding. Sister.
But she is a spinster.
God, I'm awful. Don't tell her I said that.
[Miri chuckles]
So, Lisa will be in charge
of the procession candles and distribution.
-I will be in-- -[clears throat]
Hello, ladies.
I wondered if I could help with preparations for tonight.
I think with birthing the killer, you've done enough.
[quiet gasping]
Lisa, how's the divorce?
I won't attend.
I-I just want to do something to help.
I thought we'd made ourselves quite clear the other day.
Oh, yes, you did, Laura.
Very clear.
But I know this group is founded on Christian principles,
so I'm giving you all another chance to welcome me back.
Like you welcomed Lisa back
after she bonked the choirmaster.
[quiet giggles]
And I've brought a little something for the group.
-Syphilis? -No, Lisa. Hobnobs.
Ooh.
Your mum's very impressive.
-[chuckles] -[scoffs]
She likes you, that's a first.
She doesn't usually like the people we like.
[Gaia] And now he's a bloody gardener.
[laughter]
Which is great,
if you don't want to own your own home or have a family.
-Am I right, Miri? -Right.
-[Miri chuckles] -No, I'm kidding, I love my boy.
Look at his big ears.
Mum says you work in corporate relations?
-Yeah. -Nice. Like PR?
No. Yes! Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like that, yeah.
For who?
Supermarket-s. Supermarkets.
-Oh. Wow. -Yeah.
Yeah, but, you know, you know, um, work's work, isn't it?
At the end of the day. [laughs]
-Yeah. -Old grindstone and all that.
[laughing]
Tell me about it. Do you do long hours?
Oh, the hours.
-They are nonstop. -Huh.
I'm like, like, I wake up.
It's like, PR, PR, PR, PR, PR, PR.
Then I, um, then I do some public relations,
and, uh, and then I-I...
Like, I type a lot on my computer,
like tap-tap-tappity-tap, and the emails,
they just go ping, ping, ping, ping
in my box all day long.
Are you in charge of a lot of people?
Oh, my God, so many people.
Sometimes I'm just like "Ah!"
One, two, three, four, five.
How many people are you?
-[laughing] -Ah, hello.
-Hey. -Hi, hi.
I'm just hearing about Miri's job.
-I know. -Yes.
-It's great, isn't it? -It's in PR.
It's PR for super... big supermarkets.
Tap-tap-tappity-tap, ping.
[Gaia] Rehanna?
Here.
-Sorry. -So nice to meet you.
Sorry. I got a bit... got a bit carried away, you know.
Not really. You're different.
This could be me, in another life.
Well, I like the nice one
with the scruffy shirt and the paint boobs.
What, the one who you threw into your terrifying mother's party
without warning her?
And, hang on, actually I shouldn't have to be nice
for you to like me.
I-I could be different
and impressive and have shoes
that have heels on and hair and stuff.
Do you... do you know what?
I'm gonna own this.
Own what?
I don't know. [burps]
-[clears throat] -Are you drunk?
No, I just... I had one glass of champagne,
and I really don't get what all the hoo-ha is about.
It's very, very burpy.
[Gaia] Billy!
Come and say hi to Auntie Shauna.
I've got to say hi to Auntie Shauna.
Billy, don't be...
[burps]
[spits]
Cheers.
-[quiet chatter nearby] -[camera clicks]
[Caroline] I'd love to do that. Thank you so much.
-I'm quite-- -Uh, is that your husband?
[Caroline] Um...
[Lisa] I thought it was a tramp.
[Caroline] No, that's him.
One-man crusade to clean up Hythe, apparently.
-Good for him. -Well, each to their own.
Try living with it.
Anyone want a Starbucks?
I'm not allowed them at home.
[quiet chatter]
I'm in trouble 'cause I lost my bamboo cup.
-[laughter] -[camera clicks]
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[Mark] It keeps burning the edges,
but the middle stays gooey.
It's a nightmare.
I bought it on Friday.
It's meant to be top of the range.
Top of what range?
I'll get Mandy to take it back to the shop.
She's better at returning goods than me.
Oh, hey. You know John?
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Homework now. Mark, make her.
-[Mark chuckles] -[Cerys groans]
Come on, then. What have you got?
Good to see you, Mandy.
Why are you here?
You're no doubt aware of the silly rumors going round.
I'm sure you want to nip them in the bud as much as I do.
I would like you to leave now.
It's my daughter's memorial tonight.
In light of all this,
I hope you can at least be respectful and stay away.
You and Miri.
It happened.
I was 17,
and you were the grown-up.
If you're going to pursue this version of events...
go gently.
Wouldn't be hard to dismantle you.
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-[door opens] -[door closes]
Poor guy. Nice man.
-You let him in our house. -Yeah.
Yeah, he dropped Cerys home, so I offered him a waffle.
What?
He saw her walking home, so he gave her a lift.
[high-pitched ringing]
-[birds chirping] -[lively chatter]
[jazz playing softly]
Hi. Excuse me.
Um, have you got any juice?
[gasps] Lena!
[gasps] No, shh, um, no one here knows.
Yeah, well, me... me, neither.
-Wow, look at you. -[chuckles]
You've changed so much.
Well... [laughs]
You really have turned it around. How?
Oh, I haven't... I haven't... I haven't really.
This... this is not me.
It's all... it's all borrowed.
-Oh! -This isn't me at all.
None-none of this is me.
Oh! Oh, okay.
That totally threw me off.
-[burps] I know. -[chuckles]
Excuse me, I keep burping 'cause this...
this is my first drink in 18 years.
Ah, okay.
Well, stop now. Yeah?
[laughs]
-[liquid pours] -Thanks.
When did you get out?
About, uh, six weeks ago.
-You must've been out for... -Yeah, three years in Jan.
How is it?
Slow.
-It's okay. -Yeah.
Good and bad.
Hard.
It is hard, isn't it?
Mm.
-[chuckles] -[sighs] Does it get any easier?
Some days.
Oh.
[both laugh]
I always wanted to thank you.
What for?
You stood up for me with those other girls.
No one else did.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Well, there are plenty of assholes in the world,
so you remember the ones that aren't.
Well...
Do you... [laughs]
Do you miss it?
Sometimes I miss it.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
It took me ages to sleep when I first got out.
-It's, like, so quiet. -Yeah, I know.
I'm still getting used to that.
Yeah.
Anyway, I'm glad those aren't your clothes.
That really freaked me out.
[laughs] I thought, "Where the hell is Miri?"
-[whispers] She's here. -[laughs]
It's good to see you.
-You, too. -[Gaia] So I said,
"Billy, get your pecker out of that.
It's a sofa, not a woman."
[laughter]
Ah, a year away from qualifying,
and he gives it all up to push a lawn mower around.
[Billy clears throat] I'm a...
I'm a landscape gardener.
[Gaia] Oh, trim some bushes.
[laughter]
[Billy] Well, you have to, um...
cut them back to make them grow.
You could've been a top surgeon on Harley Street
-raking it in by now. -Never wanted that.
I think that, um, gardening is a lovely job
'cause you breathe life into something. [chuckles]
So be a doctor.
But he didn't want to do that.
You should be proud of him.
He has an extensive knowledge of...
botany, which is...
quite complicated.
-Ooh, botany. [laughs] -Yeah.
Yeah, I think that's an amazing thing to know about.
Oh, that is so generous of you.
But-but seriously, Billy, get your act together
and keep this one, or she will nab someone better.
There is no one better. I am the lucky one.
Yeah, he-he knows I'm just teasing him.
[Miri] Well, it's not funny. It's-it's just...
it's just not, 'cause Billy is a catch.
He's-he's kind,
and-and he's made me feel special,
normal even, which I'm really not.
And... [scoffs]
I'm not an important career woman at all.
The only PR I know about ends in "ison."
Just google me.
It's "Miri Matteson." It's a long story.
Act-- actually don't, because, um,
they paint it wrong.
But my point-- sorry--
my point really is that your son is a catch.
You know, you should be proud of him
and stop being such a...
cunt, I guess.
[exhales slowly]
[takes deep breath]
[Rehanna] Happy birthday to you
- Happy birthday to you - Birthday to you
- Happy birthday, dear Mom - Happy birthday, dear Gaia
- Happy birthday - Happy Oh!
[both] To you
[quietly] Hip hip...
[shaky breathing]
Hooray.
For she's a jolly
[engine roars]
It was a stunning cake.
It was very ornate. [chuckles]
I'm really sorry. I was a total dick.
Billy, please. I'm so sorry.
I-I know I should have kept my stupid mouth shut,
but I didn't like how she spoke about--
Shut up.
That was the best thing that anyone has ever done for me.
Beyond the best.
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[engine rattling]
[engine stops]
What are you doing later?
-Crimping my hair. -Oh.
I want to take you on a date.
Proper date.
Dad fixed my bike. Don't borrow it again.
-Of course not. I'm so, so sor-- -Move.
[softly] Ow.
Hey.
Mandy's in a real state. I don't know why.
-That Boback guy came round. -What?
Must have brought back memories of the whole dead Lara thing.
[Miri] Mandy?
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[quiet chatter]
[John] Thank you all for being here tonight.
Walking with us from the place of Lara's
brutal and untimely death
to where she now lies.
We may no longer live here,
but this town means so much to me and my wife.
We've always found such strength
in your love...
and continued support.
We come here to commemorate our beautiful girl...
[crying]
...taken from us in a violent and shocking act...
It's okay.
...by someone she thought was her friend.
She was my universe.
Our universe.
There are people
who want to poison my daughter's memory
with lies and slander.
I trust...
I trust that you will rise above it and focus on Lara.
This community...
has got us through the darkest of times,
and, together,
we'll make sure...
we're not dragged into the darkness again.
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