MOBILE VIBRATES
RINGS
MOBILE VIBRATES
Hey!
Hey.
Is everything all right? Yeah.
It's just, uh...
I haven't had a midnight call from you in a while.
Oh! SHE CHUCKLES
Everything's all right? Nothing's happened, no?
No. Er... Nothing's happened.
OK.
Oh...
Um, I just, er...
I keep thinking, how, um...
..how nice it was to see you at the party.
And I... I thought... I was thinking, um...
..that I missed having you in my life.
And that maybe it would be nice to like, um, have you in it again?
I know we've not, er...
We haven't really done the whole friendship thing, but um...
..I guess I was just wondering if we could.
Uh-huh. Yeah.
That sounds good.
OK.
DOORBELL RINGS
Hi. Hiya.
How's things? Good.
You? Yeah. Good.
This is... This is a nice place.
My hallway?
Yeah, I know.
The hall is great!
Do you want to come in? Yeah.
CHATTER
Hey, everyone.
Hello. This is Connell. Hey, how are you?
Hi, I'm Joanna. Connell. Nice to meet you. Good to meet you.
How are you? Sorry, that was a bit formal. That's all right.
Do you want some wine, dude? I've got red, or... Yeah, red's...
Red's good. Thank you.
So, Connell, you were at school with the heavenly Marianne.
Jesus! And you do English, right?
Yeah. Yeah.
And Marianne says you write.
Oh, not really.
I so nearly did English. That course looks great.
Yeah, I know, it's been really good so far. Yeah.
Connell, what was Marianne like at school? She... Smart.
Well, obviously! But what was she like?
Er... Are you scared of her?
Are you scared what she'll say if you tell us all the truth? Er...
Did she go round absolutely annihilating people?
Er...
Yeah. She did do a bit of that, all right. I knew it!
Thanks for that.
Connell, you can sit. Oh, sorry, of course. Thank you.
I think it's all an act. Deep down, Marianne's just a nice girl.
What about me, Jamie? Am I a nice girl, deep down?
No, you're a nice girl superficially and, deep down,
you are a fucking monster.
LAUGHTER
Too true! So true. I'm so glad you acknowledge it!
Yeah, well, obviously, but he said I'm nice. I come across nice.
Yeah, I think that was...
♪ Breaking my back in the heart of this land
♪ Feet above water and softened in sand
♪ I could have wanted any part of this
♪ But I find the heat is too harsh on the skin
♪ Drowning in light, need the cold to sink into my soul
♪ My soul
♪ Ignore signs of change
♪ No more
♪ I come back again
♪ I am flawed
♪ Mm
♪ So why don't we go?
♪ I'll never know. ♪
Jesus Christ! You're such a little cheat!
I'm not a cheat. I'm just very good at pool.
There's a difference. Questionable. Wow! That's modest(!)
Oh, my God! Yeah, you are literally insufferable.
Right, come on. Who's next?
Erm... Peggy, you look like you could hold a cue.
Oh! I'm busy right now, thanks.
I'll give you a game. Yes! Thrash him, please.
I'll do my best. Ready to get absolutely destroyed, Gareth?
Are you ready to shut up, Jamie? Oh, God! Let Gareth win, please!
Are you ready for this, Marianne?
He thinks it's a Diet Coke ad!
"Are you ready for this?!"
Are you hating every second?
Didn't say that.
They're fun, aren't they? Sure.
Just, er... I don't think I understand them, is all.
Understand them?
I don't know. It's...
I supposed they're just a bit different from my own friends.
Your friends here or back home?
Both.
Well, I know they can be a bit intense,
but, at the end of the day, they're my friends.
It's different for you.
Mm.
Yeah...
You're welcome. Yes!
Teresa!
You look amazing!
Connell, shot? Grab one of those?
Thank you very much.
Hi. Oh, hi! Teresa. Hi, how are you?
Good to see you again. Yeah, you too.
Cheers.
I said I was coming for one. Yeah... A shot straightaway!
Hello. Hey.
Thanks.
How are you feeling?
Awful.
You left early.
What did I miss? More alcohol.
Bad dancing to bad music.
Is there any gossip?
No, not really.
Erm... Oh, Teresa and your pal left pretty soon after you did.
Looked very cosy.
Mm.
It's funny, I can't picture the two of you guys, like, uh...
hanging out in school and stuff.
Well, we didn't, really. Right. Yeah, that makes sense.
Is he, like...
..smart?
Well, he's smarter than me.
Right.
He's actually the smartest person I've ever met.
Fair enough.
We should probably get to the library.
Yeah, I obviously have a lot of work to do to become the smartest person
you've ever met, so...!
I don't think it's possible. Do you not think? No.
He's the smartest person you've ever met?
QUIET CHATTER
All right?
Well, well! Walk of fucking shame! You all right, Elaine?
I don't think I can get you out of this one, Connell! Good night, then?
I'm just going to grab a shower. I bet you are!
I'll be out of your way. Was it, though? Good to see you, Elaine.
That man's a dark horse! He'll tell you nothing!
So, rather than looking at Modernism solely as a literary phenomenon,
we can regard it as a historical process,
unfolding within and along with other significant processes
and developments of the 1910s and '20s.
Thank you.
Oh, a bit of housekeeping.
Next week's lecture will be in the Jonathan Swift.
Hey.
Hey. Could I read your Joyce essay?
The one that you got that unprecedented, like,
literally impossible merit in?
Where did you hear that?
Talk of the year.
People are competitive.
Yeah. Right.
I'm going to the Literary Society later on. Oh, right?
Yeah, they're looking for new members, actually. Ah, right.
You look really sweet when you're concentrating.
You have a really cute serious face.
I'm so distracted by this committee bullshit.
There was another argument last night.
Phil went off on Hannah and I think she might resign.
It's just... It's just so fucking boring, you know?
I really need to finish this before class.
Sure. It's fine.
What's it like?
You're, like, this star.
You're top of the class.
What do you mean?
Do you enjoy it?
Being recognised like that?
Er... I don't think I'm brilliant, or anything like that. Mm?
No, I mean it.
It's just no-one else does the reading properly.
They literally show up to discuss a book they haven't even read
and then they just bang on about it with complete confidence.
And, then, people are fooled.
And that bothers you.
I suppose it does a little bit.
No, that's not even it. It's...
What upsets me is...
..is that I... barely know what to say half the time, like,
outside of this, outside of work.
Like, they don't have to go around and pretend,
or be anything other than themselves. You know?
And I feel like I'm walking around,
trying on 100 different versions of myself.
It's just not working, or...
It doesn't seem like that.
From the outside, I mean.
Then I think about... home...
..school and, fuck, I just... HE SIGHS
I can't connect this life and...
..and that life. It just...
It just doesn't fit.
Or...
Um... do your friends know about us?
Just, like, what happened in school or... whatever?
No.
Joanna does.
Sort of.
But not the others.
I don't think so.
I mean, they may have picked up on something, but I never told them.
Would you be embarrassed if they found out?
That we were together in school, or whatever?
Yeah. Hm.
In some ways.
Why?
Because it was humiliating.
You mean, the way I treated you?
Yeah.
And just, er...
SHE SIGHS
..just the fact that I put up with it.
Did you ever think about asking me to the Debs?
I know it's such a stupid thing, but, er...
Um... ..I'm curious whether you thought about it.
To be honest, er... no.
I wish that I did.
You know...
Would you have said yes?
Yeah.
SHE SIGHS
Fuck's sake!
I'm really sorry.
Apparently, everybody knew about us, anyway.
Everyone knew what?
That we were seeing each other.
I didn't tell anyone, Connell, I swear to God.
No, fuck, I know. That's not what I mean. I mean...
My point is that even if you had told people, it wouldn't have mattered.
Were they horrible about it? No.
HE CHUCKLES
Believe it or not, no-one even cared.
HE SIGHS
I feel really guilty about all that stuff I said to you about, er...
..how bad it would be if people found out.
Like, obviously, that was just...
That was just what was going on in my head, and...
There'd be no reason why anybody would care. I just...
Hm!
I think I just suffered from anxiety with those sort of things.
I don't know, it's... HE SWALLOWS HARD
Yeah.
I still think about it all the time. I still...
..think about why I acted in such a fucked-up way, and I'm really sorry.
Marianne, I... MARIANNE SNIFFS
I really am sorry.
I forgive you.
Thank you.
BIRDSONG
What? Sorry.
We're just... I thought we were going to a party?
Sorry, I just... I felt I had to say it!
But we're good. This is good. Everyone says we're good together.
I mean... that's not a reason...
And do they?
Does everyone really go around saying that? Yeah.
Do people even care?
Yeah. I think people care that their friends are happy, yeah.
Look, I'm sorry, I just... I don't think this is working.
It's not what I want any more. Any more? Yeah.
So, you did want this at some point?
Wow!
You are literally like a completely different person right now.
Sorry.
Are you sure you don't mind bringing me?
Sure. I'm going there myself, aren't I?
But, er... you hadn't promised Teresa a lift?
What are you drinking? Gin.
And? Gin.
Huh! Right.
She was talking about you.
Right. You guys fighting, or something?
Are we fighting? That's insane. Did she say that?
No. She said you were seeing each other.
And that means we're fighting, does it?
So, you are seeing each other?
It's casual. That's exactly what she said.
Did you agree between you that's what you were going to tell people?
Not as such, I don't think.
You have such a nice face. Huh! You're getting drunk.
People have said that to me, that your face is nice.
That's nice of them.
I just broke up with Gareth.
Like, an hour ago.
Is that why you're drinking gin on gin?
Didn't hurt that much. You all right?
I think I'm just a... fundamentally cold, unfeeling person.
I feel absolutely fine.
That's bullshit. We weren't meant to be.
Wasn't a good fit.
Feel like I could've told you that myself. Do you?
Hm!
MUSIC BLASTS
ANIMATED CHATTER
Yes! Hi! Sophie!
Hey!
I'll go and find a fridge, all right?
You made it! THEY LAUGH
You look so nice! Oh! Hi, hi, hi! Hi. How are you?
I'm fine. How are you? Yeah, good.
Huh! What are they like!
I might go and say hello, but I'll catch you in a bit. OK.
Hey! Hi!
THEY WHOOP
Hey!
You... look fantastic! Is this new? Mm-hm! Yes!
Hi! How you doing? I'm great. I'm great.
'Course she's great, she just lost 10st of boring.
Oh, no! Peggy, that's terrible.
Poor Gareth! Ah, he'll be fine.
Where's Connell? Um... I don't know. I think he's inside.
Probably looking for Teresa.
Yeah, I heard they hooked up. That's cool.
MARIANNE COUGHS
THEY LAUGH You're such a baby!
Oh, no! I'm not having that again.
MUSIC: Nikes by Frank Ocean
ANIMATED CHATTER
CHATTER AND MUSIC FADE
LOW CHATTER
I'm going to nip down. Do you want a beer?
I'll take another one of those. Is that all right? Yeah. Sound.
You've been off with Teresa. Have I?
Mm. Mm-hm.
You're completely out of it, are you?
You smell like perfume. Hm!
Yeah, well, Teresa's not actually at the party, so...
THEY CHUCKLE
As in, she's not really here. Huh!
Come here.
Do you like her better than me? Hm? No.
To be honest, I don't really know her that well, so...
Is she better in bed than I am?
You're drunk, Marianne.
If you were sober, you'd never ask that.
So that's not the answer that I want.
Hm. Obviously it's the answer that you want.
HE CHUCKLES
Let's go upstairs.
Yeah? Mm-hm.
Yeah, we actually are upstairs, Marianne.
THEY CHUCKLE
I want you to fuck me. Yeah?
Hm. Huh!
Not tonight. You're wasted.
Is that the only reason? Yeah.
That's it.
Otherwise you would? Mm, Marianne...
I'll give you drugs.
HE SCOFFS You don't even...
Marianne, you don't have drugs. You should go lie down.
Just kiss me.
OK.
Good night, Marianne.
I'll be here in the morning.
You OK? Hm.
MARIANNE SIGHS
BIRDSONG
MUSIC POUNDS
SHE SIGHS HEAVILY
BIRDSONG
FAINT CHATTER
Hey.
Sorry about last night. Nah. Forget about it.
I think it would be a bit difficult for us to stay friends
if one of us kept trying to sleep with the other one.
Hm.
HE TURNS OFF ENGINE
I'm going to have a shower. Cool.
I'll make some coffee.
WATER FLOWS
SHE BREATHES DEEPLY
Come to bed, then.
HE BREATHES DEEPLY
MUSIC PLAYS
SHE MOANS SOFTLY
THEY MOAN
HE BREATHES DEEPLY
THEY BREATHE HEAVILY
BIRDSONG
It's not like this with other people.
I know.
I think we'll be fine.
♪ When the rain is blowing in your face
♪ And the whole world is on your case
♪ I could offer a warm embrace
♪ To make you feel my love
♪ When evening shadows and the stars appear
♪ And there is no-one there to dry your tears
♪ I could hold you for a million years
♪ To make you feel my love. ♪