Hi Mom, happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Auntie!
Look at all of you. Thank you!
Hey!
I'll see you at Mom's, eh?
I'll get it.
Aye!
He's here! We can finally eat.
Sometimes there's other stuff.
Think about what else.
Sit with me.
If I didn't leave you, none of this would've happened.
Good man.
She's the one who gave me approval to leave.
Who are you talking about?
- I'm sorry. - You're amazing.
Your birth is my birth, G.
Your death is my death.
I wanna hug.
Double time, everyone,
'cause you lot are turning me the fuck on!
Five!
Four!
Three!
Two!
One!
Well done, well done, well done.
All right. That's a water break, guys.
Take two minutes. Well done, guys.
Whew!
He's trying to kill us.
T, what's wrong?
T, T, T, what's good?
T?
- What's wrong? - Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Got... - What?
Got the job.
- You got the job? - You got the job?
- You got the job! - You got the job!
- I got the job. - You got the job!
- I got the job.
I got the job!
He wants to go kayaking.
Tyrone? That's good, innit?
Yeah, it's really good. It's just...
We go for walks...
he makes me mojitos,
the other day, we went to a farm.
Know what? He's actually a bit like you, Ben.
- Oh, yeah? - A general nice.
And for me, it's a bit unusual, I had to adapt, but...
I feel like I'm copying him now.
Like I'm coming across nice.
You are nice.
I reject that.
I'm nice to you and to her, but am I generally nice?
What are you getting at, bae?
We're great people, we're goals.
But Ben, do you ever get that feeling
like someone's right for you,
but you're not yet the person you need to be
to also be right for that person?
Yeah, I know what you mean, yeah.
What do you do?
Do whatever you need to do to become the right person.
Bun this dead chat.
Bella?
Bella, are you okay?
Oh, hey.
Just a tiny bit left.
How you doing, bae?
I'm proud of you for moving on.
She's really let everything go, innit, Ben?
I was thinking we should do a cleanse.
- Fuck! - Rehydrating, exfoliating...
- Good book? - ...decluttering...
It's fucking amazing, Ben.
Della Croy-Dickie! Ugh!
I need to meet her, you know? She's like my twin.
Let me... let me tell you how deep this shit goes.
Arabella and Della,
both Londoners, both new writers,
both published under Henny House,
yet somehow manage to sit on complete opposite sides
on the spectrum of success and failure. How?
Our names fucking rhyme.
Well, if you're with the same publisher,
I'm sure someone can introduce you to her?
- Yeah... - Yeah.
What about Susy Henny?
I'd prefer not to reach out.
Why?
Well, they'll ask me how I'm doing
and how my draft is coming along,
and 'cause I haven't done anything,
it's just the last conversation I wanna have with them.
- You haven't done anything? - Or with you.
But more so with them. So, no reaching out.
I need a plan B.
Hi, Della. I'm Arabella, I'm a new writer, like yourself.
Um, thank you.
I closed it, and I felt, uh, different,
and it gave me hope I might finish my book one day.
- Uh... - Good.
Earnest.
But not how you get things.
This is reading as weak and unsure.
- I am weak and unsure. - We can't see that.
As someone who just got a job, can I help you?
Hmm.
- Action. - Hey, Della.
I'm Arabella, new writer, woman, she, her.
I've recently read The Sundial,
and I couldn't put it down for a second.
Not even for a loo break. Yass!
As a woman, I wanted to reach out to you
as another woman, to see if we, as women,
could get a coffee, and discuss the struggle
of being under commission in this patriarchal system?
Email and number below.
I hope to hear from you soon, sis.
- Hashtag HennyHouseGang. - And cut.
- Bella, so good. - Right.
- So layered, so textured. Mm. - Mm-hmm.
And we are... we're...
- We're sure about this? - Trust me.
Mm? Ben?
Okay.
- Uh, number and email. - Oh, yes, yes, yes.
Okay.
- Oh, good. She's seen it. - Oh, good. Good. Good.
Yeah, that's good. Good, good.
Where's she gone? Where's she gone?
Should I add another...
Another... Yeah, let me add, like, "X."
Hmm. Go back to the home page.
- Uh, let's just wait... - Gimme the fuckin'...
Yep.
She's blocked me.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!
# Street games #
- So gorgeous. - Feel.
- Hmm. - Hm.
Stunning, wow.
I like stroking this one, to center myself.
Hmm.
I haven't had a break in eight years.
Man.
Man, that's, uh...
- that's tough. - Hmm.
Peace Lily, she was my first.
Hmm.
- This is Kalanchoe. - Hmm.
I've been growing her, what, about two years now.
- She is beautiful. - She is my favorite.
Hmm. I see why.
Do you grow?
- Do I... - Do you grow?
Are you into growing? Flowers, plants?
- I am, I am. - Mm-hmm.
Never done it, I should say, but I...
- Oh, you'd love it. - Yeah.
Yeah, no, I really wanna get into it.
Do it, do it, do it!
We should be planting.
You know, we are the descendants of trees.
Guess that's where we get the melanin.
- What? - The melanin.
'Cause the barks are brown, and our skin is brown, so...
Hmm?
It was just a joke about the barks being brown
'cause the... brown is the melanin in our skin,
and trees have brown barks.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was just making a silly race joke.
Do you believe in multiple races as a rational taxonomy?
I probably... probably gonna...
have to think about that
and get back to you.
Where's your draft?
We've been waiting for quite a while now.
I'm just curious as to what stage we are at?
How's it going? What's the current word count?
Um...
Word c... I can't say for sure.
That's actually the reason I'm here.
I read Della Croy-Dickie's new book.
- The Sundial? - Yeah.
And I wondered if you could maybe
arrange a meeting for the two of us.
Before, you mentioned that was something
you could potentially do.
Is something like that possible?
No.
Okay, I just really thought she could... she could help me.
She can't help you. It was great to see you.
Yeah.
Uh... you, too.
Arabella, um, h... how are you?
Yeah. Yeah, good. Mm-hmm.
We brought you in here today, um...
It's not good news.
Henny House notified us, um, over the phone
and... and via email that they, uh...
they're withdrawing your commission.
Shit.
Yeah. They caught wind that, um, they...
their desired outcomes may not be achieved.
- I went to see Susy. - Why did you do that?
Well, they've cut and run,
and so now we need to begin the process of repayment
and, you know, we have to figure out
how you plan on... on... on doing that.
- Shit. - Yeah.
Things now have become very, uh, complex.
What does... What does that mean?
Complex. You know, everything's now become
very, uh...
complex.
We can no longer represent you.
Sorry.
Thank you.
Um, I'll have the...
tofu Bolognese, please.
You're vegetarian?
Uh, yeah, I'm trying it out today.
Fish of the day looks great to me.
I'll get the fish.
Thank you.
- So? - So, I guess I just wanted
to explain my behavior,
and to say sorry.
I had an intention to sleep with a woman.
Uh, just a hook-up, a one-time thing,
which I already know is problematic to some people,
but then we matched, and then we got really close,
on the phone, bonding and sharing,
and that's when you stopped being right for my...
uh, experiment.
And, uh, yeah, I wish I had realized that
before rather than after,
because then maybe we could have had a friendship.
- Okay. - I know you might think
I... I betrayed your trust,
and I think I did, too.
And, yeah, I'm so sorry.
I'll never do anything like that again.
It's what it is, isn't it?
Yeah, I guess anything that you might have found offensive,
you wouldn't have heard,
had you not stepped into my house under a fake identity.
I... I'll never even contemplate doing anything that way again.
Did it once.
No one really knows what you're gonna do.
You shouldn't fucking get away with that shit,
but the reality of life
is that predators and criminals never face justice.
I'm gonna cancel.
Fuck's sake.
I mean, I can cancel it for you.
Yeah, you're fucking cancelled too.
It's gonna be okay, bae. It's gonna be okay.
All done, ladies?
Anything else I can get you before I finish my shift?
Uh, just the bill,
and if you text that number, I'll have yours.
I can do that for you.
How you doing, bae?
I am in more debt than I've ever been in my whole life.
How you gonna pay them back?
I don't know, Terry, that's why I'm crying.
- T? - Yo?
You were right. Thank you.
- Hmm? - You were right. Della.
- Yes! - She's, uh... she's... she's...
She's asking if I'm free.
- What're you gonna tell her? - I'm... I'm free?
- You are free. - I am free now.
You are free now.
All right, I'm off.
- See you later. - She's emailed me.
# Baby I just wanna slide... #
What the fuck is that?
Who knows? I'm gonna let you guys find out.
Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
# I might have to Get paid for this... #
- Um... - Kai! Kai, hey!
# Kitty feel like I was made for it #
# I might have to Say grace to this #
# Think I'm 'bout to be Late for this #
# She knows I can't wait for this #
# Take the pic But don't filter this #
# I might have to Say grace to this #
# I might have to Get high for this... #
- Okay. - Ooh.
- Hmm. Look at that. - Ooh, I've got food envy.
Enjoy, guys.
Um... I was supposed to wait until you were leaving, but...
I just got to say, thank you.
I saw you on Flip Side. Like...
I know who you are. Just had to...
I'm a fan.
That's very kind of you, thank you.
Excuse me, um...
- Can I have what he's having? - Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
So, what was that?
Knows my work, I guess.
Well, I'm actually an actress,
so I wanna know who I'm really sitting with.
Do you want another drink?
Secrets?
Um...
I'm just gonna go toilet. Be back.
- Okay. - Perfect.
Can I get you anything?
- I'm waiting for someone. - Okay. I'll come back.
Thank you.
Oh. Wow. Hey.
Uh, long time.
Yeah.
- How have you been? - I'm brilliant.
Yeah, I'm living my best life.
Can I get you a drink?
Yeah, no.
I'm... I'm waiting for someone, actually, so...
Hi.
- Really? Seriously? - Yeah.
Fuck this shit, man!
After all the stuff at the summit,
Susy still wanted to publish me,
but didn't wanna risk using my name.
So, "Della"?
Are you still with Future Voices?
No, and I couldn't find another agent after that...
So, no one knows you're Della apart from...
Henny House, and my mom.
- Susy knows? - Susy picked the name.
Bitch.
It's a bit silly to come and meet me, isn't it?
Why've you done that?
You sent me a video of yourself...
on the toilet?
Seems like you need help to finish your novel?
And I was supposed to help you before,
back then, and I didn't, so, um...
- Look, I don't want to make... - Look, just wait. Wait.
I'm not afraid of you.
'Cause you're not under my bed.
You're here with me, so you don't scare me.
- I don't want to scare you. - And I've gone underneath,
underneath into the darkness,
and that darkness is now in me, looking at you,
so I might seem a little bit more frightening
than the last time you saw me.
You were pretty frightening the last time I saw you.
Yes, yes, I remember. Sit down.
You emailed me.
I also made a printout.
What is it?
It's a plot diagram for creative non-fiction.
This week, Flip Side shines a light
on trans musician Kai Forest.
I don't even really like labels...
- Hi. - Hi.
So, shall I get the bill?
Oh, no, why?
You seem uncomfortable.
Me?
I'm having a great time.
So, where were we?
Um...
You were telling me about your job.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Actress, yep.
So, tell me about you. Your background, your history?
Well, I was born in Hertfordshire.
I moved to London when I was 17 to make it as a guitarist.
Turns out I wasn't the only one
who saw the gap in the market for the next Jimmy Page.
Couldn't compete, so I ended up studying fine art.
And now, I have the outward appearance of a young man,
but there, within my pants, lies a vagina.
Mm.
So, how you feeling? Wanna leave?
If I leave, people will think I'm transphobic.
- And you're not transphobic. - I'm not transphobic.
And your food just came.
- Yep. - 'Cause you really wanted it.
Yep.
So, might as well try it while it's still warm.
- The setup? - Yeah.
This is where you introduce the regularity of their world,
before an event disrupts it.
I've actually done that, I think I've done that.
Good, yeah, you're probably following it already.
- Conflict, confrontation. - Yeah. Obstacles, setback.
You also introduce the other characters,
including the main antagonist,
which, um, which isn't always a person...
But it could be a person.
Yes, yeah. Um...
Or multiple people,
an outdated software in a computer system,
the self, anything that creates major conflict,
because conflict enables the story to develop
- and the stakes to rise. - And the last bit.
- Yeah. Resolution. - Mm-hmm.
You can also use multiple narratives,
use circular structures...
Circular structures...
It's just a guideline, you know?
I... I learned all this stuff in school.
Where? Cambridge?
Thank you.
Would you like to come back to mine?
- Prude. - I'm not prudish!
- Mmm... - I'm not.
I've had a threesome.
Fuck you.
"C."
"A."
So, while Giovanni was getting you a drink,
you started flirting with...
Luigi. Yeah, we just locked eyes...
And Giovanni saw?
Yeah, and then he still gave me my drink.
I could've had anything I wanted.
And they introduced themselves to each other?
And then there was a vibe.
And then you all went back and, uh...
And did things that prudish bitches don't do.
What?
- No, no. - No, no, go on.
They weren't strangers.
What do you mean?
Sounds like they made a plan
and waited for someone to take the bait.
You think they were pretending to be strangers?
I could be wrong.
There was something about the way they left.
They left together.
They headed off together?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Pre-arranged, probably.
It happens.
It's a while ago.
Still burns like it was yesterday, huh?
# Could be #
# Better #
# Could be #
# Better #
# I think we 'bout to #
# Could be #
Thank you so much, Zain.
I thought you were writing about consent.
So did I.
I don't understand it.
I do.
Thank you.
I'm glad I could help.
Hmm.
See you around. Uh, I'm gonna go home.
Okay.
Can you, um, throw those out, please, on your way?
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Thanks, Della.
# Can't you see The clouds gathering? #
# Don't let it be Said too late #
# There's a brand-new feeling In the air #
# Better run in the ark #
# Before the rain starts #
# Can't you see The clouds gathering? #
- # Can't you see # - # Don't let it be #
- # Said too late # - # The clouds gathering #
- # Can't you see # - # Don't let it be #
- # Said too late # - # The clouds gathering #
- # Better run in the ark # - # Can't you see #
- # Before the rain starts # - # Said too late #
- # Better run in the ark # - # Don't let it be #
- # Said too late # - # Before the rain starts #
# Can't you see # - # Don't let it be #
- # The clouds gathering # - # Said too late #
- Right. - Right, mate.
Right.
That is such a loud bird.
What's on the menu tonight?
Going to do your bar watch thing?
Yeah. Hey, you wanna come?
Oh, you know I don't go out much.
Well, invite's there if you change your mind.
Everybody feels lonely from time to time.
When we have no one to sit next to at lunch,
when we move to a new city,
or when nobody has time for us at the weekend.
But over the last few decades,
this occasional feeling has become chronic for millions.
In the UK, 60 percent...
# Just because I cannot see #
# Doesn't mean I don't believe #
# Tell you I can feel it... #
Sorry. Where were we?
Here.
# Even though I #
# Sometimes stray #
# You remain closer than #
# Closer than you've ever been #
# Can you hear the wind As it blows #
# Without ears #
# The leaves dance #
# In everything #
# I can't see it... #
Yo, guys.
- Hi. - Hey.
- Leave you guys to it. - Yeah.
So, you two are...
Yep. We are going steady.
You all right?
- Yeah, I'm okay. - Okay, cheers.
- Cheers. - Mm-hmm.
I'm just... nervous.
Got an email about my advert. It's gonna be in a cartoon,
so I'm kinda like...
I'm really sorry to trouble you,
I'm trying to spend the night in a shelter...
Are you all right? I need to get to work.
Okay, well, let's... let's get you in a cab.
Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes!
- She's all right, ain't she? - Yeah.
Fuck, okay.
Sorry.
# Go #
# I said go #
# And your eyes #
# They grow #
# Beautiful #
# When #
# You're crying out For something #
# Hurting maybe #
# Never felt so good #
A criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.
- Are you sure? - Yes!
We need to figure out what we're gonna do.
I've done that.
Now we're gonna give him a taste of his own medicine.
So, you down for the alliance or not?
The alliance is spicy, blud.