PHONE BUZZES
DUVET RUSTLES
HE URINATES
Morning, you.
Hey.
Ready to go in five?
Yeah.
I'll drive.
Do you mind if I do? I, uh, I just need my car today.
Liv's asked me to run some errands. Sure.
Hello, guys.
Hey. Hi. Hiya.
You don't mind if I hog some of your desk space today, do you?
Uh, no, that's fine.
There you go.
Liv, I've a meeting in town in an hour. Can we go through the schedule first?
Especially the launch event timings. Yeah, sure.
PHONE RINGS
Hello, yes.
Well, let me have a word with him first. Yeah.
Liv… What?
Oh, God, is it bad news? Oh, no. It's not about the launch.
It's…Elliot.
It's been complicated.
I told you
not to get involved with Elliot.
But you ignored me.
He's scary. What the hell are you talking about?
He has this way of…
…scaring you into doing things that you don't want to do.
And making you give up the things you do.
No, no, no, no, no.
You lied to me for weeks until he gave you an ultimatum
because you didn't want to be called out on your bullshit.
That's not true. And now, today,
the day before the launch, you want to do this?
Why…why don't you just take a massive shit in my dinner too, while you're at it?
He was doing the same with Chloe. OK, OK.
You need to stop your creepy obsession with Chloe.
She was trying to leave him. Oh, my God… That night!
She had a caravan she was trying to get to.
I have known Elliot
since I was 15.
And he is basically family.
So whatever it is you're trying to do,
stop.
Did she ask for your help?
PHONE RINGS
What do you want?
Absolutely not.
I literally don't care.
Liv… Just stop.
What's going on?
Nothing.
It was delivered this afternoon. I've got a picture here somewhere.
Hello, everyone. Hey.
The guy's put it up already.
There it is. Wow.
That's amazing. Incredible, isn't it?
What happened there? Oh. That was this one.
Spatial co-ordination is not her strong suit, seemingly.
Sasha, your identity documents, do you have them?
Er, not on me, no.
Not even your driver's licence? I always forget that.
Right. Well, can you bring it tomorrow, please?
Sure. No problem.
When were you going to tell me about this?
What do you mean? Why would you smash my phone?
I-I don't know what you're talking about. And why do you always lie to me?
You smashed your phone. I don't know what you mean. What did you think you'd find on it?
I didn't smash your phone. I… Pull over.
Now! Pull over. OK!
I'm driving.
I… I'm driving.
You're constantly hiding things from me, and I just put up with it.
I don't deserve to be treated like this. I know. I'm sorry.
Do you know what it's like being in a relationship with you?
Elliot! What are you doing?
Elliot! What the fuck are you doing? HORNS BLARE
Elliot!
That.
That is what it's like being with you.
I… I'm just going to jump in the shower. Sure.
Anyway, Mum won't be back until at least midweek,
so there's no rush at all. I just need to get my head together.
No, I know. I always feel so much better after a stay there.
Just getting out of town. Yeah, just, you know, away. Away from people.
It's my pleasure. Hey.
Hello, you.
Rich popped down to get Mum's keys. He's going to spend a couple of days at hers in the country.
Oh, nice.
Glass of wine? Yeah.
Have you seen the…?
Yeah. It's amazing.
Thank you.
Cheers.
Right, I'd better go and get the key before I forget.
Thanks, man.
Did you see what he did with my car keys?
Rich?
Rich? I'm not sure… It's fine. I need you to take me now. We need to go before he gets back.
I don't know what you mean. I just need to get out of here. I'll explain later.
OK? Please. I said I'd have dinner with Elliot. I don't… Rich!
I can't.
Fuck! You knew.
I don't know what you mean. Yes, you fucking do!
I thought you cared about her. Why the fuck didn't you show up? I told you, I got high, I forgot.
Fuck off, Rich!
Fuck off! You didn't forget because you got high.
You needed to forget, that's why you got high. I couldn't…
OK, yeah, yeah. OK, fine. Yeah. You owe him a lot.
Great.
What the fuck?!
Is everything all right?
Everything OK?
Rich? Hm.
Keys. Mm, thanks.
What's going on? No…
Oh, man, I don't know. I don't know what's wrong with me.
I'm just… I'm just a fuck-up, aren't I?
Don't. Come on.
Are you telling me the place you went wasn't worth the money?
Is that it? Hm?
Fuck off.
No. No.
You're going to be fine.
Something to eat?
Sasha…
About today in the car.
You know I didn't mean it, right?
I'm sorry.
Please. I messed up.
I love you.
I don't want you to be scared of me.
How are you feeling?
Like it's a big day.
It is.
I can't. He's got my car keys.
I need to go without anyone noticing.
The speech should be at 5pm, so I can slip out.
Be careful, OK? OK.
Thank you.
Sasha?
Ready? Ready.
What's in there? Er, a gift. I'll hold on to it until after tonight.
You're so sweet.
Oh, can I pop back in? Come on, we need to go.
I won't be long. Sasha, we're late.
BUZZ OF CHATTER
Good to be here. Thank you. Thank you so much for coming.
Thank you.
Sasha, can I borrow you a second?
Em… Can we have one for the team? Sure.
OK, everyone. Say cheese.
Hey.
Must have been very stressful getting all this ready.
Yeah.
You OK? Yeah, I'm fine.
It's just…Liv said that you and El have been having some problems.
Anyway, if you want to talk… What are you doing?
Sorry, what do you mean? Fuck off.
I know you tell Elliot everything.
You knew how scared she was.
Chloe? You knew she wanted to leave.
Right.
You think I don't want to leave sometimes?
Marriage is hard. And yes, Elliot's a handful and they had a very tricky relationship,
but so what? Welcome to the fucking club.
What's going on? What? Phil looked like you'd just punched him in the face.
I don't know. Maybe Livia's rubbing off on me.
Could I have your attention, please?
Hello, everyone. It's my pleasure to welcome you all here
to Elliot Fairbourne's Bristol North by-election campaign launch.
Without further ado, Elliot Fairbourne!
Thank you, thank you.
I want to take a moment to thank you all for being here today.
I'm honoured to be the candidate for this by-election.
This is a beautiful city, a unique city.
It never surprises me that Bristol… What are you doing?
Have you seen the gift bag for Elliot? Sash, not right now.
Have you seen it? Ssh! Its diversity and sense of community have shaped my character
and my beliefs. Its culture and rebellious spirit
are a continuous inspiration.
Sasha!
What are you doing? Do you know where the gift bag is?
I think Livia put it in the side room with all the coats and bags. Get it later. I need to go!
What the fuck? What's the matter with you? Just let me go.
Your one job today is to not mess this up for El.
If you pull a disappearing act right now, he'll be off his A-game
and I'll have to clear that up. My mum's sick. I need to be with her.
She's not sick. OK, so now you're a doctor?
Please just come back in.
I hate doing this. You'd think the last one dying would be enough.
Jesus Christ, this is Chloe again? I'm just saying let me go.
What do you know about Chloe? I don't know. I don't know!
I just know she was trying to
fucking leave and no-one would let her! She was always threatening to leave!
She was a privileged housewife who never worked a day in her fucking life.
She didn't actually want to leave. And she didn't actually want to die. It was theatrics.
Yeah. I've had enough of people sanctifying her.
Sure, apparently she was mentally ill, so now nobody can say a bad word about her,
but she wasn't a fucking saint!
There's two sides to every story.
That makes a lot more sense now.
Is that who the gift bag's from? He's got nothing to do with it.
Is everything OK? No, mate. You've got a lot of fucking nerve showing up here.
I've got a lot of nerve? I know exactly what you're doing here.
Becky? Yeah, sorry, I'm…
And your…
What kind of person does that?
Tracks down the grieving friends of a dead girl?
But that's…that's not what…
That's… You stole her life
because of some stupid rejection when you were 17.
No wonder you tried to convince yourself we did something wrong.
Fuck.
Sorry I've dragged you into all this. I don't know what's wrong with me.
It's OK.
You're out. This is good.
I don't understand why…
Don't you agree with them? What? That you're crazy?
I mean, I need help, right?
Just a little bit.
We should bounce. Now.
You might want to make yourself scarce for a bit. Yeah?
We can go to London or… London? Yeah, yeah, I got a job interview next week.
And if I get it…
I don't know.
I'd be down for a move. I fucking hate it here.
Maybe.
You do know that Becky and Sasha are the same person, right?
Do you want something?
I don't know. A new personality?
Would you like some ketchup with that?
Can I get a cheeseburger, please?
OK.
Can I have a cheeseburger and a Coke?
And you don't know where she was going? No.
Her parents? That's where she ended up anyway. She got a taxi.
What is it? I don't know.
Becky, look…
You're right here. OK?
I just need to do one more thing. Why?! She called me!
She called me.
She had a caravan, a whole plan. That's not someone who wants to die.
Becky, her mom saw her jump. Just let it go.
Yeah, so what happened at her parents' house for her to do that?
I need to talk to them now or I'll never know! No, you won't!
Look, this is what happens.
When people die, they leave behind a whole lot of questions.
We can go to London tomorrow. God…
What…? It's too late.
OK? Look, sometimes…
…it is just too late.
Either I'm right or they are.
About me.
I'm such a fucking idiot.
Can I, um…
Can I drop you off somewhere?
No, I can get a taxi.
Good luck.
BELL RINGS
Hello?
Hi.
Uh…it's Becky. Green.
We-we thought about getting in touch.
It's funny she called you, isn't it?
Had she reached out before? No.
You two were so sweet.
What was that thing you used to do? You'd pick any old bus to get on.
Yeah, we saw so many random suburbs. Do you remember, Jim?
You wanted some sort of adventure, I think.
Yes. A pretty strange way to go about it.
I always… I always appreciated you being there for her.
You know, coming to stay when she needed you.
Hey…
Well, it was nice of you to drop by.
Um, how is…um…
Tiger?
Tiger. Oh, she died a few years ago. Got run over.
Oh, God, I'm so sorry. We got her daughter, Pebble.
Could I meet her?
Hello!
Her dad must have been an ugly street tabby or something! Aww!
Hello.
There you are.
Ange, I'm so sorry.
Bless you.
Ange…
What…
What happened…that night?
I can't stop thinking about it. She showed up, distressed,
saying lots of things that didn't make sense. Like what?
Like she wanted to leave. All sorts of things.
We knew from her husband that she'd been on a downward spiral.
He was a saint, the way he looked after her.
They were childhood sweethearts.
Anyway, she went to bed and her husband arrived.
In the night, we realised she was gone.
I drove around for ages, looking.
We arrived just as she jumped.
What…
I just… I…I can't believe that.
I should have known.
It was like she'd given up.
Like the light had gone out of her eyes.
Ange, I'm so sorry. Oh, Becky.
There's nothing any of us could have done.
Could I…
Could I see her room?
Of course you can.
CHLOE: Becky, I don't know how to start this.
I'm so sorry. I've been so lonely at the new school.
I think about you every day.
I had to make new friends.
If I didn't, I'd be lonely forever.
I think you all could have got on if I'd brought you together.
I should have told you about the party.
Chloe! Let me in!
♪ Becky Green! Becky Green! Becky Green! Becky Green! ♪
I'm so sorry.
Sometimes I feel like…
…I'm made up of lots of small mirrors that just show people what they want to see.
I guess I'm like a disco ball.
That's why I need you.
Because when I'm with you…
…I feel like I'm really there.
Elliot says it's weird that I've got a best friend that isn't him.
He doesn't understand.
He doesn't want me to send this letter.
Sometimes he gets angry when I do things he doesn't think are right.
I'm sorry about your sister.
Thank you for telling me. I know it was really hard.
I love you.
And I really hope you can forgive me.
Love, always…
…Chloe.
Where did she jump?
On the coast.
Yeah, yeah. No, but where?
Proxford.
By the old pier.
She was heading to see me…
Ange, what did she say to you? That night.
She asked me not to say where she was.
But…when he called,
he was so upset. So scared.
They…they'd been looking everywhere for her. They thought she was in town.
That's what she wanted them to believe.
What did you see when you got there? I don't know.
I called out her name and she turned and walked towards me.
And then he called to her and she turned and she ran.
He ran after her.
Then I don't know.
She wasn't planning to jump.
I don't think so.
Ange, did you even see her jump? I don't know. I don't know any more.
I don't…
He pushed her. No.
Ange, he pushed her, didn't he? No. Didn't he? No!
He did! No.
No, I don't…
I didn't see that.
I don't know what I saw.
I… I had to believe something.
Maybe you should have believed your daughter.
I think you need to stop this morbid conversation.
PHONE RINGS
Hi, Elliot! You'll never guess who's just popped by.
Becky Green. Chloe's old friend. Did you ever meet her?
What?
ELLIOT: You scared me.
PHONE BUZZES
Hello? Becky.
Thank God.
Chloe. Are you OK? Yeah, I'll explain. Can you pick me up?
RADIO MUSIC: There is a Light That Never Goes Out, by The Smiths
♪ Driving in your car
♪ I never, never want to go home
♪ Because I haven't got one
♪ Any more… ♪
So where do you want to go?
We can go wherever you want.
I don't mind.
♪ Because I want to see people and I want to see life
♪ Driving in your car
♪ Oh, please don't drop me home
♪ Because it's not my home It's their home
♪ And I'm welcome no more… ♪
I'm so glad you called.
I'm so fucking glad you picked up!
♪ And if a double-decker bus… ♪
WIND WHISTLES, WAVES CRASH
CHILDREN LAUGH
CHILD LAUGHS
BIRDSONG
Hello, nugget.
I haven't seen you in a while.
Where's your fancy man? Oh, you were right. Didn't work out.
Mum…
What?
It…
It wasn't…my fault…
…Sasha dying.
Please say something!
Have you tried the scones?
Yeah, they're pretty good.
Mum… The best thing is…
…it's all free.
You just help yourself.
I've got to go.
You'll come see me again, won't you?
Cos you are such a nice lady.
Elliot Fairbourne.
Actually, would you mind giving me a call if he does try and see her?
Sure. I'm getting a new number, but I'll send it to you.
OK. Yeah, no problem. Oh, Christine Wright.
Can you make a note to allow her visits? OK, yeah.
Also, I was wondering if I could make a cash payment.
That's great. Thank you.
APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS
Sasha?
Becky!
Is that you?
Will you open the door?
No.
You owe me an explanation. I don't owe you anything.
What the fuck have you done to me?
You need to let me out.
You were back in her life, weren't you?
Trying to talk her into leaving me.
That is crazy. I don't believe you. Oh, right. Well, fuck you!
OK.
OK, I just want to talk.
OK?
Please.
Whatever story you have in your head about Chloe and I, it's wrong.
You should give me the keys.
She wanted to leave you because you made her feel small.
And powerless.
And scared.
That's not true! It's not true.
We loved each other. OK, well, that's not what I'm saying.
I'm saying she wanted to leave you.
And you wouldn't let her! How dare you!
Who the hell are you? Who the hell are you?!
I'm sick of it. Take them and get out.
The only way you can get someone to love you is by pretending to be someone else!
At least I don't have to chase them off a cliff. Shut up!
Don't you fucking say that! You don't know what you're talking about!
OK? Don't you fucking say that! I FUCKING HATE YOU!
No…
Wait, wait, wait! Please, come on.
Becky! Becky, please!
Please, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Look at me, look at me!
Becky, we can talk about this! Please open the door, Becky!
Stop! Stop!
ELLIOT: Don't fucking say that! Do you hear me?
Don't fucking say that! I FUCKING HATE YOU!
PHONE BUZZES
What the fuck?! What the fuck?! What the fuck?! I'm OK! It's OK!
What the fuck are you doing here? I didn't have anywhere else to go.
How did you find it?
The same way you did.
Fuck.
Did you post that video?
Yeah.
Well, you certainly learnt a thing or two about PR.
It's a shitshow.
He's in serious trouble.
I just don't know what to think any more.
It's a fucking nightmare.
I know.
He's my friend.
ELLIOT: Hey, love. I wish you wouldn't put your phone on silent.
Listen, I…I don't think you should come tonight.
I know you're not feeling very sociable.
And Liv's being a bit of a bitch about the IVF stuff,
saying something about you can't be trusted with Noah,
doubting if you'll make a good mum. I told her I didn't want to talk about it.
Also, our kid won't be such a nightmare.
Anyway, I'll see you at home later?
Call me to say you got this. I love you.
I never said that. Look, I know.
He told me Chloe thought…
…Noah's problems were because of my parenting.
Right now, I just feel like…
…everyone I've ever known
might be pretending to be somebody else.
You baby-sat my kids.
Sorry.
There's something wrong with me. Bullshit!
You made choices.
I did too. I know that.
God, this place is disgusting.
I've got a new phone.
Thanks.
♪ Through the glory of life
♪ I will scatter on the floor
♪ Disappointed and sore
♪ And in my thoughts I have bled
♪ For the riddles I've been fed
♪ Another lie moves over
♪ Wild white horses
♪ They will take me away
♪ And the tenderness I feel
♪ Will send the dark underneath
♪ Where I follow
♪ Wild white horses
♪ They will take me away
♪ And the tenderness I feel
♪ Will send the dark underneath
♪ Where I follow… ♪