BABY CRIES
THEY LAUGH
DISEMBODIED CHATTER BUILDS
WAVES CRASH
DISTANT CHATTER
GULLS SQUAWK
DISTANT LAUGHTER
You were up late again, nugget.
Christine said she saw you walking around Bristol yesterday.
Oh, yeah?
You said you'd come home straight from work.
I was running an errand.
An errand? What kind of errand?
Well?
Good night, was it? SHE SCOFFS
I'm not going to talk to you when you're like this.
Don't know who else will have you.
Oh, come on, Becky.
Becky!
I'm sorry. I love you.
Where are you going?
I'm going to work.
ENGINE REVS
KNOCKING
DISTANT OFFICE CHATTER
Mm.
Yeah?
This is Becky. She's from the temp agency.
She'll be covering for me.
Hi. So, how long are you with us again?
Er, five months.
COMPUTER PINGS
Oh, Cathy, you'll have to cancel that meeting with John Freeman.
I'll need to work late on the Paxton pitch.
You and Maria were going to that charity drinks thing tonight,
with Henry and Georgia Cohen. Yeah.
Tell them I can't make it, yeah?
Sure, and I'll order Maria some flowers.
OK, that's perfect.
Thank you.
There's all the information you need on his wife, Maria, on the desktop.
There should be a folder called Maria Peele.
OK, so we should let Georgia Cohen know that Mark
can't make it tonight.
Let me send her an email.
Er, all of his appointments are in the diary, but do remind him
because he tends to get a bit in the zone.
So he'll be annoyed if he misses one.
What else?
I have shown him how to make payments,
because he usually doesn't trust temps to do it,
but I don't think he'll get the hang of it.
So I'm hoping he trusts you.
# Complexities, treacheries
# We watch through glass
# We see nothing...
# Show me
# Show me... #
Hi, there. Maria Peel. Mark's been held up. Let me check that for you.
Head on through, Mrs Peel. Thank you so much.
Ah, thank you.
Oh, sorry. Thanks so much.
That is some coat! Hi.
Callum.
Helena.
At the end of the day, I said, "Marcus, sure. Why not?"
And here we are. Right.
And what do you do? Erm, nothing.
OK. Ha!
What are your interests, then?
Erm, podcasts and porn, mostly.
What?
Cats and newborns.
I really just love cats, I really do.
And I'm training to become a doula.
A what? A doula.
I help women give birth.
Well, I support them emotionally. I'm not a medical professional.
So how did you get involved with the charity?
Erm... No, thank you.
Erm, a good friend, Mark Peel, is a patron. Oh, I love Mark.
I just saw his wife Maria walk past, actually.
Do you want to go and say hi? Erm, oh... Maybe not. She's just...
She's not my biggest fan. HESITATES
Callum! Hey. Josh, hi.
Hi. I'm Josh. This is Helena.
Nice to meet you. You too.
How are you?
I'm good, yeah. And you?
Good, good. Busy.
I just started at the Arnolfini and it has been nonstop.
I'm exhausted, but can't complain. It's good to be busy.
It's always good to be busy, right? We should have a proper catch-up.
Maybe when... Would you pick up another one for me? Yeah.
Thank you. Of course.
Just...just to clarify.
Did he say he was busy or not?
You should book a meeting in with him. That was a cry for help.
PHONE AUDIO: I didn't really know what I wanted to do,
so I just got a bog-standard corporate marketing job which,
honestly, made me miserable.
But it was a learning experience for a couple of years
and then, I thought, "Well, actually,
"I'd love to just get some experience in a proper start-up
"where you can get involved from the ground up and actually..."
DISTORTED MOANS
DISTORTED: Something seriously wrong with her. Like, unhinged...
..was able to learn with the relative experience of my bosses.
I was also able to see myself in their shoes in a few years,
you know what I mean? So how long were you there for?
A couple of years.
And then they opened up an office in San Francisco.
I got offered to run it which was, you know, incredible.
For me, that was just a no-brainer, absolutely...
AUDIO STOPS
Morning.
You look like you've seen a ghost.
I can't believe how late they kept you.
You burnt the fish fingers.
It doesn't matter.
I just had beans.
Yeah. See you later. Bye, now.
All right, well, that's me done for now. Thanks.
She was bad today.
She forgot your address.
How have you been?
Oh, great, yeah. It's really good fun.
You might not want to be leaving her alone so much.
Yeah.
All right. Well, I'll see you on Saturday.
I'll see you tomorrow, Jackie. Bye, my love.
Christine manages to be on time.
Well, the government pay her to look after you, so...
What have you done to your hair?
You look like a weird little man.
No wonder you never left home.
Thanks.
MUFFLED TELEVISION
There's still a few minutes left.
Do you know where the old photo albums went? I can't find them.
I'll have a look.
CHUCKLES
DISTANT INFANT SQUEALS
MUFFLED TELEVISION
PHONE VIBRATES
Hello.
Hello. Am I talking to Becky Green?
Erm, yeah. Speaking.
This is Detective Constable Meghan Roland.
I'm calling from South Avon Police. Is now a good time? Yeah.
Erm, sorry. How can I help?
Our records show you received two missed calls
on 12th April from a Chloe Fairbourne.
One at 1:52 and one at 2:45am.
Is it OK if I ask you a couple of questions regarding those calls?
VOICE FADES
Miss Green? Hello? Miss Green? Erm, yeah.
Do you have any idea why she might have tried to call you? Erm...
I... I don't know. I don't have her number.
I thought it was someone else. Well, thanks very much for your help.
We'll give you a further call if... Wait. Erm, what happened?
Is there an investigation? I'm really sorry.
We can't discuss the details with anyone other than next-of-kin.
But don't worry, it's just due diligence.
We're just trying to piece together her final hours.
Right. Thank you.
Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.
PHONE RINGS
Hello. You've reached Chloe Fairbourne.
Please leave me a message after the beep.
I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Bye.
PHONE VIBRATES
Becky. It's Chloe.
Chloe?
BELL TOLLS
RINGING
PHONE RINGS
Hello. Landgrove and Co. Hi, Becky. It's Cathy.
Can you put me onto Mark, please?
Erm, yeah. Is everything OK? Yes, fine.
He just wants me to make an urgent payment
but I only just saw my emails.
I'm at the hospital. I... I can do that.
I know, I know. Mark, you know how he is.
I just think he wants me to show I'll be there if he needs me.
All right, yeah. I'll put you through.
Please let him know I can do that. Thanks. Yes, thank you.
PHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE
Cathy. Thank God, I'm in a mess.
Right, so, first of all, payments.
No. I know, I know. It's just a few quick things.
I am still paying you, you know.
MARKS VOICE FADES
DIALLING
PHONE RINGS Hello. Ebdon Art Gallery.
Rhonda speaking. Hi, there.
I'm calling on behalf of Livia Fulton.
She's got childcare issues and asked me
to deal with a few things before the launch tomorrow. Oh, of course.
How can I help? Do you have the guest list there?
Yes, I've actually got it right here in front of me. Great.
Could you add a name?
Sasha Miles.
MUSIC: Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsystem
# Don't you want for me to wake up?
# Then give me just a bit of your time... #
GUESTS CHATTER
Hello! You're here! Hello. Hello.
How are you? I'm brilliant. How are you?
Oh, sorry. I'm Sasha Miles. Nice to meet you.
Livia Fulton. A pleasure. Gosh, I love your shirt. Thank you.
Isn't the work great?
It's beautiful.
I was going to ask my friend to pop by later in the week.
Georgia Cohen, she's a collector.
Do you know where I can get a leaflet? Yes. Yes, yeah.
I have a spare for you. And that would be fantastic, by the way.
Brilliant. I'm just going to run to the loo, but I'll be right back.
It was lovely to meet you. Lovely to meet you. OK.
Thank you. Who was that?
She's a friend of a friend, but she's great.
Sasha Miles.
AUDIO: The contemporary art scene in Japan is just really thriving.
People see it as a closed ecosystem but that is just not true any more.
I always say it's an incredibly exciting time to be in Tokyo
if you are in the contemporary art world...
AUDIO FADES IN AND OUT
I mean, obviously, the Tate have done some major retrospectives
in the last few years, but...
HISSING
Hey, Lucas. How are you? Good. Are you here for a swim?
Yes, I am. No worries, go on in and I'll log you in.
Do you want to open his membership? Name, Lucas.
And then you want to type in his number, which is 25756. OK? Two...
..5756. You got that? Yeah. No worries.
I'm going to nip to the loo.
Hi, can I sign in for yoga? Oh, erm, yeah.
Erm, can I get your name and your membership number?
Maria Peel. 0170956031.
Sorry, 03... One. 031.
And can I see... Sorry, I'm in a bit of a rush.
Do you mind if I head in now? Oh, yeah. Yeah? Thank you.
Of course, that's fine.
Sorry, have we... We've met, haven't we? Yeah. I was thinking that.
Where? You were at my opening.
but we only met in passing through Michael Hapley. Yes! Yes.
Sorry, what's your name again? Sasha. Sasha, yes. Yes.
Gorgeous name. Oh, thank you. I'm so sorry, I can't remember...
Oh, I'm Livia. Sorry. Oh, sorry.
Are you... Shall we? Yes. Yes.
I haven't seen you here before. Have you just joined?
I've just moved, actually. I've been living abroad.
Don't tell anyone but my friend gave me her membership number.
Oh! No, I'm thinking of joining, I just... Mm.
I just wanted to check it out first. Yeah, you criminal.
Yeah, well, you should have seen me trembling on reception.
I can't lie to save my life.
Five years in Tokyo. I got back six months ago. Oh, nice. Yeah.
I was working in marketing for a contemporary art gallery.
And then my mum got sick so I came back. I'm sorry. That's...
Thank you. Yeah.
So, anyway, I had to take a bog-standard corporate
marketing job while I settled in and now I'm just kind of using it
as an opportunity to rethink things. Career-wise, you mean? Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. I think I need something more challenging.
I've been thinking about events. No way. That's what I do.
I thought you worked for the gallery? No. I'm in PR and events.
I organised the opening. Seriously? That's so funny. Yeah.
Who do you work for? Myself. Amazing.
Yeah, I mean, the parties are fun but there is always high levels
of stress, clients constantly chucking their toys out the pram.
Actually, sounds like my dream job description. Oh!
Anyway, I have to head.
It was really nice to see you again. Yeah. I'm sure I'll see you soon.
OK. All right. Bye-bye. Bye.
BEEPS
ENGINE STARTS
BRAKES SQUEAK
ALERT SOUNDS
Everything OK? Erm, dunno!
Oh, shit.
Shit!
Ah, that doesn't look good. Fuck!
No, and the baby-sitter leaves in half an hour. Do you have a spare?
Do you want a hand? No, I don't. Fuck! Let me just call...
Let me call Louise and see if she can stay for another hour.
Erm, well, no. Don't worry.
Why don't you call the garage now, get a taxi back to yours
and I'll wait with the car?
Really? You would do that? Yeah.
I was only going to go home and eat tortellini in front of RuPaul.
Well, why don't you come to mine for dinner once your done?
You saved the day, really. No, don't be silly. It was nothing.
Well, it's more than most people would do. Thanks so much.
Now, look, eat, please. Tuck in.
Hello! Hey. Hi, love.
This is Sasha. Ah, yes. The hero.
Ha-ha. Nice to meet you.
I'm actually glad that you two get to meet
because Sasha has just come back from Tokyo.
She was working for an art gallery there. Oh, wow. How was that?
Yeah, it was great. It's a really exciting scene, actually.
People think of it as a closed ecosystem or whatever
but that's just not true any more. Amazing.
Oh, and Sash is friends with Georgia Cohen. Georgia...
You know, the collector.
Phil doesn't know who anyone is.
Ha-ha! Literally, no-one.
We should get her to see your work.
Oh, are you an artist? Well, not really, I... What medium?
I paint, mostly oils, which I know is very old-fashioned, but...
Could I see your work?
It's stunning.
Well, anyway...
There you go. No, really.
The thick impasto.
It's so expressive.
Oh!
Thanks.
Yeah, I've been experimenting with it a lot recently.
Do you ever exhibit? I used to.
Yeah, then the kids came along
and now I'm an architect who paints at the weekends.
Do you sell them? My stuff isn't trendy.
People need to be told what's trendy.
DISTANT SHOUT: Daddy! Ah!
The...beast has awakened.
Can I have a glass of water?
FOOTSTEPS
I can't see! Did you flatter him?
Because I don't care whether you actually like the paintings
or not, but please tell me you flattered him.
Erm, I did, and it was totally genuine. He's really talented.
Well, I think so. He's terrible at self-promotion.
Would you like some tea? Yeah, sure.
MUFFLED SPEECH AND FOOTSTEPS
These are great. Mm.
MUFFLED PLAYFUL SQUEALS
Oh, my God. He is adorable.
Yes. My, er...
My little monster. There you go. Thank you.
Who's this?
A very good friend.
She actually died recently.
So sorry.
How did it happen?
Suicide.
How? Erm, she was found on the coast by the cliffs.
Her parents live out there.
Are you OK?
SILENTLY: Sorry.
I... I lost a friend that way too.
Sweetie, I'm so sorry.
Did you... Did you see it coming?
Well, I guess the signs were there but somehow I just didn't really...
It's only after that you realise there were signs.
STIFLED SOB
THUDDING FOOTSTEPS
I should go and check on Noah.
Erm, let's get you home, shall we? Yeah.
DISTORTED: God, what a loser. She was so wrong.
Like, everything about her.
And she kept trying to bond with me. She was talking to me about impasto.
What? And I was like,
"I'm sorry, do you know what you're talking about?"
THEY LAUGH
Thank you so much for dinner. Oh, God, no.
It should be me that's thanking you.
Listen, why don't you come to the spa with me? The one at Berkeley's?
It might help you make your mind up about membership.
How about Saturday? I'm seeing a friend on Saturday. Oh, sure. Sorry.
That would have been lovely. Another time.
OK, well, take care. OK. Thank you. Bye.
Hello, you've reached Chloe Fairbourne.
Please leave me a message after the beep.
I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Bye.
PHONE VIBRATES
DISTORTED TIDAL SOUNDS
Chloe? What did you want to say?
MECHANICAL CLATTERING
DISTANT DOG BARKS
Anyone on the horizon, or... No.
I mean, I saw a few people since I've got back but I don't know.
I'm just very picky, I think. OK. Who can I introduce you to?
Oh, no, please. Oh, God. You're one of those. Resistant to matchmaking.
No. It's never right and then it's just awkward.
Yeah, but that's because I wasn't the matchmaker.
Everyone else is very bad at it.
Loved it. Yeah, it was lovely, wasn't it?
I'm so... You feel relaxed? ..zen!
Me too. Do you want a cup of coffee before we go? I think I need one.
Great. Oh, hi. Hey.
Sasha. Yeah, yeah. I know Sasha.
I was worried. I woke up and you were gone.
Oh. Well, Sasha, that's very rude. She is very rude. I know. Sorry.
I had an early morning.
Well, hey, that's fine. I understand.
Why don't I give you my number? Huh?
OK. All right.
And you...
..give me a call.
It's lovely to see you again, Helena. Oh, Josh.
For God's sake. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You just...
You just really remind me of a friend of mine named Helena.
That's fine. It's fine. Erm, shall we get our coffees?
Actually, do you know, I need to go to the loo but could you grab us
two lattes and I'll see you by the car?
OK. Great. Nice to see you again. Good to see you again. Bye. Yeah.
Huh.
So, you like to give false names at parties?
Sorry, I was just having fun. Yeah, obviously.
So which one is your real name? Sasha. Can we stop playing games?
Hey, you're the one playing games. I'm just trying to keep up.
What can I get you?
Erm, can I get two lattes, please?
Josh, what do YOU want? I'm fine, thank you. OK.
I said I'm sorry. It's just really hard to trust anything you say now.
Becky Green?
Wow!
Josh, that wasn't my card, OK? The card down there.
That wasn't my card. Whoa, whoa! That's why it said that.
OK. It's fine, it's fine. Because it was my friend's.
What is going on? Nothing. Nothing's going on.
I've just borrowed my friend's card.
I don't believe anything you just said, OK?
Come on.
Huh?
I... I go by Sasha.
I just... I just like to decide how people see me.
OK.
WHISPERING: Now back off!
Hi. Thanks so much. Thanks, great.
So, what's your address?
Oh, don't worry.
You can drop me at the museum where you picked me up from this morning.
I could do with a walk.
No, I need to go to the farm shop in Montpellier. I'm having friends
over for dinner. Oh. Yeah, so what's your address?
I'm, erm... I'm on Brennan Street. Oh, perfect.
You really are picky, aren't you?
Huh? I mean, he's hot AND funny.
Is he a good friend of yours?
No, not really but, you know, I see him around. I like him, actually.
You know he's in the same field as you? No. Yeah.
He's like a creative director, curator or something, from New York.
He actually moved to London to work for the Tate
and the Harbourside Gallery here snapped him up.
Don't tell me he's not perfect for you.
You know, there's playing hard to get
and then there's just being annoying.
Call him.
Ah. OK, OK. I will. No, call him now. Arrange a date.
What? Dude, we are not leaving until you've called him. Call him!
OK. Call him. Christ.
RINGING
Hello, you've reached Chloe Fairbourne.
Oh, it's gone to voicemail. No, leave a message, leave a message.
I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Bye.
BEEP HALTINGLY: Erm, hi. It's me.
Erm, could you call me back when you can? See you soon.
Arrange a date! Oh.
How about we get some food next week?
I'm free Tuesday or Wednesday.
See you soon.
Gosh. You really do need some coaching, don't you?
SHE CHUCKLES
Yeah.
LAUGHS
Do you mind just stopping here? I need to get some veg.
Oh, sure. Yeah.
Do you want me to wait? No, no. It's fine.
I'm literally just there. That one?
It's adorable. I love it. Yeah.
PHONE RINGS
Oh, erm...
OK, I'm stopping.
El.
Seven o'clock, but we'll have dinner around 8:30.
Richard, Anish, and I think he's bringing that girlfriend.
The one that we met... Yeah, I know!
I know. I know. I know.
LAUGHS
No, listen, I'm with a friend so I'll see you later. OK, bye-bye.
Sorry about that. No, no worries. I hope you had a good time. I did.
Isn't that masseuse amazing? Oh, my God. Amazing. Well, look.
Let me know about Josh. God, I will. Let me know.
OK. Thank you so much.
See you soon. See you soon. OK. Bye. Thank you. Bye. Bye-bye.
PHONE RINGS
VOICEMAIL: Hi, you've reached Livia Fulton, please...
PHONE RINGS
Hi, you've reached...
PHONE BUZZES
Hey, Liv.
Hey, sorry I missed all your calls.
Is everything OK? Yeah, I'm so sorry to bother you.
No, it's fine. What's wrong?
Hey. Hey. Oh, my God, you poor thing. What a nightmare.
It's fine, really. I'm so sorry to disturb you. Don't be silly.
Do you mind if I use the loo? I'm dying. Of course.
Yes, come in.
NEARBY VOICES
LAUGHTER
Hi. Hello.
Richard.
This is Nish.
Hi. Hello.
And I'm so sorry, I've forgotten your name.
Tara. Hi. Hi, Tara. Tara.
Wine?
Sure, yes.
Thank you. That's all right.
So how do you know Liv?
Uh, we're yoga friends, rapidly becoming real-life friends.
I always thought yoga friends were a step above real-life friends.
Yes, definitely.
Once you've done downward dog with someone there's no going back.
LAUGHTER It's true.
And what do you do? Sorry, such a boring question.
No, no, that's fine. That's fine.
I've just got back from Japan, actually, I was over there doing
marketing for a contemporary art gallery.
Wow. That didn't even have a boring answer.
What about you, what do you do?
We started a social enterprise banking app, me and Elliot.
I was working in financial services for this big depressing company
and getting disillusioned with the fact that they were all
totally inefficient dinosaurs.
Nish had this brilliant idea and was mad enough to team up with me, so...
I'd never have done it without him. So inspiring.
What about you, what do you do?
Tara is very multi-talented.
I'm interested in documentary, but I might also become a songwriter.
Oh, great!
Great! What type of music?
Mostly stuff about heartbreak.
Elliot's also interested in politics.
Oh, really? Me too.
He's a local councillor. Oh, wow.
Do you ever think about standing?
Oh, well...
What is it?
It's nothing... What are you lot talking about?
No, no. Nothing. It's nothing.
What?
HE SIGHS
OK. It has to stay between us though.
I need a bit of advice.
Graham Brannigan...
Our MP. I know!
Well, there's some unsavoury information that's come to light.
They're trying their best to keep it under wraps
but if they don't, he's finished.
Well, Mitch, your dad doesn't want to stand again
and they've asked me if I'd consider it.
And there seems to be a lot of support so...
Shit the bed, are you serious? I mean, this is huge.
It's, erm...
It's too soon. Of course.
Yeah, of course.
Too soon for what?
SCORNFUL LAUGHTER
His wife died.
Oh.
El, this might actually be what you need.
I don't know.
Look, if it doesn't feel right, it doesn't feel right.
Oh, mate.
She would have been so proud of you.
This is what she would have wanted.
Fuck...
Are you OK over there? HE CLEARS THROAT
No, I'm not really...
No, right. So what's the matter?
This is f...
Can you imagine when we were younger, this happening?
What the fuck are you even talking about?
One of us has died and we're here,
we're just eating food, we're talking about work.
As if nothing has changed. It's a fucking joke.
Richard. Why are they here?
Why are we having dinner with two strangers?
Shut the fuck up, Rich. Who are you?
Who are you as well, cos I know your face? Richard!
You know, the fucking truth is that we didn't know her, cos if we
had we would have stopped her and that's why she's dead.
Because we weren't fucking there.
Fuck you, Rich. We fucked up. Where were we?
Where were we? Huh? Where the fuck were we?
Richard, that is enough!
Now, can you pull yourself together?
QUIETLY: Yeah.
I'm so sorry, Sasha and Tara.
I think I might go. No, stay, stay.
Stay. Erm...
Let's clear the plates.
I've made pavlova.
I really am sorry about your wife.
Thank you.
I'm so sorry you had to see that.
Honestly, it's fine.
No, no, you just never know what Rich you're going to get.
The fun party animal or the shit-stirring wanker.
It's hard.
For all of us.
I was completely blindsided by my friend.
What was her name? Alex.
I just thought I knew what her life was. Hm.
I was just completely wrong.
You know, on the night she died...
..she posted this quote on her page.
Sends chills down my spine reading it.
What, what was the quote?
"To die by your side."
Is that...that's The Smiths. Yeah.
It's pretty weird, I don't think she even listened to them.
Who was the "you"?
I have no idea.
Goodnight.
Elliot. HE TELLS DRIVER ADDRESS
DISTORTED CHATTER
DISTANT BARKING
Hey.
Mum?
Thanks for these.
Mum.
It's me.
Goodnight, love.
DISTORTED CHATTER
# And if a double-decker bus
# Crashes into us
# To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die
# And if a ten-tonne truck
# Kills the both of us
# To die by your side
# Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine
# Take me out tonight
# Take me anywhere, I don't care I don't care, I don't care
# And in the darkened underpass
# I thought, "Oh, God, my chance has come at last"
# But then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldn't ask... #