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This programme contains strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature.

MUSIC: Dangereuse Sentimentale by Tele Music

MUSIC TEMPO SLOWS

MUSIC DISTORTS

DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS

Hey.

All right?

All good?

Yeah. Pretty routine.

Two down, one to go.

Ha. Well, the hangover

not a problem, then?

No, I'm fine.

Lucky you.

I'd have a hangover a month

if I'd been that hammered.

Look, I...

I'm sorry if, if I made a...

What, shitty, snide remark

about Alyssa's age?

Oh, you do remember that?

Yeah. I'm... I'm really sorry.

Good. So you should be. Don't do it again.

No, no.

Oh, that's penance enough, watching you squirm like that.

HE LAUGHS

Don't worry about it, buddy.

Bit of banter never hurt anybody.

That's all it was. Mm.

Anyway, you can bloody talk.

I mean, God, you and Lottie

have set tongues wagging

the way you two were both doing shots with that Scandi nurse.

She's a neighbour. We were off duty.

OK, well, I don't think I've ever seen Lottie quite like THAT before.

Bit of the devil in her, eh?

Well, you know, we all need to blow off steam now again, don't we?

See you in a bit.

Did any of your colleagues say anything about last night?

Ben made me squirm.

I forgot I made a joke about Alyssa's age.

Ouch.

He was OK.

But maybe we need to, uh, avoid a repeat of that.

Oh, I haven't done that in years. We're such idiots.

Well, you were the one pushing shots on me.

That was her, not me.

She certainly knows how to liven up an evening.

That's not funny.

Come on, you got drunk. It's not the end of the world.

I just get enough shit from the nurses as it is.

I don't want to give them any more reasons to gossip.

She is a bit much.

Yes. She really is.

Hi.

Have a nice evening.

So, you do at least own a computer.

Hi. Um, yeah, no, not... really.

Erm, I rarely use it.

I want to apologise for the other night.

It was pretty out of character for me.

We had work colleagues there.

Jacob and I have senior roles and reputations to uphold.

I know that's boring,

but I am actually quite a boring person.

I know that we're neighbours,

but I need to keep my work life separate.

Are you saying you don't want to hang out?

I, um...

Mia, why did you move next door?

Because I needed somewhere to live and you and Jacob seemed friendly.

Is it bothering you?

No... not at all. No. It's all good.

Well, I better get to my shift.

Yeah.

Have a nice day.

Dad, you're looking better today.

Leo.

Well, look who's back. The prodigal son.

Hari, how nice to see you.

Good of you to pay us a visit.

I'm not visiting.

I'm back for now. Dad needs me here.

All it took was me dying.

Dad, please don't make me feel any worse than I already do.

So, where were you?

I can never quite keep up with all the glamour and the travelling.

Well, my organisation builds schools in Indonesia.

I'm not sure I'd call it glamorous.

Well, morally glamorous.

Ever so good for the Leo brand.

Now, boys, weapons down.

Let's all be friends, hmm?

Oh, very exciting news about the family foundation.

Have you heard?

We're funding a whole new wing for the hospital.

This hospital? Mm-mm.

Ah, so that's why those money guys wanted to say hello.

It'll be my legacy.

Dad's very proud.

And Hari...

..is doing a wonderful job.

What, you're running the foundation now?

You weren't here, so obviously we want to keep it in the family.

Hello, again, Mr Green. Lovely to see you.

You too, Mia.

HE CHUCKLES

So, the anaesthetist will be in to talk to you soon,

and in the meantime, I'll do some checks before the operation, OK?

You go right ahead.

All right. Just, relax and breathe normally for me, please.

HE INHALES DEEPLY

I bet you have all the boys chasing you, don't you?

HE LAUGHS

Hey, hey, hey. You OK? I'm fine.

I saw what he did. OK. I can handle him myself.

I'm not a child. I just need a minute, OK?

Well, look, he's got to go down for surgery now anyway,

so how about I take it from here?

OK.

Right, Mr Green, let's get you down to pre-op

and I'll talk you through what we're going to do.

You ever touch one of my nurses like that again,

I'll slice your nuts off with a scalpel.

I could report you for talking to a patient like that.

Go ahead, mate.

See how far you get.

SIRENS BLARE IN DISTANCE

How we doing?

Heart rate's 88 per minute,

blood pressure's 120 over 88 with mean of 60, saturation 97%.

OK, that's good.

I'll come back and check on him in a bit. Mm-mm.

MACHINES BEEP STEADILY

Oh, hey.

Hey. I'm just off to see Dad.

How'd it go? Yeah, op went OK.

He's stable enough.

We'll have to keep him sedated in ITU,

so could be on a long one tonight.

Well, I will sort food.

Keep up the good fight.

You're needed urgently, doctor, sorry.

OK.

Mia's concerned about Mr Green.

OK.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Hi, Dad, how's it going?

I want to come home.

I'll leave you both to it.

Come on.

It's not that bad.

Hey.

But he doesn't want me back home.

Ah, Jacob is very fond of you.

Despite all the things you've said about him over the years.

Oh, so it's my fault?

No. Of course it isn't, Dad.

Hello, Henry. Alan!

Hi.

How nice it is you've come by again.

He were here yesterday, too.

Come on in.

Why don't I make us some tea?

What's going on?

His potassium levels are low.

2.5 millimoles.

He's not waking up.

Well, he's stable.

By the way, can I just say,

I didn't get to thank you for being so kind earlier.

Yeah, no worries.

I... I didn't want you to think I was trying to rescue you.

SHE CHUCKLES

I know you can take care of yourself.

Yeah, God, no, I didn't think that.

I don't let myself be rescued.

But I must say, this time it felt...

..really nice.

Felt good to feel protected, in a way.

Well, any time.

Thanks.

You'll never guess who I saw, Dad. Do you remember Leo?

Leo Pandian? HE CHUCKLES

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

Nice lad.

Had a few bob to his family, didn't they?

God.

Never understood why you didn't choose him over thingy.

Here we go.

How's about a game of Scrabble?

You love Scrabble, don't you, Alan?

I do.

Are you joining us, Charlotte?

Yep.

MACHINES BEEP

Blood pressure's falling rapidly,

heart rate's increasing above 120 beats per minute.

He's in SVT or maybe VT.

Blood pressure's very low.

Get me 300 milligrams, Amiodarone.

Mia, 300 milligrams, Amiodarone.

Administering now.

His ventricular fibrillation is not responding.

Starting CPR now.

MACHINE BEEPS RAPIDLY

RAPID BEEPING CONTINUES

ELONGATED BEEP

Time of death, 7:51pm.

Never gets any easier, does it?

MIA SIGHS He really wasn't a pleasant man.

DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE

Evening. Had a bad day?

Yeah, patient died.

I'm sorry. Don't be.

He was a sexist perve.

I can't imagine anyone will miss him.

Mia, you know you...

You know you said you didn't want to know what I'd done?

Well...

..if you knew...

..you might think I was one of those men.

What?

I had a telescope and, um...

..I became fixated on a... On a neighbour, uh...

..a woman, in a way which was...

You stalked a woman?

SHE SIGHS

You're just another one of them.

You're pathetic.

DOG GROWLS

The patient was in a high-risk category,

and his body didn't respond to the op.

OK. Well, that doesn't sound overly out of the ordinary,

but we've, you know, we've still got to... Don't be daft.

It's important. OK.

So, any anomalies during sedation?

No. I mean, totally routine.

You said you noticed the condition was stable post-op,

but then he seemed to deteriorate quite quickly after then.

Yeah, honestly, I... I think everybody was doing their job

and it was, it was just one of those things.

SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE Mm.OK.

I wasn't happy with the patient's deterioration.

It was very swift.

Not happy in, in what way?

It points to something unexplained to me.

Such as?

Well, I don't know, do I? Or I would've said.

Hey, Brandon, I'm just trying to do my job here.

And I'm just doing mine.

And I'm telling you something wasn't right.

You know I would always back my nurses,

but Miss Eldegard's response to the death really shocked me.

Which was what, Matron? Well, firstly, she hesitated -

when she was asked to help the anaesthetist save his life,

I had to take over.

OK. Well, things don't always run smoothly,

do they, in a panic situation?

Well, perhaps not.

But afterwards, she acted almost pleased

about the patient's death because she'd taken against him.

So, you're saying she... she seemed happy that the patient had died?

Pretty much.

I'd say she was quite cold about it,

as if justice had been done somehow.

No, I didn't like that man. He was disgusting.

Miss Eldegard, what did you feel after he died?

Not much. He was a stranger.

Not a very nice person, either.

Right. It's just, I... HE CLEARS THROAT

I... I just think some people might find that quite an unusual reaction.

Well, they're just hypocrites.

Colleagues are often affected by the death of a patient,

no matter how they behaved.

I did my job properly. I have clear conscience.

I'm sorry I'm not emoting in a sufficiently correct

British way for you.

Right.

Right.

OK. Uh, thank you.

Um, yep, I think that that's... That's everything.

Thanks.

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

Hi, David. It's Ben Gregston.

Yeah, I think we're going to need

to do a postmortem on Mr Green, please.

Yep. OK. Thank you. Bye.

Are you eating properly?

Remember what the consultant said about keeping your energy up?

What's the point of all that now?

Hey, let's not start this again.

You should be grateful that I'm not raging against

the dying of the light.

I'm bloody zen about it.

Yes, well, I've not been back long,

and I'm still trying to get my head round at all.

Nothing to get your head round.

It is what it is.

Listen,

I think I'd like to get involved in the foundation.

HE SIGHS The investment in the hospital is...

You're only interested because it winds up Hari.

That is not the reason.

OK, that is not the only reason.

Come on, Dad, I'm trying to make up for lost time.

Let me help out.

OK.

Then I've got a job for you.

Hit me up.

Turn that Leo charm on the investors

and squeeze some for cash at this medical ball.

Isn't that Hari's job?

Well, he is smart and he's got a good business brain, but...

..not the best front man, hmm.

OK. It'd be my pleasure.

A chance to impress that beautiful doctor you used to date.

I... I... I bet she'll be going, hmm?

Perhaps that's the reason.

The real reason.

Less of the idle gossip, old man.

How'd it go with the medical director?

Apparently, I don't have an acceptably British response

to death.

Thanks for asking, though.

See you there?

Yeah, yeah, probably. Mm-hm.

SHARP KNOCK

Ah.

I know, I know.

I'm an idiot and I'll die of lung cancer.

Well, I hide this from the nurses, but I'm just as bad.

I tried to quit and ended up addicted to nicotine gum instead,

so there's no judgment here.

Give us a quick drag.

SIREN BLARES IN DISTANCE

Jacob would have a field day if he caught me.

So, how's married life?

Good.

Cool.

So, I guess I'll see you at this fundraiser thing?

Now that your family's bankrolling the new wing.

Hence I have to show a bit of interest while I'm here.

Press the flesh with the local great and good.

Sorry, but that does not sound very you.

SHE SCOFFS

Well, no, you've got me confused with that feckless rich kid

you met 20 years ago.

You should see me, I'm a real player now.

Oh.

Well, if you need a wing man, I am happy to help fleece them.

You know, I somehow thought I'd never see you again.

I've got theatre, I'd better get ready.

Lottie? Mm?

TIN RATTLES Oh, yes.

Good idea.

Thank you.

Oh, hello, love.

DOG BARKS

My, you've hit the shops.

Bought anything nice?

Yes. For a special occasion, is it?

Yes. Oh.

Settling in all right?

Yes.

Ah.

Bye.

DOG BARKS

All suited up and ready to whore ourselves.

It's kind of obscene, isn't it?

Us public servants sucking up to private finance.

Public servants, are we?

We do our jobs because we care, don't we?

What, and the salary's just a bonus?

Something like that.

Um...

..you know the, uh, Pandian Foundation?

You saw him.

I thought so.

Look at that face.

Well...

What was it like seeing him again?

Oh, it was like nothing.

It was like seeing someone who looks a lot older than they did

the last time I saw them.

So there's no need to be jealous.

Is he going to be there tonight?

Everyone is.

So, let's just go and get it over with.

MUSIC: Tendresse, Waltz, Op 217 by Charles Emile Waldteufel

Here we go.

Hi. Malcolm, isn't it, from Vantyra Tech?

Yes. I'm Charlotte Roberts. This is my husband.

Uh, the other Dr Roberts.

Oh, well, I've heard lots about you both.

Yeah. A heart surgeon, eh?

Well, you must have saved a lot of lives.

Oh, no, a consultant anaesthetist.

Actually, I'm the heart surgeon.

Senior consultant with 20 years' experience.

Well, well done you.

Can't be an easy job.

Oh, uh, do you know, uh, Leo Pandian

from the Foundation?

Hello, again. Jacob.

Nice to see you.

Oh, you know each other already?

We do.

Actually, Charlotte's agreed to be my wingman.

Get you all to splash the cash for the hospital.

HE CHUCKLES Is that right?

Well, you ladies are good at getting men

to pull out their credit card, eh? Yeah.

HE LAUGHS

Malcolm, you were telling me about the dialysis products

you had in the R&D stage.

Ah, yes, yes, very exciting development.

Well, let me get you another drink and you can tell me all about it.

Oh, good. Yeah.

You all right? Mm-hm.

I'm going to go say hello to Gemma.

What?

Who the fuck is that?

Just ignore them.

Seriously, Lottie, who is that teenager he's turned up with?

She's called Alyssa.

Wait, did you know about her?

He brought her round to the house.

Not my idea, obviously,

and I made it clear I was furious with him.

And you've known all this time and you've said nothing?

SHE SCOFFS

CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTINUES

Jacob.

I imagine this is a bit tame for you, being back in all this.

Actually, it's quite nice being home,

especially seeing friendly old faces.

So, you finally stopped burning through the family fortune

on your endless travels, then?

Look, I'm not here to get in the way.

JACOB SCOFFS

Well, you're always in the way.

Come on, mate. You won, didn't you?

I was the scruffy backpacker, you were going places,

and that's what she decided she wanted.

All's fair in love and war.

So, why are you back here flashing the family cash around again?

That's not what this is about, Jacob.

No? Well, I thought you were offering to build

a new wing in the hospital?

I'm not offering anything.

I'm here representing my family because my dad is dying.

There is nothing I'd rather be doing less than talking to you.

Believe me.

Ah. I need a drink.

I can see that.

What's going on?

Well, my best friend hates me,

and my husband is pissed off that my ex is here,

and I'm supposed to suck up to a load of boring

dinosaur businessmen.

Oh, You don't have to do that if you don't want to.

Mm, oh, but I do.

Says who?

It's just what's expected of me with a role like mine.

Don't you get tired of having to be what they want you to be?

I guess at times like this I do, yeah.

And if you didn't have to behave right now, what would you do?

I don't know.

A lot of shots and tell the boring bastards to fuck off.

Exactly. You see, it's all in there just bubbling away,

and waiting to come up.

Let's play a game.

What kind of game?

Think of all the power you have.

Your job, also all the pressure it puts on you

to behave in a certain way.

What if you let go of all that for just one minute?

Why on earth would I do that?

Because it's liberating.

And this works how?

I tell you what to do, and you have to do it.

I want you to tell someone in this room what you're really thinking.

Not a big thing, just one person, but...

..I get to decide who it is.

Hmm.

All right. Go on.

SHOT GLASSES THUD

Get that down you, Annette.

Everyone is pissing me off.

I want to get drunk and do something really dangerous.

What about you?

Ah!

Come on, you big wuss, down in one.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

That was absolutely brilliant.

No, God, did you see her face?

Jesus Christ. Jesus.

Oh, my God.

I can't believe you just made me do it. It was so funny.

LINE RINGS

Hello.

Is Jean there?

Yes. Wait a second.

Jean, love, there's someone on the phone for you.

CLOCK TICKS

Is that the man from your photo album? Your old flame?

You're very observant.

He's very good looking. Mm.

How did you let that one get away?

Well, I was dating Jacob and then Leo swanned in

and it all got quite confusing for a while.

Jacob still can't stand him.

He's super weird about him being back.

Then you need to make a play.

A play?

A move to show Jacob that you're his.

Do you enjoy messing with other people's relationships?

That's not what I'm trying to do.

Don't think he works like that.

All men work the same.

You just need to make them feel they're irresistible.

Let me show you how, and prove to you that you have that power.

I don't need advice on how to flirt with my husband.

I was just offering to help.

You're right. I should flirt with my husband...

..but on my terms.

All right.

No, we've just done a photo shoot of the new equipment,

which is really picking up in the Middle East.

You know, actually, Alyssa's done...

She's done a little bit of modelling.

Don't be silly. It was just a couple of photo shoots.

Come on... Well, if you ever want to model

some printable 3D prosthetics, just let me know.

HE LAUGHS BEN CHUCKLES

Can you not? What? It's embarrassing.

Oh, come on. I'm just trying to get you some work.

What? In 3D prosthetics?

Well, you've got to start somewhere, sweetheart.

Ben. Yeah? The, erm...

The job you mentioned, clinical director of the new wing...

Yes. Maybe I was a little hasty.

Oh, good, good. Yeah, I was a bit surprised you turned it down.

You'd be... be perfect for it.

In fact, Malcolm, why don't you tell him about some of the equipment

we're going to put into the new wing?

There's my gorgeous husband. Right.

Where have you been? I've missed you.

Hi, Alyssa. Nice to see you.

Likewise.

Hey, you're having too much fun without me.

Come have a drink with me.

Sorry, can you excuse us just for a second? Sure.

What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to embarrass us?

No, I'm trying to flirt with you.

We used to do a lot more than that in public... Yeah... remember?

Do you think this is the time or the place?

Ahem. Sorry. Sorry about that. No, not at all. Not at all.

Good to see you. Lottie's so, erm... Full of life.

Must be something in the cocktails. Sure.

I want what she's having. BEN CHUCKLES

Drinks are strong, you know? Sure. Sure.

WOMAN LAUGHS SOFTLY

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

Mia, come join us.

SHUTTER CLICKING

PRESS SHOUTING SHUTTERS CLICKING

Hey...

Hey! You can't do that!

SHE HESITATES

May I have quiet, please.

Sorry, can we just... I'd like to say something.

Go ahead and get a new one, then.

Benny-boo. Oh, my ex-husband.

Mm, sorry, the medical director of the hospital.

Hands up anyone who thinks that a man in Ben's position

should be screwing the fucking receptionist

from the fucking gym?

OK, can someone get her out of here, please? Thank you.

I want to go. No, absolutely not. You don't...

You're just making a fool of yourself!

Come on. What are you doing? Fuck you.

WHat kind of friend you turned out to be!

I need some air. Would you come for a walk with me? Who are you?

You're pathetic! All right, thanks, Gem.

I'm going home. Alyssa, no. Alyssa! Wait, Alyssa...!

Alyssa, please, can you just... Brilliant, thanks very much.

MUFFLED SPEECH

Save it. Alyssa...

16 years together and all he was bleating on about

was going in different directions,

when all he actually wanted was someone younger.

I mean, really?!

Oh, God...

SOFTLY: God, I'm sorry. What am I doing?

It's fine. It must be really tough.

Yeah, well, THIS is what it's come to -

just crying on a total stranger.

Sorry, I'm Leo.

An old friend of Charlotte's.

SOFTLY: Oh, my God.

You're the famous Leo?

Famous?

Ah... I'm glad you've met me at my best.

Oh, trails of mascara must be an absolute winner.

It adds a unique charm. Ha.

Shall I call you a cab?

No.

No, I'm not leaving.

MUFFLED MUSIC BLASTS I'm not letting him win.

Well, then, we'd better get you back inside.

LOUD DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

Come on. No! Yes.

Come on.

Gemma will be fine. Yeah?

What's wrong?

It's... You were right.

I've totally lost my mojo.

I have completely forgotten how to flirt.

I'm just wondering when me and him became so predictable.

What's the one thing he does that you really like?

This is not the place. SHE LAUGHS

No-one's watching.

Tell me. SHE CHUCKLES

OK, erm... Sometimes when he's coming on to me,

he, erm...

He strokes up and down my arms because he knows how much I like it.

What's going on?

What's with you tonight?

Stop worrying about the boring businessmen

and concentrate on me.

Jacob, look at me.

Do you still want me?

The way that you used to want me?

What's it like seeing her again?

Complicated.

Like seeing a vision of a life you might have had.

But they seem really happy together.

How can I begrudge anyone that?

That's very magnanimous.

I may not be expressing my trickiest thoughts...

..but I don't think that would be very useful.

WHISPERS: Come on.

Oh!

WOMEN LAUGH

SHE GASPS

THEY MOAN

SHE CHUCKLES

THEY MOAN LOUDLY

NEARBY DOOR CLOSES

LIQUID SPLASHING

SHE LAUGHS

Shh... MUFFLED GIGGLE

TOILET FLUSHES THEY LAUGH

Hold on, I'm coming.

CAR DOOR SHUTS HE CHUCKLES

You need a hand?

All right, come on.

Oh, oh! Oh, hi. Hi.

THEY CHUCKLE

Thanks for the ride.

Yeah, no worries.

Night. Night.

Do you guys fancy a night cap?

Er...

Yeah. Yeah, sure. Come in for one.

What do you fancy?

Er, white wine?

Oh, God, no. I'm...

I'm not sure I can drink any more.

'Course you can.

I genuinely think I've had one glass of fizz too many.

Mmm.

It was a fun night, though.

Hope you enjoyed our little game.

Oh, dear.

Yeah, she has a tendency to crash after too much booze.

In five seconds, though?

I know. It's wild.

Wow.

All the more for us, I guess.

Yeah, I guess.

Cheers. Cheers.

It was a crazy night.

Yeah, tell me about it.

You two were all over each other, though.

Ha.

Yeah, yeah.

I guess we got a little carried away.

You know...

..that was kind of...

..all me.

What was?

What are you looking at me like that for?

Not looking at you like anything.

Really?

Shh... BELT BUCKLE CLINKS

WHISPERS: No, no, no, no.

Don't worry.

She's out for the count.

HE GASPS

No, no, no, I...

I can't. I love my wife.

BREATHES: I can't.

You know she did all that just to make Leo jealous.

Do you think you're the one she wanted tonight?

Oh, God. Oh, God.

Shh. Be quiet.

HE MOANS

Quiet.

THEY GASP, MOAN

SOFTLY: Jesus Christ.

What have we done?

What if she woke up?

What if she did? Wouldn't it have been even hotter if she joined in?

And maybe we can do that next time.

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