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I'll sleep down here.

Do you want a cup of tea?

A cup of tea?

I get it.

You hate the man that this makes you,

but no-one does this if they are happy at home.

Beth, you don't know me.

We don't know each other.

We've built lives with other people, we have families.

What we gonna do, burn it down...

and gamble that this is more than sex...

that we have something that lasts?

Maybe this is what...

real connection feels like.

Just be with me tonight, and then...

next week, we can... Beth, I need to not see you.

Because when I see you, I want you.

And that's not reality, is it?

When you're out, I want to show you what I've done.

All right, five minutes.

Right, so, this is all the business - invoices, receipts.

There's a tax letter, and I've marked up the half-year payment.

Your Amy said she can help us out if we have any cash-flow problems.

This side, personal accounts - car tax, insurance, all that crap.

I've printed off your account, my account and the joint

so you can see how much we've got to play with.

How bad is it?

Bad.

If I'm not earning for a year and we've only got your income...

How will we pay the mortgage?

We ask them for a temporary reduction.

Will they do that?

Probably not.

So, what, then? Your sister.

Or you could sell Ally's house,

take what's left after the mortgage had been paid off.

Right, yeah.

The lads can still keep working without me,

so there'll be some income.

But, obviously, word gets out that I've been sent down,

it's not gonna do my reputation much good, is it?

Like, the only thing I can't work out

is whether some stuff hasn't gone through yet. What do you mean?

Right, look. Balance, there.

So, that's to yesterday.

Last week, hardly anything, and the week before.

You must have spent money in Northumberland -

Airbnb, meals out, whatever - but there's only one payment there,

12 quid, Riverbank.

Oh, yeah, that were this cafe

that were near where I... I spread Ally's ashes.

And the Airbnb, there was a problem, I complained, damp, erm...

but they might...

I'll, er, check the app, see if there are any messages.

I really appreciate you... doing all this, and...

I'm sure it won't be necessary.

Where are the kids?

Upstairs.

I'm sorry, I can't, I can't.

HE BREATHES SHAKILY

Sorry, I just... HE EXHALES DEEPLY

I just can't get rid of this feeling in here.

I feel like the condemned man. It's OK.

I don't want to go to prison, Beth.

I should be here for you and the kids.

I'm scared.

HE SOBS

Oh, God, I'm being pathetic.

No. No, you're not. Sorry. I'm an idiot.

Fucking idiot!

Why didn't I stop myself? Neil. Neil.

Stop it. Stop it, all right?

Whatever tomorrow brings, whatever the outcome...

we will get through it together.

Shall I tell you what scares me more than anything?

Me not being here...

and you realising you're better off without me.

Is this all packed? Yeah.

Hey. It's gonna be OK. Yep.

I'll be back for dinner.

Mate, honestly, it's gonna be OK. Come here.

Go on.

See you later.

You all right? Just worried about Ollie.

His dad's in court today.

I'm sure it'll be all right.

We need to be ready for this.

If his dad goes to prison, then everyone at school will know,

and Ollie's not afraid of confrontation himself.

Well, let's see what happens, shall we? Yeah.

Bye, everyone. Bye, love.

TEXT WHOOSHES

DOORBELL RINGS Leah, you OK?

No, I need Hannah.

Hey. I need your help.

He's with her right now. Look.

So, last night, he calls me, right, and he's on this work trip,

and then today, there. What do I do?

Well, I think you need to go and check.

Give me a second to sort the girls. I'll come with you.

Jess? Yeah?

I need you to take Lily to school today, OK? All right.

Please do not get in the middle of this. It's madness.

Well, I can't just leave her, Tom, she's family. Yeah, MY brother.

You gave her that app anyway.

If this all blows up, you're gonna get blamed for it.

If he's doing what she thinks he's doing,

he needs to face the consequences.

Come on, we need to be quick! I'm coming.

Could you please not go? I've gotta go.

Hannah? Hannah!

Argh!

RINGING TONE

'All right? It's Paul. You know the drill, baby.'

SIGHS, VOICEMAIL BEEPS

You sure you want to do this? Hannah, I can't forgive him again.

What am I gonna tell the kids?

It might be fine. It might be nothing.

No, I can't. That bastard promised me that he wouldn't do this again.

Why is he here?

Leah, this is madness! Go away, Tom!

Why are you here?

I'm stopping her from ruining her marriage.

What's going on? Is he with you?

Who? My husband.

You out of your mind? Paul Kirkman. Is he in there?

You've dragged me out of the shower.

Leah, Leah! He could be with a colleague!

Leah!

I'll wait here all day! You can't sneak out!

Paul! Paul! Paul! Open the door!

Leah, come on, you're gonna hurt yourself! Paul! Paul!

I know you're in there, so be a fucking man!

You can pay for that door. Where is he?

Where's who? My husband.

And don't say he in't here, because he's on the app.

Hey, you can't! Leah!

Paul! Get the fuck out of my house!

Leah, please! Where is he?

Where is he?! He's not here!

You fucking liar! You're young enough to be his fucking daughter.

Where is my husband?!

Bathroom.

Paul, open the door!

Open the door!

I'm sorry.

You might as well know I'm pregnant.

LEAH BREATHES HEAVILY

Come on, Leah, let's go. Let's go.

I'm sorry, yeah?

Fucking bitch!

Get the fuck away from me, you fucking bitch! Leah, let's go.

Fuck off, get off! SPEECH FADES

Where's your solicitor?

Don't know. She just said to meet her here.

Does anyone want a coffee? No, I'm fine. No.

So, this Saturday, it's ten years. James and I.

And? I've decided to throw a little surprise party at our house.

Nothing fancy, just friends and family.

Amy! He'll be there. Won't you?

You'll be there because you're going to get off.

Don't throw a surprise party. No-one likes surprise parties.

Don't they? No. No.

Well, all right, I'll tell him on the day.

But either way, I would like you to officiate a renewal of vows.

What? It's not serious.

It's just this daft thing I found online to embarrass James. Right.

You can bring the kids, obviously, and Ollie's girlfriend.

Invite her parents, too, if you like.

They don't know you.

And they never will if you don't introduce us.

I am not inviting her parents... Mr Brookes. Hi. Katrina Bray.

I'll need to grab Neil for five minutes. Excuse us.

She looks about 12.

Yeah, well, that's what happens when you fire your solicitor.

What's all this about your anniversary? It distracted him.

Do you want him inside his own head?

And besides, he'll be there.

I will have that coffee. Yeah.

Beth...

Don't make it harder than it is.

Fractured nose, black eye,

heavy bruising to the torso, neck and arms.

All these months later, Mr Wells is still suffering

from the negative effects of Mr Brookes' vicious attack.

And all because he had the temerity to question Mr Brookes

about the difference between his quoted job price

and the inflated price that ended up being invoiced.

You are presenting yourself to this court as the victim

of unexpected violence,

but, in fact, it was yourself who used violence first

in this encounter with Mr Brookes.

Isn't that correct, Mr Wells? I pushed him, I've admitted that.

We have two men trading very strong words

until one of them decides to escalate the matter

with physical aggression - that man being you.

Would you describe yourself

as someone with anger issues, Mr Brookes?

No. You wouldn't?

And yet your reaction to being pushed over is to jump to your feet

and start punching Mr Wells

and pushing him against the side of your van

until he eventually falls and strikes his head.

Neil has been successfully project managing for my business

for many years.

He's dealt with, to my best estimate,

over 130 clients,

and I have never, in all that time, had a single complaint.

CAR BOOT SLAMS

Don't make it harder than it is.

CAR DOOR SHUTS, ENGINE STARTS

SIGHS

Neil, they want us back inside for the verdict.

Shit. This is it.

BREATHES DEEPLY

Mr Brookes, whilst we appreciate

that there was undoubtedly provocation,

the injuries sustained by Mr Wells and verified by the hospital report

can only be deemed as unacceptable and severe.

Therefore, it is the opinion of this court

that the assault accusation is credible,

and on the charge of actual bodily harm,

we find you guilty.

SOBS SOFTLY

MUFFLED: Ollie. Ollie. Oliver!

We are sentencing you to nine months in prison.

However, taking into account your previous good character...

and the report from the probation service,

we do not feel a custodial sentence is appropriate

in this instance.

We are suspending the sentence for two years,

recommending 150 hours of unpaid work,

attendance of an anger-management course

and the defendant is now legally required

to pay the court costs of the complainant.

TEXT ALERT

I told you it was gonna be OK.

What did I say? LAUGHTER

Eh? Aw.

Must be relieved having your dad back home. Totally.

This weekend can be a double celebration -

my anniversary and your dad having this behind him.

Definitely. It's a party Saturday night.

Invite your mam and dad. Your uncle helped us.

Oh, this Saturday? Yeah, my house.

Tell them I'm not taking no for an answer. Oh.

God, I was so worried about you all, you know?

You're like my second family.

Aw. Oh.

Aw. JESS CHUCKLES

VOICES FADE: How good was I in the dock, though?

Eh? Come on. You were very good.

He was very good! Mm-hm.

I honestly think they were intimidated by me.

I'm thinking about changing my job. LAUGHTER

DOOR SHUTS

Hey. Uncle Paul's staying for a few days.

You all right, girls?

Baby? With another woman? Really?

You were always my favourite.

Ey-ey-ey-ey-ey.

Grab you some clothes.

I reckon I've got a spare toothbrush somewhere.

Yeah, er, it'll only be for a couple of days

till I get myself sorted out.

I'll stay out of Hannah's way.

You know, she'll barely know I'm here.

I've broken her, haven't I, Tommy?

The woman I'm supposed to love.

BEATS PILLOW

You weren't happy, mate.

Happy? That's got fuck all to do with it.

I've never understood

why everyone thinks they got the right to be happy all the time.

I... PAUL CHUCKLES

I just wanted to shag Alesha. TOM EXHALES

That's the bare bones of it.

You know, I wanted it...

so I did it.

PAUL EXHALES DEEPLY

Fuck.

And now I've created the mother of all shit shows.

And everybody hates me.

I don't hate you.

So, how long have you told him?

Couple of days.

Please, don't worry.

He'll keep himself to himself. Well, we can't tell Leah, can we?

She'll feel so betrayed. Can you imagine?

Don't tell her, then. HANNAH SIGHS

If she finds out, just blame me.

He's gotta go back at some point to get his stuff.

She's a wreck, Tom, completely distraught.

She's had to send her kids to her sister's house.

I'd be worried about her if she was on her own.

I think Helen's going round there.

Do come in (!)

So, Ollie's dad got off with a fine and community service.

That's good. Mm-hm.

Excellent result for a man that beats up his customers. Hmm (!)

Anyway, he's gotta do this like anger-management course,

which is stupid because it was a one-off, but...

Ollie's mum's sister is having a party Saturday night to celebrate.

I think it was her anniversary party, but now it's both.

They invited us, I said we'd go. What? We don't know them.

SCOFFS

Is this the property developer? Yeah. We've got plans.

What plans? Well, it was... it was a surprise,

but it's not any more, is it?

Since when, Dad? Cos I said we'd go.

Well, un-say. I'm taking us out.

Where are we going? What?

Where are we going?

Laser Quest.

CHUCKLES

We used to love it. Haven't been for ages.

Can I go to the party? No, it's booked.

Can you please just spend an evening with the family for once?

GROANS Come on.

Laser Quest? Yeah.

You used to love Laser Quest.

Please, please, please, I'm begging you, mate.

Yeah. No, I've checked online, it's completely full.

It's a really, really special birthday.

Can you just check if you can just squeeze us in, please?

'Er, please hold on.' Yes, yes, of course I'll hold, yeah.

Two adults, three children.

'OK, so, that's all booked for you.' Yes!

Fantastic. Thank you. Thank you.

You've done a very, very special thing. Thank you.

Hoo.

I'm gonna be a better husband.

Better man.

I swear.

It's shook me, all this.

Look at me.

Remember this moment, because...

No, in fact...

Better idea.

What are you doing?

What's that?

It's us.

Which is which?

All right, so, one's bigger than the other,

and my arms are different lengths.

That's a reminder.

This is day one of a new me.

New us.

HE CHUCKLES

ELECTRONIC POP MUSIC

SHOUTING

No, no, no, no! Ahhh! Go, go, go, go!

Oh, my God!

LAUGHS

You were great in there. Oh, thanks. Yeah, still got it.

Still got it. BOTH LAUGH

Do you know what it made me think? What?

It made me think that we could go skiing again.

Yeah, we should, at Christmas.

Yes. Yeah!

Girls, what do you think? What's that?

Skiing. Christmas? Yes!

Yes! Oh, my God. We haven't done that in ages.

Can we go and get some dinner now? Yes.

Yeah! Yes. Pizza. Pizza.

Pizza! Pizza!

Yeah, see you later, lads. Yeah. This is so dead.

Well, get a beer, then. In fact, get me one.

Don't encourage him to drink!

What? One. One beer.

Like, if you can't get pissed when you get your freedom, when can you?

This one says it's all down to her that you got off.

Oh, aye, yeah, nice witness statement,

but then she showed the judge a bit of leg. Didn't!

You didn't get off, you were found guilty.

Thousands in court costs, 150 hours where you can't work.

Is it your intention to ruin this party? No.

Then tell your face.

Good. Because you can't do our vows like Milly Misery.

Oh, no, Amy, no-one wants to watch that.

Just let everyone have a nice time. It's called fun.

It's called cringe. I'm just trying to save you from yourself.

Just let everyone get pissed.

So, what? You don't want to do it? No, I don't.

This is the thanks I get, is it,

for stepping in, helping out with everything?

It's hardly the sa... Fine. Fine, I'll do your...

Here, just give them to me. Give me the vows. I'll do it.

It's the least I can do after what you did for me.

See? Problem solved.

GASPS

No, no. Dad, tell her, I was doing reds by the end.

Rubbish. Jess. Yes, I... I can't...

Darling, yes, you were. I think you were doing red by the end.

I can't remember, it was a few years ago.

Can you put your phone down, please, as well? She's on hers.

Daisy, can you put your phone down, please?

Anyway, you weren't doing reds. Stop going on, "I was doing reds."

You did one red, fell over, and couldn't get your skis back on.

That's why we haven't been back. No! Dad, tell her!

Please! Girls, can we just have one dinner

without all the fighting and the phones?

Daisy, come on. Just one second.

No, not one sec - now. I'm in the middle of something.

In the middle of having dinner with your family.

Can you please just let me...? Put the phone down NOW!

Fine. Jesus.

PHONE RINGS I wouldn't take that.

Oh. Hypocrite. It's Ollie's mum.

What?

Hello?

BETH: 'Sorry for calling out of the blue,

'it's my sister - she just won't let it lie.

'She really wants to meet you guys.

'Neil is celebrating getting off,

'and we'd really love it if you came, even just for one.'

OK, it's just we're just having dinner.

Oh, Mum, please, please. HANNAH CHUCKLES

It's on the way home. Don't be boring.

Getting a bit of pressure here. OK.

I tell you what, why don't we go after dessert,

and we'll have one drink?

'Oh, that's fantastic!' Yeah, it'll be fun.

Do you want to send me the address? 'Yeah. I'll see you then.'

All right. Bye! Yes!

What? It'll be fun. We'll meet some new people.

It's a family evening. Well, we'll go as a family.

LAUGHTER

Right. No, calm down, this is the important bit.

Right, repeat after me.

"I promise, from this day forward,

"to never, ever use the word "ditto" ever again."

GUESTS JEER What's that about?

To stop belching words. AMY: He does that!

LAUGHTER

Right, listen to this.

"And to definitely never watch the next episode"

"of a show we're watching together after I've gone to bed."

LAUGHTER

"Do you, for the rest of your days with Amy, promise these things?"

JAMES, BELCHING: I do.

LAUGHTER No!

Right, listen up.

Amy, unbeknownst to you, James has also written some vows.

GUESTS: Ohhh! When did he do that?

Ten minutes ago, in the toilet. LAUGHTER

I can't read that! Come on! Get it read.

She's had hers. Oh, God! Whose idea was this?

Oh, right, OK.

"Do you, Amy, promise to stop badgering James every Friday night

"for cunnilingus?" LAUGHTER

Three glasses of wine every bloody week!

And he never does!

Sorry for calling like that.

BETH CHUCKLES

Is he cross with me, Tom?

No. God, no, no, no. He wants to be here.

Of course, madam's happy.

Aw, they're cute together, aren't they?

Wish I was still in them days, don't you?

Yeah, sometimes.

It's a really lovely house.

Your sister must have put a lot of work into it.

Or paid someone else to. Yeah!

BOTH CHUCKLE Yeah.

I hear you and Tom have got a place in the Lakes.

Yeah, it's Tom's mum's place.

I mean, it's tiny, needs a lot of work doing.

Spend much time there?

No, not really, but Tom went up recently. He's been renovating it.

Think he's turning it into a bit of a, you know...

Shag pad?

HANNAH CHUCKLES Yes.

Everything OK?

Hi, yeah. Was just telling Beth about our little shag pad

in the Lakes. TOM CHUCKLES

Yeah. You and Neil should... You can use it any time you're up there.

That's a really good idea.

You should go up there, actually, it'd be really good

after everything you've been through. What's that?

BETH SIGHS

Tom and Hannah, they have a place in the Lakes.

They were just saying we could have the use of it.

Oh, right, nice one. Not been there in years. Where is it?

BOTH: Windermere. HANNAH LAUGHS

It's right on the lake, actually.

You can go out on the water, take the kids.

Ours love it, don't they? They're always in the water.

Afterwards, you can go to the Riverbank,

get a little cake and coffee.

Riverbank? Yeah. It's this little cafe, it's very sweet.

Yeah, they have them all over. There's one in Northumberland.

Oh, is there? Yeah, think so...

This is my sister, Amy. Oh. Oh.

Hello. Hi.

Hannah and Tom, Jess's parents. Oh, it's so good to meet you.

And you. Yeah, good to meet you. Tom.

Such a lovely home. Thank you. It is, it's beautiful, yeah.

Bet you've got a fantastic bathroom. AMY CHUCKLES

Up the stairs, on the left. THEY LAUGH

I need to go as well, but...

luckily, there are two of them. AMY LAUGHS

There's three, actually.

Have you lost your fucking mind? I wanted to see you.

So you call Hannah? Well, Jess invited you,

but then you were all of a sudden off shooting at each other.

No, not all of a sudden, no. That was booked. It was organised.

Oh, really (?) Yes, really.

Hmm! Playing happy families, are you? Shh, Beth!

WHISPERS: In here. Jesus Christ. SHE LAUGHS

Honestly. Right.

Beth, we had a plan.

Cold turkey. No contact.

Well, I think those were mainly your conditions.

Yes, to save our marriages. I know that you want to be with me.

HE GROANS Oh, admit it.

Come on, just admit it.

I miss you. Ugh.

And I know that you miss me.

Tell me that you don't miss me. Oh, for fuck's sakes.

You're a fucking liar.

Beth, my brother's just been caught by his wife. I was there.

It's horrific. You don't want that.

I'm telling you, you don't want that.

Tell me that you don't miss me. Tell me that you don't miss me.

I'll tell you what I don't miss -

I don't miss feeling fucking terrible.

I don't miss hating myself.

Your husband is downstairs. SHE SCOFFS

You're up here trying to stick your tongue down my throat.

Please. Please!

Do you know, sometimes, I do wish that we'd never met each other.

SIGHS

BREATHES SHAKILY

GROANS

Three, two, one.

That's really good! That's it. LAUGHTER

Daisy.

SING-SONG: Addicted! Give it back!

All right. Whoo! Give it back! Give it back!

Jesus. All right. Let's go again. One more, one more.

I'm gonna win this one. Three...

Hey, are you all right? Fine.

INAUDIBLE

MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY FROM SPEAKERS

Yeah?

What?!

I just want to say sorry.

About earlier - getting angry at the party.

Forget about it.

You can go now.

SIGHS

I need your help.

You can't tell Mum or Dad.

TV PLAYS SOFTLY

Hey.

This couch is comfier than mine.

CHUCKLES SOFTLY

Budge up.

TOM SIGHS

I saw Dad down at the Lakes.

Right. You go and see him?

No.

He was just in some pub... with a woman, looking very happy.

Right.

And your point is?

Maybe we're not all made for monogamy.

CHUCKLES SOFTLY

I wasn't happy.

Throughout Hannah's illness...

I used to come home,

she'd be curled up on the bedroom floor, crying.

Oh, my God, it was brutal.

Always the saint, aren't you? I'm not a saint.

Really, I'm not.

If you loved Alesha...

would it make all this mess worthwhile?

Love?

Oh, yeah.

If I'm being honest, I think that's all I ever really wanted, was...

was that feeling again.

Falling in love and nothing can touch you.

It was magic, that time, weren't it?

That magic doesn't exist any more for us, does it, Tommy?

Chasing it, look where that gets you.

Sat in your pants, watching robots...

living in your brother's garden shed.

HE SIGHS

Right... you, bed.

You, do whatever you're doing.

I'm taking this beautiful woman dancing.

What, are you going out?

No. Kitchen disco.

Like when you two were little. I'm exhausted, Neil.

Come on. Dance with me.

Dance with him. He's happy.

He's drunk. He's happy drunk.

I'll dance, but only if you two join us.

Pfff! Yeah, right (!) I'm going bed.

I'll dance. Frankie...

MUMBLING No.

FRANKIE SIGHS Still got the playlist.

MUSIC FROM SPEAKERS: ♪ It's no way for life to start

SINGS ALONG: ♪ Do you know that tonight

♪ The streets are ours?

♪ Tonight, the streets are ours

♪ These lights in our hearts They tell no lies... ♪

Sorry for the way I've been.

I love you. You know that.

My... gorgeous girl.

♪ The trigger of time it tricks you

♪ So you have no way to grow

♪ Do you know that tonight

♪ The streets are ours?

♪ Tonight, the streets are ours

♪ These lights in our hearts... ♪

Neil... We can be quiet, they won't hear us.

I just... I don't...

You're just tired.

Once we get going, we always... No, I can't.

When you didn't want to, I didn't... push it.

The day before my court case?

Yeah, and now you're acting like you can just...

sweep it all away.

♪ Tonight, the streets are ours... ♪

HE SIGHS

I've had...

months of this.

Being your...

your wife, your... your...

your mother, your counsellor.

When was the last time that we had fun?

When was the last time that we...

that we lived without some shit to deal with?

Yeah, well, I've tried tonight.

Yeah, but it's been years, Neil.

It's just the same routine, day after day.

It's called real life, Beth. Yeah, well, real life sucks.

HE SIGHS

Nothing ever changes.

It's just...

get the kids to school...

work, bed.

It's not how I thought my life would turn out.

Look, I know what you're saying.

All right? Things have been hard.

But we can have fun again.

In a few years, it'll just be me and you.

We can do what we want.

Trips away, out with our mates.

On our third date...

we had sex behind the bins outside Cassidy's.

We can go back there if you want. BOTH LAUGH

And they say romance is dead.

When Ally died, it...

turned a light on inside me.

Life is short.

But the truth is, we're just boxed in by...

work and...

money and...

routine.

It's not that bad, is it?

No, it's not that bad.

But it's not that... good either.

And it used to be.

We used to be good together.

Where did it all go?

We will be again.

Promise, Beth.

Just be with me tonight.

I love you.

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