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Previously on "Sick Note": Something terrible has happened. Ash is Alive.

You gave me actual chemotherapy today!

I have never wanted you more.

When did you see him last?

Screwing your best friend's girlfriend while he's dying.

- No-one can trace any wrong-doing. - Why are the police looking for you?

I believe an attempted murder's being covered up.

oh, ash.

ash!

oh, ash.

ash!

ash...

ash?

ash, can you hear me?

ash?

the doctors say that mr matthews has something called locked-in syndrome.

well, what's that? think of him as being in...

..Airplane mode.

so, ash could make a full recovery?

you know when your plane lands and you turn airplane mode off...

..Well, we don't know where the button is.

right. Erm...

So, is there any way ash could communicate?

sometimes with a phone you do a thing called a hard reset

and usually when you turn your phone back on, it starts working again.

you know when you're looking at your screen and you can see

the update bar crawling from the left to the right

and you just shout at it, "just bloody turn on!"

So, we should shout at Ash?

No. It's not my work.

I'll be at my station if you need me.

Where-where, where is Vanessa? Feeding Benny in the café.

You should take here home.

Yeah. It's a good idea.

what are you going to do?

I'm going to stay with ash.

Keep his mind active.

I can be late for work.

You just make sure vanessa knows

that everything's going to be all right.

You know, this locked-in thing,

people get better from it.

Have you ever read the diving bell and the butterfly?

mm.yeah, he made a full recovery, made a film about it.

I think it was on netflix.

You should watch it.

ok.

see you later.

Door opens and closes

hey, buddy.

How's it going?

Can-can-can you hear me?

Ash?

He sighs

yeah!

it's only six months and everyone will think I've beat cancer.

I'm 100% positive he's not going to give the game away.

how can you be so sure?I am a qualified medical professional.

you pronounced him dead.

I promise you he is unable to understand

or communicate anything.

in that respect, he's very much like the frog

that fell down the wizard's well. wizard's what?

oh, it's a lovely, lovely tale.

frog couldn't find his mummy and daddy...

ok, save that for another time.

What are we going to do now?

well, I suppose we just wait for nature to take its course.

I think...

I think he can hear us.

Hey, pal.

Did you have a nice sleep?

Do you remember what happened to you, Ash?

Remember fucking my girlfriend?

Andy? Andy! Andy! No.

I came back and staying with Vanessa.

That's gonna give us more time. I just tell her that I've gone to work.

Right. Well, erm...

If you done with me here.

No, no, no.

You just stay by the door and tell me if anyone comes to ward door.

oh, you're going to give nature a helping hand.

what?! No! Of course not. I'm just going to...

I'm just going to try and get some sense out of him.right.

but I think it looks a bit suspicious with...

just stand by the door.fine.

and just tell me if anyone comes near.yes, of course.

hey, pal.

here he is, officer.

we moved him to a room when he came off the ventilator.

hey, hello, officer.

I asked to be notified the second he woke.

mr matthews might have valuable information

about his attempted murder.

the doctor thinks it might be too early to tell

whether communication's even possible.

yeah, yeah, he's in airplane mode.

what?sometimes with a phone... daniel mouths

..You do a thing called a hard reset.

iain mouths

usually when you turn it back on...

I was told he had locked-in syndrome.

yes, well, that's the medical term for it.

I'll take it from here. Thank you.

just don't wear him out.

and you are? Remind me again.

daniel, ash's best friend.

Yeah, yeah, and I just can't bear to see my friend like this.

yeah, he's been through a lot.

I just...

I just want you to catch the bastards that did it.

He mouths: Get the fuck out!

He mouths:ok!

anyway, I've got serious work to do here so if you could leave now.

tell you what, why don't we go and get a coffee downstairs?

actually, I would love a coffee but I'd like to crack on.

so if you could go and get me one, you'd be doing myself

and mr matthews here a huge favour.

oh, but there's just so much choice,

you know, there's a cappuccino a latte...

..Mocha?

I really do think it's best if you come with me.

I'll make it easy for you. Black, medium sized coffee, no sugar,

sometimes known as an americano.

here, get one for yourself,

courtesy of her majesty's police force.

please knock when you come back with my coffee.

Fuck.

Was it sugar or without sugar?

is there a problem?

no, no, I just couldn't remember if you wanted sugar...

..Or no sugar.

no sugar. Thank you.

now, mr matthews, to help you communicate,

I'm going to point to a letter.

if you close your eyelid on the right letter,

I'll write it down.

if you close your eyelid twice it means delete.

if you move your eye to the left, it means new paragraph.

move your eye to the right...

maybe we'll start with you winking at the right letters.

with any luck, you'll spell out words

and help me answer some questions and find out who put you in here.

I know, I'll just point at y or n for yes or no.

that'll make it a whole lot easier, won't it?

can you remember anything that happened to you?

anything at all?

ok, yes! That was a y.

oh, my word. Well done.

right. So, can you tell me what happened to you by winking

at the right letters?

another y. Fantastic. Right...

now we know you can communicate, what do you want to tell me?

ok.

good work, mr matthews.

you're doing very well.

is what I've written here accurate?

Are you a spy?

Here we go. One black coffee without sugar.

I asked you to knock before you came back in!

Sorry.

Thank you.

Sorry for snapping.

Can I ask you?

How well do you know Mr. Matthews?

Very well.

Yeah, no, we, we were friends for fourteen years.

Was he ever away with work?

Not really.

No. Why do you ask?

And he works for the government?

Yeah, I suppose so. He's a tax officer. So...

have you communicated with him?

I'm not at liberty to say,

but this is a much bigger case than meets the eye.

if I'm right then this could have major implications,

not just for your friend...

..But for the country.

wow...

yes.

I have to make a number of important calls.

let's get you out of here. thank you.

who are you talking to?ash.

why were you talking to him over there with your back to him?

I was just going to sit on this...

..This armchair and, erm...

..Just see...

..If me sitting here made a difference with him.

I need to get your name and number in case I have any more questions.

I really think I might be onto something here.

yes, sure.

My number is 077...

..007...

oh, god.

oh!

oh...

look at me.

oh...

What?

You were gonna murder him?

I wasn't. I promise. I...

I had a little accident.

I was gonna use this to mop it up.

I... I never kill anyone.

Little old Andy here... Ash.

Ash. I wouldn't kill him.

You better get cleaned up.

Go in there. Cold.

is the policeman gone?yeah.

Yeah, I just don't understand all those questions.

Did ash really communicate with him?

the officer seemed to think so.

he said something about your friend being a...

..Being a spy.

his brain must be buggered then.

Guess that works in our favour.

It doesn't look that bad, let's just leave and you can...

..Walk behind me.

when I was a child, my...

..Auntie and uncle were trusted to look after a student residence,

a big old rambling place.

one year, we played hide and seek and all the children were coupled

with a grown up and so uncle richard and I,

we ran off and we found a big old pair of curtains in a hallway.

and I could hear my auntie coming down the corridor,

"come out, come out, wherever you are."

oh, I was so terrified and excited...

..I just couldn't hold it in.

I gave away our hiding place that night.

auntie saw the puddle.

I was never allowed to play hide and seek again.

Right. We really need to go now.

That! That was almost 40 years ago.

And I'm a big boy now!

But look! The same thing happens again.

Look, it was a very unusual situation.

You know, I think I might have done

something worse my time.

Thanks. Thanks, Daniel.

It'll just be our little secret.

Along with all the others.

Let's go.

Baby I...

Jesus, she said she was staying at Vanessa's.

Who is this?

Becca! We wouldn't be here if you don't wee yourself.

Just... Just go out.

I can't. I told her I've gone to work.

- You're relationship is never going to work if you constantly lying to each other. - You go!

She won't suspect anything. You've been here before. Yes! In this very room.

When I swap my phone for Ashes. I think she'd be suspicious.

I mean, plus I'm...

I'm very damp.

well, what do we do?

hide. We've got to hide.

for fuck's sake.

Can you please just try and keep it in this time?

daniel's the one with cancer, it should be him in this bed.

you lying there reminds me of the last time we were together.

why is she here?

I really hope it's not what I think it is.

vanessa is at home, daniel is at work,

it's just you and me. what do you think it is?

I know, I've got a naughty idea.

oh, I've got to take a closer look.

I don't know if it's all the tubes coming out of your body

or the fact you can only open one eye,

but I have never wanted you more.

jesus.

you look pretty pale. is it the chemotherapy?

no, it's fucking not.

let's see if anything other than your eye is working.

maybe this will help.

can you do this with a catheter inserted? Let's see.

can you do what with a catheter?

oh, be quiet!I might know the answer to it.

oh, there is it.

I knew where to find it.

what's she found?be quiet.

how's that?

hm? Is that nice?

I miss your touch.

I can't believe I'm seeing this. what's happening?

she's pleasuring him and herself.

herself, how?

It's like one of those videos while you on the Internet.

I can't believe she's doing this.

He's got locked-in syndrome.

Well, I mean, its perfectly normal for him to have a large

and indeed powerful erection.

oh, that's it.

oh, yeah.

oh... That's it. Oh, yeah.

yes!

oh!

oh, my god.

ooh. Wow.

well, I hope you enjoyed that.

I did.

I doubt it. He's probably unable to feel anything really.

let's get this cleaned up.

door opens

am I interrupting something? oh, no. No, no, no.

ash's catheter wasn't working properly

so I'm just cleaning him up.erm...

your...Top is undone.

oh!

stupid buttons.

I'll just get rid of this.

shit.

remind me who you are?

I'm becca, becca palmerstone.

I'm a friend of ash's. My boyfriend daniel is his best friend.

nothing that time.well done.

yes, he was in here earlier.

now I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave.why?

I really can't tell you anything,

other than the fact that this could have a bearing

on national security so if you could please exit,

I need to get this room locked down. well, what do I tell his wife?

don't alarm her.

he's in good hands.yeah, I'll...

this is officer haywood requesting two armed guards

at the thames royal infirmary, room 315.

as soon as possible and get them to be subtle,

we don't want them freaking out the patients and staff. Thank you.

don't worry, mr matthews.

I won't let those russian bastards get to you.

right, needs must.

phone rings

officer haywood speaking. he urinates

Yes. I did request a back-up, sir.

I have reason to believe this man was working for MI-5

and that there's a real danger he'll be assassinated by the KGB.

FSB?

No, I wasn't aware they changed it.

Well, whatever they called now I believe they will cooperate.

Well, yes. I can come in and explain, but what about the armed guards?

Okay, well, if you insist bluffing that's a big mistake.

Fuck!

Bloody thing.

Haywood.

Yes, I'm on my way back in.

Tell him I'll be there in 20 minutes.

it's happened again.yeah.

I thought so. It's understandable.

Ok, this is our chance, let's go.

I guess you were right about him then, finally.

what do you mean? his brain must be mush.

You know, whatever he's saying to haywood is nonsense,

you know, making him think he was a spy, armed guards.

I mean, whatever he's saying, it's not about us.

well, maybe now you'll stop underestimating me.

yeah. Maybe.

Oh, stop staring at me.

I didn't put you here. You did.

You might want to use this to cover yourself.thank you.

although I think you may need one too.

for fuck's sake.I'm sorry.

if it's any consolation, I drink a lot of water

so my urine is very clear.let's go. ok.

phone buzzes what now?

nothing. Just misremembered a film.

goodbye, ash.

door closes

ash's thoughts:I can move.

I can...

I can move.

I can...

I can talk.

I can, I can move.

he gasps

continuous beep

Mr. Matthews!

I've got a cardiac arrest.

I need some help in here now!

- I'm not a killer! - Yes, you are.

They will try to silence me.

what's the matter, champ?