Original subtitles

- [dramatic music] - [liquid bubbling]

[dramatic music continues]

[music stops]

[wind blowing softly]

[man on TV] That's it. I mean, how do we deal with apartheid?

It's the same thing, isn't it?

I mean, it's essentially the idea that human beings

are divided up into separate groups,

some of whom are superior to others.

That's the idea that we have to quash,

because I don't wish to endorse

this, uh, uh, uh, legislation

or, indeed, the country that backs it.

Um, I mean, I'm afraid to say,

if this is the route we go, just don't buy--

[female reporter] As the days go on,

police say their concerns for David's whereabouts...

[remote clicks]

[dramatic music]

[gunshots blast]

[remote clicks]

[character on TV] Sounds like crazy talk.

[dramatic music]

[man screams]

[eerie dramatic music]

[choir singing in foreign language]

[upbeat dramatic music]

[foreign language singing continues]

[eerie dramatic music continues]

[eerie dramatic music continues]

[eerie dramatic music continues]

[music stops]

[character on TV] Maybe that person we saw had something to do with it.

- Come on. - How you doing?

- [dramatic music plays on TV] - How was your day?

- [TV goes off] - Yeah, it was all right.

Yeah? [grunts]

Did you go to the job centre?

- Yeah. - Is it okay?

[exhales] What?

I saw, um...

I saw Maeve when I was there.

Oh. Don't worry about Maeve.

[sighs] Open the bag.

I don't need to be taking this.

I'm fine.

No. [laughs] I've got you a job interview.

Say again, what?

I've got you a job interview tomorrow,

so they're making everyone take those.

You got me a job interview. Are you serious?

- Yeah. Your brother's connected. - What is the job?

I think it's... just something to do with care.

- Yeah? - Okay? You'll be good at it.

All right. It's nine o'clock tomorrow.

- Mm-hm. - Okay? So get yourself ready.

- [laughs] - Okay.

Um, and how am I gonna get there?

I'll get you a taxi.

[mysterious music]

Okay.

[mysterious music continues]

[gate rattling]

[mysterious music continues]

[eerie music]

[gentle music]

[door shuts]

[Sandra] Your referral only came in yesterday,

so we're going to need NVQs, diplomas, formal qualifications.

[eerie music]

Are you a fan of Kafka?

I... Oh, no. I don't know... I don't know painters.

Mm.

Come.

[footsteps echoing]

Oh, yes.

[device buzzing]

Sign this.

- What is it? - It's an NDA.

It means until a formal offer is made,

you can't disclose anything about what you've seen in here

or who you've been talking to.

Understand?

- Yeah, I guess. Mm-hm. - Don't guess. Know.

Um...

Ah... Um, I've signed...

I've put my name where the signature's meant...

Just X that out.

And I have that for you.

You already took it?

- [bottle rattles] - Yeah.

Let's see how the interview goes.

[door clicks and creaks]

[eerie music]

[eerie music continues]

[Sandra] Final one, Nina.

[bird squawks]

[Nina] A man?

Hi. Uh, I'm Rob, hello. [laughs and clears throat]

[Nina] A convivial man.

Nina Jekyll. Please sit down.

Thank you.

That's a nice chessboard that you've got there.

Why do you think you're right for the job?

This job, um... Yeah, well, I'm... I'm... I'd say, pretty smart. I...

Specifically as pertains to the JD.

- J...? - Job description.

Job description. Yeah, um...

Well, I was told that I would be a good candidate for the job,

because, I think, he said...

I think the right word is "care", I think, was involved?

- [Sandra] You think? - I am the job.

A while back I hurt myself,

hence this gaudy monstrosity.

What we're looking for is someone who could help

about the house until I return to my former glory.

[Sandra] Talk us through your experience in care.

No, I don't need care, Sandra. Just need a helper.

Well, I have helped people before.

- What sort of people? - Old people, yeah.

Where?

Uh, where? It was Belmore.

- The prison? - Mm-hmm.

How long were you employed?

[clock ticking faintly]

I was an inmate.

I'm sorry. What did you say?

I was an inmate. [clears throat]

And you've pursued this line of work

ever since you were released?

Well, no, 'cause I only got out like a week ago, so I...

[clears throat] ...haven't had a chance to get a job yet so...

Apologies. Normally these referrals are watertight.

I've no idea how he got through.

- We're done here. - I'm sorry.

Do you wish to work just to satisfy your terms of your parole?

There's no need to continue, Nina.

Please excuse Sandra.

She is a wonderful estate manager, a dear friend,

but prone to bouts of extreme impertinence.

The terms of your parole?

I have a daughter, and to see her...

I need to get a job.

[Nina] What's her name?

It's Ari.

Ah, as in Ariadne from Greek mythology?

Don't know who that is.

She was a princess from Crete.

She helped Theseus to escape from the maze of the Minotaur.

Without her help, he would not have bested the monster.

Oh, cool. Yeah, well, mine is not named after that.

She's named after a pop star.

Ariana Grande.

No? Uh... [laughs nervously]

Your daughter must miss you.

Well, she doesn't actually, um, really know me,

'cause she was obviously born while I was away, um...

and she's sick.

- I'm sorry. - Of course.

I was a doctor many moons ago.

A sick child... [sighs] ...is very distressing.

Yeah, I just wanna be able to see her. I can do this.

Like, you know, um, I've helped older people...

That's a very bad term. I'm not saying that you're old.

- [eerie music] - I'm trying to say,

I would help them move around.

I would get their medicine from the infirmary.

I'd read to them.

It was a really big part of my life,

and it was something that I was actually pretty good at, so...

- [playful music] - When can you start?

[Sandra] I have to object.

This was an administrative error, Nina.

You like my chessboard. Do you play?

[chuckles] Oh, sorry, that's at me.

Um, yeah. No, I play chess. I used to play while I was away in...

My grandfather used to play.

- [bird squawking] - [playful music continues]

Would you agree to a trial period?

Yes. Yes, I would. Yeah, that would be very good, thank you.

[bird squawking]

Is your bird all right over there?

[bird squawking]

[door clangs]

6:30 start. Don't be late.

- [footsteps echoing] - Bring what you need.

We'll provide basic toiletries, bed linen--

Sorry, why do I need bed linen?

It's a live-in position. You would live here with Nina.

If she needed help during the night,

were you going to Skype it in?

Um, did you, did you want that?

- [gentle music] - [Sandra laughs softly]

Oh, we'll definitely be doing a fresh one of those.

[playful music]

[Rob's brother] Nina Jekyll, she was, she's like a proper celeb.

Well, I actually don't know if I'm meant to be telling you her name,

'cause they made me sign like an "any day", something like that.

- NDA? - [clears throat] Yeah.

- Something like that. - [both laugh]

Wow, my brother's working for one of the big titans of the industry.

- Mad. - You excited?

Yeah. I just don't know like what I'm gonna be

expected to do all day, but, you know,

I guess if I, if I can keep this job,

then I can, I can see Ari, right?

[sighs] Yeah, well, just gotta take that step by step,

and it looks good that you're, you're working for a billionaire, I suppose.

- [laughs] - Look, I wanted to show you something

that I got on my way home.

- [gentle music] - Look at that.

- Cute, isn't it? - Yeah.

- Imagine her little face. - Wow.

- Say cute. - Cute.

Cute. Yeah.

I don't know how I'm gonna get this to her though,

but I thought maybe post it or something.

- I mean... - I'll, um,

I'll drop it at the hospital on my way to work tomorrow.

[gentle music]

Thanks.

That's fine. It's on the way.

I didn't mean, uh, thanks for just that.

You know, thanks for giving me somewhere to stay

and helping me with the job interview.

And you've never given up on me.

Yeah, well, you know, what are brothers for?

- [gentle music continues] - Hmm?

Right, you carry on packing, get yourself ready,

and I'll make us some food.

- You know, the Last Supper and all that. - [Rob laughs]

Okay.

[gentle music continues]

[Rob's brother] Look, I'm not a probation officer, obviously,

but I know how it works.

Look, if you do anything, right, like anything,

I can't stress how much you can't fuck this up, yeah?

And I'm not going to let my little brother go down again.

I can turn the car round if you want.

All good! [laughs]

I thought so.

Just wanted to give you this, um...

There's some stuff and details from the hospital when Ari was born.

I thought it might be nice for you to have while you're there.

Make you feel close to her and that, you know?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

Thanks.

Nina Jekyll is excellence incarnate,

whatever her condition.

She demands the same from others.

- Your phone. - Phone, um...

Yep.

There you go.

I never want to see this outside of your room.

Nina can raise you with that.

It beeps, she requires you.

During working hours, you won't need anybody else.

This trial currently has unspecified parameters.

I've taken it upon myself to set them.

It will be unpaid, and ends immediately

when you fail to meet the standards of the role.

There are cameras in almost every room,

so I'll know when that inevitably happens.

[clock ticking faintly]

- [bright music] - [laughs softly]

Three meals are delivered to the kitchen every day.

Breakfast at 7:30, lunch at 12:30 and dinner at 6:30.

If Nina requires anything else,

there is a 2,000 cash per diem, replenished every week.

Receipts required.

Every morning, 200 milligrammes of lamotrigine.

100 milligrammes of amisulpride.

Half that again at lunch.

With every meal, bring 50 milligrammes of tramadol.

Nina can decide she wants it.

She can also have 15 milligrammes of Seroquel

before bed if she desires.

Uh, and this is all for her injury?

This is all for you to administer accurately.

Excessive use isn't good for her bones.

You.

[gentle music]

Just you and Nina, occasionally me.

So, food is delivered three times a day,

and the cleaner comes twice a week.

Nina has been resistant to coexisting with staff...

until you.

7:25. That's breakfast.

You'd better get moving.

- [door creaks] - [Nina] Ah, Rob!

- Dr. Jekyll. [laughs] - Nina, please.

Oh!

Oh! I don't like eggs,

and I thought we were gonna mix it up a bit there.

A piece of salmon? Or God forbid, bacon from a piggy?

Oh, won't you ever get that ghastly thing out of your hand?

My fifth limb.

Dairy is good for your bones, Nina.

- Eggs aren't dairy. - They are for breakfast.

- They're lugubrious. - Eggs can't be lugubrious, Nina.

Have you eaten, Rob?

Uh, yeah, I ate before I got here.

Was it anything as devoid of delight as what I have?

Uh, it was just some cereal.

Cereal. Haven't had cereal since I was a child. [slurps]

What type of cereal?

It was Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.

Crunchy Nutty Cornflakes, Sandra?

[Rob Yeah, and they're covered in honey as well.

Really sweet. Pretty good.

Can we have some Crunchy Nutty Cornflakes?

- You don't want them, trust me. - [Nina sighs]

I've briefed Rob on what his duties will be, and I've give him his pager.

My fifth limb and I will be in London today,

but we'll keep an eye out.

Remember your meds, Nina.

- [footsteps echoing] - [door creaks open]

[door closes]

You don't need to worry about her.

She is outstanding at what she does. It's probably why I hired her.

I'm very good at choosing people.

- Could you just...? - Oh. Yeah. Yeah.

- Quite heavy. - Oh, it's ghastly.

I'd rather go round on a crutch like some Hemingway heroine.

- [Rob chuckles] - So Sandra has told you what needs doing?

Um, yeah, she's been through the meals, medicine, that kind of stuff.

- That's it, so far though. - Very good.

Yeah.

I have a little plan for you of my own.

[gentle music]

Now, by my calculations,

there are 23 sensors

in and about the house.

And I want you to go round and test each and every one of them.

-A-huh. -And change the batteries as is necessary.

- You think you can do that? - Yes, of course.

I also want you to set up a six-digit code

for the arming or the disarming of the alarms.

Uh, to what?

To whatever you'd like.

My memory is a... is a little bit hazy.

Are you sure?

You're part of the team now.

But you don't have a watch, so...

- My phone's in my room. - Yes.

Let's... try this.

Whoa.

Well, keep you on top of the time.

The pager will give you nothing.

Is there an issue?

No. Thank you. [laughs]

- Robert? - Yeah.

This is important.

[eerie music]

- [key clicks] - [machine beeps]

[machine buzzes]

[keypad beeping]

[alarm chirping]

[alarm chirping]

[footsteps echoing]

[alarm chirping]

[eerie music]

[eerie music continues]

[eerie music continues]

[doorknob rattles]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

[lock clicks]

[dramatic music continues]

[doorknob rattling]

[dramatic music continues]

Lunch?

[intense music]

[metal clinks]

This is cold.

Oh, sorry. I could heat it up for you if you want.

No, just go away.

Um...

I, I've nearly finished with the alarms.

That is what causing my ears to bleed.

[inhales deeply]

Mmm!

Why on earth did you...

Disarm them.

Deactivate them.

[eerie music]

Um... I need to get your medication. I'm sorry.

- I'll go and get them. - No, I'll do it. I'll do it.

[intense music]

[Nina sighs]

[eerie music]

[dramatic music]

I'll go. Sorry.

[door creaks open]

[door closes]

[lighter clicks]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

[Nina exhales]

[machine beeping]

[alarms chirp briefly and stop]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music continues]

[pages rustling]

[intense music]

[intense music continues]

The alarms. You've been messing with the alarms.

No, I haven't. Ask Nina... What?

Pack your bags!

Look, this ain't what you think, all right?

You've forgotten Nina's meds,

you meddled with the alarms, and that's her watch.

Calm down. Go and talk to Nina, all right?

Dr. Jekyll!

You have five minutes before I call the police.

[gate slams]

[gentle music]

[gentle music continues]

[gentle music continues]

Fuck's sake!

[Sandra] Get in.

Look, I'm leaving, all right? Don't be calling the police.

In!

Rob, please accept my apology.

Sandra here made a mistake.

[wind howling]

Well, yeah, I... I... I did try and tell her

that the alarms were meant to be off, like you told me.

Yes, you're right. I... I must have forgotten.

- And the meds? - Meds... Well, yeah,

Dr. Jekyll said she wanted to get them herself.

Then what's she paying you for?

To my understanding, we're not paying you at all at the moment.

Just a trial period.

Rob, I expect you don't wish to stay here anymore

after this misunderstanding, so I will ensure that Sandra

will give you three month severance.

He's worked less than a day!

Three month severance at the rate of 3,000 a month,

if you wish to leave.

However, if you wish to stay,

we can elect that this trial period is over,

and you can stay permanently.

Nina. You, uh...

[birds chirping]

[gentle music]

[eerie music]

- [people chattering faintly] - [music plays faintly in the shop]

- Hey. - No.

- Hey. - I'm leaving, all right?

Rob, Rob, wait, wait.

- Last time was... - Deserved.

You really think that?

I know that.

Nice.

- Just, uh, a gift. - For who?

- Just a friend. - Nina Jekyll?

What?

Well, you're working for Nina Jekyll in that place outside of town?

Yeah, but how, how do you know that?

People talk.

Well, if I, if I can hold this job,

then I can see Ari, you know?

- Wasn't my fault, you know. - No, I know.

- It wasn't just what we did. - I know. I know. I know.

I'm not blaming you. It's only what we were doing.

Look, I was able to quit it, Maeve.

All right, I can help you. I want to, okay?

I hear you're all alone up there.

What?

It's just you and her.

- Fuck's sake! - Look, you wouldn't have to do anything.

- You just need to let us in, okay? - What? Mm-hmm.

- It's just-- - You're still doing this shit, are you?

- Yeah, I have a good teacher. - And you used my name?

- What? People know you're bad. - This is my fuckin' job, all right?

- Just stop! - One last big score and that's it.

You sound like me now.

I can say things...

if you ever try and get custody of our kid.

[Maeve scoffs]

[music continues faintly]

[music continues faintly]

- [wind howling] - [knocking on door]

[doorknob rattles, door opens]

[Nina] Can I come in?

- [Rob] Yeah, yeah, sure. - Thank you.

You know, Rob...

we do have drawers and cupboards

- in your bedroom, you know? Whoops! - Yeah, sorry.

I just haven't really gotten around to sorting it yet.

Don't worry. I was young once.

- There we go. - Thank you.

- [bright music] - Oh, medical records.

Yeah, it's, um... all a bit confusing, really.

I was a practising doctor way back in my ancient history.

[Nina sighs]

Neurology admittedly, but I still remember

the dreadful odour of paperwork.

- Do you mind? - No. No.

[bright music continues]

[paper rustling]

I never thought that would be the thing to give me a sense of nostalgia. [sighs]

Ari is lucky to have such a determined father.

[gentle music]

Well...

- [cane thumps] - Oh, let me get that for you.

Thank you.

- Oh, it's a bit loose. - No, don't worry, it...

No, it sometimes is a bit loose.

Okay.

Goodnight, Rob.

[footsteps thumping]

- [bright music] - Night, Doctor.

Nina.

- [Nina] Atta boy! - [door opens]

[door closes]

[gentle music continues]

- [Rob breathing heavily] - [bird squawking faintly]

- [Rob grunting] - [bird squawking faintly]

[groans] Fuck.

[bird squawking]

[bird squawking aggressively]

- [cage rattling] - Night-night.

Go to bed.

[chuckles]

[bird squawking]

[Sandra in another room] Listen to me. This is serious.

You have a criminal in your house.

[Nina] What about his second chance though?

[Sandra] A second chance?!

[eerie music]

[Sandra] He's just a little junkie.

And you're not tough on him.

If you don't take your meds, I'm calling in the Eric.

[Nina] Threats don't work with me.

[Sandra] You've lost control of her, haven't you?

- [intense music] - [Nina] Don't be ridiculous!

I'm the one in control.

[Sandra] Oh God! Who am I talking to?

[Sandra speaking faintly]

[intense music continues]

[glass shatters, loud thump]

[bird squawking]

- [intense music continues] - [bird squawking]

[door clicks]

[eerie music]

[footsteps tapping]

[eerie music continues]

[Nina sniffing]

- [Rob mutters softly] - [intense music]

[footsteps echoing]

[eerie music]

[cane tapping]

[eerie music continues]

[intense music]

[Nina] The ancient delicacy of Mr. Kellogg.

[Nina sighs]

[birds chirping outside]

[cereal crunching]

Mm. Mm!

Crunchy and nutty.

Another regret. Decades without these.

[clears throat] You know, um, if Sandra knew

that I, I got you those, she would kill me.

Mm-hmm.

You know, I, uh, haven't seen her in a while.

[cereal crunching]

She's very spirited, you know.

Now tonight, I'm going to introduce you to something.

- What's that? - A reason for living.

- [Nina gagging] - Are you okay?

- Hey. - [Nina gagging]

[footsteps tapping]

[liquid splatters]

- It's just the meds! It's just the meds! - It's all right, I've got you.

- I've got you. - No, leave me.

I'll go get you some water.

Get out of here, you thieving degenerate!

[intense music]

[intense music continues]

[eerie music]

[eerie music continues]

[line ringing]

[voicemail] The person you are calling is unable to take your call.

[footsteps echoing]

[eerie music]

[eerie music continues]

[eerie music continues]

Shit.

Go on.

[intense music]

[eerie music]

[intense music]

Fifth limb.

[intense music continues]

- [intense music] - [pager buzzes loudly]

[door clicks]

[Nina] At last.

I thought I was going to be playing on my own.

Or worse, drinking on my own.

- [footsteps tapping] - [clock ticking faintly]

A reason for living.

Residual habits from walking in a man's world.

[liquid pours]

Now, I'm sorry...

that I was aggressive with you earlier, but, um...

I was ill.

[clock ticking faintly]

That's... Like, it's all right. I... I tried to call Sandra.

Well, let's not talk about Sandra.

Ugh, she's absolutely fine.

Maybe rather rubbed out on this stuff.

- [eerie music] - So, okay, you've, you've...

you've spoken to her on the phone, right?

Not easy. She lost her handset.

Kept trying to phone me with an unknown number.

Now, do sit down, please?

Okay, um...

Should I be having this number? I... You know...

She is quite fine.

[eerie music continues]

Not your drug of choice?

[eerie music continues]

White or black?

Are you sure you're feelin' up to it?

- [pieces tapping] - [dramatic music]

Decisive.

- [pieces tapping] - [Rob coughs]

Two steps ahead.

If you wanna make a billion dollars, that is the secret.

Been thinking about your daughter.

[dramatic music continues]

[piece taps]

You must miss her.

Well, I don't really... I don't really know her.

She's, um... She's with social services.

And you'd do anything to get her back?

[gentle music]

Yeah.

[eerie music]

I want to help you.

[piece taps]

- [piece taps] - [eerie music continues]

I'm dangling bait, Rob.

[eerie music continues]

Well, what do you... What do you mean?

With my move.

I was baiting you.

[eerie music continues]

You must have played a lot of chess in prison.

Well, there was this guy who taught me.

He was pretty good.

[pieces tapping]

I'm afraid he was not that good. Check.

[eerie music]

[pieces tapping]

[Nina] And then...

[intense music]

Checkmate.

Two moves ahead.

That's what you need to be.

- But you show potential. - You can't... You just destroyed me.

Well... [slurps]

Maybe I am the making of you.

Now, what say you...

Hmm?

- Go down to the Choir Pub. - Mm-hmm?

And get us some more bottles of the golden nectar?

And what is it exactly that we are celebrating here?

My victory.

[eerie music]

Okay.

All right.

[eerie music continues]

Oh! Careful of my exotic creation.

Um...

You.

[eerie music continues]

You know, this was, uh...

This was really nice.

Yes. I think we know each other much better now.

[eerie music continues]

Yeah.

[door creaks open]

[door closes]

[eerie music continues]

[intense music]

[intense music continues]

[intense music continues]

-150? You said it was 100. - [music plays faintly]

[background chatter]

- [cash register clicking] - She lets you out at night?

- Are you following me or something? - It's Friday, Rob.

I'm with some of the boys from the den.

We need to finish our talk.

No, I ain't talking to you if you're high.

I'm not.

No?

But you're going to go and do a job with them?

With those boys? Nah.

I'm workin' with a real professional now.

You owe him, don't you?

Fucking hell, Maeve!

You've gotta help me, please, Rob.

You just have to let us in.

Look, it's my only chance. You don't know how hard it's been.

- No, no, no. - You away and me--

I am apologising, all right, for your old mistakes,

but I ain't responsible for what's going on here, all right?

Keep my name out your mouth. Can I grab that, please?

-If you want help, yeah, but you-- - [gasps] Rob...

if you don't do this, you'll never get to see Ari.

I can bury you.

- [background chatter continues] - [faint music continues]

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry. - No, Rob, don't...

[record player clicks]

[big band music plays]

♪ This is the beginning of the end ♪

♪ I can see it in your eyes ♪

♪ In everything you do ♪

♪ Oh, you're afraid to tell me that we're through ♪

♪ But I can tell by looking at you ♪

♪ This is the beginning of the end ♪

♪ You just give yourself away ♪

♪ With everything you say ♪

♪ And though you never told me we must part ♪

♪ Still I can read the writing on your heart ♪

♪ Why is it now when I hold your hand ♪

♪ There's some little something that I miss? ♪

♪ What has become of the warmth of your smile ♪

♪ And where is that little mischief in your goodnight kiss? ♪

♪ That's what I miss ♪

- Oh, fuck that! Agh! - ♪ This is the beginning of the end ♪

- ♪ I can see the thrill is gone ♪ - [Rob groans]

♪ Why let it linger on? ♪

♪ Why lie to me and say it isn't so? ♪

♪ For when I hold you in my arms, I know ♪

♪ That this ♪

♪ This is the beginning of the end ♪

[music continues]

[music fades]

Right on schedule.

[eerie music]

Oh.

[coughs]

[eerie music continues]

[eerie music continues]

[eerie music continues]

[knocking on door]

[intense music]

[Rob breathing heavily]

[Nina's voice echoes] Good afternoon.

No, don't, don't touch it.

You were bleeding like a leaky faucet when I found you.

Here, take a look.

[Rob groans softly]

[Rob groans]

You did this for me?

Part of my earlier training. [sniffs]

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry about all of this.

The police were here last night just after you arrived.

They said they'd seen someone stumbling

around the edge of the estate, soaked in blood,

but they ran from them.

I told them I'd keep an eye out for any suspects

who wandered onto my property,

and then I sewed you up as you babbled incoherently.

But innocent people don't normally flee the scene, Rob.

Look, I promise, I promise you, all right,

this ain't gonna happen again.

Why'd you run?

[sighs]

You know, if they found me...

looking like this, like you just did,

it ain't gonna look good, you know?

Ari.

Ah, I suppose so.

Look, I...

understand if I'm sacked now, all right?

[sighs] Well, what are friends for,

if not for cornflakes and minor surgery?

You played last night.

Played? What? What?

You played chess last night.

Looked like an interesting game.

I...

But I was playing with you?

- [gentle music] - Walk with me, Rob.

Sure.

[door clicks and creaks]

[gentle music continues]

A person needs a purpose,

and last night you took a beating,

well, because of your family.

You've never asked me about mine.

This is my grandpapa, Henry Jekyll.

He was like a father to me.

Oh, he looks like a really nice guy.

This was... [sighs] ...the last time I saw him.

The last time I saw him.

[gentle music continues]

- He died? - No, he was taken away.

But this was his house.

He ran his practice from here.

This was his bedroom.

And this is where he started his research.

And that's when it all went wrong.

[eerie music]

[lighter clicks]

[intense music]

Nina, hello, darling.

What are you doing here?

[eerie music]

[lighter clicks]

[tense music]

[shuddering snap, snarls]

[sharp snap]

[sharp snaps]

[intense music continues]

[he screams]

Get out of here! Help!

[eerie music]

He developed the same illness that I have now.

You know, that doesn't make you a bad person.

Rob, that's exactly what it does make you.

His research promised to advance

our primitive understanding of science.

Promised to make him a great man.

[sighs]

To test his alchemy, he offered himself as a vessel,

and it changed him,

severely dimmed...

his empathy receptors,

made him twisted,

ugly,

evil.

But vanity and weakness must run in the family,

for I took up his research and let evil do the same to me.

So, Nina, have you taken your medication?

Medication doesn't help.

It suppresses it for a while, then it comes back.

Like a pestilential plague, it never stops.

He couldn't stop it, and I can't stop it, not alone.

Do you know how I broke my leg?

You said that you fell.

I fell while trying to hang myself.

Help me kill it, Rob.

[eerie music continues]

How?

Help... kill... me.

[dramatic music]

Robert.

Robert.

[dramatic music continues]

[Rob panting]

[dramatic music continues]

It's what it's always been about.

What, someone to help kill you?

To kill it, so that it never kills again.

Where's Sandra, Nina?

[Sandra gasps]

[eerie music]

Last night you said that you phoned her.

I didn't say that. That wasn't me.

This thing...

She calls herself Rachel.

Rachel Hyde.

She's a very good chess player, isn't she?

I've never played chess.

If you help me, I've taken care of all the financials.

Ari will have everything she needs.

Oh, this is what this has all been about then, huh?

What, you just thought that because of what I've done and what you could give me

that I would just say yes?

Yes.

All right, yeah, I've done things that I regret, but I'm...

Fuck! I'm meant to be here helping you.

[softly] Fuck it.

[gasps] Fuck it! I'm sorry.

The robberies, the drugs, you can move on from that.

Well, you're lucky. You can change, I can't.

I have... a killer inside me.

I'm begging you.

Please, Rob, do this.

Not because of who you were but because of who you want to be.

Please.

Please.

[intense music]

[eerie music]

[glass crunching]

[phone line ringing]

[Rob's brother] Hello?

- Rob? - [softly] Oh, God!

Rob, are you there?

Oh, um... How... How much do you know about her?

Wha... What? Who?

Uh, Nina, Nina Jekyll.

Oh, well, uh, not loads. What's going on?

I just... I just think that she is like sick.

Sick?

Yeah, and like, you know, like really fucking sick.

- But is she okay? - No, I don't... I don't think so.

Okay, have you called in for help or an ambulance or something?

Oh, it's not... It's not, uh...

[sniffs]

It's not... It's not like that, um...

What? "Not like that"? What are you talking about?

[sighs] I just... I just keep thinking about like all the shit that I've done

and like, you know, like what I would give just to make it right, you know.

Uh... Uh, okay.

You don't need to do anything, okay?

I couldn't have done that without you and I was just...

Look, listen, you're my brother. I'm gonna help you, okay?

But you were there for me, you know. Like...

- I'll always be here for you. - I was just wondering

how, how you did that?

'Cause you're my brother. Listen, I'm gonna help you.

Just... Look, you... you were in a bad way

and, uh, and you went to some dark places,

but I... I... I would never ever leave you, all right?

And you're doing what can now. You're changing it round, okay?

You... you.. You know this, right?

Yeah.

Okay, look, I'm... I'm gonna come and see you,

- and we'll get a beer and... - Okay, yeah, yeah.

That would, um... That would be really, really good, yeah. [sniffs]

Look, we help each other out when we're in trouble, right?

Yeah. [laughs]

- All right. Thank you. - All right. I'll speak to you soon.

[gentle music]

[exhales deeply]

[sniffs]

[gentle music continues]

There you go, Chester.

There you go.

Just you and me, Chester.

You and me.

- [footsteps approaching] - [clock ticking faintly]

Did you help me so that we could do this?

Was, was that the reason?

No, but this thing is in motion.

Hyde removed Sandra from the equation,

and I won't let her remove anyone else.

This finishes tonight.

How?

[gentle music]

[keys jingling]

[door clicks]

[eerie music]

[footsteps tapping]

[eerie music continues]

[intense music]

[intense music continues]

What is this place?

Its lair.

- [eerie music] - [footsteps tapping]

[Nina breathing heavily]

[blade swishes]

- All you have to do-- - Oh, I didn't...

- I didn't say I was gonna do anything. - No, no.

Just make sure my aim is true and my blade runs deep.

[cane clicking]

Now the thing, it has a saying.

- "Always stay two steps ahead." - Ahead.

[eerie music]

Two can play the game.

I have switched my tramadol

and now I'm taking a high dosage of colchicine.

It has weakened me...

till the time is right.

I'm weak, and Hyde knows it.

We must kill her now before she finds another body.

- [eerie music] - And if anything goes wrong...

What do you mean goes wrong?

- What do you mean? - Nothing will go wrong.

It cannot go wrong. Not this time.

[eerie music continues]

This time... I have it.

[intense music]

[door clicking]

[needle crackling]

[gentle music plays]

So is that Jekyll or Hyde?

[gentle music continues]

Now, if Hyde tries to interfere, if she tries to stop this,

you will finish it, won't you?

Rob?

Yeah, okay. [clears throat]

[gentle music continues]

[Nina grunting and panting]

When you're finished, throw those gloves in the fire.

Tomorrow morning...

you get up at the normal time, come down here,

and when you find me, call the police immediately.

They'll ask you questions. Maybe more than once.

Just tell 'em the truth.

You don't know what happened to Sandra.

When the time is right,

my people will call you about the money.

Listen, I'm not doing this for the money.

[sighs] You do believe me about Rachel Hyde, don't you?

[mouthing]

I believe that you want this.

My suicide note is on my bedside table.

- Let them find it. - Mm-hmm.

This is for you.

[gentle music continues]

[Nina panting]

For afterwards.

- [blade swishes] - [Nina sighs]

[tense music]

- [squelching] - [Nina groans]

[intense music]

[Nina groans]

[intense music continues]

[intense music continues]

Hyde is calling.

[woman's voice echoes] I am come.

[Nina panting] She's coming, she's coming, so don't leave.

[woman's voice] Nina, Rachel is very close!

- She's very close. - [Nina groans]

[Nina] Um, she's gonna stop me.

- [voices coughing] - [Nina] Rob, help me.

She's gonna stop me.

- [deep male voice] Nina. - [Nina] Rachel Hyde.

[woman's voice] Nina, have you gone?

[Nina] She's very close.

- [Nina gasping and grunting] - [deep male voice] Help me!

- [Nina] She's working against me. - [woman's voice] Now it's...

[Nina hissing] Robert. Rob, help me.

- [woman's voice] Robert. - Help me, Rob. Robert.

- [deep male voice] Kill me, quick. Quick! - [Nina] Help me, please. Please!

[deep male voice] She's coming. She's coming.

Please!

- Help me, please! - [voice screaming] No!

Please, please, please!

- [voice screaming] - [squelching]

[Nina groans]

[panting]

Thank you.

[Rob whimpering]

[gun clicks]

[Maeve] The actual fuck, man?

[eerie music]

You fucking stabbed her!

- No, I... - [gun smacks]

[Rob grunts]

He's fucking killed her!

- [masked man] The safe? - Where's the safe, Rob?

I don't... I don't know.

- You're a murdering piece of shit! - No, I didn't do anything.

She killed herself.

We saw you push a knife into her!

[Nina exhales]

[Nina panting]

[groans]

Oh. Help me!

- Nina? Hey, hey, hey! - No, no, no. Get him away.

- [masked man] Come on! - What the fuck? Get off me!

- [Nina groans] - [blade swishes]

[Rob] Get your hands off me! Nina.

What happened?

- [Nina] Lock him outside. - Outside? No, no, no, no. No, no.

Get the fuck off me, please!

- Nina, tell them... - [masked man] Get her to talk!

What the fuck is going on? Rachel!

I cannot say.

[Rob] No!

No! [groans]

- [door slams] - Open the fucking door!

- Please! - [banging]

[bird squawking]

- [Nina grunting] - [Rob faintly] Please! Please!

Hey! Please!

You need to put your hands... You need to put them behind your head!

[Rob faintly] Hey! Nina! Nina!

[Rob shouting indistinctly]

I am in your debt.

The fiend was going to kill me if you hadn't intervened.

- [Rob banging on door] - How can I repay you?

You saved my life, let me save yours.

One lioness to another.

[Rob shouting indistinctly]

The safe. We were told there was a safe.

- [Rob] Please! - Oh, who told you that?

Under the floor, by the door.

[Rob shouting indistinctly]

- [bird squawks] - [Rob banging on door]

[Rob shouting indistinctly]

[Maeve] What about Rob?

I think it's best you let me deal with him, don't you?

[masked man] No.

If your friend degrees that my complicate

your being in my house and stealing all my money.

No, something... something ain't right here. Open the door! Open...

[Rob banging on door, shouting indistinctly]

[Rob] Look at me! Look at me! No, no, no, no!

Maeve! Maeve! Maeve!

[Rob shouting indistinctly]

Please! Please!

You'll need the combination.

[lock beeping, clicks]

Oh, she's very organised.

Where's the money?

- What? - There's no money!

Maybe the little piggy stole it.

[Rob] Hey! I don't have the fucking money!

- [gun clicks] - I don't fucking have it! No!

I want my money, Rob. Okay, you owe me this.

I didn't! I...

[intense music]

[Rob shouting]

- No! - [banging]

[Maeve gasps]

[Rob shouting]

[Rob whimpers]

[Maeve spluttering]

- [intense music] - [bird squawking]

Truely, all the world's a stage

and I have the right players,

right here, right now.

[bird squawking]

Chester, you are an abomination.

[gunshot, bullet whizzes]

Join Maeve.

[masked man groans]

- [Rob] Maeve, stop. Maeve, please! - Little piggy trying to get away.

Little piggy is trying to get away.

Better catch him, catch him quick.

- [Rob] Come on! Open the door quick! - [Nina] He's almost at the door.

The key. Must get the key.

[panting] Shit! The key, the key, the key!

[Nina grunting]

- That's the key you're after. - [Rob shouting]

[Nina laughing]

Off!

Do you know him?

What happenstance!

'Cause I know Ewan, too. We both know him.

You're his brother and I'm not really related at all.

But I know him 'cause he owes a lot of money.

And everyone in the town knows he owes a lot of money.

So we had a chat. We had a chat about

intruder alarms and safe combinations.

So then we talked about could he think of anyone

who could come and execute an inside mission

inside the house?

And we thought of you,

and I put your application into the pile.

Into Sandra's pile, yes!

I didn't know it was her.

No one was meant to get hurt, I swear, brother.

[Nina] But he sold you out.

He gave you away. He's a traitor to you.

We've gotta kill him!

[intense music]

You've got to kill him. Come and kill him. Come!

- Run! Go! - [Nina] No!

[Nina with manic voice] I'll kill him! I'll kill him for you!

I'll kill him for you! Ah-ah-ah-ah!

- [gunshot] - [Rob] No!

[body slumps]

All gone!

[intense music]

No!

You fucking bitch!

Fuck you!

Fuck!

Rachel Hyde, at your service.

[Rob sobs]

[gentle music]

[Rob sobs]

Did you like my little performance?

[Rob sobs]

"Oh, please, Rob, you must help me, Rob.

Help me. Help me. She's coming, she's coming."

[squeaky voice] "She's coming!" [mimics shrieking]

I was already there.

Ah!

I've done this before, you know.

There have been others but none with the right fit

and I wanted to find someone who was truly desperate.

"No, Ari, my daughter.

Oh, dear, I've done something wrong.

I must help her. What have I done?

- Couldn't do anything else." - No, no, no.

Yes! You can lie to yourself, but you can't lie to me!

No!

Self-preservation.

Every decision made for your survival.

And I think you're about to make another one for your survival.

The letter.

What the hell is this?

Our contract.

Where you get to own everything,

every single thing.

You like things, don't you?

And in return, you agree to let me into your body.

And if you don't sign it, I'll just call the police

and I'll say that you've come over here and you've burned me

into signing away my money.

You tried to kill me,

and then you invited your druggy friends to come round

and loot the place, and I defended myself.

Oh! Poor me, I defended myself.

And I managed to slit one's throat and shoot the other one.

And would they believe me, an infirm woman,

or you, a thieving degenerate?

If you just want to sign the contract, all this goes away,

and the camera shows that Nina, she stabbed herself.

Ooh, she's a bit crazy, isn't she?

And then she slit the throat of your lover.

Mm, not terribly good.

Then she shot your guardian angel.

But you were an innocent bystander.

Oh yes, just watching.

[suspenseful music]

No! I can make all that disappear, Rob, in a second.

And I think you'll find the money that you'll receive

shall be rather beguiling.

Nina, you're... you're sick. You're bleeding.

I'm not Nina, boy!

I'm Rachel and I don't... bleed.

But no matter what she's told you,

it doesn't begin to scratch the surface of what I am.

Nina...

you lost your battle, darling,

with your conscience.

Did it win in the end?

And your body tapped out.

An oversight which will not happen with you!

Now, you must sign the terms and conditions

of the agreement.

And you must try to accommodate me

in your mind just a little bit better...

then Nina.

This isn't real. This isn't... What you're saying, it's not real.

It is real. As real as this broken body.

And guess what else is real?

Nina had patents for all her drugs and I have assigned them to you

in case of her committal, or incarceration or death.

One of those drugs could be used for little Ari.

No.

No, you're lying.

Lying?

So what... what would happen?

One toke of this wondrous little drug,

this protective glaze that keeps things like me away, goes down.

But, boy, you've never tasted a drug like this.

Is it a deal?

Is it a deal?!

Deal.

Now, stay there.

Now you behave.

Behave.

Come, come, come, come, come!

Come on. Come, come, come, come.

Careful of the dead people.

[intense music]

One final swansong to Nina.

And now, your debut.

[intense music]

You said you'd do anything to help your daughter.

[intense music]

[Rachel grunts]

[Rob gasps]

- Oh... - Stay down! Stay down!

[Rachel groans]

[Nina] Oh, no!

Who is that?

Why is he...? Is he dead?

It's my brother.

What did I do wrong?

Nina?

Hey!

[gentle music]

- Hey, hey. - [Nina groaning]

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You're okay. You're okay.

- No, I need to die. - Hey, hey.

No, no, no, no. You're gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay.

I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna help you.

[softly] Am I dead?

Oh God, Rob! [groans]

- Look, I'm gonna go get you help. - No!

You're gonna be okay. I'm gonna call someone for help, okay?

I'm gonna call.

[shuddering snap]

[Rob groans, sharp snap]

[Nina] Robert?

[sharp snap]

Robert?

[sharp snap]

[shuddering snaps]

Fight it.

[Rob groans]

No, no, no, no, no!

[manic laughter]

[Rachel] He can't help you!

[intense music]

[he screams]

[manic laughter]

[he screams]

- [Nina groans] - [Rob whimpering]

- Robert. - Get off me!

[Rob] No!

- It's in your mind. - No!

Fight it.

[Rob whimpering]

No, please!

- Fight it, Rob! - No, please!

No!

[Nina groans]

Robert, fight it.

[softly] Fight, Robert, fight it.

- [squelching] - [Nina groans]

[intense music]

[interviewer] We're joined by the CEO of Athonatus,

Robert Stevenson here in Earlswood Cathedral,

which has been restored with his funding.

You've brought about some remarkable changes.

Greener business, cheaper drugs.

Forbes estimates that your profit margins are higher than ever.

Underestimates.

- [chuckles] - [playful music]

You lost a daughter to cancer.

Yes, um...

That was... tragic.

[interviewer] To lose her and Nina?

Mm-hmm.

But obviously, I did the best that I could for the both of them.

But in the end, the world turns no matter what.

You write the secret to Nina's success

was always being two steps ahead.

Her little mantra. [laughs]

Which you have adopted?

[eerie music]

Mr. Stevenson?

[dramatic music]

Why be two steps ahead,

when you could be three?

[laughs]

[woman laughs manically]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music continues]

[intense music]