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[logo tinkling]

[camera flashing]

[suspenseful music]

It was your fingerprints mixed with your mother's blood.

I didn't kill her.

She was alive when I left the house.

I'm the man in the car. Jack Argyll's alibi.

[Leo] Jack died before the case could come to trial.

Jack was adopted?

[Philip] God, yes, they all are.

I would like to say thank you for agreeing to be my wife.

No.

[Philip] Which one of them has got blood on their hands?

I could have killed her that night for what she did.

Where were you?

Jack saw us.

I'm not able to discuss my work.

[Philip] Official secrets.

I've been in an asylum. I was released yesterday.

[grand, theatrical music]

Why would someone want to run you over?

I don't know.

What did he look like?

I don't know. I didn't see his face, not completely.

I mean, I did, but that was when he was dead.

Dr. Calgary, Arthur, this all sounds rather fantastical.

He had a signet ring on his little finger.

The crest was in the shape of a crown.

You know him?

I think so.

Bellamy Gould, our friend.

Well, I have to tell someone, his wife.

Mr. Argyll, think for a moment.

We can't just me of him lying there, that's barbaric.

I told the police I was coming in to make a statement,

and the next thing, your friend is driving his car at me.

I was being shut up, got rid of.

You can't trust the police, they're covering for someone.

We've lived here for 25 years.

You're talking about people

who came to Rachel's funeral and wept.

I don't want my family to know about this, not yet.

Michael is.

He has a short fuse, he'd want to retaliate.

I don't want another child in prison.

Poole will know what to do with all this,

my solicitor, I trust him.

And as for Bellamy, who I thought was my friend.

He arrested Jack, he charged Jack.

He said

Jack had done it.

[piano music playing]

I gave my clothes to a tramp. A gentleman of the road.

Anyway, desperate for a slash.

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Hester.

[piano music playing]

Now, what do you see in your husband?

I mean, really, he's just a jumped up copper.

He's the Chief Constable. A very important man.

Aren't you so bored you could scream?

He says you should have gone to Korea with your brother.

He says a good war would sort you out.

And do you think I need sorting out, Lydia?

Don't call me Lydia, it's bad manners.

And move, I need to get to the bathroom.

Step over me, Mrs. Gould.

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[Lydia gasping]

Nasty boy.

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Spelling mistakes, do them again.

Morning, Mr. Argyll.

Where's Jack?

What's this about, Bellamy?

He has been stealing from us.

Not true, I'm afraid.

The fragrant Lydia practically forced the money on me.

Well, why would she give you money?

Because I've been fucking her, Mother.

It was only supposed to be the once.

Stop.

But she's a thirsty old horse, isn't she?

You little shit.

[Rachel] Jack.

That's more like it, isn't it?

Bit too old for you though, aren't I?

[Jack spitting]

Pervert.

Bellamy, I am so.

The Goulds are friends of ours.

Bellamy has helped me so much with the trust.

Yes, I'm sure.

He's very keen on orphans and neglected children.

He's always happy to help them.

You try so hard to appal me.

Oh, you're such a gutless fraud, Mother.

You're smiling like there's nothing wrong,

but you built a nuclear bunker in the cellar

in case the bombs start falling.

So, I know you're terrified. I know you're a mess.

Just admit it. Stop smiling. Stop pretending.

And in return I'll stop.

You won't break me, Jack.

One word against me, and I am warning you,

I don't care if we are friends, Leo,

I shall have his head kicked in half,

every bone in his body broken.

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I'm not going to say anything about

your offer to help me blackmail this family.

I don't want to upset your wife.

Do you really not know what you've done?

The bomb you've just dropped?

If Jack's innocent, then one of them isn't.

Dinner's served. The family are waiting for you.

Oh, the old backs playing up,

I think I'm just gonna take myself off.

Should I fetch Mary for you?

I'll be fine.

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I realise that my,

my history of being unwell makes me an unreliable witness.

But the hospital can back up what I say.

The time and manner of my absconding

and the time of my, well, my capture.

And are you quite well now?

Not fantasising or seeing things?

[Hester] Gwenda.

Well, really, he said he'd been to the Arctic.

I really was meant to be going there.

I was part of a research team.

But obviously I.

The question is, if Jack didn't kill Mother, then who did?

There was someone else here.

Someone else?

There was a car parked on the road.

I had to swerve to avoid it.

What sort of car?

I only saw it for a second.

Small.

Brown.

If the owner of that car could be found,

you'd have the person that did this to your family.

Or, at the very least, knows something about it.

A brown car? There's no shortage of them about.

It's a start.

The fact that I'm too late for Jack is unbearable.

But I can clear his name. I can do that much.

Just one good, true thing.

My solicitor will be here first thing in the morning,

and then we can begin clearing Jack's name.

I think you're a very honourable man.

I'm not.

I'm really not.

[clock ticking]

[suspenseful music]

What are you so scared of, Arthur?

The end of the world.

All those people,

blown to nothing.

All those people.

What have I done?

What have I done?

I'm damned.

I'm damned.

[Arthur yelling]

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He only went to bed because you were rude to him.

People like that shouldn't be allowed to just roam about.

Where are you going?

A bride never spends the night

before her wedding with her groom.

And I wasn't even in the house that evening.

So, I don't see why I should be

subjected to an interrogation,

if it's all the same to you, Mary.

Leo.

You told us you got rid of that car

because mother had given it to you

and the memories hurt too much.

They did.

Or were you worried It might be recognised?

Because in the dark and the fog,

a red car might easily be mistaken for brown.

Mickey, don't!

Say please, for once in your life. Say it.

Daddy is blind to you.

And you. Always has been.

But I am not.

I'll see you in the usual place. Where we won't be heard.

You better start thinking about what you're gonna say.

What are you going to say?

Fuck it. I might just spill my guts, tell it all.

You wouldn't.

Be better than this.

[thumping on table]

Because this?

This ain't living.

No one could call this a life.

[water sloshing]

[suspenseful music]

Solicitors? Tomorrow?

Really?

I have to.

No.

The only thing you have to do tomorrow is put on a suit,

come to church, say your vows and put a ring on this finger.

I don't see how I can.

Find a way, Leo. I don't care what way, just find it.

Church.

Tomorrow.

Noon.

And I'll make it all better. As I always do.

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Stop breathing down my neck.

Bitch.

I'll get you ready for bed

and then I have something to do.

I'm staying up.

Why?

What have you got that for?

The only person in this family

who couldn't have killed her was me,

because I was upstairs in bed with a broken spine.

Where were you?

Wow.

This a new experience, isn't it?

You being afraid.

Am I still the whipped dog, licking the hand that beats me?

Hmm? I like you nervous, Philip.

It suits you.

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Well then, spit it out.

I wanted to speak to Mother

about changing my job at the library.

I parked on the road to think,

I got out to get some fresh air.

I didn't see any car go past, I didn't see Mother.

I changed my mind and went home.

If you're going to make something up,

try and make it good.

It's what happened. I was with her.

[Mary] Of course you were, lurking in the dark.

Why were you there?

Back up. You know what Mother was like.

I've been telling her for ages, she should leave.

She's treated like the tea girl.

She is the tea girl.

All la-di-da and full of herself,

but we remember when you arrived.

Crawling with fleas, wetting the bed every night.

What's that got to do with it?

Everything.

Why did you lie?

Because she's devious. And he's a freak.

Having to eat your dinner with a spoon

because you can't be trusted with anything sharp.

Gouging holes out of your arms and legs.

We all know you do it.

Shut up!

You're no better than us, Mary. You're no different.

I am different, I am better.

I was first, I was chosen. The rest of you just turned up.

Tina, why didn't you just say that you were there?

I didn't want anyone thinking

that mother was difficult to talk to.

I, we didn't want anyone thinking that about her.

You sound like you've been practising that in the mirror.

Well. Let's just see who's best girl now.

I was so scared that I had done something,

and every time I said that to you,

you couldn't tell me that I hadn't.

You're no better than them.

What you did, what you are.

Throwing yourself at men. So cheap.

Damaged goods. Shop soiled.

It's no wonder Daddy's ashamed of you.

It wasn't us. It wasn't.

And it wasn't you Hester, you were so ill.

You thought you were gonna die too.

How could you have done anything?

[Mary screaming]

None of you should've been here!

It should have just been me on my own with her!

It shoulda just been me!

You ruined it.

You ruined it! You all ruined it!

Mary.

Was it you?

[suspenseful music]

Police?

Hello?

Hello?

Philip.

Put the telephone down.

Don't call the police, Philip.

We'll talk when you're sober.

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[distant yelling]

[building, suspenseful music]

[Arthur] Lieutenant Durrant?

Calgary. Get in here. Get in here!

Is everything okay?

Come here.

They're all in on it.

All of them.

Every bloody one of them.

What do you mean?

I tried to call the police and Leo, Leo wouldn't let me.

And then he came and he took the phone away from me.

There is a good reason for not wanting the police.

Listen to me. This house is a bloody death trap.

You need to get me out if here.

They know that I know, and they'll come for me, and you.

Lieutenant Durrant, when you wanted to use

Mrs. Argyll's murder as a means of extortion,

you were drunk and you're drunk now. Very drunk.

I think you need some rest.

Christ.

Get away from me!

Dismissed. Bugger off!

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[footsteps]

[building, suspenseful music]

Oh God.

Of course it's you.

Morning.

It wasn't only the police I told

I was coming in to make a statement.

I also told you. You're the one who wants to shut me up.

It's you.

[keys clashing]

Off you go. Take my car.

Drive to the nearest city, talk to the police there.

Tell them who you are.

No one here is holding you prisoner, least of all me.

Door's open, keys are right there.

Pick them up and go.

Not everyone would've taken

a psychiatric patient into their home, Arthur.

I presume they gave you pills

or something to keep you reasonable.

Do me the courtesy of taking them.

I don't have them anymore.

[glass smashing]

They make me numb.

They make me not mind.

I don't deserve to not mind what I've done.

What could you possibly have done?

My work.

I really didn't know.

Didn't know what?

You're a physicist. What was it you were working on?

I wrote a formula.

Part of formula, a tiny part.

For detonation.

Fat Man and Little Boy. For the bomb.

I'm damned.

So, clearing Jack's name, it's atonement.

One good true thing.

Just one.

And you can have it.

The door's open.

You don't need to be here to be redeemed.

I am so sorry.

I'm, I'm sorry.

Come on. Least said, soonest mended.

Will you need anything else?

Not at the moment, thank you.

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Well?

You promised.

[Kirsten screaming]

May I ask a question?

Of course.

Why were you so convinced it was Jack?

He was an extreme young man.

The evidence against him seemed conclusive.

Everything against him seemed conclusive.

Where is Mrs. Durrant?

Still asleep. It was a late night for everyone.

I didn't hear them come in.

She sometimes spends the night in her old bedroom upstairs.

Why?

The shower has been running quite a while, I think.

Perhaps he's fallen.

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Philip?

Is it locked?

No, in case he needs help.

Philip?

We're coming in.

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[swelling, emotional music]

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Jack shouldn't be dead.

Shouldn't have been charged.

Shouldn't have been inside.

Why is he dead?

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Where are you going?

Has Philip rung for me?

I didn't hear him.

You look terrible.

So do you.

All of you. You've been fighting.

And talking. We've been talking.

No more secrets.

Here he is!

You've grown.

Look at you. Went away a boy, came back a man.

How many Chinese communists did you kill?

Oh, stop.

What have you been up to?

You're looking way too pleased with yourself.

Ask Mrs. Gould. Mother is furious.

But of course she's smiling through it.

Yeah well, you wanna watch yourself.

One of these days she'll snap,

lock you in her nuclear bunker and throw away the key.

Come on, Soldier Boy, we've got beers.

Guess what? We're going swimming.

[water sloshing]

[suspenseful music]

Nothing changes, Mickey.

Absolutely nothing at all.

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[knocking on door]

You want to live in a bedsit?

I have found one I like.

And I can afford it.

I'm incredibly proud of you, Christina.

You and Michael. You've both done very well.

You know, he seems more at ease with the world.

Has he met a nice girl?

Not that I know of.

And you? Do you have your eye on a young man?

I'd want to meet him, you know.

I'm so busy at work.

I don't have time for anything like that.

Well, I'm certain this bedsit will be hideous,

but you know your own mind.

Now, I've got a lot to do, so run along.

Mother.

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.

None of that silliness. I've trained you better than that.

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[Rachel gasping]

Breathe. Remember to breathe.

Did you come to tell us something?

We understand how it could happen with Mother.

Especially that night.

Anyone can snap, Kirsten.

And Mother pushed people. She pushed all of us.

[piano music playing]

If you're going to be mediocre, Hester,

at least look pretty.

Slouching is ugly. Sit up.

[Hester] Dear Mother,

I'm sorry I'm never going to be good enough for you.

I can't live here anymore.

I will ring every Friday at three so that nobody worries.

I want Kirsten to answer. Please don't look for me.

You won't find me.

[phone ringing]

[Kirsten] Hester?

[Hester] I'm well, don't worry.

Hester, please come home. Please.

We miss you so much. So much.

Do you have to sound so desperate?

You're playing right into her hands.

I never heard her say a kind thing to you.

Not even please or thank you.

Just orders. Clicking her fingers.

We don't hate you, Kirsten. We could never hate you.

You might.

I don't know what I'm going to say to Mary.

I hope she doesn't want to see him.

I had to see Rachel,

and it'll never leave me.

Her face like that, you know?

This is supposed to be my wedding day.

Mr. Argyll? Is all of this happening because of me?

I only wanted to do what was right,

but I seem to have set something off.

It's not you, Arthur. All this happened a long time ago.

It's only now it seems

that everything's coming home to roost.

[suspenseful music]

Smile, Mother, so everyone knows we're happy.

[suspenseful music]

These are your new sisters and brother.

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Right. Mary, have they wiped their feet?

[Philip groaning]

Everything hurts him, please just don't jolt him.

[Philip groaning]

You fucking morons!

[Rachel] Welcome home, Philip.

Be careful. Please, just be careful.

Last post.

Take charge of that before I lose my mind.

[Philip groaning]

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[distant blues music playing]

Mickey!

Mickey.

Mickey, I'm drunk and I need to sleep on your floor.

Mickey!

[suspenseful music]

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You have got to be the Mother.

I suppose it was inevitable. They're at each other.

How did you bear it?

[Kirsten yowling]

Why did you get me if you weren't going to love me?

I'm done with all of that, I'm done with her.

Her mad rules and mad bloody bunker.

He can't reach the morphine on his own.

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