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I'm going to ask everyone to slowly...

..move their focus further inward.

Now listen...

..deeper.

Can you...?

Can you hear your blood circulating inside of you?

SHE HUMS

The Hum is there.

Inside

the deepest part of you.

Focus on i-i-i-it.

Let it gro-o-o-o-o-ow.

- ECHO: - Let it gro-o-o-o-o-ow.

Let it fill your body.

- ECHO: - Let it fill your body.

Let it fill every space in between your cells.

Aaaaaah.

This is the only sound.

- VOICE OVERLAPS: - This is the original sound.

The sound that predates life on Earth.

The sound that made us.

And as The Hum fills your entire body,

you become nothing but sound...

..vibrating on the same frequency.

Boundless, until there is no distinction between our bodies!

Release yourself!

Release yourself!

PEOPLE HUM

Come back. Come back. Come back.

Release yourself into this boundlessness.

Release yourself

from the confines of your body!

Release yourself.

Release yourself.

Erase yourself.

Well, that was something.

HE CHUCKLES

Yeah.

It was... It was amazing.

- Incredible, right? - Fuck, man.

No, but seriously, fuck.

- MAN: - Everyone is on their path.

Kyle, for instance.

He's at a point in his life where he's being asked to

discover and define himself.

He's open to all of life's opportunities.

Ready to challenge himself.

- Whereas... - Whereas, what?

I've lived my life and now I'm ready to be put out to pasture?

No. No, not at all.

Merely he is actively searching for his purpose in life.

Mm-hm, right.

And I'm finding this difficult because my life has no purpose.

It's not about what I'm saying, it's about you, your life.

Yeah, well, my life is fairly obliterated.

I mean, my husband's left me, I have no job.

Yes, and that's frightening.

And you are shutting it out because you're frightened.

And we hoped the quarry might help.

I'm sorry if it didn't.

Why are you doing this?

I mean, what's it for?

We're not criticising you.

You know, it took me a long time to welcome it in.

We want to help.

But why?

The experience becomes deeper, more expansive.

The larger the group, the more connections that can be made.

More possibilities.

We can exist on a new spiritual plane, Claire.

And that can be transformative for all of us.

When you feel it, you will understand.

We know you could get there.

But I think if you wake up tomorrow and never hear it again,

you would choose that without a second thought.

You are not trying, Claire.

ROTORS THRUM

- Well, he's right, isn't he? - Mm?

Nuke it.

Dig it out of your ears.

Go back to the before time.

- What, you mean you wouldn't? - No.

Not after that.

Huh.

I don't know, I...

..slightly reject his whole "you have to be in a perfectly content

in your life in order to progress to the next level."

- That's not what he's saying, though. - Really?

It's about how YOU feel.

I don't get it.

I think they're onto something.

I felt like...

..like we're not suffering together, there's something beautiful in it.

I felt connected to everything for a few seconds.

Can you hear this?

LOW HARMONIOUS HUM

Mm-hm. Yeah.

HUM INTENSIFIES

I don't know what I'm doing. I feel like I'm watching my life collapse.

I AM watching my life collapse.

Ashley is furious with me.

And Paul? Has he come home?

No, he's staying in some studio in a block he's developing.

We've barely spoken since.

I want to talk to him. I think.

I just don't know how, because I'm...really fucking angry with him.

I don't understand why he felt so threatened by them,

those people that...

I think most of us move through this life

with responsibilities and...burdens,

familial, financial, domestic.

To stop oneself and constantly ask, am I...

..choosing this life?

I mean, I do, of course I do,

but in a way, but...

Is this the life I chose?

I don't know that they're the solution.

I don't feel what they feel.

I just don't know how to say any of that to him.

What do you want, Claire?

Ashley? How'd it go?

DOOR CLOSES

OK, we don't have to talk about it.

Dinner's nearly ready. Look, I opened a packet all by myself.

I'm not hungry.

- Yes, you are. - I need to revise.

Yeah, but not on an empty stomach.

Come on. And this, this offers more

than your recommended daily salt intake.

It always feels like it's gone worse than you think.

- Remember how you felt after GCSEs? - Yeah, this is not the same.

- I don't want to talk about it. - OK.

I'm here if you need.

- You know I'm really proud of you. - How was your group?

Yeah, I don't know.

I think I might not...go any more.

HUM AMPLIFIES

What are you doing?

What?

Hey.

HUM INTENSIFIES

WATER TRICKLES

BIRDSONG

Hi.

No, it's fine. How are you?

Mm-hm.

Right.

That makes sense.

No, not at all.

You have to do what's right for you and for your family.

And what we do,

it's, it's not for everyone and I,

I could see you holding back and that it was a lot for you.

- MOUTHS: - Claire.

Well...

..Omar and I wish you all the best.

Shame.

Hi.

Thank you for meeting up with me.

- How have you been? - Yeah, fine, busy.

Exam season, so...

Look, I wanted to meet up with you because I...

..I thought that, erm, we were friends.

I mean, we've been there for each other, and...

..and I have been struggling, and I miss you.

And look, I know that it has been completely weird,

but to not call or even reach out, I mean...

I've been a good friend to you over the years, haven't I?

Come on.

No?

So what? That was all just a fucking lie then, was it?

Sometimes being your friend was a bit like being a wall, Claire.

Something for you to talk at, bounce your voice against.

That is not fair, Cass.

OK, well, sorry you feel that way.

You know, I didn't really mind that.

But I do mind being lied to.

- No, I didn't lie to you. - Yes, you did. - No.

- He's a student, and you lied. - You don't know anything about it.

You haven't asked me anything.

Why would I ask a rapist anything?

- JO: - Inside the deepest part of you.

Amen.

Since when do you smoke?

I don't know.

Very, very, very bad for you.

I have heard.

Did you sleep OK?

I'm going to go to the library.

- Well, then, I'll give you a lift. - Dad's going to take me.

Oh.

He needs to grab a bag. Can he come in?

Yeah. Are you...?

I'm... Sorry, are you asking me or is he?

Well, he is.

CAR DOOR SHUTS

Yeah, of course, it's completely...

DOOR OPENS

..fine.

DOOR CLOSES

Morning.

Hi.

I'll be, um, down in a second.

OK.

DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

- I just need to...grab a bag. - No, Ashley already told me.

Go for it.

How have you been?

OK.

You?

Yeah, fine.

I wanted to ask you...

..if we can talk.

Because every time that we try to, it escalates so quickly, and I,

I don't want that to happen, I want us to figure this out.

Me, too.

I was...

..wondering if you wanted to, erm...

Are you asking me on a date?

Yeah. I mean, I don't want to speak for Claire, but from my perspective,

things were good, I think.

Er, you know.

Nearly finished bringing up our kids, erm,

work was not without its struggles.

We were good.

Nice house, good kids.

HUMMING THRUMS

You know, we had friends, lives, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

It was good.

You've mentioned several things that aren't directly

about the two of you, about the relationship, Paul -

work, your daughter, social lives.

Right, but...

..when you're at our stage of life...

..those things are the relationship, aren't they?

- If this is because of... - No, it's... I just can't any more.

I've been reckless.

It's not fair.

I shouldn't be leaning on you.

It's not right.

It feels right.

I just think I was hopeful for...

..something more.

Some of the time.

Look, I get that it's a lot.

But what we're doing as a group...

- ..it fucking works. - Yeah, for you.

For anyone who's open to it.

You said that our life was good, is good,

and that's true, it is, but it's all so small.

I mean, we used to have more than just three friends each.

Do you think that might be connected

- to why you're hearing this buzz, Claire? - Buzz?

- Because it's offering something... - No. - ..more exciting.

No, it's not...

I hear a sound, a real sound

that some people can hear and others cannot.

I just struggle to buy that this is the reason for your...

..fixation with some student.

That is not what this is about.

That's literally it. You're making a choice to keep fucking suffering.

No. Look, I'm glad that it's working for you, I am.

But it doesn't for me.

You were fired, Claire.

And you are still...

Going to a place where there are people who validate how I feel.

You know what?

It doesn't matter

because I have decided to stop going there.

One person feeling bad all the time is better than three, right?

I'm done. OK?

Goodbye.

THRUMMING

Er, hey.

We miss you.

There's a new guy.

I think you'd like him.

PEOPLE CHATTER AND LAUGH

- PLAYS MESSAGE: - Er, hey. We miss you.

- BACKGROUND: - Come on, it's funny because if it's not funny...

- MESSAGE CONTINUES: - There's a new guy. I think you'd like him.

No, I... I feel so much better, you know,

having listened with you guys, honestly.

- Oh, that's nice. - That's so nice.

You all right? Did she not tell you she's not coming?

- It's a former member of our group here. - Right.

No, yeah. No, she did.

Erm, I just thought she would have changed her mind.

- ASHLEY: - I'm going to have a party.

- Excuse me? - That wasn't a question.

No, it didn't sound like one.

After prom, no-one else's house is free.

Obviously, you can't be there.

And I won't trash the place.

It's basically the least you can do after everything.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hold that thought.

KNOCK ON DOOR

- Hi. - Hi, Claire. - Sorry to disturb.

Just wondered if we could have a word.

Someone set fire to my bins.

God.

That, erm...

Ash, can you maybe head upstairs.

I haven't finished my dinner.

Well, I'm very sorry about your bins, Tom.

Sima and I have been talking about The Hum very publicly.

- Well, as publicly as we can, haven't we? - Mm.

And people are not happy.

- Hence my bins. - Yeah, well, it's a... It's a very extreme reaction.

My neighbours are worried that it's lowering their property value

or some such rubbish.

We've been talking to the council and we have a few signatures,

but we just don't have enough for them to launch

- a formal investigation. - Right.

We have tracked down a few people who used to attend

Jo and Omar's groups and then left...

Emily goes there all the bloody time.

She mentioned that you'd left.

That's right.

We are gathering testimonials, banding together.

Look, I'm really, really sorry, but I can't.

Claire, you do realise that Omar's theory is bullshit, don't you?

The sound that he's talking about,

yeah, that exists, but humans cannot hear it.

Yeah, I don't know what to think, to be honest, but I don't happen

to think that it can be a factory or a wind turbine or a phone mast

- or whatever, it's just... - Omar is a charlatan.

- It's a cult. - That wasn't my experience.

It wasn't.

Anyway...

Anyway, I'm not going any more, and I can't help you!

When he was at Rosyth, he taught under a different name.

- OK. - Oscar Barat.

Joe was his student.

I'm, I'm aware of that.

And then he ran a group with the students listening.

He got fired over incredibly serious allegations.

Like what?

Well, some people described it as psychological conditioning,

grooming, tantric-like meditation.

- No, that's not... - What? - Exactly.

- No, it's not... - Extremely inappropriate

and unscientific practices.

Did he make you do the deep listening?

- Yes. - Because we did hear from some people who were forced

to do that and then went on to have extremely frightening experiences,

like forms of psychosis.

Yeah, well, I wasn't forced to do anything, and I'm fine.

I am.

OK, you know what, I...

..I think that you should leave.

I'm just trying to have dinner with my daughter.

OK? Please?

If you want to order pizza, which I know you will,

then use my credit card.

- Thank you. - Go crazy. - Can I...?

- Can you, what? - Well, can we get a few more?

- Damien? Damien. - Hey.

- Hi. How are you? - I'm good.

This is, this is my son. This is Aaron.

No way? I had no idea that you had a son.

- Hi. Hi, Aaron. - Hello. - Hi.

Good boy.

CLAIRE CHUCKLES

You remember Ashley.

- Hi. - How's it going?

Yeah, we've missed you, Claire.

We...were sorry you decided to leave.

- You're coping OK? - Yeah, she's doing great.

You know we're not the only ones that can hear it.

I mean, we can't be.

It's obvious.

- It's not just us wackjobs, right? - HE LAUGHS

But it does make you think, though, right?

You know, why isn't this a thing?

Why isn't it talked about in the mainstream?

Why, why are they keeping it from us?

So...? They?

Ash.

I mean, I'm not stupid.

I know it sounds like paranoid bullshit.

But this isn't a new thing, you know,

the Government are listening.

They're literally listening to us all the time.

They'll have heard everything we said at Jo and Omar's.

OK, why would they, why would anyone want to listen to that shit?

OK, OK.

No, no, no, it's good.

That is exactly the right question.

This is... This is a war.

It's a war for people's minds.

And I know that I'll do whatever I need to do

to protect myself and protect...

..protect my family.

Look, it's really hard to explain

because they're not allowing you to hear it yet.

But The Hum unlocks something, right? Something that...

It has the potential to be catastrophic

to those that are in charge because it liberates.

The liberated mind, it can't be controlled.

He's fucking nuts.

I have empathy for him.

He's a murderer.

OK, well, that kind of language, that's not helpful, Ash.

No, no, that language clarifies, Claire.

Just because it was probably some drone strike

- doesn't mean he isn't a murderer. - You know that most people

live in a bubble.

And I think that being challenged and learning to listen...

Learning to listen to incels and abusers? Yeah, very cool.

Tell me why you have decided that Damien is an incel.

- And who is the abuser? - Omar.

Sorry, Oscar Barat.

You know, the professor who doesn't understand boundaries?

Well, I've stopped listening to him, haven't I?

I don't listen to anyone any more, Ashley, apart from you.

- Is that what you wanted? - Yeah, that's exactly what I wanted.

Fuck!

Ash.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

Nice.

And again.

CLAIRE LAUGHS

OK, I lied, this is the last one.

CLAIRE CHUCKLES

OK, I'm going to go.

You look beautiful.

You're going to have a great night.

Don't trash the house.

CAR HORN HOOTS

Come here.

I love you.

CAR HORN HOOTS

DEEP, DISTORTED HUM

THRUMMING

Almost there.

Inside the deepest part of you.

METALLIC CLANGING

TENSE THRUMMING

DISCORDANT GURGLING

CLAIRE GASPS

SHE SOBS

WHISPERS: Please, please, please.

- ANSWER MESSAGE: - Hi, it's Paul.

Leave us a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

CLAIRE SNIFFS

- ANSWER MESSAGE: - Hi, it's Paul.

Leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

SHE WHIMPERS

HE STRUMS GUITAR

- It's your prom, you should go. - Really don't want to go.

MOBILE PHONE VIBRATES

What the hell do you think you're doing?

- Oh, God. - Leave my son...

I'm sorry!

SHE SOBS

PHONE RINGS

SHE BREATHES QUICKLY

- JO: - Hi.

Get into the car.

Take a breath.

You're doing so wonderfully, Claire.

I'm here with you.

Omar's here.

POP MUSIC PLAYS

What?!

What the fuck are you doing here?

DOOR SLAMS

Fucking hell, man. Is this your parents' room?

Do you want to chat while people dry hump next to us?

I don't want to be in here.

Well, everyone assumes you already have been.

HE CHUCKLES

Such a fucking cunt.

MUSIC PLAYS DOWNSTAIRS

Can you hear it now?

All the time.

ROCK MUSIC PLAYS IN NEXT ROOM

I'm sorry.

For what?

For whatever you need an apology for.

I offer you my sincerest apologies.

MUSIC: Tulpen und Narzissen by Die Doraus and Die Marinas

# Sagen "Ja"

# Sagen "Nein"

# Tulpen und Narzissen sagen "Ja"

# Sagen "Ja"

# Sagen "Nein"

# Ich sitz' hier im Keller und hab' nur die Blumen

# Hab' nur die Blumen

# Hab' nur die Blumen

# Ich sitz' hier im Keller und hab' nur die Blumen

# Hab' nur die Blumen

# Hab' nur die Blumen... #

MUSIC FADES OUT

Erm, I wanted to ask you something.

It's delicate.

Please.

OK. Thank you.

Erm, somebody told me something about when you were a teacher

- at the university. - Mm.

And I read some articles.

Look, I don't want to be...

..rude.

You're absolutely entitled to ask, Claire.

I, erm, had a research group.

Very small, very select, studying

the effects of the Schumann resonance on the brain.

And honestly, and, you know this...

..research work that requires radical thought and openness...

..can sometimes demand practices

that operate outside of the norm.

Some people were excited by the idea,

but could not commit

or got bored or scared.

Or possibly...

..it unlocked something deep inside of them that they could not control.

Things were not perfect all the time, obviously,

but it was misconstrued

and, erm, they kicked me out.

Good morning.

Ah, good morning.

Morning.

Thank you for letting me stay.

You've been struggling this week.

Yes.

- Yes, it's been... - Mm-hm.

CLAIRE STRUGGLES TO SPEAK

I've really missed being here.

We understand how difficult it is clear, Claire, but no-one moves

through these experiences unscathed

or with their lives and their families intact.

You have to make a decision.

Step fully toward what you feel is right...

..and commit to it.

It was a party. Obviously, Mum okayed it

otherwise, why else would she not be here?

- Well, where is she? - I don't know.

Who was here?

- Just people. - Is upstairs trashed?

Ashley.

DOOR OPENS

Wow.

OK.

- Morning. - Are you kidding?

Come on.

We have a very good kid who's having a really difficult time

and needed to blow off some steam. It's not a big deal, Paul.

Where were you?

- I tried to call you. - You were with them.

- You promised. - I know I did, but where am I supposed to go?

Which of my friends do you see flooding to support me, Ash?

- Bullshit. - Why is he here?

- Get the fuck out of my house. - Kyle?

- You should go. - Sorry, but...

- ..you called me, I was worried. - Oh, my God. - Can you go?

Claire, I care about you.

I want you to leave, Kyle.

- Yeah, well, I want to go, too. - Let's go. - No. Ash, wait!

No, no, no, no, no, no! Hey, hey!

- Claire, you need to get a grip. - I'm trying!

But you, you fucking left!

- What do you want me to say...? - We can't have this conversation...

- You isolate me, you ignore me. - ..not here. - Dad, can we just...?

- You fucking laugh at me. - We cannot have this conversation here!

I...

Ashley!

DOOR SHUTS

INTENSE THRUMMING

CLAIRE GASPS

# It's a fine day

# People open windows

# They leave their houses

# Just for a short while

# They walk by the grass

# And they look at the grass

# They look at the sky

# It's going to be a fine night tonight

# It's going to be a fine day tomorrow

# La, la, la, la

# La, la, la, la, la

# La, la, la, la, la

# La, la, la, la, la, la

# Mm, mm, mm, mm

# La, la, la, la, la

# La, la, la, la, la

# La, la, la, la la Dee, da, da, da

# La, la, la, la, la... #

- OMAR: - If you could wake up tomorrow and never hear it again,

you will choose that without a second thought.

# ..But never quite did

# Rain or appointments or something... #

- KYLE: - Connected, like we're suffering together.

VOICES CONVERGE

- JO: - ...Deepest part of you.

DISTORTED VOICES

# ..Never quite did... #

- KYLE: - Hear this.

# ..Rain or appointments or something

# Rain or appointments... #

CLAIRE EXHALES DEEPLY

# ..Mm, mm, mm, mm... #

I want to try.

# ..Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm

# Mm, mm, mm, mm

# Mm, mm, mm, mm

# Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm. #

MUSIC FADES OUT

- We've just been adding to it for years. - Mm-hm.

Kyle, you can't sleep here.

Well, I don't really have a choice.

Mum kicked me out.

Yeah, well, I think she'll let you back

if she knew that you were sleeping here.

This isn't sustainable.

I mean, it's fine short-term.

You can shower at the gym.

Come on.

You must have somewhere else that you can go.

Like where?

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

That's not a good idea.

No, I know, but...

Claire.

Hm?

You have to give in.

- It's fear. - Hm-mm. - Not fear of anything bad,

I don't think.

It feels like you're afraid of what could be good.

Because of how it might make you feel about the rest of your life.

Actually, I feel pretty good about takeaways in the middle

of the day in my pyjamas.

Claire...

..I love you.

I don't mean that I'm in love with you.

But...

..I love you.

Not like a teacher or a friend, or a mother, or anything romantic,

but something between all of those things.

Something there isn't a name for.

I think you're fucking amazing.

And you're filled with the sound of fucking earth.

What can you hear?

The wind in the grass.

BUZZING

A bee.

- My breath. - Your breath.

Your breath.

The...blood in my ears.

THRUMMING

THRUMMING INTENSIFIES

SHE GASPS

SHE GASPS

SHE LAUGHS

SHE LAUGHS