Queen at Sea (2026) Movie Script
1
Hello?
Martin?
- Christ.
- Oh, fuck.
Sorry.
Sorry about that.
I told you I was going
to call the police
if you didn't stop,
but you just keep doing it.
I don't know what else to do.
Say this won't happen again,
please.
Please.
Er... You... You've no right
to ask us that.
Come.
Police.
Thank you.
5 Verona Walk, NW5 3CS.
Amanda Powell.
Er, I... I'm sorry,
I don't know the protocol
for something like this.
My mother's elderly,
she has advanced dementia.
She doesn't have the capacity
to give sexual consent,
and her husband knows that.
But he continues
having sex with her.
Anyway,
I just walked in on it.
No, he's my stepfather.
No, no, I don't think so.
Yes, he's here.
Yes.
No, no, no, no.
Do you know
how long that'll be?
No, I don't think so.
Thank you.
I'm sorry, I won't be able
to take you to school.
No, no, no,
I'll just take the train.
You're gonna be late,
I'm sorry.
It's fine.
I'll call the school.
This station is
Tufnell Park.
This is a Northern Line train
via Charing Cross.
Did she resist him?
Was there a struggle between
your mother and stepfather?
Well, she doesn't resist
because she doesn't know
what's happening to her.
Well,
is she lucid at times?
Are there times
when she can consent
and other times
when she can't?
Well... I mean, that's...
that's the issue, right?
Even if she is
lucid enough at times,
how can you make
an accurate judgment
of when that is?
-It's incredibly subjective.
-Mmm.
-Yeah.
-And I know for a fact
they're having sex
when she definitely isn't
lucid enough.
Okay.
Where is your mother now?
She's upstairs in the kitchen.
-And your stepfather?
-Upstairs.
How's his demeanour?
Is he aggressive, angry?
No, he's gentle.
He's... elderly.
Okay. So I think
what we should do now
is head upstairs,
we'll speak to your mother
and stepfather,
and then
we'll take it from there.
-Okay.
-Okay.
What are their names?
Leslie
and Martin Carville.
Hello, Mr Carville.
I'm PC Ali.
I'm just going to ask you
to come with me, please.
Come with you where?
Just to the other room.
Could you come with me,
please?
- Please have a seat.
- Thank you.
- Hello, Mrs Carville.
- Hey-ho.
I'm a police officer.
Er, my name's Kate.
Can I call you Leslie?
Yes.
Do you know
why I'm here today?
No.
So, I've come to see
how you're doing.
How are you feeling today?
Fine.
Do you have anything
on your body
that is sore or painful?
- Mmm?
- Do you have anything
on your body that hurts, Mum?
Is that what you were wearing
this morning?
Yes.
-You mean during the incident?
-Yes.
No, she was in her nightgown.
Where's that now?
Upstairs in the bedroom.
Who are you?
I'm a police officer.
My name's Kate.
Why are you here?
What do you reckon?
Fuck if I know.
All right, let's call it in.
Met Control
from 3-8-2-9 Tango.
Go ahead, over.
Can I get a SOCO, CID,
and a SOIT on CAD 1-4-2.
The bedroom upstairs is
considered a crime scene,
so what that means is
that nobody can go in there,
not even myself.
I'm going to call in
some specialised officers
to continue the investigation.
Where were you?
I just saw
an old dude's hard-on.
-Where?
-We walked in
on my grandma having sex.
The crazy one?
She's not crazy.
What did it look like?
- I don't know.
- What did it look like?
I don't know. Google it.
Why would I Google that?
'Cause you're asking me
what it looked like.
Well, I don't want to see it.
I want you
to describe it to me.
Hold on.
Why'd it look like that?
-That's it.
-What?
-Oh, no.
-Ooh.
That one's infected.
Oh, oh.
- Yeah.
- And it looked like that?
- That one's all right.
- No.
- That one's all right.
- No.
It's not.
Mum?
Hello, Leslie.
My name's Emma Walker.
I'm a police officer.
I've just come to see
how you're doing today.
How are you?
Have you had anything to eat
or have you been to the loo
this morning?
-Yes.
-She has?
Okay.
Leslie, do you have any pain?
Do you hurt
anywhere on your body at all?
Mum?
Do you have
anywhere on your body
that hurts?
You hurt somewhere, Mum?
Mum?
Do you hurt somewhere?
You do?
Where, Mum?
Okay.
Shall we pop outside
and have a quick chat?
-He's being arrested?
-He's been arrested.
No, don't...
Please don't arrest him.
-You know, arresting...
-I just wanted you
to wake him up
so that he stops. That's all.
But arresting isn't the same
as charging, Amanda.
It's safeguarding.
It allows us to separate them
to make sure that she's safe.
But they can't be separated.
He's her caregiver.
-Mmm...
-She's... She's... She's...
He... He... She's completely
dependent on him.
-I understand.
-He loves her dearly.
It's just this one thing
-that needs to stop.
-Okay.
Let's not worry...
...too much about Martin,
okay?
My main concern is
your mother's welfare.
And in my
professional capacity,
I think she should have
a medical.
I think she should be seen
by a doctor
to make sure
there are no injuries
that we're unaware of.
And if Martin had
penetrative sex with her
this morning,
she could have
internal injuries
given her age.
The medical will take place
at a specialist unit.
A specialist unit?
Er, so it's a rape exam?
Well, it's a forensic
medical examination, yes.
- God.
- There'll be a doctor there
who's specially trained
in this.
There'll be
a crisis worker there
who'll go through
the whole process with you.
And I will take you
and your mum
and I will make sure
I'm there with you throughout.
-Oh, my God.
-I know. I'm... I'm...
I appreciate how you feel,
but the doctor can
check your mum over,
and if she's got any injuries,
she can attend to those
straight away.
And...
she will also want to take
some forensic medical samples,
and some of those
will be from...
Why does she need
to be examined?
Sir, would you go back
with the officer?
You already know we had sex.
I'm not refuting it.
-We had sex this morning.
-Make a note of that.
-What is the point...
-You have nicked him?
...of forcing her to endure
this hideous procedure...
Sir, please go back
with the officer.
...which will only tell you
something you already know?
It would be beneficial
if you co-operate, sir.
Please.
Amanda, they're arresting me
for having sex with my wife.
You stay with her.
I will.
Here, her place, not yours.
No, we'll stay here.
I'll... I'll be
back soon, sweetheart.
I promise.
I love you.
Where is he going?
He's... going away
for a few days, mum.
But I'm staying with you.
Why?
That's just how it is for now.
Okay,
we're ready. Okay.
Where are we going?
You're going to have
a medical exam, Mum.
-Am I ill?
-No, no, you're healthy.
We just want to be safe. Mmm?
-Is he coming?
-No, I'm going with you.
Mmm?
Come.
I'm going to start
the examination now.
I'm just going
to put your legs
in the right position.
All right, Leslie?
Tell me if it hurts, 'cause
I don't want it to hurt.
There you go. Perfect.
And this leg,
I'm going to put that there.
Is that all right?
There you go.
-Here you are.
-You okay, Mum?
- All right.
- Mmm?
All right. I'm going to do
the first couple of sets
of swabs now.
And what you'll feel will just
be a little bit ticklish,
okay?
Here's the first one.
Gonna be two always.
And here comes the second one.
Here we go, thank you.
And then I'm gonna put
the other set.
And I'm just gonna touch you
just on the outside
of the vagina, okay?
So it comes just
on the inside, this one.
Here it comes.
You shouldn't really
feel this one.
This is just on the inside.
And then the second one
in exactly the same place.
Okay?
Now I'm going to do
the ones inside the vagina
and for that I'm going
to have to use the speculum.
That might feel
a little bit cold, okay?
Just be mindful
that it comes in a minute.
- All right?
- This shouldn't hurt.
Right. You're going to feel
my fingers touching you
and here comes the speculum.
-Ooh.
-It's okay, Mum.
-Breathe. Breathe, Mum.
-Is that okay?
Breathe. It's okay.
Are you okay
for me to continue?
Yeah?
Yeah.
Mmm.
- Am I okay to go on?
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Okay, thank you.
Here it comes again.
Okay? Here it comes.
- No!
- Stop! Stop! Stop!
I'm stopping.
I'm stopping.
Mum!
You...
- Go away!
- I'm stopping.
- Go away!
- It's okay, Mum.
-It's okay.
-No.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- No.
- No, no.
- I'm so sorry.
Come, Mum.
Come. I'm sorry. Mum.
Mum, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Mum.
We made a bad mistake.
We're gonna go now, okay?
Do you need anything
from us right now? Can we go?
Er, how about
you get changed
and go back to the room
where we had a chat,
because I'd still like
to talk to you.
Okay, Mum,
we're gonna go,
we're gonna change,
and then we'll speak
with the lady,
and then we go home.
Is that okay?
You come with me?
Come with me.
Come with me, Mum.
It's gonna be all right.
It's gonna be all right.
We just made a mistake.
Come on.
Mum?
- Are you okay?
- She's tired.
She's very tired.
Yes, I can see.
Yeah.
I'm sorry the examination was
so upsetting.
Erm, I wasn't able
to fully examine her
because she wouldn't let me do
the speculum examination.
But for as far as I could see,
there were no injuries.
I do need to talk to you
about something called
a safeguarding referral
because I would like
to do one today.
Do you know what that means?
-I... No, I don't.
-Okay.
Basically, that means
that I'm going to do... put in
a referral to social services
er, to come and assess Leslie
-and your house and yourself.
-Why?
To come and see
if Leslie is okay,
if everything
in the house is...
She is okay.
Yeah, just, what they do is
they do a risk assessment
of how you're living,
and how it's going...
-We don't need that.
-...who is looking after her.
Well, I think
you do need that.
I think you do need that.
We need some rest
at the moment
because it's been
overwhelming.
-Yes.
-And we don't need
anybody else to come
into the house.
It's been... The whole day,
it's been like that.
I apologise for that,
but I think it's important
that I make
that decision today
and I do that referral today.
So do you mean that they...
that they could be
separated, er...
Martin and...
and... my mother?
That's a decision
the social worker is
going to make.
I can't guarantee
what the outcome
of that decision will be,
so I can't guarantee
that that's not going
to happen.
So what will happen to Martin?
I can't tell you that,
I'm afraid.
All the agencies still need
to meet.
But here are your keys.
You've got my details.
If there's anything I can do,
-just let me know, okay?
-Okay.
Thank you. Bye-bye.
Let's have a bath.
Then you can lie down again.
Maman.
I'll wash your hair.
Would you like that?
Mmm?
Yes.
Come on, let's go.
Mum,
get in the bath.
Sit in the bath now, Mum.
Sit down.
Yes.
- Hey.
- Hey.
-Are you home?
-Yeah.
I'm at Nan's.
Er, I have
to stay here tonight.
I can't leave. Er...
I need some things
from the flat.
Do you think
you could bring them to me?
Okay.
What happened after I left?
Oh, she went for an exam.
Why? Is she okay?
She's okay, yes. Erm...
I'll tell you more
when you get here, okay?
Okay.
What do you need?
What are
you doing here?
I'm not leaving her.
You can't be here.
If they find you here,
we're fucked.
They've reported this
to Social Services.
Someone's coming by
tomorrow at 10:00.
You can't be here
when they're here.
Coming by to do what?
Hi, hang on.
Okay, I'm going outside.
Hey, I'm sorry, Andrew.
I'm freaking out
about my mother,
and I really need to talk
to you. Is that okay?
When I walked in on them,
she was just lying there
underneath him...
looking at me
with this expression
I've never seen before.
It was...
It was so disturbing.
I don't know
what it was.
I don't know what's going on
in there any more.
She's unreadable.
I'm not sure
she recognised me.
I don't know if she's
recognising Martin either.
I don't know what to do.
Should I just stick my head
in the sand
and pretend
this isn't happening?
I'm not the police.
I don't want
to be this person.
Fuck.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't be
dumping all of this on you.
It's the worst thing for us
right now.
These aren't
your crises any more,
right?
Oh, er, Sarah just walked up.
Hi.
What's wrong?
I'm talking to your dad.
-Do you want to talk to him?
-Yeah.
Hello.
I'm fine. How are you?
Were you just fighting?
No.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you, darling.
-She had a rape exam?
-Yes, part of one.
But it was stopped.
She's okay now.
Why are you staying here?
Well, they arrested Martin.
He wasn't supposed to come
back to the house tonight,
so I need to stay with her.
But now he's back.
I'm going to stay anyway.
Will you be okay
alone tonight?
-They arrested him?
-Yes.
She might have to come
stay with us
for a while, though.
We might need
to come stay here.
I don't know.
Would that be okay?
Will he be here?
I don't know.
I need to talk to Martin.
Can we go downstairs and talk?
Well, we have to convince them
this is going to stop.
Or they're going
to separate you.
Can we talk
about Dr Kaufman's opinion?
Well, sure,
if we can talk about
other opinions as well.
What other opinions?
Well, the opinions of those
geriatric psychiatrists
who believe
that physical intimacy
is beneficial
for someone with dementia.
It makes them feel less...
less lonely, less anxious.
It gives them comfort
and security.
What psychiatrists?
Are you getting this
off the Internet?
You're grabbing
for whatever you can
to rationalise something
you know is wrong.
I'm not grabbing at anything.
I found Viagra
in your cabinet
from a prescription you filled
one week after
the Kaufman meeting.
He told you to stop.
And you went out and refilled
your prescription instead.
I refilled my prescription
because we've been married
for 18 years
and she enjoys
physical intimacy.
I'm sorry, Amanda,
but in this regard,
I know her better than you do.
You don't know her because
she's not the same woman!
None of us can know
what she's feeling now
because she can no longer
communicate it to us.
You're... You...
You're using reasoning
that applies to a woman who...
no longer exists.
You're basing all this
on one man's opinion.
Since you're so keen
on professional opinions,
wouldn't it be better
to take them all into account?
There are as many
who disagree with Kaufman
as agree with him.
Okay, let's take them
all into account.
Let's say it's 50-50.
Are you really willing to risk
your wife's well-being
on 50-50 odds?
Those are horrible odds.
There's a 50% chance
you're harming her,
and there's no way for her
to communicate it to you.
She communicates to me
very clearly
what she wants
and what she doesn't want.
How?
How?
When I hug her,
or kiss her forehead,
or brush her hair,
she smiles.
She's happy.
And it's the same
when...
when we have sex.
You seem to think
your mother doesn't want sex,
but...
but more often than not,
she's the one
who instigates it.
The disinhibition...
is the consequence
of the disease eroding
the areas of the brain
that used to keep
the primal instincts in check.
-Why...
-Dr Kaufman made that
very clear to you.
Hunger, thirst,
sex, sleep,
she's dealing
with primal instincts now.
Why are you so keen
to deprive her of something
that gives her comfort
and pleasure
at a time in her life
when she needs them most?
I'm only asking you
to stop having sex with her.
That's all. You can do
whatever you want.
-No, you're not...
-I'm not talking
about anything else.
No, you're...
Bollocks, Amanda.
You're talking
about dumping her
in a care home
where she'll sit lolling
in an armchair all day
and spend night after night
lonely and terrified.
Just tell them
you're going to stop!
Just lie to them!
Oh, Mum.
Mum, I'm sorry, just...
Can we go back upstairs?
Mum?
Mum, where are you going?
- Come. Come up.
- We haven't had
our walk yet today.
You need to put
some clothes on
before you walk, Mum.
-You all right?
-Yeah.
-You?
-Yes, thanks.
I'm so cold, though,
I can't even lie.
From the top, go nine down,
'cause there's 30 floors.
-There's 30 floors?
-Yeah.
-It's high up there.
-What floor are you on?
-Twenty-one.
-Twenty-one.
Twenty-one.
Twenty-one.
What were you doing?
Homework or something?
-Yeah.
-What was it?
-Histograms.
-What is that?
-I don't know.
-Histograms?
-Is that history?
-...I could even figure out
-what it was. No, no.
-Is that history?
-Maths. Maths.
-Maths. Yeah.
Just run. Just dash it.
You got it. You got it.
-You got it.
-This is scary.
Nah, bro.
What you dashing here for?
Do you want me to come out
like this?
-Ooh.
-Wait, spin faster.
-I can't spin faster.
-It'll look cooler.
-I can't.
-It'll look cooler.
Oh, my God.
60 seconds.
-Are you ready?
-That's long. Any flash?
-Flash or no flash?
-No flash.
So I like... So I hit it?
-So I hit the phone?
-Yeah.
I'll spin round and then
I'll come to you, okay?
-Okay. Okay.
-Okay?
Three, two, one.
You said that
I'm really fucking boring
That was so good.
You said that
I'm really fucking boring
Oh!
...if you go like this.
Like, you hold it
with your hand like that.
-Oh, that's sick.
-You know what I mean?
Okay. Ready?
You ready? Okay.
Well, that's rich
coming from you
'Cause when you...
-Wait, wait, wait.
-Three, two, one.
Pouring
I can't win,
I can't lose, and it's...
-Wait, I'll go down here...
-Yeah.
- ...I think.
- Right.
That's my fork.
Well, if she's going to...
keep doing it all night,
I think you should just go
back to bed with her, Martin.
Go, Mum.
Have you ever been
down here before?
-No.
-Really?
I don't even know
where this is.
-It's a nice place, though.
-Yeah, it is nice.
So, what is this,
a brutalist, you know...
-Brutalist?
-That's what they...
That's what they called
the architecture.
And the whole thing, really.
-Yeah, well...
-It's like the Barbican.
Have you ever been
to the Barbican?
-No. The what?
-No?
-The Barbican.
-No.
-Have you not?
-No.
No, it's the same design,
the same, like...
erm, what's it called,
architecture.
I really need to pee.
Well, we're almost there,
aren't we?
21 floors. That's...
-That's a lot of floors.
-I know.
There's 30, though.
Must be a hell of a view.
Oh, I really need to pee.
-It's through there.
-Oh. Thank you.
Very kind of you.
Oh, my. All right.
Let's dash it.
Come on, then.
You're gonna fall. I swear.
Wait, wait, which one's yours?
You got it?
Oh, my God.
Wait.
Okay. Okay.
I thought you had to pee.
I'm just gonna pee on you.
Your heart's racing.
Hi.
Sorry, erm,
I just came back from there.
I just came back home.
Okay.
Wait.
That's so funny.
Oh, my God,
she came out of nowhere.
She was supposed to be
at my grandma's.
Do you speak fluent French?
-A little bit. Not fluent.
-So not fluent?
Not fluent, no.
-A little bit.
-Give me a little demo.
- No, no.
- Come on.
No. I only speak it with her.
-I don't know it, like, a lot.
-Okay, fair enough.
-Yeah.
-What about your dad?
-My dad?
-Yeah.
He's teaching in Montreal
at the moment.
-He's in Canada?
-Yeah.
Yeah, so they split, but, erm,
he's teaching at a uni.
-Oh, right. Okay.
-Yeah.
Cool.
What about you?
-Hmm?
-Where are your parents from?
Oh, erm...
Well, my dad,
he's actually French.
-Half French and erm, Italian.
-Oh, really?
Yeah. But I can't
speak either.
-Oh.
-My mum's, like, half Asian.
-Cool.
-So I'm, like, a... I'm like
a tropical mix...
I should go see if she's okay.
Yeah. Yeah.
-Got to go.
-Sure.
How come you're home?
It wasn't helping her
for me to be there.
You okay?
Yes.
Come here.
What happens now?
I don't know.
I'm sorry, Sarah.
For what?
For uprooting you
from your life and...
vanishing on you like this.
I know this wasn't
the deal we made.
You haven't vanished.
Your mum needs you. I'm fine.
I don't even know
what's going on with you now.
Who's this boy?
A friend.
From school?
Yeah.
What's his name?
James.
We haven't talked
about him.
Why does he think
it's okay to keep doing this?
-Martin?
-Yeah.
He says it's love.
Do you think she feels love?
I don't know
how she experiences love now.
I mean, is it possible to feel
love for someone
if you've got
no memory of the life
you've had with them?
I don't know.
How is he still able
to have sex?
Viagra.
-Seriously?
-Mm-hmm.
I thought the desire goes
at that age.
It's not desire. It's...
fear.
Shall it be eggs
or shall it be porridge?
Porridge.
- Hello.
- There you go.
Thank you. Hello.
Leslie Carville.
What's
her address, please?
Er, 5 Verona Walk.
Oh. Ma...
You can't be here.
I'm staying right here.
No, she's coming
in half an hour.
Tough.
You have to leave
the house. We...
That was the deal between us.
Yeah, I'm not budging.
Not one inch.
The... The police are
going to...
You...
-Can I have your coat?
-Yes, lovely, thank you.
This electricity.
How was your mum overnight?
How is she this morning?
Yeah, she's doing okay
right now.
Oh, that's good.
And she knows
that I'm coming? Yeah?
Yes, they're upstairs waiting.
Oh, they're upstairs waiting?
-Is someone with her?
-Martin.
Okay, so Martin has
bail conditions,
erm, and he's not supposed
to be here.
You did speak
to the safeguarding team.
Yes, I know,
but, er, I thought he was
supposed to be here,
er, for this meeting.
I'm sorry, I misunderstood.
I asked him to come.
Okay, so we can
still have a discussion.
Let's just keep things nice
and calm for your mum.
-Yes.
-And can we go see her?
-Yes, please follow me.
-Yeah.
These stairs are quite steep.
Is that
something you painted, Leslie?
She's asking you
about your painting, Leslie.
It's
a beautiful painting.
Who lives in that house?
I do.
That's your house?
Erm...
Home.
Purchase.
Home.
And is that the home
that you lived in as a child?
Where did you grow up, Leslie?
Cranleigh.
And who was
your best friend as a child?
Wasn't me, sweetheart.
I'm your best friend...
now.
So how did
you and Martin meet?
Well, it was a concert,
wasn't it, in Paris?
Classical music.
Er...
I was over there
for a gathering of
recording engineers.
Yes, we'd both recently
lost our spouses.
At a concert.
Yes, we were sitting
next to one another
and...
Leslie...
started to ask me
about the programme
and I told her
which was my favourite part
and she liked it too.
And it became something
we always remembered.
Tchaikovsky.
Yeah.
Little Leslie Carville
Isn't very tall
When I take her dancing
She don't have far to fall
Beautiful.
Mmm.
And you still go
and listen to music together?
Yes.
Oh, yes, we do.
We do, don't we?
And, erm...
you have your...
er, your recordings at home
that you like to listen to,
don't you?
You just...
like them very much.
Tell... Leslie,
tell her
how we like fun.
I like fun.
Sometimes we have
a little dance.
And sometimes...
Sometimes
I stand on your foot,
but not on purpose.
Who's your best friend?
Who's my best friend?
Can you go now?
So who determined
that she doesn't have capacity
to give consent?
Her doctor.
Okay,
so that came...
the evidence came
from her doctor,
and is that her GP?
- Yes.
- Yes, okay.
And who's her GP?
Er, Dr Kaufman.
Dr Kaufman, okay.
So has she had
a mental capacity assessment
from
a consultant psychiatrist?
No, no.
I'm trying to schedule it now.
Okay.
And Martin, was Dr Kaufman's
decision communicated to you?
It was communicated to me,
er, that that was his opinion.
Okay. And you didn't agree
with that?
Er...
Geriatric psychiatrists have
widely differing opinions
on the subject.
So has she seen
a psychiatrist?
I thought you said
that she hadn't.
No, she hasn't.
Okay.
That's fine. So I can
go back to the GP
and ask to see what's been
explored medically.
But just to go back
to what you said
earlier, Martin,
erm, because psychiatrists
have different... opinions,
in your view,
is that why you've acted
against Dr Kaufman's opinion?
I acted
in accordance
with my wife's desires.
Okay.
And I know this is
a really sensitive area,
erm, to talk about,
but how do you know
what your wife's desires are?
I'm sorry,
but you're giving me
the impression
that you think
you might have a better idea
of what my wife wants
than I do.
I'm sorry, Martin,
I'm not suggesting...
Yes, you fucking are!
You come here
with your questions,
you make these judgements
and you don't know
the first thing about us!
Martin.
Martin, what is it
that's really worrying you?
Okay. Can I just ask
how you're managing
with your wife's
day-to-day care?
I'm managing just fine.
No, you're not managing fine.
And have you discussed
any other care options?
Yes, we've been
discussing a care home.
We went to visit Springview
Care Home last month.
The dementia care is
very good there.
Yeah.
Springview Care Home, my arse.
Erm...
If we were to proceed
with Springview,
would you need
to pursue this any further?
She'd no longer be at risk.
Shall we have our walk?
Okay,
so I understand
that your home
is in Newcastle,
but you're here in London
for a period of time.
- Yes, for a year.
- Okay.
And is that
to be with your mum?
Yes, and to finish
work on a book I'm writing.
- Okay.
- Taking my sabbatical.
Is there any possibility
you could stay in London
and teach here?
No, I have tenure
at Newcastle.
Erm,
I own a house.
Our life is there.
Okay, that's absolutely fine.
So it's just to understand
your lifestyle really,
erm, and the possible networks
of support for your mum.
I'll need
to go back home eventually.
The idea really is
a care home.
Erm, it's just not safe here
for so many reasons
and things are going to get
a lot worse.
- Okay.
- It's so dangerous here
for both of them.
They can't live in a house
with so many stairs.
- Okay.
- He can't handle this alone.
- Mmm.
- He can't.
- Okay.
- And she has some stocks
that she and my father owned,
and it was the plan
that they'd use the money
for something like this...
- Okay.
- ...when they got older.
Okay,
and you've got
power of attorney in place.
Is that right?
Yes, we did that
after my father died.
Okay.
So there is an alternative
if your mum's in agreement.
Erm, would you consider
respite care,
which is, erm, placement...
short-term placement
in a residential home,
not long-term?
Erm, it would give you
the opportunity
to really consider
the long-term plan,
but also for Martin
to be able to come to terms
with the situation
and for them as a couple
to make decisions
on their future life.
Oh, hello.
What gives
you the right
to make this decision?
She's my mother.
What? You've hardly
been present in her life.
I'm here, Martin.
Not counting Christmases,
where have you been
for the last 18 years?
You can't judge me
for having a life
in a different city
than my mother.
I've been with her
for every minute
of every hour of every day.
I'm with her through
all she's going through.
But you can't give her
the kind of care
she needs now,
despite how much you love her.
You're in denial
about how quickly
she's declining.
And it's putting her
in danger.
She needs specialised care,
in a memory unit,
round the clock.
You can't leave the house
without her any more.
Look at the stairs,
look at the bathroom,
it's too dangerous.
Yeah, er, there's no way
I'm in denial.
When I found her
washing her hands
in the toilet on Friday,
you acted
like I was lying to you.
Do you think
I was lying to you
or do you accept
she was doing that?
Er...
I'm not putting her in a home.
You know I can do that
without you?
Erm...
The police are going
to investigate you
for sexually assaulting
your wife.
If they charge you,
you'll be barred
from seeing her.
Is that what you want?
If we don't have help,
this is going to overwhelm us.
"To the memory
of my beloved wife."
Ooh!
"Edith."
-Edith?
-"Edith Alice...
"Spag."
When did she die?
"19... Born.
-"30th of July. 1936."
-"193..."
This one's pretty, though.
-I like this one.
-This one?
-With all the... Yeah.
-With all the flowers.
All the blue flowers,
only on one grave.
Maybe that was
a really good person, yeah.
-It was a really good person.
-Maybe that...
No. Relax, bro.
Can you do this?
Oh! I hate it.
Hi.
Hey.
What happened
with the social worker?
We're moving your grandmother
into a home on Thursday.
Are they separating?
No, he'll be able
to come and see her
as much as he wants to.
He'll just have
a support structure now too.
Do you think she'll understand
where she is?
I hope it'll just feel
like a new environment
with lots of people and...
activities.
I don't know
if she'll understand it's a...
care home.
Do I go with you?
No.
You should go to school.
I just wanted you to know
it was happening.
Just to have.
Follow me
through here.
This is
our common room, where...
as you can see,
the residents like
to socialise and relax.
And we also have
some activities here,
like quizzes.
We've got a music activity
later on this afternoon,
so maybe you would like
to see that.
Hi, June and Lydia.
How are you?
- Oh, hello.
- How are you?
I'm fine, thank you.
This is Mrs Carville
and her family.
Do you mind if we come in
and say hello?
- Not at all.
- Okay, thanks.
Have you been out today?
Have you been outside
at all? Or...
No, we haven't had
a chance to.
- No.
- And it's such a lovely day
- Hmm.
- Too many games to play.
Fair enough.
We're enjoying
playing cards, aren't we?
We are, we love it.
Have you heard
about the quiz
that's happening later down
in the hall?
- No.
- The movie quiz?
No,
that would be interesting.
Film stars
from the '50s.
I'm told
you're an artist,
Mrs Carville.
I hear that you're
a very talented artist.
We've got a beautiful art room
just down here.
-It's got paints...
-Shall we go?
...and drawing paper.
-Would you like to see it?
-Yeah, I think.
-Let's go down here.
-Fantastic. Just follow me.
Okay.
Could you please open, please?
Yes, of course.
Martin,
will you have dinner
with us tonight?
Do you think she doesn't know
what we've just done to her?
Hello.
We brought dinner.
I'm not hungry.
Can we sit together?
I'd rather you didn't.
Well, I'll...
I'll leave it for you.
You have one new message
and one saved message.
First new message
received today.
Hi Amanda, it's Jonathan Rita
at Springview Care Home.
I'm calling because
I just wanted
to share with you
what I'm looking at right now
because it's
a very nice image.
I'm in the art room
with your mother
and several other women.
They've been drawing
and laughing
and just enjoying
each other's company
this afternoon.
She's sitting
on a sofa right now
with two other women
and she's got a big
warm smile on her face.
And she's already made several
very beautiful drawings.
Erm, I'm going to send you
a couple of photos now.
I reckon.
I'm not joking,
I've had a migraine all day.
Oh, this is like
fear of the sublime.
What's this?
It's something so big
that you can't comprehend
how big it is.
Ooh, I don't like that.
It inspires me.
I already love her.
I remember watching a bit...
She gives me you vibes.
She gives me, like,
old-fashioned you vibes.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Like I've known--
'Cause I'm thinking
about her, yeah.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Come back. Come back.
Do you know
how much human shit
is on that door?
What if we stayed here?
For how long?
What if we moved here?
To be with your mum?
Yes, and...
'cause I'm wondering
whether you prefer it here.
It seems like you do.
Would you prefer
to finish school here,
stay with your friends?
What about your job?
I'd take one here.
Did you talk to Dad?
No, I wanted to see
what you thought first.
What would happen
to our house?
We'd sell it.
Dad doesn't want to sell it.
Well, because you and I are
still living there,
but if we leave,
he wants to sell it.
I thought... I thought Grandma
and Martin were
going to come back
to Newcastle.
Mmm. He won't do it.
You said you could do it
without him.
I can't move her without him.
If you move her,
he'll come too.
-He won't just leave her.
-No, no.
I can't do that to him.
But he can do that to us?
Are you angry at me?
No.
I thought you'd
like this idea.
Tell me what you're thinking.
Sarah.
-Mmm?
-We can't sell it.
Why?
Because once there's no house
to go back to,
we won't go back.
The plan was you guys would
spend some time apart,
work on your shit for a while
by yourselves,
and then we'd go back.
Who would come back?
All of us.
Maybe not
at the same time, but...
eventually.
It wasn't the plan
that your dad would come back.
It's just a temporary job.
He's not going
to stay there permanently.
Sarah,
we're not together any more.
Yeah, I know.
Thank you.
Hello?
Yes, hi.
Hi, there.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Erm...
Thank you both for coming.
Er, I'm sorry if I caused you
to worry on the phone.
Leslie's fine.
I just thought
it was important
that you both came up
and we talked about it.
What happened?
Er, Leslie was involved
in an incident yesterday
with another resident.
What kind of incident?
We think
it was sexual in nature.
Er, we don't know
everything yet, but...
there's some video
that I'd like you to see.
Is it okay
if I show it to you now?
- Yes.
- Okay.
If you just follow me. Thanks.
Okay,
so we'll be looking up
at this window first.
And we see Leslie appear
here.
- Who's that?
- Mr Earl.
He's one of our residents.
- Where are they going?
- That's his room.
And we lose her here
for 11 minutes.
You mean there's no cameras
in the rooms?
I'm afraid not.
Only in the public areas.
And we see Leslie
come out of here again.
She's naked!
And we don't know
what happened in the room?
We don't,
I'm afraid.
The nurse...
...finds her here and...
covers her up and takes her
back to her room.
That's the end
of the footage.
When was this?
Yesterday afternoon.
And you didn't call us
till this morning?
The nurse had no reason
to suspect
that anything had happened.
It's not uncommon
for residents
to forget to dress
before leaving their rooms.
But the same nurse found,
erm, Leslie's trousers
and underwear
in Mr Earl's room
this morning
and realised at that point
that something had happened
or...
...may have happened.
She told me
about it immediately and...
we came
to the security footage.
I called you
as soon as we saw this.
Did you ask either of them
what happened?
Yes, but Mr Earl's memory is
severely impaired
and... Leslie doesn't
remember either.
She doesn't seem
to recognise who he is.
Residents do act sexually
with each other sometimes.
It's not frequent,
but it does happen.
Is it frequent
with this man, Mr Earl?
He's been more sexual
than others.
Then why didn't you keep
a watch on him?
Oh, we do watch for it.
Erm, it's just,
it's impossible to see
everything, unfortunately.
She's been here two days.
Two days.
And she's already been...
er,
sexually assaulted.
Er, what's her room number?
Going up.
Doors closing.
First floor.
Doors opening.
Mum?
Mum?
You call us up here
to tell us this man
assaulted my wife?
You show us the horrible video
and you don't even bother
to watch out for the old cunt
while we're here talking
about him!
We need
to get her things, Martin.
No. No, we don't.
- Going up.
- Yeah.
You stay there.
Er, would you open the door?
I need help.
You're right.
We need a nurse.
There'll be no more sex.
Mum, Janise will be
staying with you
for a few hours...
...today.
Do you understand, Mum?
She'll stay here with you.
Do you understand?
What are you going to do now?
I don't know.
I'll see you at 5:00?
I'll cook something.
Mmm?
Wha... What are your...
intentions
when your sabbatical ends?
What do you mean?
Do you intend to take her
to Newcastle with you?
I don't have any intentions
about anything right now.
Do you need a lift somewhere?
No, I'll have a walk.
-I'll see you at 5:00.
-Yes.
We should have brought
two lighters.
- Thank you.
- You all right?
You got
what you asked for.
What is in yours?
Why do you keep going
like that?
- So the air escapes...
- I am her.
...from the thing.
So cool.
You have to go in. In.
There. See?
Give me some
of that one but not this one.
- Buss. Buss.
- Buss me.
- Buss.
- Buss me the zoot..
Now I actually need
some warmth.
I'm gonna
burn your hand.
-Does that hurt?
-That doesn't hurt? No?
No, it does hurt. It does hurt
when you put it right above.
See who can
hold it there for the longest.
- Put two fingers...
- No, don't do that.
- Hold it in the fire?
- She'll burn
- her finger.
- Yeah... No, no,
put both your fingers together
like that,
so this is
someone else's finger
and this is
someone else's finger.
Now hold it under and see
who pulls out first.
- Okay, let's do it then.
- What?
Look.
Ow.
Yeah.
I'll go in there.
- How was she?
- Oh, she's been lovely.
We had a nice afternoon.
She's been asleep
about half an hour.
I'm happy to stay a bit longer
if you'd like to go
and get a cup of tea.
-No, It's fine. You can go.
-Okay.
-Thank you very much.
-Yeah.
Mum,
why aren't you eating?
Do you feel okay?
Do you feel ill?
Do you feel okay
or you feel ill?
I'm cold.
Are they rooftop?
No, it's basically,
see how the...
You can sit outside
on this side,
but on my side,
there's a...
- Do you have a balcony?
- Yeah, yeah, a balcony,
but it's on there.
You can't see it.
- Cute.
- It's on the other side.
It's so pretty.
- Did you just get Irish?
- Yeah.
On the other side.
- But, yeah, this is...
- I like it a lot.
This is me
up here, man.
Cute.
See you later.
It's good
to see you too.
- All right.
- See you later.
Adios.
Adios.
- Oh, hello, Janise. Yeah.
- Hello.
-How are you?
-I'm fine.
Ah, you said
you'd come.
I made you food.
I'll lose my whole Saturday.
But it's only two hours.
Just eat a sandwich with us
and then you...
you can leave from there
and have your day.
What do you want? Ham?
-Ham?
-Neither.
-Cheese?
-No.
Janise?
-I'm going out now.
-Okay.
-She's still asleep.
-Right.
Can you try with the soup
at 12 o'clock?
Yeah.
Thank you.
I'll see you later.
Yeah.
Yeah.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Hello there, Sarah.
Hi.
How is she
this morning?
Er, her stomach's upset.
Worse than last night?
Yes, yeah.
Did...
did she eat any breakfast?
She had a bite of pear,
and then she went
to the bathroom.
To throw up?
No, it's intestinal.
Does she have a fever?
Don't know.
Well,
should we go back up?
I think someone should
be with her, Martin.
Well, the nurse is with her.
No, but I mean...
one of us too...
until we know what this is.
I'm confused.
Er, you say
I should trust the nurse,
get out of the house,
and that's what I'm doing.
But...
...now you're telling me
I'm neglecting her.
No, I'm not saying that,
Martin.
Yes, you are. I don't know
what you're saying.
You say one thing
and then you say the opposite.
Look,
I'm happy to...
go back upstairs
or come
and have lunch with you.
You tell me what you want
me to do and I'll do it.
She's trying
to help you.
Give her a break.
Do you even realise
what she's sacrificing
to be here in London
'cause you won't go back
to Newcastle?
- Sarah.
- No, 'cause you only think
- about yourself.
- Sorry.
- Sarah.
- Sorry.
But you're not actually sorry
'cause you don't change
- what you're sorry for.
- Sarah.
What?
Stop.
Oughtn't you
to go after her?
She wants to be alone.
I know
what's happening to her.
I know what comes next.
But she doesn't.
Mercifully, she's ignorant
of what the disease is
doing to her.
So I have to be also.
I have to consciously block
out of my mind what I know,
because if I don't,
I fall into such a black,
hopeless void
that I can't function.
And I'm not going to let
hopelessness ruin
our lives together.
I have to function
for her sake.
Understand?
I do.
But it means
she's completely vulnerable.
What if we just accept that?
What are you going to do now?
I'll have a bit of a walk.
I'll take a cab home.
I'll see you at 5:00.
No!
No!
No!
Leslie,
stay in the bathroom.
Stay in the bathroom,
though, Leslie.
What? L... Leslie.
It's me. It's me, Leslie.
It's me.
It's all right.
What...
What happened?
She has diarrhoea.
Well, I can see that.
How did she get in this state?
I tried to clean her
in the bathtub, couldn't,
so I've just been trying
to clean her with a towel.
It's all right,
sweetheart.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's me.
It's me.
Yeah.
We'll just...
We'll...
We'll go and clean you up,
shall we?
You'll feel better.
Just you and me.
- No!
- N... Y...
You better leave, Janise.
I'm sorry.
Okay. Erm, do you want me
to come back tomorrow?
Yes, of course.
I'm sorry.
Oh, yes, indeed.
But...
I'll tell you what.
We'll go and clean you up.
Mmm? And then we'll...
we'll wash your hair.
Hair.
Nice hair.
Wash your hair.
You like that.
Don't you?
Yeah.
Come on.
Off we go.
No, no, she's gone,
she's gone.
She's gone.
Just you and me
now.
Where are you?
Pretty close.
Come... Come over.
Like, whereabouts are you?
Oh.
There's no one here?
No.
Hello?
And I'm sick
of your puppy eyes
You said
boys should never cry
Well, surprise...
Ever told you
You bought me some flowers
I gave them
to someone else
Told me that you loved me
You're just talking
to yourself
I don't wanna know...
It's so clean.
Let yourself out
You're so conceited
Yeah, yeah
You bought me some flowers
I gave them
to someone else
Told me that you loved me
You're just talking
to yourself
And I don't wanna know
I don't wanna hear it
Let yourself out
You're so conceited,
yeah, yeah
You're far too easy
You hide between the lines
but I read you
It's a pity
I get off
when I mislead you
And say I,
I, don't want no other guy
Pretend
I love your suit and tie
It's fun playing
with a man's mind...
You say come over
Say please,
I might think...
You lost composure
And I don't think
you ever found it
Sick of your puppy eyes
You said
boys should never cry
Well, surprise
Let's get these off.
That's it.
No?
Well, let's take your...
your blouse off
so it doesn't get wet.
No?
Never mind.
In we get.
All right. In there.
Turn around.
Erm...
Yes.
Just hold that there.
There we are.
Feels hot?
Can you turn around?
Can you turn...
Turn around. Yeah.
That's the way.
That's the way,
then we can clean the back.
And this.
No!
Mum?
I'm here.
Hello?
Martin?
- Christ.
- Oh, fuck.
Sorry.
Sorry about that.
I told you I was going
to call the police
if you didn't stop,
but you just keep doing it.
I don't know what else to do.
Say this won't happen again,
please.
Please.
Er... You... You've no right
to ask us that.
Come.
Police.
Thank you.
5 Verona Walk, NW5 3CS.
Amanda Powell.
Er, I... I'm sorry,
I don't know the protocol
for something like this.
My mother's elderly,
she has advanced dementia.
She doesn't have the capacity
to give sexual consent,
and her husband knows that.
But he continues
having sex with her.
Anyway,
I just walked in on it.
No, he's my stepfather.
No, no, I don't think so.
Yes, he's here.
Yes.
No, no, no, no.
Do you know
how long that'll be?
No, I don't think so.
Thank you.
I'm sorry, I won't be able
to take you to school.
No, no, no,
I'll just take the train.
You're gonna be late,
I'm sorry.
It's fine.
I'll call the school.
This station is
Tufnell Park.
This is a Northern Line train
via Charing Cross.
Did she resist him?
Was there a struggle between
your mother and stepfather?
Well, she doesn't resist
because she doesn't know
what's happening to her.
Well,
is she lucid at times?
Are there times
when she can consent
and other times
when she can't?
Well... I mean, that's...
that's the issue, right?
Even if she is
lucid enough at times,
how can you make
an accurate judgment
of when that is?
-It's incredibly subjective.
-Mmm.
-Yeah.
-And I know for a fact
they're having sex
when she definitely isn't
lucid enough.
Okay.
Where is your mother now?
She's upstairs in the kitchen.
-And your stepfather?
-Upstairs.
How's his demeanour?
Is he aggressive, angry?
No, he's gentle.
He's... elderly.
Okay. So I think
what we should do now
is head upstairs,
we'll speak to your mother
and stepfather,
and then
we'll take it from there.
-Okay.
-Okay.
What are their names?
Leslie
and Martin Carville.
Hello, Mr Carville.
I'm PC Ali.
I'm just going to ask you
to come with me, please.
Come with you where?
Just to the other room.
Could you come with me,
please?
- Please have a seat.
- Thank you.
- Hello, Mrs Carville.
- Hey-ho.
I'm a police officer.
Er, my name's Kate.
Can I call you Leslie?
Yes.
Do you know
why I'm here today?
No.
So, I've come to see
how you're doing.
How are you feeling today?
Fine.
Do you have anything
on your body
that is sore or painful?
- Mmm?
- Do you have anything
on your body that hurts, Mum?
Is that what you were wearing
this morning?
Yes.
-You mean during the incident?
-Yes.
No, she was in her nightgown.
Where's that now?
Upstairs in the bedroom.
Who are you?
I'm a police officer.
My name's Kate.
Why are you here?
What do you reckon?
Fuck if I know.
All right, let's call it in.
Met Control
from 3-8-2-9 Tango.
Go ahead, over.
Can I get a SOCO, CID,
and a SOIT on CAD 1-4-2.
The bedroom upstairs is
considered a crime scene,
so what that means is
that nobody can go in there,
not even myself.
I'm going to call in
some specialised officers
to continue the investigation.
Where were you?
I just saw
an old dude's hard-on.
-Where?
-We walked in
on my grandma having sex.
The crazy one?
She's not crazy.
What did it look like?
- I don't know.
- What did it look like?
I don't know. Google it.
Why would I Google that?
'Cause you're asking me
what it looked like.
Well, I don't want to see it.
I want you
to describe it to me.
Hold on.
Why'd it look like that?
-That's it.
-What?
-Oh, no.
-Ooh.
That one's infected.
Oh, oh.
- Yeah.
- And it looked like that?
- That one's all right.
- No.
- That one's all right.
- No.
It's not.
Mum?
Hello, Leslie.
My name's Emma Walker.
I'm a police officer.
I've just come to see
how you're doing today.
How are you?
Have you had anything to eat
or have you been to the loo
this morning?
-Yes.
-She has?
Okay.
Leslie, do you have any pain?
Do you hurt
anywhere on your body at all?
Mum?
Do you have
anywhere on your body
that hurts?
You hurt somewhere, Mum?
Mum?
Do you hurt somewhere?
You do?
Where, Mum?
Okay.
Shall we pop outside
and have a quick chat?
-He's being arrested?
-He's been arrested.
No, don't...
Please don't arrest him.
-You know, arresting...
-I just wanted you
to wake him up
so that he stops. That's all.
But arresting isn't the same
as charging, Amanda.
It's safeguarding.
It allows us to separate them
to make sure that she's safe.
But they can't be separated.
He's her caregiver.
-Mmm...
-She's... She's... She's...
He... He... She's completely
dependent on him.
-I understand.
-He loves her dearly.
It's just this one thing
-that needs to stop.
-Okay.
Let's not worry...
...too much about Martin,
okay?
My main concern is
your mother's welfare.
And in my
professional capacity,
I think she should have
a medical.
I think she should be seen
by a doctor
to make sure
there are no injuries
that we're unaware of.
And if Martin had
penetrative sex with her
this morning,
she could have
internal injuries
given her age.
The medical will take place
at a specialist unit.
A specialist unit?
Er, so it's a rape exam?
Well, it's a forensic
medical examination, yes.
- God.
- There'll be a doctor there
who's specially trained
in this.
There'll be
a crisis worker there
who'll go through
the whole process with you.
And I will take you
and your mum
and I will make sure
I'm there with you throughout.
-Oh, my God.
-I know. I'm... I'm...
I appreciate how you feel,
but the doctor can
check your mum over,
and if she's got any injuries,
she can attend to those
straight away.
And...
she will also want to take
some forensic medical samples,
and some of those
will be from...
Why does she need
to be examined?
Sir, would you go back
with the officer?
You already know we had sex.
I'm not refuting it.
-We had sex this morning.
-Make a note of that.
-What is the point...
-You have nicked him?
...of forcing her to endure
this hideous procedure...
Sir, please go back
with the officer.
...which will only tell you
something you already know?
It would be beneficial
if you co-operate, sir.
Please.
Amanda, they're arresting me
for having sex with my wife.
You stay with her.
I will.
Here, her place, not yours.
No, we'll stay here.
I'll... I'll be
back soon, sweetheart.
I promise.
I love you.
Where is he going?
He's... going away
for a few days, mum.
But I'm staying with you.
Why?
That's just how it is for now.
Okay,
we're ready. Okay.
Where are we going?
You're going to have
a medical exam, Mum.
-Am I ill?
-No, no, you're healthy.
We just want to be safe. Mmm?
-Is he coming?
-No, I'm going with you.
Mmm?
Come.
I'm going to start
the examination now.
I'm just going
to put your legs
in the right position.
All right, Leslie?
Tell me if it hurts, 'cause
I don't want it to hurt.
There you go. Perfect.
And this leg,
I'm going to put that there.
Is that all right?
There you go.
-Here you are.
-You okay, Mum?
- All right.
- Mmm?
All right. I'm going to do
the first couple of sets
of swabs now.
And what you'll feel will just
be a little bit ticklish,
okay?
Here's the first one.
Gonna be two always.
And here comes the second one.
Here we go, thank you.
And then I'm gonna put
the other set.
And I'm just gonna touch you
just on the outside
of the vagina, okay?
So it comes just
on the inside, this one.
Here it comes.
You shouldn't really
feel this one.
This is just on the inside.
And then the second one
in exactly the same place.
Okay?
Now I'm going to do
the ones inside the vagina
and for that I'm going
to have to use the speculum.
That might feel
a little bit cold, okay?
Just be mindful
that it comes in a minute.
- All right?
- This shouldn't hurt.
Right. You're going to feel
my fingers touching you
and here comes the speculum.
-Ooh.
-It's okay, Mum.
-Breathe. Breathe, Mum.
-Is that okay?
Breathe. It's okay.
Are you okay
for me to continue?
Yeah?
Yeah.
Mmm.
- Am I okay to go on?
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Okay, thank you.
Here it comes again.
Okay? Here it comes.
- No!
- Stop! Stop! Stop!
I'm stopping.
I'm stopping.
Mum!
You...
- Go away!
- I'm stopping.
- Go away!
- It's okay, Mum.
-It's okay.
-No.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- No.
- No, no.
- I'm so sorry.
Come, Mum.
Come. I'm sorry. Mum.
Mum, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Mum.
We made a bad mistake.
We're gonna go now, okay?
Do you need anything
from us right now? Can we go?
Er, how about
you get changed
and go back to the room
where we had a chat,
because I'd still like
to talk to you.
Okay, Mum,
we're gonna go,
we're gonna change,
and then we'll speak
with the lady,
and then we go home.
Is that okay?
You come with me?
Come with me.
Come with me, Mum.
It's gonna be all right.
It's gonna be all right.
We just made a mistake.
Come on.
Mum?
- Are you okay?
- She's tired.
She's very tired.
Yes, I can see.
Yeah.
I'm sorry the examination was
so upsetting.
Erm, I wasn't able
to fully examine her
because she wouldn't let me do
the speculum examination.
But for as far as I could see,
there were no injuries.
I do need to talk to you
about something called
a safeguarding referral
because I would like
to do one today.
Do you know what that means?
-I... No, I don't.
-Okay.
Basically, that means
that I'm going to do... put in
a referral to social services
er, to come and assess Leslie
-and your house and yourself.
-Why?
To come and see
if Leslie is okay,
if everything
in the house is...
She is okay.
Yeah, just, what they do is
they do a risk assessment
of how you're living,
and how it's going...
-We don't need that.
-...who is looking after her.
Well, I think
you do need that.
I think you do need that.
We need some rest
at the moment
because it's been
overwhelming.
-Yes.
-And we don't need
anybody else to come
into the house.
It's been... The whole day,
it's been like that.
I apologise for that,
but I think it's important
that I make
that decision today
and I do that referral today.
So do you mean that they...
that they could be
separated, er...
Martin and...
and... my mother?
That's a decision
the social worker is
going to make.
I can't guarantee
what the outcome
of that decision will be,
so I can't guarantee
that that's not going
to happen.
So what will happen to Martin?
I can't tell you that,
I'm afraid.
All the agencies still need
to meet.
But here are your keys.
You've got my details.
If there's anything I can do,
-just let me know, okay?
-Okay.
Thank you. Bye-bye.
Let's have a bath.
Then you can lie down again.
Maman.
I'll wash your hair.
Would you like that?
Mmm?
Yes.
Come on, let's go.
Mum,
get in the bath.
Sit in the bath now, Mum.
Sit down.
Yes.
- Hey.
- Hey.
-Are you home?
-Yeah.
I'm at Nan's.
Er, I have
to stay here tonight.
I can't leave. Er...
I need some things
from the flat.
Do you think
you could bring them to me?
Okay.
What happened after I left?
Oh, she went for an exam.
Why? Is she okay?
She's okay, yes. Erm...
I'll tell you more
when you get here, okay?
Okay.
What do you need?
What are
you doing here?
I'm not leaving her.
You can't be here.
If they find you here,
we're fucked.
They've reported this
to Social Services.
Someone's coming by
tomorrow at 10:00.
You can't be here
when they're here.
Coming by to do what?
Hi, hang on.
Okay, I'm going outside.
Hey, I'm sorry, Andrew.
I'm freaking out
about my mother,
and I really need to talk
to you. Is that okay?
When I walked in on them,
she was just lying there
underneath him...
looking at me
with this expression
I've never seen before.
It was...
It was so disturbing.
I don't know
what it was.
I don't know what's going on
in there any more.
She's unreadable.
I'm not sure
she recognised me.
I don't know if she's
recognising Martin either.
I don't know what to do.
Should I just stick my head
in the sand
and pretend
this isn't happening?
I'm not the police.
I don't want
to be this person.
Fuck.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't be
dumping all of this on you.
It's the worst thing for us
right now.
These aren't
your crises any more,
right?
Oh, er, Sarah just walked up.
Hi.
What's wrong?
I'm talking to your dad.
-Do you want to talk to him?
-Yeah.
Hello.
I'm fine. How are you?
Were you just fighting?
No.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you, darling.
-She had a rape exam?
-Yes, part of one.
But it was stopped.
She's okay now.
Why are you staying here?
Well, they arrested Martin.
He wasn't supposed to come
back to the house tonight,
so I need to stay with her.
But now he's back.
I'm going to stay anyway.
Will you be okay
alone tonight?
-They arrested him?
-Yes.
She might have to come
stay with us
for a while, though.
We might need
to come stay here.
I don't know.
Would that be okay?
Will he be here?
I don't know.
I need to talk to Martin.
Can we go downstairs and talk?
Well, we have to convince them
this is going to stop.
Or they're going
to separate you.
Can we talk
about Dr Kaufman's opinion?
Well, sure,
if we can talk about
other opinions as well.
What other opinions?
Well, the opinions of those
geriatric psychiatrists
who believe
that physical intimacy
is beneficial
for someone with dementia.
It makes them feel less...
less lonely, less anxious.
It gives them comfort
and security.
What psychiatrists?
Are you getting this
off the Internet?
You're grabbing
for whatever you can
to rationalise something
you know is wrong.
I'm not grabbing at anything.
I found Viagra
in your cabinet
from a prescription you filled
one week after
the Kaufman meeting.
He told you to stop.
And you went out and refilled
your prescription instead.
I refilled my prescription
because we've been married
for 18 years
and she enjoys
physical intimacy.
I'm sorry, Amanda,
but in this regard,
I know her better than you do.
You don't know her because
she's not the same woman!
None of us can know
what she's feeling now
because she can no longer
communicate it to us.
You're... You...
You're using reasoning
that applies to a woman who...
no longer exists.
You're basing all this
on one man's opinion.
Since you're so keen
on professional opinions,
wouldn't it be better
to take them all into account?
There are as many
who disagree with Kaufman
as agree with him.
Okay, let's take them
all into account.
Let's say it's 50-50.
Are you really willing to risk
your wife's well-being
on 50-50 odds?
Those are horrible odds.
There's a 50% chance
you're harming her,
and there's no way for her
to communicate it to you.
She communicates to me
very clearly
what she wants
and what she doesn't want.
How?
How?
When I hug her,
or kiss her forehead,
or brush her hair,
she smiles.
She's happy.
And it's the same
when...
when we have sex.
You seem to think
your mother doesn't want sex,
but...
but more often than not,
she's the one
who instigates it.
The disinhibition...
is the consequence
of the disease eroding
the areas of the brain
that used to keep
the primal instincts in check.
-Why...
-Dr Kaufman made that
very clear to you.
Hunger, thirst,
sex, sleep,
she's dealing
with primal instincts now.
Why are you so keen
to deprive her of something
that gives her comfort
and pleasure
at a time in her life
when she needs them most?
I'm only asking you
to stop having sex with her.
That's all. You can do
whatever you want.
-No, you're not...
-I'm not talking
about anything else.
No, you're...
Bollocks, Amanda.
You're talking
about dumping her
in a care home
where she'll sit lolling
in an armchair all day
and spend night after night
lonely and terrified.
Just tell them
you're going to stop!
Just lie to them!
Oh, Mum.
Mum, I'm sorry, just...
Can we go back upstairs?
Mum?
Mum, where are you going?
- Come. Come up.
- We haven't had
our walk yet today.
You need to put
some clothes on
before you walk, Mum.
-You all right?
-Yeah.
-You?
-Yes, thanks.
I'm so cold, though,
I can't even lie.
From the top, go nine down,
'cause there's 30 floors.
-There's 30 floors?
-Yeah.
-It's high up there.
-What floor are you on?
-Twenty-one.
-Twenty-one.
Twenty-one.
Twenty-one.
What were you doing?
Homework or something?
-Yeah.
-What was it?
-Histograms.
-What is that?
-I don't know.
-Histograms?
-Is that history?
-...I could even figure out
-what it was. No, no.
-Is that history?
-Maths. Maths.
-Maths. Yeah.
Just run. Just dash it.
You got it. You got it.
-You got it.
-This is scary.
Nah, bro.
What you dashing here for?
Do you want me to come out
like this?
-Ooh.
-Wait, spin faster.
-I can't spin faster.
-It'll look cooler.
-I can't.
-It'll look cooler.
Oh, my God.
60 seconds.
-Are you ready?
-That's long. Any flash?
-Flash or no flash?
-No flash.
So I like... So I hit it?
-So I hit the phone?
-Yeah.
I'll spin round and then
I'll come to you, okay?
-Okay. Okay.
-Okay?
Three, two, one.
You said that
I'm really fucking boring
That was so good.
You said that
I'm really fucking boring
Oh!
...if you go like this.
Like, you hold it
with your hand like that.
-Oh, that's sick.
-You know what I mean?
Okay. Ready?
You ready? Okay.
Well, that's rich
coming from you
'Cause when you...
-Wait, wait, wait.
-Three, two, one.
Pouring
I can't win,
I can't lose, and it's...
-Wait, I'll go down here...
-Yeah.
- ...I think.
- Right.
That's my fork.
Well, if she's going to...
keep doing it all night,
I think you should just go
back to bed with her, Martin.
Go, Mum.
Have you ever been
down here before?
-No.
-Really?
I don't even know
where this is.
-It's a nice place, though.
-Yeah, it is nice.
So, what is this,
a brutalist, you know...
-Brutalist?
-That's what they...
That's what they called
the architecture.
And the whole thing, really.
-Yeah, well...
-It's like the Barbican.
Have you ever been
to the Barbican?
-No. The what?
-No?
-The Barbican.
-No.
-Have you not?
-No.
No, it's the same design,
the same, like...
erm, what's it called,
architecture.
I really need to pee.
Well, we're almost there,
aren't we?
21 floors. That's...
-That's a lot of floors.
-I know.
There's 30, though.
Must be a hell of a view.
Oh, I really need to pee.
-It's through there.
-Oh. Thank you.
Very kind of you.
Oh, my. All right.
Let's dash it.
Come on, then.
You're gonna fall. I swear.
Wait, wait, which one's yours?
You got it?
Oh, my God.
Wait.
Okay. Okay.
I thought you had to pee.
I'm just gonna pee on you.
Your heart's racing.
Hi.
Sorry, erm,
I just came back from there.
I just came back home.
Okay.
Wait.
That's so funny.
Oh, my God,
she came out of nowhere.
She was supposed to be
at my grandma's.
Do you speak fluent French?
-A little bit. Not fluent.
-So not fluent?
Not fluent, no.
-A little bit.
-Give me a little demo.
- No, no.
- Come on.
No. I only speak it with her.
-I don't know it, like, a lot.
-Okay, fair enough.
-Yeah.
-What about your dad?
-My dad?
-Yeah.
He's teaching in Montreal
at the moment.
-He's in Canada?
-Yeah.
Yeah, so they split, but, erm,
he's teaching at a uni.
-Oh, right. Okay.
-Yeah.
Cool.
What about you?
-Hmm?
-Where are your parents from?
Oh, erm...
Well, my dad,
he's actually French.
-Half French and erm, Italian.
-Oh, really?
Yeah. But I can't
speak either.
-Oh.
-My mum's, like, half Asian.
-Cool.
-So I'm, like, a... I'm like
a tropical mix...
I should go see if she's okay.
Yeah. Yeah.
-Got to go.
-Sure.
How come you're home?
It wasn't helping her
for me to be there.
You okay?
Yes.
Come here.
What happens now?
I don't know.
I'm sorry, Sarah.
For what?
For uprooting you
from your life and...
vanishing on you like this.
I know this wasn't
the deal we made.
You haven't vanished.
Your mum needs you. I'm fine.
I don't even know
what's going on with you now.
Who's this boy?
A friend.
From school?
Yeah.
What's his name?
James.
We haven't talked
about him.
Why does he think
it's okay to keep doing this?
-Martin?
-Yeah.
He says it's love.
Do you think she feels love?
I don't know
how she experiences love now.
I mean, is it possible to feel
love for someone
if you've got
no memory of the life
you've had with them?
I don't know.
How is he still able
to have sex?
Viagra.
-Seriously?
-Mm-hmm.
I thought the desire goes
at that age.
It's not desire. It's...
fear.
Shall it be eggs
or shall it be porridge?
Porridge.
- Hello.
- There you go.
Thank you. Hello.
Leslie Carville.
What's
her address, please?
Er, 5 Verona Walk.
Oh. Ma...
You can't be here.
I'm staying right here.
No, she's coming
in half an hour.
Tough.
You have to leave
the house. We...
That was the deal between us.
Yeah, I'm not budging.
Not one inch.
The... The police are
going to...
You...
-Can I have your coat?
-Yes, lovely, thank you.
This electricity.
How was your mum overnight?
How is she this morning?
Yeah, she's doing okay
right now.
Oh, that's good.
And she knows
that I'm coming? Yeah?
Yes, they're upstairs waiting.
Oh, they're upstairs waiting?
-Is someone with her?
-Martin.
Okay, so Martin has
bail conditions,
erm, and he's not supposed
to be here.
You did speak
to the safeguarding team.
Yes, I know,
but, er, I thought he was
supposed to be here,
er, for this meeting.
I'm sorry, I misunderstood.
I asked him to come.
Okay, so we can
still have a discussion.
Let's just keep things nice
and calm for your mum.
-Yes.
-And can we go see her?
-Yes, please follow me.
-Yeah.
These stairs are quite steep.
Is that
something you painted, Leslie?
She's asking you
about your painting, Leslie.
It's
a beautiful painting.
Who lives in that house?
I do.
That's your house?
Erm...
Home.
Purchase.
Home.
And is that the home
that you lived in as a child?
Where did you grow up, Leslie?
Cranleigh.
And who was
your best friend as a child?
Wasn't me, sweetheart.
I'm your best friend...
now.
So how did
you and Martin meet?
Well, it was a concert,
wasn't it, in Paris?
Classical music.
Er...
I was over there
for a gathering of
recording engineers.
Yes, we'd both recently
lost our spouses.
At a concert.
Yes, we were sitting
next to one another
and...
Leslie...
started to ask me
about the programme
and I told her
which was my favourite part
and she liked it too.
And it became something
we always remembered.
Tchaikovsky.
Yeah.
Little Leslie Carville
Isn't very tall
When I take her dancing
She don't have far to fall
Beautiful.
Mmm.
And you still go
and listen to music together?
Yes.
Oh, yes, we do.
We do, don't we?
And, erm...
you have your...
er, your recordings at home
that you like to listen to,
don't you?
You just...
like them very much.
Tell... Leslie,
tell her
how we like fun.
I like fun.
Sometimes we have
a little dance.
And sometimes...
Sometimes
I stand on your foot,
but not on purpose.
Who's your best friend?
Who's my best friend?
Can you go now?
So who determined
that she doesn't have capacity
to give consent?
Her doctor.
Okay,
so that came...
the evidence came
from her doctor,
and is that her GP?
- Yes.
- Yes, okay.
And who's her GP?
Er, Dr Kaufman.
Dr Kaufman, okay.
So has she had
a mental capacity assessment
from
a consultant psychiatrist?
No, no.
I'm trying to schedule it now.
Okay.
And Martin, was Dr Kaufman's
decision communicated to you?
It was communicated to me,
er, that that was his opinion.
Okay. And you didn't agree
with that?
Er...
Geriatric psychiatrists have
widely differing opinions
on the subject.
So has she seen
a psychiatrist?
I thought you said
that she hadn't.
No, she hasn't.
Okay.
That's fine. So I can
go back to the GP
and ask to see what's been
explored medically.
But just to go back
to what you said
earlier, Martin,
erm, because psychiatrists
have different... opinions,
in your view,
is that why you've acted
against Dr Kaufman's opinion?
I acted
in accordance
with my wife's desires.
Okay.
And I know this is
a really sensitive area,
erm, to talk about,
but how do you know
what your wife's desires are?
I'm sorry,
but you're giving me
the impression
that you think
you might have a better idea
of what my wife wants
than I do.
I'm sorry, Martin,
I'm not suggesting...
Yes, you fucking are!
You come here
with your questions,
you make these judgements
and you don't know
the first thing about us!
Martin.
Martin, what is it
that's really worrying you?
Okay. Can I just ask
how you're managing
with your wife's
day-to-day care?
I'm managing just fine.
No, you're not managing fine.
And have you discussed
any other care options?
Yes, we've been
discussing a care home.
We went to visit Springview
Care Home last month.
The dementia care is
very good there.
Yeah.
Springview Care Home, my arse.
Erm...
If we were to proceed
with Springview,
would you need
to pursue this any further?
She'd no longer be at risk.
Shall we have our walk?
Okay,
so I understand
that your home
is in Newcastle,
but you're here in London
for a period of time.
- Yes, for a year.
- Okay.
And is that
to be with your mum?
Yes, and to finish
work on a book I'm writing.
- Okay.
- Taking my sabbatical.
Is there any possibility
you could stay in London
and teach here?
No, I have tenure
at Newcastle.
Erm,
I own a house.
Our life is there.
Okay, that's absolutely fine.
So it's just to understand
your lifestyle really,
erm, and the possible networks
of support for your mum.
I'll need
to go back home eventually.
The idea really is
a care home.
Erm, it's just not safe here
for so many reasons
and things are going to get
a lot worse.
- Okay.
- It's so dangerous here
for both of them.
They can't live in a house
with so many stairs.
- Okay.
- He can't handle this alone.
- Mmm.
- He can't.
- Okay.
- And she has some stocks
that she and my father owned,
and it was the plan
that they'd use the money
for something like this...
- Okay.
- ...when they got older.
Okay,
and you've got
power of attorney in place.
Is that right?
Yes, we did that
after my father died.
Okay.
So there is an alternative
if your mum's in agreement.
Erm, would you consider
respite care,
which is, erm, placement...
short-term placement
in a residential home,
not long-term?
Erm, it would give you
the opportunity
to really consider
the long-term plan,
but also for Martin
to be able to come to terms
with the situation
and for them as a couple
to make decisions
on their future life.
Oh, hello.
What gives
you the right
to make this decision?
She's my mother.
What? You've hardly
been present in her life.
I'm here, Martin.
Not counting Christmases,
where have you been
for the last 18 years?
You can't judge me
for having a life
in a different city
than my mother.
I've been with her
for every minute
of every hour of every day.
I'm with her through
all she's going through.
But you can't give her
the kind of care
she needs now,
despite how much you love her.
You're in denial
about how quickly
she's declining.
And it's putting her
in danger.
She needs specialised care,
in a memory unit,
round the clock.
You can't leave the house
without her any more.
Look at the stairs,
look at the bathroom,
it's too dangerous.
Yeah, er, there's no way
I'm in denial.
When I found her
washing her hands
in the toilet on Friday,
you acted
like I was lying to you.
Do you think
I was lying to you
or do you accept
she was doing that?
Er...
I'm not putting her in a home.
You know I can do that
without you?
Erm...
The police are going
to investigate you
for sexually assaulting
your wife.
If they charge you,
you'll be barred
from seeing her.
Is that what you want?
If we don't have help,
this is going to overwhelm us.
"To the memory
of my beloved wife."
Ooh!
"Edith."
-Edith?
-"Edith Alice...
"Spag."
When did she die?
"19... Born.
-"30th of July. 1936."
-"193..."
This one's pretty, though.
-I like this one.
-This one?
-With all the... Yeah.
-With all the flowers.
All the blue flowers,
only on one grave.
Maybe that was
a really good person, yeah.
-It was a really good person.
-Maybe that...
No. Relax, bro.
Can you do this?
Oh! I hate it.
Hi.
Hey.
What happened
with the social worker?
We're moving your grandmother
into a home on Thursday.
Are they separating?
No, he'll be able
to come and see her
as much as he wants to.
He'll just have
a support structure now too.
Do you think she'll understand
where she is?
I hope it'll just feel
like a new environment
with lots of people and...
activities.
I don't know
if she'll understand it's a...
care home.
Do I go with you?
No.
You should go to school.
I just wanted you to know
it was happening.
Just to have.
Follow me
through here.
This is
our common room, where...
as you can see,
the residents like
to socialise and relax.
And we also have
some activities here,
like quizzes.
We've got a music activity
later on this afternoon,
so maybe you would like
to see that.
Hi, June and Lydia.
How are you?
- Oh, hello.
- How are you?
I'm fine, thank you.
This is Mrs Carville
and her family.
Do you mind if we come in
and say hello?
- Not at all.
- Okay, thanks.
Have you been out today?
Have you been outside
at all? Or...
No, we haven't had
a chance to.
- No.
- And it's such a lovely day
- Hmm.
- Too many games to play.
Fair enough.
We're enjoying
playing cards, aren't we?
We are, we love it.
Have you heard
about the quiz
that's happening later down
in the hall?
- No.
- The movie quiz?
No,
that would be interesting.
Film stars
from the '50s.
I'm told
you're an artist,
Mrs Carville.
I hear that you're
a very talented artist.
We've got a beautiful art room
just down here.
-It's got paints...
-Shall we go?
...and drawing paper.
-Would you like to see it?
-Yeah, I think.
-Let's go down here.
-Fantastic. Just follow me.
Okay.
Could you please open, please?
Yes, of course.
Martin,
will you have dinner
with us tonight?
Do you think she doesn't know
what we've just done to her?
Hello.
We brought dinner.
I'm not hungry.
Can we sit together?
I'd rather you didn't.
Well, I'll...
I'll leave it for you.
You have one new message
and one saved message.
First new message
received today.
Hi Amanda, it's Jonathan Rita
at Springview Care Home.
I'm calling because
I just wanted
to share with you
what I'm looking at right now
because it's
a very nice image.
I'm in the art room
with your mother
and several other women.
They've been drawing
and laughing
and just enjoying
each other's company
this afternoon.
She's sitting
on a sofa right now
with two other women
and she's got a big
warm smile on her face.
And she's already made several
very beautiful drawings.
Erm, I'm going to send you
a couple of photos now.
I reckon.
I'm not joking,
I've had a migraine all day.
Oh, this is like
fear of the sublime.
What's this?
It's something so big
that you can't comprehend
how big it is.
Ooh, I don't like that.
It inspires me.
I already love her.
I remember watching a bit...
She gives me you vibes.
She gives me, like,
old-fashioned you vibes.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Like I've known--
'Cause I'm thinking
about her, yeah.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Come back. Come back.
Do you know
how much human shit
is on that door?
What if we stayed here?
For how long?
What if we moved here?
To be with your mum?
Yes, and...
'cause I'm wondering
whether you prefer it here.
It seems like you do.
Would you prefer
to finish school here,
stay with your friends?
What about your job?
I'd take one here.
Did you talk to Dad?
No, I wanted to see
what you thought first.
What would happen
to our house?
We'd sell it.
Dad doesn't want to sell it.
Well, because you and I are
still living there,
but if we leave,
he wants to sell it.
I thought... I thought Grandma
and Martin were
going to come back
to Newcastle.
Mmm. He won't do it.
You said you could do it
without him.
I can't move her without him.
If you move her,
he'll come too.
-He won't just leave her.
-No, no.
I can't do that to him.
But he can do that to us?
Are you angry at me?
No.
I thought you'd
like this idea.
Tell me what you're thinking.
Sarah.
-Mmm?
-We can't sell it.
Why?
Because once there's no house
to go back to,
we won't go back.
The plan was you guys would
spend some time apart,
work on your shit for a while
by yourselves,
and then we'd go back.
Who would come back?
All of us.
Maybe not
at the same time, but...
eventually.
It wasn't the plan
that your dad would come back.
It's just a temporary job.
He's not going
to stay there permanently.
Sarah,
we're not together any more.
Yeah, I know.
Thank you.
Hello?
Yes, hi.
Hi, there.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Erm...
Thank you both for coming.
Er, I'm sorry if I caused you
to worry on the phone.
Leslie's fine.
I just thought
it was important
that you both came up
and we talked about it.
What happened?
Er, Leslie was involved
in an incident yesterday
with another resident.
What kind of incident?
We think
it was sexual in nature.
Er, we don't know
everything yet, but...
there's some video
that I'd like you to see.
Is it okay
if I show it to you now?
- Yes.
- Okay.
If you just follow me. Thanks.
Okay,
so we'll be looking up
at this window first.
And we see Leslie appear
here.
- Who's that?
- Mr Earl.
He's one of our residents.
- Where are they going?
- That's his room.
And we lose her here
for 11 minutes.
You mean there's no cameras
in the rooms?
I'm afraid not.
Only in the public areas.
And we see Leslie
come out of here again.
She's naked!
And we don't know
what happened in the room?
We don't,
I'm afraid.
The nurse...
...finds her here and...
covers her up and takes her
back to her room.
That's the end
of the footage.
When was this?
Yesterday afternoon.
And you didn't call us
till this morning?
The nurse had no reason
to suspect
that anything had happened.
It's not uncommon
for residents
to forget to dress
before leaving their rooms.
But the same nurse found,
erm, Leslie's trousers
and underwear
in Mr Earl's room
this morning
and realised at that point
that something had happened
or...
...may have happened.
She told me
about it immediately and...
we came
to the security footage.
I called you
as soon as we saw this.
Did you ask either of them
what happened?
Yes, but Mr Earl's memory is
severely impaired
and... Leslie doesn't
remember either.
She doesn't seem
to recognise who he is.
Residents do act sexually
with each other sometimes.
It's not frequent,
but it does happen.
Is it frequent
with this man, Mr Earl?
He's been more sexual
than others.
Then why didn't you keep
a watch on him?
Oh, we do watch for it.
Erm, it's just,
it's impossible to see
everything, unfortunately.
She's been here two days.
Two days.
And she's already been...
er,
sexually assaulted.
Er, what's her room number?
Going up.
Doors closing.
First floor.
Doors opening.
Mum?
Mum?
You call us up here
to tell us this man
assaulted my wife?
You show us the horrible video
and you don't even bother
to watch out for the old cunt
while we're here talking
about him!
We need
to get her things, Martin.
No. No, we don't.
- Going up.
- Yeah.
You stay there.
Er, would you open the door?
I need help.
You're right.
We need a nurse.
There'll be no more sex.
Mum, Janise will be
staying with you
for a few hours...
...today.
Do you understand, Mum?
She'll stay here with you.
Do you understand?
What are you going to do now?
I don't know.
I'll see you at 5:00?
I'll cook something.
Mmm?
Wha... What are your...
intentions
when your sabbatical ends?
What do you mean?
Do you intend to take her
to Newcastle with you?
I don't have any intentions
about anything right now.
Do you need a lift somewhere?
No, I'll have a walk.
-I'll see you at 5:00.
-Yes.
We should have brought
two lighters.
- Thank you.
- You all right?
You got
what you asked for.
What is in yours?
Why do you keep going
like that?
- So the air escapes...
- I am her.
...from the thing.
So cool.
You have to go in. In.
There. See?
Give me some
of that one but not this one.
- Buss. Buss.
- Buss me.
- Buss.
- Buss me the zoot..
Now I actually need
some warmth.
I'm gonna
burn your hand.
-Does that hurt?
-That doesn't hurt? No?
No, it does hurt. It does hurt
when you put it right above.
See who can
hold it there for the longest.
- Put two fingers...
- No, don't do that.
- Hold it in the fire?
- She'll burn
- her finger.
- Yeah... No, no,
put both your fingers together
like that,
so this is
someone else's finger
and this is
someone else's finger.
Now hold it under and see
who pulls out first.
- Okay, let's do it then.
- What?
Look.
Ow.
Yeah.
I'll go in there.
- How was she?
- Oh, she's been lovely.
We had a nice afternoon.
She's been asleep
about half an hour.
I'm happy to stay a bit longer
if you'd like to go
and get a cup of tea.
-No, It's fine. You can go.
-Okay.
-Thank you very much.
-Yeah.
Mum,
why aren't you eating?
Do you feel okay?
Do you feel ill?
Do you feel okay
or you feel ill?
I'm cold.
Are they rooftop?
No, it's basically,
see how the...
You can sit outside
on this side,
but on my side,
there's a...
- Do you have a balcony?
- Yeah, yeah, a balcony,
but it's on there.
You can't see it.
- Cute.
- It's on the other side.
It's so pretty.
- Did you just get Irish?
- Yeah.
On the other side.
- But, yeah, this is...
- I like it a lot.
This is me
up here, man.
Cute.
See you later.
It's good
to see you too.
- All right.
- See you later.
Adios.
Adios.
- Oh, hello, Janise. Yeah.
- Hello.
-How are you?
-I'm fine.
Ah, you said
you'd come.
I made you food.
I'll lose my whole Saturday.
But it's only two hours.
Just eat a sandwich with us
and then you...
you can leave from there
and have your day.
What do you want? Ham?
-Ham?
-Neither.
-Cheese?
-No.
Janise?
-I'm going out now.
-Okay.
-She's still asleep.
-Right.
Can you try with the soup
at 12 o'clock?
Yeah.
Thank you.
I'll see you later.
Yeah.
Yeah.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Hello there, Sarah.
Hi.
How is she
this morning?
Er, her stomach's upset.
Worse than last night?
Yes, yeah.
Did...
did she eat any breakfast?
She had a bite of pear,
and then she went
to the bathroom.
To throw up?
No, it's intestinal.
Does she have a fever?
Don't know.
Well,
should we go back up?
I think someone should
be with her, Martin.
Well, the nurse is with her.
No, but I mean...
one of us too...
until we know what this is.
I'm confused.
Er, you say
I should trust the nurse,
get out of the house,
and that's what I'm doing.
But...
...now you're telling me
I'm neglecting her.
No, I'm not saying that,
Martin.
Yes, you are. I don't know
what you're saying.
You say one thing
and then you say the opposite.
Look,
I'm happy to...
go back upstairs
or come
and have lunch with you.
You tell me what you want
me to do and I'll do it.
She's trying
to help you.
Give her a break.
Do you even realise
what she's sacrificing
to be here in London
'cause you won't go back
to Newcastle?
- Sarah.
- No, 'cause you only think
- about yourself.
- Sorry.
- Sarah.
- Sorry.
But you're not actually sorry
'cause you don't change
- what you're sorry for.
- Sarah.
What?
Stop.
Oughtn't you
to go after her?
She wants to be alone.
I know
what's happening to her.
I know what comes next.
But she doesn't.
Mercifully, she's ignorant
of what the disease is
doing to her.
So I have to be also.
I have to consciously block
out of my mind what I know,
because if I don't,
I fall into such a black,
hopeless void
that I can't function.
And I'm not going to let
hopelessness ruin
our lives together.
I have to function
for her sake.
Understand?
I do.
But it means
she's completely vulnerable.
What if we just accept that?
What are you going to do now?
I'll have a bit of a walk.
I'll take a cab home.
I'll see you at 5:00.
No!
No!
No!
Leslie,
stay in the bathroom.
Stay in the bathroom,
though, Leslie.
What? L... Leslie.
It's me. It's me, Leslie.
It's me.
It's all right.
What...
What happened?
She has diarrhoea.
Well, I can see that.
How did she get in this state?
I tried to clean her
in the bathtub, couldn't,
so I've just been trying
to clean her with a towel.
It's all right,
sweetheart.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's me.
It's me.
Yeah.
We'll just...
We'll...
We'll go and clean you up,
shall we?
You'll feel better.
Just you and me.
- No!
- N... Y...
You better leave, Janise.
I'm sorry.
Okay. Erm, do you want me
to come back tomorrow?
Yes, of course.
I'm sorry.
Oh, yes, indeed.
But...
I'll tell you what.
We'll go and clean you up.
Mmm? And then we'll...
we'll wash your hair.
Hair.
Nice hair.
Wash your hair.
You like that.
Don't you?
Yeah.
Come on.
Off we go.
No, no, she's gone,
she's gone.
She's gone.
Just you and me
now.
Where are you?
Pretty close.
Come... Come over.
Like, whereabouts are you?
Oh.
There's no one here?
No.
Hello?
And I'm sick
of your puppy eyes
You said
boys should never cry
Well, surprise...
Ever told you
You bought me some flowers
I gave them
to someone else
Told me that you loved me
You're just talking
to yourself
I don't wanna know...
It's so clean.
Let yourself out
You're so conceited
Yeah, yeah
You bought me some flowers
I gave them
to someone else
Told me that you loved me
You're just talking
to yourself
And I don't wanna know
I don't wanna hear it
Let yourself out
You're so conceited,
yeah, yeah
You're far too easy
You hide between the lines
but I read you
It's a pity
I get off
when I mislead you
And say I,
I, don't want no other guy
Pretend
I love your suit and tie
It's fun playing
with a man's mind...
You say come over
Say please,
I might think...
You lost composure
And I don't think
you ever found it
Sick of your puppy eyes
You said
boys should never cry
Well, surprise
Let's get these off.
That's it.
No?
Well, let's take your...
your blouse off
so it doesn't get wet.
No?
Never mind.
In we get.
All right. In there.
Turn around.
Erm...
Yes.
Just hold that there.
There we are.
Feels hot?
Can you turn around?
Can you turn...
Turn around. Yeah.
That's the way.
That's the way,
then we can clean the back.
And this.
No!
Mum?
I'm here.