Shark Lake (2026) Movie Script
1
Oh, you were so bad.
You like it when I'm bad?
I can be bad too.
What are you doing?
No ones around.
Sure.
We're secluded.
Why do you think I chose this place for our honeymoon?
You really are a bad girl.
You don't know the half of it.
Fuck me.
Not yet.
What is that?
Eyes up here.
Do you like what you see?
I want to see more.
What are you doing?
It's freezing.
It's exhilarating.
You'll get hypothermia.
It's not that bad.
Once you're in your body will just adjust.
I'm not going in there.
You'll miss out on all this if you don't.
You are so fucking beautiful though.
I do declare you sure know how to compliment a lady.
Babe, you are all women.
So you're going to get in?
Well, I'm so going to regret this tomorrow when I wake up
with a cold and ruin our whole weekend.
Yeah, but I'll keep you warm.
Actually, you know what?
It is kind of cold.
Why don't we just go back to the room?
It's warm.
We can get through there.
You're such a work.
Come on.
Sophia!
Oh, fuck!
Just wait.
No!
No!
As I look at you, you're like a fucking mutt.
You're like a dog.
Fucking helpless.
Actually, do you know what?
This is just like this documentary I was watching.
It was about this man on his way to a funeral.
His dad's funeral, actually.
From London to Glasgow.
He took his dog with him.
He was such a sap.
So his dad's dead.
He's at the funeral with his fucking dog.
And this guy is so upset.
He's grieving.
It's so intense that he fucking leaves his dog somewhere.
So he loses his dog.
He's lost his dad, and now he's lost his dog.
What a cunt.
So, anyway, the missus is on the blow-up.
She wants him home.
She's like, fuck the dog.
He's like, but I need it.
I can't leave without it.
She's like, get down here.
So he goes home.
He's left the dog.
He thinks that's it.
He thinks that's the end.
His dad's died.
This guy's feeling suicidal now.
But...
He puts a post up on Facebook.
And people start posting that they've seen the dog here.
In, I don't know, Scunthorpe or there in Leicester and so forth.
But the dog is getting closer and closer to London.
So the man, the man has hope.
For the first time in a long time, he thinks that his
dog is on its way home to him.
Yeah, like some falcon.
But that dog got knocked over by a car 50 yards from
that man's door.
Now, I don't know what the fuck that means.
But I've got a funny feeling.
It means that I'm looking up at these stars.
And it's just them and me and you.
Are you following me?
What was the point in that dog getting knocked over?
Who did that?
Did somebody make that happen?
Did somebody make this happen?
Why are you lying there?
Huh?
Why am I standing here with all this power?
Can you hear that?
Do you want to know that?
Can you hear it?
That is the sound of silence.
Yeah?
Nobody's coming to help you.
Nobody fucking helped that puppy.
Nobody helped that man to the bar.
Nobody's coming to help any of us.
Do you want to know how I know that?
My mum's dead.
My dad's dead.
One day I'll be dead.
And I'm looking forward to it, quite frankly.
Because all those other poor sods that I've murdered, I'm probably going
to bump into them in fucking hell.
And you know what I'm going to do when I'm there?
I'm going to do it all over again.
This has probably happened a million times, if you believe in all
that Buddhist bollocks.
Pick your ideology.
Pick your philosophy.
Pick your victim.
Pick your toothpick.
Churn this, churn that.
You're soft.
That's the truth of the matter.
You're soft.
Speaking of hard-battled things that don't exist...
Cinnamon!
Here you go.
Oh, fuck, man.
Anyway, I'm going to make a quick...
Oh, fuck.
Oh, sorry.
Sorry, I just, um...
I went for a piss.
Where are we?
I don't know.
What?
Are you saying we're lost?
No, no, we're not lost.
I just don't know where we are.
I don't see anything but fields and...
Actually, that's all I see.
You doing OK?
OK, just say it.
I have nothing more to say.
Really?
Really.
I've vented, I'm cleansed, and now I don't even think about it.
Until you just brought it up.
I haven't even brought anything up.
Why would you tell her?
There it is.
All the people in the world, why would you tell her?
She's my friend.
Who else am I supposed to tell?
Anyone.
Anyone but her.
It's not even like that.
We just speak.
That's no excuse.
She hates me.
She doesn't hate you.
Of course she hates me.
What am I supposed to think when you tell her everything and
you don't tell me anything?
We talk, don't we?
Yeah, about the little things, but not about the big things.
You save that all for her.
Yeah, well, you know, she's...
She's my friend.
We've known each other for quite a few years, you know.
I've been working there seven years now.
Men don't have female friends they don't want to sleep with.
Not this again, please.
Yes, this again.
I don't have friends that don't want to sleep with me.
They know it.
I know it.
And they don't hide it.
Which friends are these?
See?
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Let's not just fucking bring Scott into this.
Why?
Do you feel threatened?
No, it's just...
He calls you up every time that he has a break-up.
As far as I know, he's just testing the water to see
whether you're still available.
And you're telling me that he doesn't know where the line is.
He knows where the line is.
And he never crosses it.
Yeah, because there's...
Unlike you.
Because there's no fucking line.
It's a fucking chasm that he's just swimming in.
Me and Luna don't even hang out.
But you talk about me.
It's not about you.
Who's it about then?
Just...
Stuff, you know?
Stuff?
Yes.
You say stuff about me and you expect me not to care?
It's just everyday stuff, like work or movies.
She's actually going through quite a lot at the moment, if you
want to know.
Are you saying that I don't listen to you?
No, you...
It's not that you don't listen, it's just...
It's just you don't seem interested in anything that I have to
say.
Wow.
That's a great opinion you have of me there.
What's my dad's name?
What?
Yeah, go on.
What's my dad's name?
Actually, better yet, what's my mum's name?
This is ridiculous.
Is it?
That's not fair.
Is it?
Really, really.
We've been dating for almost a year and you don't know either
of my parents' names.
I haven't met your parents yet.
Yeah, you've spoken to them on the phone.
It's not...
What's my parents' name?
Mark and Nikki.
What?
How?
You genuinely don't know their names, do you?
Just drive.
Seriously?
Just fucking drive!
Fine.
Titanic.
Titanic.
Can I
tell you something?
I love you.
I love you too.
And I honestly want to tell you things.
I want you to be my person, but...
When I tell you things, I want to know that you're interested.
I am interested.
But just more than that, I want you to know me better
than I know myself.
Like, I think I know you better than you know yourself.
You know me inside and out.
I do.
I love that about you.
You can read my emotions.
You know exactly what I'm going to say before I say it.
Yeah.
I just need...
reciprocity.
I'm a time reader, Don.
Yeah.
I don't know what you're thinking half the time.
Yeah, I know, and that's my fault.
I get it.
I'm a closed book, but...
could you meet me halfway?
How?
Like, I don't know.
Ask me questions and stuff.
Like, get to know me like...
like I want to know you.
I don't understand.
You should want to tell me things.
Okay.
Let's make a deal.
While we're here, I'll be completely open.
I'll be honest.
Three days unbridled, Donald.
And you ask me whatever you want.
And when I answer, I just want you to listen, okay?
I will.
That's all I ask.
I want to be your person.
And...
no more about Luna.
Fine.
Hello.
Are you staying here too?
Yeah, we just arrived.
Fantastic place, isn't it?
Always feels a little bit dangerous when it looks so good.
It looks alright.
I bet.
Got a lot of secrets in here, seeing as it's so old.
Probably even ghosts in every room.
There's ghosts?
No, she's...
I'm sure she's not serious.
Great, I'm not going to get any sleep tonight.
I was joking.
Probably not in every room.
Can you please stop talking?
Louise, let's just remain friendly.
Yeah, maybe just leave the ghosts out of it for now.
We're just, um, trying to have a nice quiet time in the
countryside.
Sorry.
Got a mouth on me sometimes.
Let's go?
We should probably stick together.
A lot of people could be sitting around here.
Where the fuck have you taken me?
She's not serious.
It's just...
French humour.
I was taking you the back ass window nowhere.
Wow.
This place isn't a collection.
It certainly is charming.
Was there supposed to be someone here?
Yeah, I think the brochure said there was a custodian or something.
Hello?
Hello?
Maybe we just choose a room?
Ooh, I like that.
Good.
First come, first served kind of situation.
Hi there.
Hiya.
Don.
Uh, Donald.
Uh, we, uh, booked a room.
I was wondering whether you could, um...
I'm not gonna...
I'm gonna stop you there.
We're just guests in this here establishment.
Colin.
Parker.
Izzy.
Mara.
Nice to meet y'all.
We're hoping to do some fishing down at the lake.
Is that allowed?
Well, private property as far as we know.
No restriction from the big man.
In fact, he encourages it.
Alright.
Have fun.
Pleasure, man.
It's not that bad, though, is it?
Jesus Christ.
Sorry, um...
You've, um...
Better?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Um...
I'm done.
This is...
This is Mara.
And I'm Zoe.
Um...
Sorry if I lost my train of thought.
Sometimes I forget to breathe.
My chronic jerks.
I'm Mortimer.
This is...
My establishment.
I own everything here and the surrounding grounds.
Nice.
Um...
Uh, you could...
Rooms?
You could show us to our...
Rooms.
Maybe.
No.
There's something else.
I need to delete my plans and history first.
There's your room.
In there.
I'll be around.
If you need anything, just shout.
I mean scream.
Sure.
If you're going to a fornicate, will you keep it down, please?
I don't like listening anymore.
Yeah, no worries, mate.
You're in there.
Thank you.
Modern art.
Stripes, so far.
Mirror.
Stairs.
Rooms.
Antlers.
What do I do with them?
I think you just split the lights on and off.
It helps you navigate where you're going.
I see.
Can you smell that?
It smells like a brothel in here.
When you menstruate in.
How did you know?
My mother smelled like you did when she died.
Is that a good thing?
I believe in heaven.
But prostitutes go to hell.
Okay.
Goodnight.
Don't lose hope.
I just thought we'd really love you to be more receptive.
Thank you.
People generally don't want to get involved.
Especially around here.
I guess we're taking the time out to help.
After all the calls and emails.
At least that's the same thing.
Look.
I don't mind helping.
I've got a week of desk work, which is my number to
say the least.
But I don't want you getting disheartened every time we encounter a
closed door.
That's the job.
It doesn't mean we won't find her.
I just can't understand how she could just go missing.
Your mum is an adult.
And when an adult goes missing, it's not treated the same as
a missing child.
You're still a person.
I know.
That's not what I'm saying.
It's just different rules.
No one else is into care.
We take everything serious.
It's just that there's a pecking order in cases.
That wasn't explained.
It never is.
But I'm here now.
People go missing.
That's life.
Small town life.
There is a backlog of missing persons, but...
you're the first person to actually come here and demand answers.
Sorry about that.
Don't apologise.
I don't want to give you the stats, but...
it happens a lot.
And the success rate?
I don't want to give you that.
Is it that low?
Quite.
Look, I'll case the houses around here with you.
Odds are someone has seen something.
And that's usually the area the police overlook.
Eyewitness testimony.
A stranger around these parts...
sticks out like a sore thumb.
Someone has seen something.
Okay?
It's like Bites Motel out here.
Sure is something different...
about England fishing...
that you just don't find in the States.
Is it the fact we've been here almost an hour and not
even a nibble?
That's the art of fishing.
It's not about the fish.
It's about the strategy.
I ain't seeing much strategy here.
You've just got to be patient.
I am patient.
It's the fish, it seems, that has all the strategy.
Sure is quiet here.
Yeah.
A little too quiet.
What do you mean?
I don't know.
I'm just used to the city, I guess.
You just ain't been out in the country long enough.
No, it ain't that.
It's just...
Can you hear anything at all?
Birds?
Insects?
Your daddy never tell you about the birds and the bees?
You know what I mean, boy.
Maybe they all went south.
Even the fucking bees?
I don't know.
Wee, I got something.
Don't let it get away from you, Hoss.
It's a big one.
What the hell?
What the fuck?
Now don't touch that.
What?
That don't sit right.
No.
I don't rightly know.
We should, we should phone the police.
I mean, look.
Somebody has met a sticky hand there.
Look, look, it's covered in blood.
It's bloody.
What do you think we should do, Hoss?
I don't know.
Yeah, there was something, huh?
Something weird here.
This is strange.
What?
Jesus Christ!
Mary, Mother and Joseph and all his disciples!
Little fucking sharks!
I don't want to fucking stay here anymore!
Don?
Yeah?
Did you hear that?
Hear what?
I could swear I heard something.
No.
You heard it.
No.
No.
Yeah, hi.
How you doing?
Yeah.
You taking some time off?
How long you got?
Yeah.
No, it's alright.
It's a nice place, actually.
Yeah, still a couple of arguments on the way, but I think,
I think we've got past it.
Yeah, no.
No.
Wow, you never know.
Remember what I said last time about...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, but I better go.
I said that, you know, I'd...
I'd be there for this weekend, so...
Yeah.
Well, I hope something comes up soon.
Let me know if it does, yeah?
Okay.
Okay, see you.
Hello.
Hi.
How are you?
Yeah, fine.
How's things going?
Good.
Yeah.
Okay with the woman?
Yeah, woman's great.
You know, they can be tricky.
Women.
Yeah, sure.
Do you mind if we swap places, please?
Yeah.
Yes, women.
I have held love late, haven't I?
I was gifted that.
Maybe he does exist.
I was volunteering at this hospice, and there was this lovely Oxygenarian
I met, Ethel.
She'd been one of the original war evacuees that almost drowned in
the famous Piccadilly Circus, drowning at 23.
I miss her terribly.
Towards the end, she could barely move.
And then we had to figure out this game of how to
communicate.
One blink for yes, two blinks for no.
She was on a life support machine at this point.
And I could tell she wanted me to turn it off.
But she had Tourette's as well, so she couldn't stop blinking towards
the end.
Just blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.
And so I had to make the tough choice.
I just left it on and left it there to suffer.
I don't know if I made the right decision or not.
I spoke to my psychiatrist about this.
He said, do you know you're a geromophiliac?
I said, what's that?
He said it's the opposite of paedophilia.
So what I'm saying to you is, tell them while you can,
while they're here.
Because one day, you'll be old too, in a hospice.
And you'll want to tell your Ethel that you love her too.
Don't end up like me, a romantic gerophiliac.
Be brave.
I must go tend to my horses.
It was
her, Your Honour.
She made me do it.
Have you seen Don?
Yes.
That's what I'm here to do.
You're very handy with this knife.
Can I use that on me?
This knife is for vegetables.
You're not a vegetable, are you?
You're a moron, I know that.
Good.
I wouldn't be very comfortable.
That doesn't mean I wouldn't mind.
It's all physical comfort.
I know what you're doing.
My mum needs to do this to me.
Let me be clear.
Is there a Mrs Mortimer?
Just to say she's no longer with us.
Either of them.
I've been married twice.
They all left.
They couldn't hack it.
Said I was too wild.
In bed.
After dinner, would you like me to try something on your warm
whisky?
There is something I like to do at night.
Tell me all.
Promise you won't tell anyone.
What more to tell?
I'm afraid to tell you out loud.
Maybe you can show me later.
Okay, if you're going to twist my arm.
I would like for you to stand in the corner facing the
wall.
I need somebody who doesn't love me to bear witness to my
tears.
This is actually really good.
It was, wasn't it?
Thank you.
That's being hospitable.
Are those Americans without vision?
I think they said something about getting to the pub afterwards.
I did send their plates out, as you can see.
You know what Americans are like.
They've been waiting for their own fucking war.
How many vision are they?
What do you think, sweetheart?
Well, I hope they catch a big one, then.
So, what do you do?
Or try to do?
I dabble.
My main job is medical training for first aid up to that
business level.
But I like to paint.
And pottery.
What a waste of time.
I'm an IT technician at a farm in the city.
I was, and I hate technology.
Your mum is here.
Well, I did actually get a promotion, so I've got my own
office now.
I've got my own house and business.
Yeah, I guess it's...
It's not a competition, it's just dinner.
I suppose you're next.
I like travelling.
Nothing but the essentials.
I'm like this.
I've seen a lot of the country, but there's just so much
more to see.
So, vacation hike.
Discover all the majesty in the world.
Just like pushing boundaries.
Please.
Save half of my income.
I think people that leave home are cowards.
I mean, it is a nice home, if I've been lucky.
Thank you.
It is nice.
Do you take good care of it?
I do.
I do hoovering and mopping.
I clean the windows.
I take care of the guests to the best of my ability.
And I try...
Well, I can't wait for you to show me more of it.
I must tell you something.
It's been a while since I had company.
I get...
lonely.
Do you get lonely?
No.
I guess that's why you opened the B&B, so you get
more people in, right?
I know, but...
they seem to come.
I don't know what it is about me.
I could, you know...
Yeah, but it takes my loneliness for a while.
I mean, it should take some more.
Well, I haven't been practising.
What do you think?
Now, these are all clean, so don't worry.
You don't have to make any special arrangements for me.
It's nothing.
Sorry I don't have a spare room, but...
I've slept on this sofa a few times before.
Usually when I've had a long shift and I can't be bothered
to go upstairs, it's comfy enough.
Can I ask you a question?
Of course.
I guess I've made some people go missing, especially around here.
I did.
You seem to be acting a bit strange.
I've been here for five years.
After a failed marriage, kids that don't even want to know I
exist, a failed career, I moved here to...
get away.
To restart.
And just disappear off into the wilderness.
Because I couldn't find a way to rejoin the human race where
I was.
In this community of mostly farmers, it's like a hole opened and
just swallowed them all up.
With no explanation, no evidence.
And maybe after a while, that could become normal.
And all avenues lead to a dead end.
And then you arrived.
And I realised that that's not normal.
People don't just disappear without leaving pain behind.
I've become desensitised to it.
Ignoring it like everyone else.
I'm so sorry.
Don't apologise.
You've given me something that's been missing for a long time.
Purpose.
Get some sleep.
Another big day tomorrow.
I'll see you in the morning.
Right.
I can't believe anything you say.
Come on, let's not turn this into a thing.
Not now.
Why not?
You seem happy to tell a bunch of strangers everything, but you
didn't think I needed to know first.
I was being open.
The conversation just went in that direction.
I just joined in.
When were you going to tell me?
I just did.
Not like that.
Those people don't know you.
When were you going to tell me about your promotion?
I didn't think that you would find it that important.
Not important?
What?
So now I'm a bad guy because I have no interest in
your job?
It's not like that.
It's just...
I bet she knows, doesn't she?
Fuck me, Don.
Just fuck me, right?
How am I supposed to hide that from her?
We literally work together.
There's no way that I could get a promotion and she doesn't
know.
I can't believe you.
Why don't you just get it over with and be with her?
Because I don't want to be with her.
I want to be with you.
I am with you.
This is supposed to be our retreat.
And yet here she is in between us like she has been
from the start.
That's not fair.
What you're doing is not fair.
What I'm doing is self-preservation.
What's that supposed to mean?
I don't want you talking to her ever again.
Fine.
Done.
I'll call her up.
No.
Just block her.
No explanation.
I can't do that.
Then I'm done.
Where are you going?
I'm getting out of here before I hit you.
This is a discussion not a cage match, Mara.
This is not a discussion.
All you're talking about is compromise.
And I don't compromise.
Mara, wait.
I think I might have met my match.
I really think I've met someone.
She's perfect.
She's French.
She's particularly fresh.
I don't think she's a virgin.
Yes, of course I can.
Why do you always do this?
Somebody comes along completely blue and you're always trying to take them
away from me.
Mara, please.
I want this one.
I want this one so badly.
This one doesn't deserve to be her.
Oh, please.
I'm begging you.
Yes.
Yes, we can do that.
Yes, right there beside you.
I just...
I don't know if I can do another few decades of this
alone.
I think she's willing.
I think she's like me.
I think I've found another one.
She's just so innocent.
She's just waiting for a man like me.
She doesn't think I'm a monster.
She sees inside what I really am.
She doesn't look away when I'm staring at her.
She's not afraid of me.
She doesn't tell me I smell or I'm no good the way
you did, Mum.
I don't want to be like everybody else, Mum.
I want a relationship.
Mum, I don't want to.
Please, Mum.
I don't want to.
I've had enough of this.
Fine!
Your way.
Fuck me!
You scared me.
There we go.
Are you doing well, too?
On your own, so?
Where's the hubby?
Left him back at the house.
Did you have any problems?
No.
Not really.
Just the usual.
Relationships, eh?
I was very pissed.
What are you doing out here?
Okay.
Promise not to say anything.
Yeah.
I won't say anything.
So, you know, that white-looking handsome man.
Morty or something?
Mortimer.
I'm meeting him down by the lake.
What?
He's just got that hunky-bunsy gonna-tie-you-up kind of
vibe.
And, it's amazing that just gets my juices flowing.
You...
It's fine, I get it.
You got your man.
There's just something about a strong man that's good with his hands,
that just always gets me.
Well, I should probably be getting back.
What?
Um...
Enjoy.
Oh.
I thought you
weren't coming.
What are you doing by the water?
I was considering going for a midnight swim.
I don't think you should.
Just stay warm with me here.
It's warmer than you think in there, actually.
You know, there's something about you that I just can't put my
finger on it.
Do you need to?
I can feel...
I think I can feel my heart beating out of my chest
actually.
Well, maybe this is going a little bit too far then.
Do you like that?
I like it.
I've had this for a very long time.
Since I was a little boy, it used to keep me company
and, um...
I'd tie myself up because that would scare you.
You know?
I haven't been fishing for quite some time actually.
Something about you makes me want to pull you right in.
Do you like smoke?
I'm afraid to ask you that.
I like, um...
the idea of tying things up.
Keeping them in place.
When you say things, what are you talking about?
Women.
Animals.
It, um...
turns me on.
Does that scare you?
Are you going to hold me?
There's a part of me that has got my hand around your
throat until you stop breathing and there's another part of me that
doesn't want you to go in that water because well, then that
would be the end of that.
I'd never see you again.
I think what I'm trying to tell you is that I'm trying
my utmost best to not kill you.
I can feel my hands shaking.
It's...
You're joking, right?
Look, your two hands together for me.
How does that make you feel?
Like being tied up by a complete and utter stranger.
How does that feel?
I don't know.
I don't know how I can describe it.
You know, I think I've been looking for someone to give me
my life.
Most women just start crying and begging and
quite affected, really.
The truth of the matter is I feel quite lonely out here
by myself.
I'd like you to join the family.
Is that so?
Yeah.
This...
That's not what I'm looking for.
I thought you liked me.
You know what?
Are you cracking a bit?
Why don't you take another fucking step backwards?
Another fucking step before I close up on you.
I couldn't do that.
Sandhill!
Hey!
Gentlemen!
Gentlemen!
This one's terrifying!
Gentlemen!
This one's terrifying!
This one's terrifying!
Where were you last night?
I slept downstairs.
Why?
She can't look at you right now.
It's done.
I blocked her.
Blocked her?
Blocked her?
Or blocked her?
I called her and I told her that we can't talk anymore.
You called her?
Yes.
After everything I said you called her.
Yes.
Do you want me to lie?
You just don't get it, do you?
You took what I said and did the exact opposite.
I did exactly what you said.
No.
No, I said just block her.
But you called her, made me out to be the arsehole by
telling her why you're blocking her.
She had a brain.
She'd take the fucking hint.
Is anything ever good enough for you?
I mean not everyone is out to get you, you know.
I'm not doing this right now.
Where are you going now?
I'm going for a once in my head.
And when I get back you're going to tell me everything.
Everything you said to her.
If we're going to make this work I need to know you're
serious.
But I am serious.
When I get back.
Hello mum.
My name is Officer Nicholas Stokes.
Are you the homeowner?
No.
This is a B&B.
I'm a guest here.
I've been looking for you for at least something.
Is he here?
Do you mind if I come inside?
Look, my mum's missing.
Have you seen this woman?
No.
Please just have a look.
She's been missing for a week and the last time...
The last place her credit card was used was a petrol station
two miles from here.
They've been here like their days.
Fine.
I'm in.
You might be waiting a while.
I'm seeing if you can make it in.
Thank you, ma'am.
We'll wait.
Oh, I just...
Luna!
Luna?
Yeah.
For work?
What are you doing here?
My mum's missing.
Oh, yeah.
Thank you.
I know what she looks like.
Well, I was just explaining that we have a last known whereabouts
nearby this house.
Sorry.
Hold on.
What is going on here?
My mum's missing.
How am I supposed to believe that you just turned up at
the same house me and Donna stayed in?
Is that what you were doing on the phone yesterday?
Telling your little side piece to come and meet you?
Calm down.
Listen.
I can assure you she's been with me.
There's absolutely nothing at all.
This house.
How did you find it?
You said you found it at random.
I did.
You've been here before, haven't you?
With her.
It's obviously not with her.
Where did you find this house?
We were talking, OK?
We were talking about her mum going missing and I googled the
place.
It seemed nice, it was quiet and then you said that you
wanted to go away and this one just popped up.
Bullshit.
It's not bullshit, Camara.
Trust me.
I'm being honest here.
I don't believe a single word you fucking say.
And you?
You think you can come and steal my man?
Is that what you've been doing all these late nights at work?
No, look, please.
Don't Mara me.
You don't know me.
Mara, can you just keep your jealousy under wraps for just ten
seconds, maybe?
Her mum is actually genuinely missing right now.
Don't tell me how to build on you gaslighting son of a
bitch.
OK, alright.
Can everybody just calm down for a second, yeah?
Now, I don't know what this is but I can assure you
that Luna's been with me for the past couple of days.
We've been going door to door throughout the neighbourhood trying to find
anyone that can locate her mother.
That's why we've been talking, Mara.
She's...
She's missed her mum and I just wanted to be there for
her, you know?
I wanted to be a good friend.
Why didn't you just tell me?
I did tell you.
Jesus.
I told you, like, five weeks ago.
You just didn't believe me at the time so I just didn't
bring it up after that, I guess.
Right, well, I can see this isn't a super convenient time for
us to be here but I don't want this to be a
wasted trip.
So, how about me and Luna just try and find the homeowner
and we'll leave you guys to it.
Yeah.
OK.
Great, well, thanks for your time.
I've been having shit in bed anyway.
I'm...
sorry about that.
I'm really sorry if anything's awkward.
It's alright.
It was pretty awkward before you guys got here, to be honest.
Apologies for the interruption.
Yeah, no worries.
If there's anything I can do to help the search, I'm free
now.
Appreciate that.
No worries.
Fucking hell.
What's he doing?
Fence or something?
He's just away from work.
He's not even home.
Look, if you don't want to talk about it, I'm not going
to ask.
It's quite a big place, so if you want to go that
way, I'll go this way and we'll meet round the back.
You'll be alright.
See you in a minute.
See you in a moment.
I think she's missing.
Every time my phone rings, I think there's going to be bad
news.
You know, she was more than just my mum.
She was my best friend.
Dad died when we were really young, and after that, it was
just the two of us.
I'm sorry about your mum.
I really am.
And...
I'm sorry what happened back there.
It's not your fault.
It just...
It happened to me before.
I've been cheated on, and it was just a friend.
And it's just...
really fucked me up.
I was paranoid all the time, but...
I'm trying to work on it.
And...
I know what it's like not to have a mum.
I mean, mine didn't die or anything, but she hated me.
I did try, but the more I tried to get close to
her, the more she ignored me.
I'm sorry.
I know.
I need to tell you something.
What?
I was really upset my mum had just got herself a baby.
Are you fucking kidding me?
I don't understand what you're saying.
Tell me exactly what happened.
I don't know.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Let go!
Let go!
Let go!
I'm sorry.
Hello?
Hello?
Let me out!
Luna!
Hello?
Hello?
Who's there?
It's Don.
Donald.
You need to get me out of here.
Yeah, okay.
How did you get in here?
Is there a key?
Not here.
I don't...
Okay, just hold on.
I'll be back in a sec.
Yeah, I got the key.
Just hold on.
So, what happened here?
I don't know.
I was...
We're the woman looking for her mother, Luna.
And...
I guess I got hit in the back of the head because
there's blood here.
I think we need to leave before whoever did it comes back
and finds that door open.
Don!
We need to get out of here.
Mara, where's Luna?
I don't know.
So, you're Mara?
Come on.
Keep on going.
What do you think?
Right.
Now, it looks like I'm not the only one keeping secrets.
Don, is there something you'd like to tell us?
No.
Are you sure?
I don't know what you're talking about.
What do you think?
Mara, what does he mean?
I've got nothing to say, I promise.
It seems like he's not going to do what he's told.
And right there, there's a cat.
He wants to put it in her nose.
Don't!
I'm going to stab him, but I'm not going to stop until
he does.
I'm going to take this knife.
Take it!
Stab him!
I believe in you!
I'm cheering for you!
Back!
Stay back.
Right.
Now, you little fucking monstrous hypocrite.
Have you got anything you'd like to confess?
She's got blood on her hands, detective.
I would like you to place her under arrest for the murder
of...
Who else have you killed today?
It was an accident.
What?
It was an accident.
He was a shark in the fucking lake.
How did Luna get in the lake?
Did I have to assume in the lake?
Stokes.
Stokes, look at me.
She lost her temper.
I saw the whole thing.
I'm happy to sign a witness statement if you want me to.
What does the audience think
about this?
This is awful, isn't it?
So, I'm a murderer.
You're...
Stokes.
Don't chew up to my...
Cheek of murder.
Put this town behind us and everything has happened.
What, you just go home and you won't tell anyone?
Just forget about everything.
People disappear all the time here.
How am I doing?
Does this look like...
I'm convinced?
Is this the way...
I grew up?
The kids?
You're getting through just like me, Stokes.
You're a policeman.
Or the worst kind of villain there is.
The solicitors.
The CEOs.
The policemen.
The spoons out of her glass.
Stokes.
Listen to this.
It wasn't loaded.
It is now.
Stokes.
Be a gentleman and hold her hand, will you?
Stokes.
Hold her hand.
Lyle, take his hand.
And...
Stop.
I love this part.
Face each other.
Take each other's hands like you mean it.
Look at each other.
We are gathered here today in holy matrimony.
Stokes.
Do you take this here whore to be your legally wedded whore?
Whore, do you take this here copper to be your legally wedded
pig?
Oh.
Good for you.
Okay.
Now, I'm giving you two an opportunity here.
This is my favourite part when I do this.
This is an opportunity.
Say goodbye to each other.
I'm being serious.
Tick tock.
This is...
I'm giving you an opportunity here under the stars.
It's a beautiful evening.
But where would I go?
What would I do?
Stokes, do you mean it?
Stokes, will you let me go?
I'm being serious.
Last opportunity.
Tell her you love her.
Or that you wish you'd gone to Tibet when you were younger.
I don't know, anything.
Do you know what's most disappointing about these fucking moments?
Nobody's ever interested in me.
My problems.
I've got insecurities.
I get lonely.
Sometimes.
Cinnamon always cheers me up.
But seriously, why is nobody interested in me?
Stokes.
Mara.
Look at you.
You're so self-obsessed.
My last moments.
My final moments.
What about my moments?
Fuck you two.
Cinnamon.
Darling.
Darling.
You two are so fucked right about now.
You weren't fucking kidding.
Look at that.
Do you know where that is?
Where she came from.
She literally landed on my lap.
That's a bull shark, you know.
They can live in natural water without salt.
Are you interested in this?
You've got to feed this to her.
I mean, I feel like clapping my hands, but I've got a
gun.
Yes, well done, bravo.
What the fuck do you think I do to these people?
Right.
Fucking you two are pathetic.
Mara, stand there.
Stand there.
Right.
Stokes, I want you to watch this.
Anything last words?
Stokes, I can see you in my periphery.
Go down.
Do it, please.
So be it.
This is it.
You sick motherfucker.
Stokes.
It's up now.
Stokes.
No power, no games, just two options.
Either bring me them, or you die right here.
Cinnamon.
That is for dinner.
Mara, are you okay?
Mara.
Look, I'll go radio for help.
Are you okay?
It's over.
It's over.
Please be gone.
Oh, you were so bad.
You like it when I'm bad?
I can be bad too.
What are you doing?
No ones around.
Sure.
We're secluded.
Why do you think I chose this place for our honeymoon?
You really are a bad girl.
You don't know the half of it.
Fuck me.
Not yet.
What is that?
Eyes up here.
Do you like what you see?
I want to see more.
What are you doing?
It's freezing.
It's exhilarating.
You'll get hypothermia.
It's not that bad.
Once you're in your body will just adjust.
I'm not going in there.
You'll miss out on all this if you don't.
You are so fucking beautiful though.
I do declare you sure know how to compliment a lady.
Babe, you are all women.
So you're going to get in?
Well, I'm so going to regret this tomorrow when I wake up
with a cold and ruin our whole weekend.
Yeah, but I'll keep you warm.
Actually, you know what?
It is kind of cold.
Why don't we just go back to the room?
It's warm.
We can get through there.
You're such a work.
Come on.
Sophia!
Oh, fuck!
Just wait.
No!
No!
As I look at you, you're like a fucking mutt.
You're like a dog.
Fucking helpless.
Actually, do you know what?
This is just like this documentary I was watching.
It was about this man on his way to a funeral.
His dad's funeral, actually.
From London to Glasgow.
He took his dog with him.
He was such a sap.
So his dad's dead.
He's at the funeral with his fucking dog.
And this guy is so upset.
He's grieving.
It's so intense that he fucking leaves his dog somewhere.
So he loses his dog.
He's lost his dad, and now he's lost his dog.
What a cunt.
So, anyway, the missus is on the blow-up.
She wants him home.
She's like, fuck the dog.
He's like, but I need it.
I can't leave without it.
She's like, get down here.
So he goes home.
He's left the dog.
He thinks that's it.
He thinks that's the end.
His dad's died.
This guy's feeling suicidal now.
But...
He puts a post up on Facebook.
And people start posting that they've seen the dog here.
In, I don't know, Scunthorpe or there in Leicester and so forth.
But the dog is getting closer and closer to London.
So the man, the man has hope.
For the first time in a long time, he thinks that his
dog is on its way home to him.
Yeah, like some falcon.
But that dog got knocked over by a car 50 yards from
that man's door.
Now, I don't know what the fuck that means.
But I've got a funny feeling.
It means that I'm looking up at these stars.
And it's just them and me and you.
Are you following me?
What was the point in that dog getting knocked over?
Who did that?
Did somebody make that happen?
Did somebody make this happen?
Why are you lying there?
Huh?
Why am I standing here with all this power?
Can you hear that?
Do you want to know that?
Can you hear it?
That is the sound of silence.
Yeah?
Nobody's coming to help you.
Nobody fucking helped that puppy.
Nobody helped that man to the bar.
Nobody's coming to help any of us.
Do you want to know how I know that?
My mum's dead.
My dad's dead.
One day I'll be dead.
And I'm looking forward to it, quite frankly.
Because all those other poor sods that I've murdered, I'm probably going
to bump into them in fucking hell.
And you know what I'm going to do when I'm there?
I'm going to do it all over again.
This has probably happened a million times, if you believe in all
that Buddhist bollocks.
Pick your ideology.
Pick your philosophy.
Pick your victim.
Pick your toothpick.
Churn this, churn that.
You're soft.
That's the truth of the matter.
You're soft.
Speaking of hard-battled things that don't exist...
Cinnamon!
Here you go.
Oh, fuck, man.
Anyway, I'm going to make a quick...
Oh, fuck.
Oh, sorry.
Sorry, I just, um...
I went for a piss.
Where are we?
I don't know.
What?
Are you saying we're lost?
No, no, we're not lost.
I just don't know where we are.
I don't see anything but fields and...
Actually, that's all I see.
You doing OK?
OK, just say it.
I have nothing more to say.
Really?
Really.
I've vented, I'm cleansed, and now I don't even think about it.
Until you just brought it up.
I haven't even brought anything up.
Why would you tell her?
There it is.
All the people in the world, why would you tell her?
She's my friend.
Who else am I supposed to tell?
Anyone.
Anyone but her.
It's not even like that.
We just speak.
That's no excuse.
She hates me.
She doesn't hate you.
Of course she hates me.
What am I supposed to think when you tell her everything and
you don't tell me anything?
We talk, don't we?
Yeah, about the little things, but not about the big things.
You save that all for her.
Yeah, well, you know, she's...
She's my friend.
We've known each other for quite a few years, you know.
I've been working there seven years now.
Men don't have female friends they don't want to sleep with.
Not this again, please.
Yes, this again.
I don't have friends that don't want to sleep with me.
They know it.
I know it.
And they don't hide it.
Which friends are these?
See?
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Let's not just fucking bring Scott into this.
Why?
Do you feel threatened?
No, it's just...
He calls you up every time that he has a break-up.
As far as I know, he's just testing the water to see
whether you're still available.
And you're telling me that he doesn't know where the line is.
He knows where the line is.
And he never crosses it.
Yeah, because there's...
Unlike you.
Because there's no fucking line.
It's a fucking chasm that he's just swimming in.
Me and Luna don't even hang out.
But you talk about me.
It's not about you.
Who's it about then?
Just...
Stuff, you know?
Stuff?
Yes.
You say stuff about me and you expect me not to care?
It's just everyday stuff, like work or movies.
She's actually going through quite a lot at the moment, if you
want to know.
Are you saying that I don't listen to you?
No, you...
It's not that you don't listen, it's just...
It's just you don't seem interested in anything that I have to
say.
Wow.
That's a great opinion you have of me there.
What's my dad's name?
What?
Yeah, go on.
What's my dad's name?
Actually, better yet, what's my mum's name?
This is ridiculous.
Is it?
That's not fair.
Is it?
Really, really.
We've been dating for almost a year and you don't know either
of my parents' names.
I haven't met your parents yet.
Yeah, you've spoken to them on the phone.
It's not...
What's my parents' name?
Mark and Nikki.
What?
How?
You genuinely don't know their names, do you?
Just drive.
Seriously?
Just fucking drive!
Fine.
Titanic.
Titanic.
Can I
tell you something?
I love you.
I love you too.
And I honestly want to tell you things.
I want you to be my person, but...
When I tell you things, I want to know that you're interested.
I am interested.
But just more than that, I want you to know me better
than I know myself.
Like, I think I know you better than you know yourself.
You know me inside and out.
I do.
I love that about you.
You can read my emotions.
You know exactly what I'm going to say before I say it.
Yeah.
I just need...
reciprocity.
I'm a time reader, Don.
Yeah.
I don't know what you're thinking half the time.
Yeah, I know, and that's my fault.
I get it.
I'm a closed book, but...
could you meet me halfway?
How?
Like, I don't know.
Ask me questions and stuff.
Like, get to know me like...
like I want to know you.
I don't understand.
You should want to tell me things.
Okay.
Let's make a deal.
While we're here, I'll be completely open.
I'll be honest.
Three days unbridled, Donald.
And you ask me whatever you want.
And when I answer, I just want you to listen, okay?
I will.
That's all I ask.
I want to be your person.
And...
no more about Luna.
Fine.
Hello.
Are you staying here too?
Yeah, we just arrived.
Fantastic place, isn't it?
Always feels a little bit dangerous when it looks so good.
It looks alright.
I bet.
Got a lot of secrets in here, seeing as it's so old.
Probably even ghosts in every room.
There's ghosts?
No, she's...
I'm sure she's not serious.
Great, I'm not going to get any sleep tonight.
I was joking.
Probably not in every room.
Can you please stop talking?
Louise, let's just remain friendly.
Yeah, maybe just leave the ghosts out of it for now.
We're just, um, trying to have a nice quiet time in the
countryside.
Sorry.
Got a mouth on me sometimes.
Let's go?
We should probably stick together.
A lot of people could be sitting around here.
Where the fuck have you taken me?
She's not serious.
It's just...
French humour.
I was taking you the back ass window nowhere.
Wow.
This place isn't a collection.
It certainly is charming.
Was there supposed to be someone here?
Yeah, I think the brochure said there was a custodian or something.
Hello?
Hello?
Maybe we just choose a room?
Ooh, I like that.
Good.
First come, first served kind of situation.
Hi there.
Hiya.
Don.
Uh, Donald.
Uh, we, uh, booked a room.
I was wondering whether you could, um...
I'm not gonna...
I'm gonna stop you there.
We're just guests in this here establishment.
Colin.
Parker.
Izzy.
Mara.
Nice to meet y'all.
We're hoping to do some fishing down at the lake.
Is that allowed?
Well, private property as far as we know.
No restriction from the big man.
In fact, he encourages it.
Alright.
Have fun.
Pleasure, man.
It's not that bad, though, is it?
Jesus Christ.
Sorry, um...
You've, um...
Better?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Um...
I'm done.
This is...
This is Mara.
And I'm Zoe.
Um...
Sorry if I lost my train of thought.
Sometimes I forget to breathe.
My chronic jerks.
I'm Mortimer.
This is...
My establishment.
I own everything here and the surrounding grounds.
Nice.
Um...
Uh, you could...
Rooms?
You could show us to our...
Rooms.
Maybe.
No.
There's something else.
I need to delete my plans and history first.
There's your room.
In there.
I'll be around.
If you need anything, just shout.
I mean scream.
Sure.
If you're going to a fornicate, will you keep it down, please?
I don't like listening anymore.
Yeah, no worries, mate.
You're in there.
Thank you.
Modern art.
Stripes, so far.
Mirror.
Stairs.
Rooms.
Antlers.
What do I do with them?
I think you just split the lights on and off.
It helps you navigate where you're going.
I see.
Can you smell that?
It smells like a brothel in here.
When you menstruate in.
How did you know?
My mother smelled like you did when she died.
Is that a good thing?
I believe in heaven.
But prostitutes go to hell.
Okay.
Goodnight.
Don't lose hope.
I just thought we'd really love you to be more receptive.
Thank you.
People generally don't want to get involved.
Especially around here.
I guess we're taking the time out to help.
After all the calls and emails.
At least that's the same thing.
Look.
I don't mind helping.
I've got a week of desk work, which is my number to
say the least.
But I don't want you getting disheartened every time we encounter a
closed door.
That's the job.
It doesn't mean we won't find her.
I just can't understand how she could just go missing.
Your mum is an adult.
And when an adult goes missing, it's not treated the same as
a missing child.
You're still a person.
I know.
That's not what I'm saying.
It's just different rules.
No one else is into care.
We take everything serious.
It's just that there's a pecking order in cases.
That wasn't explained.
It never is.
But I'm here now.
People go missing.
That's life.
Small town life.
There is a backlog of missing persons, but...
you're the first person to actually come here and demand answers.
Sorry about that.
Don't apologise.
I don't want to give you the stats, but...
it happens a lot.
And the success rate?
I don't want to give you that.
Is it that low?
Quite.
Look, I'll case the houses around here with you.
Odds are someone has seen something.
And that's usually the area the police overlook.
Eyewitness testimony.
A stranger around these parts...
sticks out like a sore thumb.
Someone has seen something.
Okay?
It's like Bites Motel out here.
Sure is something different...
about England fishing...
that you just don't find in the States.
Is it the fact we've been here almost an hour and not
even a nibble?
That's the art of fishing.
It's not about the fish.
It's about the strategy.
I ain't seeing much strategy here.
You've just got to be patient.
I am patient.
It's the fish, it seems, that has all the strategy.
Sure is quiet here.
Yeah.
A little too quiet.
What do you mean?
I don't know.
I'm just used to the city, I guess.
You just ain't been out in the country long enough.
No, it ain't that.
It's just...
Can you hear anything at all?
Birds?
Insects?
Your daddy never tell you about the birds and the bees?
You know what I mean, boy.
Maybe they all went south.
Even the fucking bees?
I don't know.
Wee, I got something.
Don't let it get away from you, Hoss.
It's a big one.
What the hell?
What the fuck?
Now don't touch that.
What?
That don't sit right.
No.
I don't rightly know.
We should, we should phone the police.
I mean, look.
Somebody has met a sticky hand there.
Look, look, it's covered in blood.
It's bloody.
What do you think we should do, Hoss?
I don't know.
Yeah, there was something, huh?
Something weird here.
This is strange.
What?
Jesus Christ!
Mary, Mother and Joseph and all his disciples!
Little fucking sharks!
I don't want to fucking stay here anymore!
Don?
Yeah?
Did you hear that?
Hear what?
I could swear I heard something.
No.
You heard it.
No.
No.
Yeah, hi.
How you doing?
Yeah.
You taking some time off?
How long you got?
Yeah.
No, it's alright.
It's a nice place, actually.
Yeah, still a couple of arguments on the way, but I think,
I think we've got past it.
Yeah, no.
No.
Wow, you never know.
Remember what I said last time about...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, but I better go.
I said that, you know, I'd...
I'd be there for this weekend, so...
Yeah.
Well, I hope something comes up soon.
Let me know if it does, yeah?
Okay.
Okay, see you.
Hello.
Hi.
How are you?
Yeah, fine.
How's things going?
Good.
Yeah.
Okay with the woman?
Yeah, woman's great.
You know, they can be tricky.
Women.
Yeah, sure.
Do you mind if we swap places, please?
Yeah.
Yes, women.
I have held love late, haven't I?
I was gifted that.
Maybe he does exist.
I was volunteering at this hospice, and there was this lovely Oxygenarian
I met, Ethel.
She'd been one of the original war evacuees that almost drowned in
the famous Piccadilly Circus, drowning at 23.
I miss her terribly.
Towards the end, she could barely move.
And then we had to figure out this game of how to
communicate.
One blink for yes, two blinks for no.
She was on a life support machine at this point.
And I could tell she wanted me to turn it off.
But she had Tourette's as well, so she couldn't stop blinking towards
the end.
Just blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.
And so I had to make the tough choice.
I just left it on and left it there to suffer.
I don't know if I made the right decision or not.
I spoke to my psychiatrist about this.
He said, do you know you're a geromophiliac?
I said, what's that?
He said it's the opposite of paedophilia.
So what I'm saying to you is, tell them while you can,
while they're here.
Because one day, you'll be old too, in a hospice.
And you'll want to tell your Ethel that you love her too.
Don't end up like me, a romantic gerophiliac.
Be brave.
I must go tend to my horses.
It was
her, Your Honour.
She made me do it.
Have you seen Don?
Yes.
That's what I'm here to do.
You're very handy with this knife.
Can I use that on me?
This knife is for vegetables.
You're not a vegetable, are you?
You're a moron, I know that.
Good.
I wouldn't be very comfortable.
That doesn't mean I wouldn't mind.
It's all physical comfort.
I know what you're doing.
My mum needs to do this to me.
Let me be clear.
Is there a Mrs Mortimer?
Just to say she's no longer with us.
Either of them.
I've been married twice.
They all left.
They couldn't hack it.
Said I was too wild.
In bed.
After dinner, would you like me to try something on your warm
whisky?
There is something I like to do at night.
Tell me all.
Promise you won't tell anyone.
What more to tell?
I'm afraid to tell you out loud.
Maybe you can show me later.
Okay, if you're going to twist my arm.
I would like for you to stand in the corner facing the
wall.
I need somebody who doesn't love me to bear witness to my
tears.
This is actually really good.
It was, wasn't it?
Thank you.
That's being hospitable.
Are those Americans without vision?
I think they said something about getting to the pub afterwards.
I did send their plates out, as you can see.
You know what Americans are like.
They've been waiting for their own fucking war.
How many vision are they?
What do you think, sweetheart?
Well, I hope they catch a big one, then.
So, what do you do?
Or try to do?
I dabble.
My main job is medical training for first aid up to that
business level.
But I like to paint.
And pottery.
What a waste of time.
I'm an IT technician at a farm in the city.
I was, and I hate technology.
Your mum is here.
Well, I did actually get a promotion, so I've got my own
office now.
I've got my own house and business.
Yeah, I guess it's...
It's not a competition, it's just dinner.
I suppose you're next.
I like travelling.
Nothing but the essentials.
I'm like this.
I've seen a lot of the country, but there's just so much
more to see.
So, vacation hike.
Discover all the majesty in the world.
Just like pushing boundaries.
Please.
Save half of my income.
I think people that leave home are cowards.
I mean, it is a nice home, if I've been lucky.
Thank you.
It is nice.
Do you take good care of it?
I do.
I do hoovering and mopping.
I clean the windows.
I take care of the guests to the best of my ability.
And I try...
Well, I can't wait for you to show me more of it.
I must tell you something.
It's been a while since I had company.
I get...
lonely.
Do you get lonely?
No.
I guess that's why you opened the B&B, so you get
more people in, right?
I know, but...
they seem to come.
I don't know what it is about me.
I could, you know...
Yeah, but it takes my loneliness for a while.
I mean, it should take some more.
Well, I haven't been practising.
What do you think?
Now, these are all clean, so don't worry.
You don't have to make any special arrangements for me.
It's nothing.
Sorry I don't have a spare room, but...
I've slept on this sofa a few times before.
Usually when I've had a long shift and I can't be bothered
to go upstairs, it's comfy enough.
Can I ask you a question?
Of course.
I guess I've made some people go missing, especially around here.
I did.
You seem to be acting a bit strange.
I've been here for five years.
After a failed marriage, kids that don't even want to know I
exist, a failed career, I moved here to...
get away.
To restart.
And just disappear off into the wilderness.
Because I couldn't find a way to rejoin the human race where
I was.
In this community of mostly farmers, it's like a hole opened and
just swallowed them all up.
With no explanation, no evidence.
And maybe after a while, that could become normal.
And all avenues lead to a dead end.
And then you arrived.
And I realised that that's not normal.
People don't just disappear without leaving pain behind.
I've become desensitised to it.
Ignoring it like everyone else.
I'm so sorry.
Don't apologise.
You've given me something that's been missing for a long time.
Purpose.
Get some sleep.
Another big day tomorrow.
I'll see you in the morning.
Right.
I can't believe anything you say.
Come on, let's not turn this into a thing.
Not now.
Why not?
You seem happy to tell a bunch of strangers everything, but you
didn't think I needed to know first.
I was being open.
The conversation just went in that direction.
I just joined in.
When were you going to tell me?
I just did.
Not like that.
Those people don't know you.
When were you going to tell me about your promotion?
I didn't think that you would find it that important.
Not important?
What?
So now I'm a bad guy because I have no interest in
your job?
It's not like that.
It's just...
I bet she knows, doesn't she?
Fuck me, Don.
Just fuck me, right?
How am I supposed to hide that from her?
We literally work together.
There's no way that I could get a promotion and she doesn't
know.
I can't believe you.
Why don't you just get it over with and be with her?
Because I don't want to be with her.
I want to be with you.
I am with you.
This is supposed to be our retreat.
And yet here she is in between us like she has been
from the start.
That's not fair.
What you're doing is not fair.
What I'm doing is self-preservation.
What's that supposed to mean?
I don't want you talking to her ever again.
Fine.
Done.
I'll call her up.
No.
Just block her.
No explanation.
I can't do that.
Then I'm done.
Where are you going?
I'm getting out of here before I hit you.
This is a discussion not a cage match, Mara.
This is not a discussion.
All you're talking about is compromise.
And I don't compromise.
Mara, wait.
I think I might have met my match.
I really think I've met someone.
She's perfect.
She's French.
She's particularly fresh.
I don't think she's a virgin.
Yes, of course I can.
Why do you always do this?
Somebody comes along completely blue and you're always trying to take them
away from me.
Mara, please.
I want this one.
I want this one so badly.
This one doesn't deserve to be her.
Oh, please.
I'm begging you.
Yes.
Yes, we can do that.
Yes, right there beside you.
I just...
I don't know if I can do another few decades of this
alone.
I think she's willing.
I think she's like me.
I think I've found another one.
She's just so innocent.
She's just waiting for a man like me.
She doesn't think I'm a monster.
She sees inside what I really am.
She doesn't look away when I'm staring at her.
She's not afraid of me.
She doesn't tell me I smell or I'm no good the way
you did, Mum.
I don't want to be like everybody else, Mum.
I want a relationship.
Mum, I don't want to.
Please, Mum.
I don't want to.
I've had enough of this.
Fine!
Your way.
Fuck me!
You scared me.
There we go.
Are you doing well, too?
On your own, so?
Where's the hubby?
Left him back at the house.
Did you have any problems?
No.
Not really.
Just the usual.
Relationships, eh?
I was very pissed.
What are you doing out here?
Okay.
Promise not to say anything.
Yeah.
I won't say anything.
So, you know, that white-looking handsome man.
Morty or something?
Mortimer.
I'm meeting him down by the lake.
What?
He's just got that hunky-bunsy gonna-tie-you-up kind of
vibe.
And, it's amazing that just gets my juices flowing.
You...
It's fine, I get it.
You got your man.
There's just something about a strong man that's good with his hands,
that just always gets me.
Well, I should probably be getting back.
What?
Um...
Enjoy.
Oh.
I thought you
weren't coming.
What are you doing by the water?
I was considering going for a midnight swim.
I don't think you should.
Just stay warm with me here.
It's warmer than you think in there, actually.
You know, there's something about you that I just can't put my
finger on it.
Do you need to?
I can feel...
I think I can feel my heart beating out of my chest
actually.
Well, maybe this is going a little bit too far then.
Do you like that?
I like it.
I've had this for a very long time.
Since I was a little boy, it used to keep me company
and, um...
I'd tie myself up because that would scare you.
You know?
I haven't been fishing for quite some time actually.
Something about you makes me want to pull you right in.
Do you like smoke?
I'm afraid to ask you that.
I like, um...
the idea of tying things up.
Keeping them in place.
When you say things, what are you talking about?
Women.
Animals.
It, um...
turns me on.
Does that scare you?
Are you going to hold me?
There's a part of me that has got my hand around your
throat until you stop breathing and there's another part of me that
doesn't want you to go in that water because well, then that
would be the end of that.
I'd never see you again.
I think what I'm trying to tell you is that I'm trying
my utmost best to not kill you.
I can feel my hands shaking.
It's...
You're joking, right?
Look, your two hands together for me.
How does that make you feel?
Like being tied up by a complete and utter stranger.
How does that feel?
I don't know.
I don't know how I can describe it.
You know, I think I've been looking for someone to give me
my life.
Most women just start crying and begging and
quite affected, really.
The truth of the matter is I feel quite lonely out here
by myself.
I'd like you to join the family.
Is that so?
Yeah.
This...
That's not what I'm looking for.
I thought you liked me.
You know what?
Are you cracking a bit?
Why don't you take another fucking step backwards?
Another fucking step before I close up on you.
I couldn't do that.
Sandhill!
Hey!
Gentlemen!
Gentlemen!
This one's terrifying!
Gentlemen!
This one's terrifying!
This one's terrifying!
Where were you last night?
I slept downstairs.
Why?
She can't look at you right now.
It's done.
I blocked her.
Blocked her?
Blocked her?
Or blocked her?
I called her and I told her that we can't talk anymore.
You called her?
Yes.
After everything I said you called her.
Yes.
Do you want me to lie?
You just don't get it, do you?
You took what I said and did the exact opposite.
I did exactly what you said.
No.
No, I said just block her.
But you called her, made me out to be the arsehole by
telling her why you're blocking her.
She had a brain.
She'd take the fucking hint.
Is anything ever good enough for you?
I mean not everyone is out to get you, you know.
I'm not doing this right now.
Where are you going now?
I'm going for a once in my head.
And when I get back you're going to tell me everything.
Everything you said to her.
If we're going to make this work I need to know you're
serious.
But I am serious.
When I get back.
Hello mum.
My name is Officer Nicholas Stokes.
Are you the homeowner?
No.
This is a B&B.
I'm a guest here.
I've been looking for you for at least something.
Is he here?
Do you mind if I come inside?
Look, my mum's missing.
Have you seen this woman?
No.
Please just have a look.
She's been missing for a week and the last time...
The last place her credit card was used was a petrol station
two miles from here.
They've been here like their days.
Fine.
I'm in.
You might be waiting a while.
I'm seeing if you can make it in.
Thank you, ma'am.
We'll wait.
Oh, I just...
Luna!
Luna?
Yeah.
For work?
What are you doing here?
My mum's missing.
Oh, yeah.
Thank you.
I know what she looks like.
Well, I was just explaining that we have a last known whereabouts
nearby this house.
Sorry.
Hold on.
What is going on here?
My mum's missing.
How am I supposed to believe that you just turned up at
the same house me and Donna stayed in?
Is that what you were doing on the phone yesterday?
Telling your little side piece to come and meet you?
Calm down.
Listen.
I can assure you she's been with me.
There's absolutely nothing at all.
This house.
How did you find it?
You said you found it at random.
I did.
You've been here before, haven't you?
With her.
It's obviously not with her.
Where did you find this house?
We were talking, OK?
We were talking about her mum going missing and I googled the
place.
It seemed nice, it was quiet and then you said that you
wanted to go away and this one just popped up.
Bullshit.
It's not bullshit, Camara.
Trust me.
I'm being honest here.
I don't believe a single word you fucking say.
And you?
You think you can come and steal my man?
Is that what you've been doing all these late nights at work?
No, look, please.
Don't Mara me.
You don't know me.
Mara, can you just keep your jealousy under wraps for just ten
seconds, maybe?
Her mum is actually genuinely missing right now.
Don't tell me how to build on you gaslighting son of a
bitch.
OK, alright.
Can everybody just calm down for a second, yeah?
Now, I don't know what this is but I can assure you
that Luna's been with me for the past couple of days.
We've been going door to door throughout the neighbourhood trying to find
anyone that can locate her mother.
That's why we've been talking, Mara.
She's...
She's missed her mum and I just wanted to be there for
her, you know?
I wanted to be a good friend.
Why didn't you just tell me?
I did tell you.
Jesus.
I told you, like, five weeks ago.
You just didn't believe me at the time so I just didn't
bring it up after that, I guess.
Right, well, I can see this isn't a super convenient time for
us to be here but I don't want this to be a
wasted trip.
So, how about me and Luna just try and find the homeowner
and we'll leave you guys to it.
Yeah.
OK.
Great, well, thanks for your time.
I've been having shit in bed anyway.
I'm...
sorry about that.
I'm really sorry if anything's awkward.
It's alright.
It was pretty awkward before you guys got here, to be honest.
Apologies for the interruption.
Yeah, no worries.
If there's anything I can do to help the search, I'm free
now.
Appreciate that.
No worries.
Fucking hell.
What's he doing?
Fence or something?
He's just away from work.
He's not even home.
Look, if you don't want to talk about it, I'm not going
to ask.
It's quite a big place, so if you want to go that
way, I'll go this way and we'll meet round the back.
You'll be alright.
See you in a minute.
See you in a moment.
I think she's missing.
Every time my phone rings, I think there's going to be bad
news.
You know, she was more than just my mum.
She was my best friend.
Dad died when we were really young, and after that, it was
just the two of us.
I'm sorry about your mum.
I really am.
And...
I'm sorry what happened back there.
It's not your fault.
It just...
It happened to me before.
I've been cheated on, and it was just a friend.
And it's just...
really fucked me up.
I was paranoid all the time, but...
I'm trying to work on it.
And...
I know what it's like not to have a mum.
I mean, mine didn't die or anything, but she hated me.
I did try, but the more I tried to get close to
her, the more she ignored me.
I'm sorry.
I know.
I need to tell you something.
What?
I was really upset my mum had just got herself a baby.
Are you fucking kidding me?
I don't understand what you're saying.
Tell me exactly what happened.
I don't know.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Let go!
Let go!
Let go!
I'm sorry.
Hello?
Hello?
Let me out!
Luna!
Hello?
Hello?
Who's there?
It's Don.
Donald.
You need to get me out of here.
Yeah, okay.
How did you get in here?
Is there a key?
Not here.
I don't...
Okay, just hold on.
I'll be back in a sec.
Yeah, I got the key.
Just hold on.
So, what happened here?
I don't know.
I was...
We're the woman looking for her mother, Luna.
And...
I guess I got hit in the back of the head because
there's blood here.
I think we need to leave before whoever did it comes back
and finds that door open.
Don!
We need to get out of here.
Mara, where's Luna?
I don't know.
So, you're Mara?
Come on.
Keep on going.
What do you think?
Right.
Now, it looks like I'm not the only one keeping secrets.
Don, is there something you'd like to tell us?
No.
Are you sure?
I don't know what you're talking about.
What do you think?
Mara, what does he mean?
I've got nothing to say, I promise.
It seems like he's not going to do what he's told.
And right there, there's a cat.
He wants to put it in her nose.
Don't!
I'm going to stab him, but I'm not going to stop until
he does.
I'm going to take this knife.
Take it!
Stab him!
I believe in you!
I'm cheering for you!
Back!
Stay back.
Right.
Now, you little fucking monstrous hypocrite.
Have you got anything you'd like to confess?
She's got blood on her hands, detective.
I would like you to place her under arrest for the murder
of...
Who else have you killed today?
It was an accident.
What?
It was an accident.
He was a shark in the fucking lake.
How did Luna get in the lake?
Did I have to assume in the lake?
Stokes.
Stokes, look at me.
She lost her temper.
I saw the whole thing.
I'm happy to sign a witness statement if you want me to.
What does the audience think
about this?
This is awful, isn't it?
So, I'm a murderer.
You're...
Stokes.
Don't chew up to my...
Cheek of murder.
Put this town behind us and everything has happened.
What, you just go home and you won't tell anyone?
Just forget about everything.
People disappear all the time here.
How am I doing?
Does this look like...
I'm convinced?
Is this the way...
I grew up?
The kids?
You're getting through just like me, Stokes.
You're a policeman.
Or the worst kind of villain there is.
The solicitors.
The CEOs.
The policemen.
The spoons out of her glass.
Stokes.
Listen to this.
It wasn't loaded.
It is now.
Stokes.
Be a gentleman and hold her hand, will you?
Stokes.
Hold her hand.
Lyle, take his hand.
And...
Stop.
I love this part.
Face each other.
Take each other's hands like you mean it.
Look at each other.
We are gathered here today in holy matrimony.
Stokes.
Do you take this here whore to be your legally wedded whore?
Whore, do you take this here copper to be your legally wedded
pig?
Oh.
Good for you.
Okay.
Now, I'm giving you two an opportunity here.
This is my favourite part when I do this.
This is an opportunity.
Say goodbye to each other.
I'm being serious.
Tick tock.
This is...
I'm giving you an opportunity here under the stars.
It's a beautiful evening.
But where would I go?
What would I do?
Stokes, do you mean it?
Stokes, will you let me go?
I'm being serious.
Last opportunity.
Tell her you love her.
Or that you wish you'd gone to Tibet when you were younger.
I don't know, anything.
Do you know what's most disappointing about these fucking moments?
Nobody's ever interested in me.
My problems.
I've got insecurities.
I get lonely.
Sometimes.
Cinnamon always cheers me up.
But seriously, why is nobody interested in me?
Stokes.
Mara.
Look at you.
You're so self-obsessed.
My last moments.
My final moments.
What about my moments?
Fuck you two.
Cinnamon.
Darling.
Darling.
You two are so fucked right about now.
You weren't fucking kidding.
Look at that.
Do you know where that is?
Where she came from.
She literally landed on my lap.
That's a bull shark, you know.
They can live in natural water without salt.
Are you interested in this?
You've got to feed this to her.
I mean, I feel like clapping my hands, but I've got a
gun.
Yes, well done, bravo.
What the fuck do you think I do to these people?
Right.
Fucking you two are pathetic.
Mara, stand there.
Stand there.
Right.
Stokes, I want you to watch this.
Anything last words?
Stokes, I can see you in my periphery.
Go down.
Do it, please.
So be it.
This is it.
You sick motherfucker.
Stokes.
It's up now.
Stokes.
No power, no games, just two options.
Either bring me them, or you die right here.
Cinnamon.
That is for dinner.
Mara, are you okay?
Mara.
Look, I'll go radio for help.
Are you okay?
It's over.
It's over.
Please be gone.