The Holiday (2021) s01e02 Episode Script

1
This holiday has officially started.
CHEERING
Missed you so much!
Do you love me, Sean?
Of course I love you.
I don't have any proof.
I just know she's having an affair.
Why can't you be more like Sean?
Who was that texting you?
Are you spying on me?
Jake!
Do you still blame me for
what happened with you and Michael?
Sean and I slept together.
20 years ago!
She really liked you.
I think she wanted it to go further.
Well, it didn't.
PHONE CHIMES
It wasn't me. It was the party girl.
SHE CHUCKLES
Really? It definitely wasn't me.
It must have been Kate.
Nah, I know you.
PHONE CHIMES
Oh, was it you, Jenny?
SHE LAUGHS
I knew they'd be OK without us.
Look at this.
THEY LAUGH
Mature. Very mature.
One, two, three!
LAUGHTER
Are we wet enough?
LAUGHTER
Whoa!
Steady on! What the hell are
you thinking? Take it easy, big man.
Are you OK, Dad?
I'll go and set up the barbecue.
This is it, girls.
Bit different from Neptune's.
Oh, that sticky floor!
And those gorgeous toilets.
You didn't have to work there.
BARMAN: Ladies?
Well, we would like sambuca, right?
No way. Come on. It's tradition.
No, no, those mussels last night -
I'm Kate? Absolutely.
Just the one. Sure.
LAUGHTER
And a bottle of champagne,
please. Wow.
It's good to see you, you know.
I missed you, girl. Oh, come here.
Wait, I want to show you something.
SHE CHUCKLES
So, look at these pictures.
Aw, look at us! That is
a blast from the past, isn't it?
What happened? Oh, these beauties!
Oh! Oh, my God! We look so young.
THEY GIGGLE
Oh, my God!
SHE GASPS
When was this taken?
Did you guys know that Jenny
and Sean slept together at uni?
You knew, and you never told me.
I thought, you know,
you and Sean were so happy together,
I mean, why spoil it?
So, he didn't tell you?
Look, it was only
a one-night thing, so
Yeah, that's what I told you, Kate.
Yeah, but you wanted it
to be more, right?
And it all turned out all right
in the end, didn't it? Yes.
It sure did. Come on, Kate.
Cheers. Come on. Yeah, cheers.
THEY LAUGH
Let's just drink.
Cheers! Get it over with.
Come on. Get drinking. Cheers.
Mm.
Pass me the ball, Daniel.
I'm going to.
It's my turn! OK, OK! Jake.
This is fun.
I don't believe
you're letting him drink again.
Do I have a choice?
You are his father.
Teenage boys are a bit different
than six-year-old girls, Russ.
You can't just shout at them.
Look, I'm sorry about the pool.
No, no, I
This holiday is, erm
It's a bit more stressful
than I reckoned.
Do you need a hand?
You can cut the rolls if you like.
So, how's it going - work and that?
Not so bad. Yourself?
Did Rowan not tell you?
Got laid off. No.
Why would she tell me that?
I don't know. You two have been
in contact quite a lot lately.
I just thought
I'm sure you'll be fine,
a man of your ability. I don't know.
You seem to have it all.
Have you seen my bank balance?
That's not what I mean.
Another? Yeah, why not?
No, no. No, no, no. That's not
That's not what I mean.
Listen, sometimes, I just feel like
I forgot who I am, who I was.
Well, it's not easy, being a mum.
Yeah, it's easy for you
cos you have a job,
you have an outside life.
I have committed everything to Jake.
And now what?
Come on, Jen. You can do anything.
No, but you know why
I hooked up with Alistair at uni?
Because I didn't want
to go back to Sweden.
Oh, come, Jen! No, it's true.
He offered me a life, you know,
a home, and I just grabbed it.
But you loved him, though, right?
No, I would have left him years ago,
but along came Jake, and I just
SHE LAUGHS
Whoa! Oh, babe!
SHE LAUGHS
What is it? What is it?
No, but I always
I always spoil evertying. No.
UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS
No, no, no, we were meant
to be having fun and now
Oh, my God! Listen. Listen. Come on.
Did you put this on?
Turn it up! Turn it up!
Actually, really embarrassing.
Wait, wait.
GLASS SMASHES
Whoa!
Oh, right. Yeah.
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
They grow up so quickly.
Up, up and away.
Told you, my mother's fucking mad.
Mum was really worried.
HE LAUGHS
For days! It's not funny.
She told me to avoid you.
Well, it's a bit late for that,
isn't it?
Hey.
Don't go because of me.
How's it going?
Good. Great to see Izzy.
It's been ages.
Yeah.
What is going on with you, Jen?
I can't tell you, Kate. What?
I want to, but I can't.
Can we get a taxi now?
WHISPERS: Go on. One for the road.
You took the bottle?!
Yes! And some ice.
No. Come on, Jen. Give that back.
WHISPERS: Yes, I have to.
Or we could run.
You can't beat them.
THEY LAUGH
See you!
LAUGHTER DISTORTS
So that we can just get you safe.
OK, let's get you back to bed.
METALLIC CLANGING
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!
SHE CHEERS
Are you OK? No, no, no. I'm fine.
I'm fine, all right?
I want to get up. Yeah?
OK. You can help me get up.
It's no problem.
The night is still young.
We could
THEY LAUGH
Unfortunately, we're not, babe.
Come on. Let's get you to bed.
Ooh, let's go. Come on.
Here we go. Come on. Here we go.
THEY CHATTER EXCITEDLY, LAUGH
Nearly there.
Let's get you into bed, all right?
Erm, do you want to? Yeah. Yeah.
I'll go and get Alistair. Cheers.
Ooh! Ooh! Come on.
Let's get your jacket off.
I'll get her shoes.
Izzy, would you mind going
to get some water? No, sure. Yeah?
WHISPERS: Jenny? Jenny?
Jenny, what is it
that you can't tell me?
WHISPERS: Kate, I would never,
ever do anything to hurt you.
How are you going to hurt me?
Jenny? Jenny,
how are you going to hurt me?
Jenny and Sean?
SHE LAUGHS
You're drunk.
I saw the messages.
What did they say exactly?
"Can't stop thinking about you."
"Don't tell Kate."
"Delete all messages."
At first, I thought it was Rowan.
Rowan?!
SHE LAUGHS
Come on, Kate!
And I've seen how Sean and Jenny
have been together,
and she was going
to tell me tonight, I swear it.
I have known Sean since his family
moved to Chorley in year fucking 11.
Alastair read her diary.
Jenny was totally in love with Sean.
SHE LAUGHS
He's talking bollocks!
I can't believe
you can even think this.
Where are you going?
To get Sean to tell me the truth.
And what are you going
to say exactly?
That I know he's having an affair.
But you don't know.
You've been wrong before, Kate.
You were so certain that Michael
was screwing around on Rowan.
# Cos all of the time
# When I had called you mine
# I caught you playing around #
SEAN GROANS SOFTLY
# Oh, don't try to bring me down
# I'm tired of being your clown #
HE SIGHS
# It's time for me to leave #
WHISPERS: I love you.
# This town
# You're all I wanted
# But what I #
CUP BANGS LOUDLY
You had a good evening.
Is there something you need
to tell me? You seem so
Please, Alastair.
Why? Why are you always like this
every time I go out with my friends?
Why? Oh, she's making it
about me now.
Please, come on.
I have to put up
with you and your students,
your late-night meetings.
I want this to work, Jenny -
me and you.
I'm doing my best with Jake,
trying to talk to him,
listen, give him my time.
Oh, how very generous of you.
Oh, fuck off!
DOOR SLAMS
Thanks for the coffee.
ON VOICEMAIL: Hi. This is Sean.
Please leave a message.
CHILD CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY
We know she's not over there.
Is Sean down there?
We're looking for Mummy!
Let's try this way. Mummy!
Look over there.
Right.
WHISPERS: Be quiet.
Sh.
Everything is about
to be thrown in the air.
No, he'll be fine.
Mummy!
Uh, I'll call you back.
I'm going to be fine, am I?
Shall we go play in the pool?
I want to play hide-and-seek.
Oh, yay.
Who's counting first?
Daddy.
Come on, come on.
One, two, three
POUNDING MUSIC SPILLS FROM EARPHONES
..four
BEEPING
BEEPING
BEEPING
Izzy.
Izzy.
Hm?
My towel.
You OK?
BEEPING
RAP MUSIC PLAYS
OK, good point.
LOUD WHIRRING AND SLOSHING
PHONE RINGS
Were you listening?
Come on then, get on with it.
Focus your energy.
It's OK.
Unlucky, darling.
That's Horlicks, Mum.
Like old times. Being put to bed.
Are we playing or what? Come on.
Ah, the joys of motherhood.
Kate?
And he was taking photos of Lucy?
Oh, I don't know. Lucy thought he
was.
No, she didn't want me to say
anything, particularly not to Sean.
I'll go talk to him.
Are those photos of Lucy?
Nope.
Well, it looked like her.
Can I see?
HE SCOFFS
Alistair.
HE SCOFFS
Friends of Jake's.
I'm keeping track of what he's up
to. What, he doesn't know
that you follow him?
I followed him as me, but he kept
booting me off, so I made up
a profile, liked a few
posts and, erm Is that legal?
And you keep an eye on Lucy.
I don't. We talk.
So no photos of Lucy.
I'm not taking secret photos
of your daughter, Kate.
Is that what you think of me?
No, no.
It was a misunderstanding.
I'm sorry.
Have you seen Sean?
Doing some sort of workout.
WHOOSHING AND SLOSHING
DOOR OPENS
Oh, you called me. Sorry.
What are you doing?
I just saw it here and I thought
Where's your ring?
I took it off. Why would you take
your wedding ring off?
It was hurting my finger when
I was pulling the
Who are you doing all this for,
Sean? Because it's not me.
Where the hell is it?
What's going on with you?
You've been like this all week.
I'm just tired. I said I was sorry.
Well, you're not too tired to
fuck about on a rowing machine.
Will you look at me?!
I'm looking for the fucking ring!
I don't give a shit about your ring.
SCREAMING
PAINED YELPS
Jake, please, you have to be
careful.
Come on, let me get you out.
Jenny, are you OK?
No, no. I-I'm
I just got in the way of the ball
again. I'm getting a bit slow.
What happened?
You're shaking.
No, no. I'm fine. Jake.
What?! Hey, Jake. Please.
I'll tell you what happened
Maybe we should just leave them to
sort it out.
Come on, let's go inside, cool off,
before we start accusing
people of things they haven't done.
Thank you.
She got hit, an accident.
Where are you going?
A shower.
If that's OK.
SHE ROARS
MUSIC BLARES
HORN HONKS
Nuh-uh. All right.
Just take it. Come on.
Just take it.
Fine.
Oh!
Wow.
JAKE LAUGHS
LIGHTER CLICKS
It said no smoking.
Careful!
Jake?
Jake?
Jake?
WHIMPERS
Jake?!
Where are you?!
You were right.
I got it wrong about Rowan and
Michael. And Sean just
Which is why I need proof.
And if you find it, are
you really going to confront him,
here with everyone?
What's the alternative?
Run away
and pretend it's not happening?
SOBS
Daniel, dinner.
Coming.
SNIFFLES
CLASSICAL GUITAR MUSIC
Sean.
I said this morning,
never again.
A small one, then?
Woo!
No. Oh, please, Odette. Uh-uh.
Come on, they're your favourite. No.
Sorry, Odette, those are for the
adults only.
They're my favourite.
Well, maybe one or two.
WHISPERS: But don't tell anyone.
Definitely no cheese.
Thank you.
Right. Come on.
Wow, this looks amazing.
How you feeling? Fine.
It's just that boy is
so competitive.
Hey, darling.
There you go.
What's that?
I fell.
I went down to the woods.
Not the ravine.
Did something happened down there?
No! I just fell, Mum.
Where were you when Daniel
hurt himself?
I was here. Doing what exactly?
Danny, did Jake give you the
present?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Jake saw some things at the shop
and thought of Danny.
OK. OK, I'll take that.
No, no way!
Let him have it.
No! No.
They're really dangerous, darling.
Just give it to me! No! It's mine!
Nice one.
Well, thanks for the backup.
Even when you're wrong?
Are you serious?
Kate, sorry.
Sorry, it's just, erm, Jake had one
when he was Danny's
Yeah, well, Danny is not Jake.
No, but I thought it was nice of
him.
You have no say in what your son
does. Actually, I don't.
And when he finally does something
nice, I
This is what I was going
to tell you last night.
It's been awful.
What?
You know, Jake has never
been the easiest boy, and that's why
I stay at home.
But, ermthese last few months
have been just dreadful.
He
He threatened one of his teachers
at school and they wanted to go
to the police.
You should have talked to me.
Listen, I tried.
And wewent to the doctor
and they gave us some medication,
but doesn't seem to Jenny.
Jenny, come on.
Come on, it's all right. It's OK.
Not hungry.
That knife was mine.
Well
How did you do that?
I just fell over.
Come on.
Good boy.
You're just happy it's not me
shouting, it's Jake.
I don't think Jenny'd let
you shout at anyone.
We're all just trying to do what we
think is right,
in the best interests
of the child.
What exactly is that, Rowan?
Define best interests.
Love.
Unconditional love.
Daniel!
Daniel?! Daniel!
What's this?! My school project!
You little shit.
Lucy!
He's been taking films of me.
I've not! Stupid bitch!
Daniel Fitzgerald, you will
apologise.
Jake uses that word and you don't
tell him off.
Stop it!
Just stop it, the pair of you.
Give it to me.
Day two in the holiday house.
Got your sun cream on?
Yeah, dad did it.
Just delete it! It's Daniel's
homework.
I don't understand
why you're so upset.
Lucy.
What's happened?
He can't do that!
Lucy.
He's
Just talk to me.
Look, I know that I've been busy
at work the last couple of months,
but I'm still your mum.
And you know you can tell me
anything, right?
Unconditional love.
FROM TABLET: And here's Dad.
I wonder what he's doing down here.
We'll talk later, yeah?
THEY TALK INDISTINCTLY
PIANO RECITAL
PIANO STOPS
Keep going.
I did that for grade 8.
Not as good as you, mind.
Do you still play?
Can I still play!
Watch yourself.
SAME PIANO RECITAL
Now you're coming home,
you can start playing again.
You're good. Maybe.
Why ARE you coming back?
Have you fallen in love?
Show us the photo! Ah, there's
still stuff to sort out.
I swear I won't tell anyone.
I know, but How about you?
That boy Jake seems a bit smitten.
Be careful with that one.
Lucy?
I deleted it.
On the iPad.
Thank you.
You just have to be careful, yeah?
Dad said you were a brilliant
swimmer.
Is that right?
Come on then. We'll talk later.
I'll teach you how to swim.
SHE CHUCKLES
You do breaststroke?
I can swim, though. Oh!
SPLASHING
Move your arms a bit more.
Scoopscoop
the hands, that's it. OK.
That's it.
Come on, reach out with those
strokes, that's it.
Right, and scoop back with the
hands. Come on.
I did it!
Sean, where were you earlier?
I went out.
With Jenny?
HE SIGHS
This is what I mean.
You being like this. Like what?
Like all secretive and not
telling me the truth.
OK.
Let me show you the truth.
No, just tell me.
Come on.
Jenny and I went to pick
this up for your birthday.
Meant to be a surprise.
You happy now, Detective Constable
Fitzgerald?
You off to the beach again?
Why don't you come with us?
Yes, please, Daddy.
You want me to come?
We need to talk.
What about?
Can we get a bodyboard?
Course we can.
Come on, monkey.
INSECTS CHIRP
DANIEL: Dad, you said you were
coming in.
You're bleeding.
Look, when we get home
I'm not going home.
Ever.
I did a whole length underwater.
Izzy showed me. That's amazing.
Do it again so I can watch.
Yeah.
Mum!
I'm watching.
You didn't see me! No, I did.
It was brilliant.
Can you do two?
Where are my goggles?
What are you looking for?
My goggles.
Look, I'll get them, they must be
upstairs in your dad's bag.