Two Weeks in August (2026) s01e02 Episode Script

1
It's Zoe and Dan! Hi, Jess!
We all live in the same city, and
we have to go to Greece to see you.
How are you?
He's doing great.
No, I'm not doing that great,
really.
It wasn't an accident.
I didn't have an accident.
Nice work with Will!
But do his mummy and daddy
know he's here?
Let's have some of that oil, Will!
WHOOPING
You know how to have a good time.
You make me feel how I used to feel.
I just looked at him and I thought,
"This isn't going to end well."
WHISPERS ECHO
This programme contains
some strong language.
Ela.
Ela.
GOAT BLEATS
Oh, God.
Ugh.
WHISPERS ECHO
Good morning. Oh!
Sorry. Kalimera.
I have a gift for you.
Oh, thank you.
This must go in the fridge.
Right. Yes.
No, no, I can do that.
You don't need to do that.
CLATTER
My husband fix the tank.
It is blocked.
Please not put paper
down the toilet.
Yes. No. Of course. I'm sorry.
Good morning!
I beat you to it.
That's such a great run
up in the hills.
Totally deserted for miles.
Like a desert. Oh, nice! Yeah.
What are you going to do?
Sorry?
What are you going to do today?
CHILD SQUEALS
CHILD SQUEALS
Who can jump higher?
Oh, very good! Very good jumping!
Oh! Hey!
CHILDREN GIGGLE
We're on holiday! Woohoo! Woohoo!
Shall we make some room for Mummy?
Yes!
Oh, nice!
Morning. Hiya. Morning. Hey.
Morning.
Did you do all the clearing up?
Oh, it's fine. I was up. And the
lady, thehousekeeper helped.
You are too good for this world.
Is the room all right?
Yeah. It's lovely.
Honestly?
Yes.
Yeah, well, do say
if you want to swap.
Hey!
Food's up! Who wants coffee?
We've got fresh orange juice
and we've got some yoghurts,
and these peaches are from
the garden, which is pretty cool.
Morning.
Wow. Thanks, mate.
Are you not hungover?
Um, yeah, I think I got away
with it somehow.
SHE MOUTHS
Good morning! Hey. Hey!
Wow, this looks amazing.
Do you want a coffee?
Oh, yes, please. Thank you.
Are we a little bit tired?
CHUCKLING
The milk's a weird colour.
I feel quite all over
the place, actually.
Yeah, you're on a shroomdown,
but they're pretty smooth.
It's all fine on fungi.
CHUCKLING
Was the bed all right, Nat?
Yeah. It only hurts when you move.
Oh, no! But it's not that.
Does anyone want
one of these peaches?
I'll have a pastry. Tell me you're
not working today.
Oh, no, I've put my out of office
on. I don't have the headspace.
SOLOMON: I've got a surprise for
everyone today. Oh, exciting!
We're going on a boat trip.
Oh! Hey!
I thought the kids would love it.
We can go down the coast,
explore, find a beach.
You up for that?
Yeah, I mean if that's
It's all right if he joins,
isn't it? Oh, yeah. Yeah.
SOLOMON: Of course! Thanks, guys.
Ah, a voyage on the Ionian Sea!
That's just very
..Greek.
I'm really into sailing.
Feeling the wind and the power
of the sea and all that.
That sounds so good.
Mmm. Yeah. Yeah.
Great.
Oh!
That milk's not right.
I didn't mean to upset you.
Yes, well
I thought you wanted me to speak
to Dad about the stuff in the attic.
I didn't want you to go behind
my back to him and
I wouldn't do that
behind your back, Mum.
Oh, OK!
Did you manage to do
any packing at all?
INDISTINCT REPLY
I know it's our family home.
But even if Dad hadn't done that
and you were still together,
you'd probably want to downsize
and get some money out of it,
wouldn't?
OK. You go and do that.
Yeah.
Lots of love!
Hi.
Hey.
I'm here for you.
You know that, right?
Yeah.
I'm here for you too.
Do we need jumpers for the boat,
do you think?
Come here.
Come on.
I'm actively listening.
Your feelings are valid,
and this is a safe space.
I know.
You're hurt and angry.
I'm not.
You need to be honest, Zoe.
Look at me.
If you deny things
and push them down, it's toxic.
It'll give you cancer
or make you murder someone.
They kissed with tongues, Zoe.
I don't think so. I saw tongues.
It was the first night.
Everyone was wasted.
That's not an excuse.
We didn't go and stick our tongues
down anyone's throat, did we?
No Zoe?
Have you seen my trunks?
They're on the end of the bed,
I think.
Could you give us a minute, Dan?
Yeah.
HE HUMS
Seriously, that would haunt me.
For ever.
I know. I know, Dan's been through
a lot, and I feel sorry for him.
Honestly, I do.
But after everything
that you've done for him,
how could he?
Nat, this is the first time
in years I've seen him happy.
Do you know how amazing that is?
What a massive relief?
It's like he's come back.
That's what I hoped would happen.
It's what I wanted,
more than anything, when we decided
to come here.
It's so good.
For all of us.
The kids won't even remember
when he used to be like that.
Yeah.
Are you going
to tell Solomon, though?
No, of course not.
No. I I really want us all
to have a lovely boat trip, OK?
Please don't tell anyone.
Please don't tell Jacob.
Promise me.
Yeah. I promise.
THEY LAUGH
Sorry. Hi, um Hi. Do you mind
if I just steal him for one minute?
Yeah. No, of course. Yeah? Yeah.
Come on.
I'm really sorry you had to
sleep in that old farmer's nook
I have to tell you something,
but you have to swear
not to tell anyone,
cos I promised I wouldn't
tell anyone,
so you have to pinkie promise.
Jess and Dan kissed last night.
What?
Yeah.
To the ship!
LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
Why did it take us so long to get
together and do this? I know.
I just think it's really
unfair on us.
We shouldn't have to keep
that secret.
Poor Zoe.
We can't just watch while they shit
all over our friend
and get away with it!
It's like we're enabling them.
I expect Dan must feel really bad.
He doesn't look like he feels bad,
though, does he?
He's smiling. It's so fucked up.
He's vulnerable at the moment.
I'm not saying I think this,
but you could say it's a question of
how much you can blame that and how
long you can use it as an excuse.
Yeah. I guess we just don't want
to judge too much.
No. It's not how we roll.
It's not how we roll.
We don't want to play
the blame game. No.
If I had to say, I'd say that Jess
is more to blame, you know?
Like, what's her excuse?
She can't cope with how sexy she is?
HE CHUCKLES
What are you up to?
Nothing.
Have you been talking about me?
No. Why would we do that?
It's not nice to talk about people
behind their backs.
Well, we weren't.
But we can't really
I promised.
He did. He pinkie promised.
What? Pinkie promised?!
Seriously, don't.
Please don't say anything.
Oh, my God, Jacob!
I won't. Who am I going to say
anything to?
SHE SIGHS
Come on. Spit it out.
Come on.
So, for you, what are the basics for
an actor? You need some training?
Yeah, I went to drama school
Wow!
Amazing!
SHE SIGHS
Oh.
Hey.
Hi. How are you today?
I'm fine, thank you, Danny.
But you're good, yeah?
Last night was
Oh, I was so off my face.
I can't even remember going to bed.
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
Oh, is that Henry's hat?
Um, yeah. Thank you. Thanks.
Lea is so not on it.
Lea?
Lea!
Could you please keep on top
of Henry's things?
He dropped that back there and
Sure. Thanks.
It's stunning!
Wow!
OK. 120? No 120. I cannot do
120, my friend. No?
For so many people, 120, you know
Right. Yeah.
It's a bad season Of course. I get
it. Um
How about, then, 130?
OK, 130, yeah. Great.
Cash only, guys.
OK. Oh, I got some at
the airport. I've got
Here's 20. OK.
Thank you.
Um, there's 50.
OK, great. Any more for any more?
Yeah. Yeah. There's 40. Oh,
don't worry. Just pay us back.
Oh, it's fine. No, you're OK.
It's fine. Here you go. Take it.
OK. Thanks.
You all right? Mm-hm.
That should all be there.
Amazing. Cheers.
Let's get on the boat. Woo! Woo!
Yeah! Woohoo!
OK, guys, find a seat.
OK, we'll keep the speed
nice and easy, yes?
Yeah, sure. I can drive a car, mate.
DAN: Oh, here we go. Exciting!
Come on, guys, all aboard!
JESS SQUEALS AND LAUGHS
Oh!
M'lady! Oh, thank you, sir.
You're welcome.
Madam.
Thanks.
You are most welcome.
You've got a lot of life jackets
here, mate. Yeah.
Yeah, it's giving people smuggler.
Yeah. Do you have much of a problem
with refugees here?
Yeah, sometimes.
Is it like a big thing, or is it
mainly on Kos and Lesbos?
I'd heard it was mainly
Kos and Lesbos.
No. These places,
they have big problems.
God, it's so awful. Yeah.
Yeah. It's bad.
It's bad. Spring and summer
when the people come, ooft.
We have to find water, food,
everything, you know?
But we work hard.
Here you go.
Oh, no, I'd feel weird wearing that.
Doesn't feel right, does it?
Um
I I actually work for a charity
that's trying to raise awareness
of wealth inequality worldwide.
It's called World Up.
Have you heard of it?
No.
JESS: I mean, it did make me think
twice about coming to Greece,
do you know what I mean?
That stuff is just so horrific.
Yeah. Mm.
And we only get, like,
two weeks' holiday a year.
Jess!
Oh, I know you're not supposed
to say that, but
No. It's just honest, isn't it?
We're just really lucky to be going
on a boat trip for fun, aren't we?
Yes. Yes. Yes, we are.
You're right, Zoe, we are.
We're really lucky.
OK? Yeah. You take good care
of Amphitrite.
She's sensitive.
Don't anger her. Who?
It's the name of the boat. Oh.
Never heard of her.
Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife.
You know Poseidon,
god of the sea?
She knows all the Greek myths.
Only the ones everyone knows.
I mean, I've tried but
ENGINE ROARS
CHEERING
LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
Good luck! Thank you!
LOW CHATTER
Whoa, there's no-one here. Whoa.
What did I tell you?
LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
Woo!
Woo! Woo! How lucky are we?!
Woohoo! Yes, high five!
CHILDREN CHATTER
INDISTINCT CHATTER
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
SHE SIGHS
SHE MUTTERS
DISCORDANT MUSIC PLAYS
MUSIC INTENSIFIES
SHE INHALES SHARPLY
SHE CLEARS HER THROA
Hey. Hi.
What a great spot.
Yeah.
We were lucky to find this.
Really lucky.
Hey, I, um
I don't want you to worry
about what Dan said last night.
I'm not worried.
Well, he's OK now.
OK. But if you want to talk
about it
or you want to talk about
anxiety or depression
..or suicide or death,
generally, anything
I'm OK, Dad.
But thank you.
It's all just a bit basic, isn't it?
Mm.
Someone kissing someone
is not a big drama.
I know.
It's a kiss.
Yeah.
I mean, I suppose they're both
married, though, so
Yeah, I get that, butyou know.
Mm. Yeah.
What does that even mean?
Being married?
Yeah. What is that?
Well, I suppose
if it means anything,
it means you've made a commitment
to be faithful to someone.
No. No, it's about conforming
to some old-fashioned system
where relationships are all put
into their boxes and labelled.
Are you married? Are you exclusive?
Hooking up? Whatever. It's
Um
It's not about what people want
or feel. It doesn't mean anything.
Mm.
I suppose it's a betrayal,
though, isn't it?
Oh, my God! Seriously?
If you make a commitment to someone,
then a kiss is a betrayal.
That's all I'm saying. I I just
think don't trap someone
and then be surprised
when they want to escape.
Right.
They were just expressing
their truth at that moment.
Sure. Which is great.
I'm just wondering if it's always
good to express your truth
at any given moment. What, so
..you should hide your truth?
Nonever!
God, no.
I'm just wondering if
..sometimes you should maybe, a bit.
Wow. OK.
WILL SCOFFS
Well, people get hurt.
People have feelings.
All right, easy.
Well, they feel feelings.
They feel jealous and angry. That's
their problem, then, isn't it?
It's about right and wrong!
"Right and wrong"?! That's such a
binary way of looking at the world!
Oh, I think there's such a thing
as right and wrong!
Well, I think it's subjective.
It's shit behaviour!
On the first night of a holiday!
What?
Sorr Sorry, Jacob,
have I upset you?
No.
Of course not.
Incredible fish out there!
Do you want to have a go?
No, thanks.
Go on! It's so good!
I haven't checked
my phone in28 minutes!
It's great you two
are such good friends.
She loves you.
Sometimes I think I'm losing her.
What?
You don't get very long, do you?
Before they're justpeople.
Grown up.
Didn't know that before.
I just thought she was going to be
little for ever.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, it's weird for me too
and I'm just her godmother.
I just hope she hasn't been
messed up by everything.
I haven't been there for her.
You have. Not really.
Not enough.
Well, you were working.
It's really hard.
Plus, Lisa didn't help, did she?
Talking of toxic mothers,
how's yours?
Um
Oh, she doesn't want to leave
the house.
I found her a really nice flat
but she just seems quite, um
INDISTINCT CHATTER
..unhappy, you know?
Yep.
Look, I'm sorry you and Dan have had
such a hard time.
But here you two are,
stronger than ever.
You got through it.
Yeah.
THEY LAUGH
DISCORDANT MUSIC PLAYS
MUSIC INTENSIFIES
Sol Be gentle, guys!
Be gentle!
I've got a second chance with him.
I can give him that,
I can give him a happy family.
I can't fuck up again.
I can't do that twice.
JESS LAUGHS
DISCORDANT MUSIC PLAYS
WHISPERS ECHO
Zoe?
Yeah? You all right?
You're really pale.
How strong was that mushroom oil?
I think I'm still
getting flashbacks.
You have some water
and get in the shade.
GIRL SCREAMS
Hey!
It's all right.
It's all right, it's OK.
It's OK. What's going on?
Baby, what did you do?
What's happened? Are you OK?
She's bleeding!
What's happened?
He bit me. Did he just bite her?!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
She's fine. It's OK, darling.
What happened? Is she OK?
She's bleeding! Yeah, well, he is
absolutely terrified.
It's OK, buddy. It's all right.
I think one of the kids
snatched his car.
We shouldn't have brought the car.
He loves that car.
Where is Lea?!
Come here. Let's see.
Great! She's collecting shells!
Sorry, guys. We don't know
what happened.
No. Right. We don't.
Sorry? We
We don't know what happened.
We don't know what happened.
I know what happened!
Zoe, calm down.
Calm down? Are you telling me
to calm down?
Yeah. It's not helpful.
Oh, is it not helpful?!
I'm sorry it's not helpful!
I know what happened.
I saw you.
Uh Yeah, look,
i-it's q-quite deep,
but, um, I think saltwater's
probably good for it.
What's going on? Henry bit her.
Um, he's really upset! He's upset?
Hey, hey. He didn't get bitten!
Hey. I'll see if there's
a first-aid box on the boat.
I'll tell you now there's not
a first-aid box on that boat.
She knows.
What?
She knows about last night.
ENGINE ROARS
Whoa!
Jesus, Solomon!
Are you trying to take us to Turkey?
I think we're a little bit far
away from the coast.
Look, just keep up the speed up
and drive it into the waves.
Yes, I know. Thanks!
ENGINE DIES
What's going on? I don't know.
ENGINE SPUTTERS
It's overheated. You just need
to wait for a bit. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Yeah.
What shall we talk about now?
Oh, I could tell you a story
..about Amphitrite,
the queen of the sea.
Yeah! Yeah?
Once upon a time,
a long, long time ago,
very near where we are now,
Amphitrite married Poseidon,
the sea god with the long beard
and the pitchfork.
And they lived in a beautiful
palace made of pearls
and coral at the bottom
of the ocean.
Now Poseidon
..was a very moody god.
When he was in a good mood,
he could stretch out his hand
and calm the water.
But when he was in a bad mood, he'd
make big waves and drown sailors.
Amphitrite was used to this.
All the big gods were really moody.
And shewas really nice.
But one day,
Poseidon met a beautiful sea nymph
with long, shiny hair,
and she sang
all these songs to him.
And do you know what he did?
He went off and married her.
And Amphitrite got really angry.
She turned her into a horrible
sea monster
with a serpent tail
and lots of dog heads
with yellow eyes
and big, bloody, sharp teeth.
WHISPERS: Some say
..she's still out there
in the dark bits,
guarding the waters around here.
I'm going to go for help.
Don't be stupid.
We can't just float around here.
Right, I'll just swim back
and go for help.
What? Yeah, is that a good idea?
Can you get down, please?
Mummy! Jess!
Oh, my God!
What do we do?
We need to get help!
Yeah. She'll be fine.
Should we go after her?
I'll go. I'm not sure we should have
any more bodies in the water.
She can swim. It's a really long way
to the harbour.
It's not. A kid could do it.
A small kid.
Seriously? Yeah.
Yeah, it's not that far, is it?
Yeah, she'll be nearly back.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, she will. Yeah.
Be better if we could follow
her in the boat, though.
ENGINE FAILS TO STAR
Oh, fuck, it's still overheated.
We just have to wait a bit longer.
Henry, just sit down here.
She'll make it back, no problem.
Yeah.
She's a super-strong swimmer.
She loves the ocean.
It's where she feels most at home.
Oh, hello!.
Hi.
You went out on a boat!
Where did you go?
Navagio beach. Oh, wonderful!
Listen, you haven't seen my wife,
have you?
Do you remember her?
She's this big.
Quite, erm, greeny-grey eyes.
Well, our boat broke down
and she swam back.
She swam? Yeah. Oh.
Fromfrom out therein the sea.
Did youdid you see her?
Er, sorry, no.
Well, it's not terribly dangerous.
She'll wash up further up the shore,
worst-case scenario.
Is there a coastguard
or anybody to?
THEY LAUGH
Do you know how small
this island is?
OK. Where do we go for help?
Oh, no, no, don't stress.
I'm sure she'll turn up.
Come and have a little glass
of retsina while you wait.
Listen, thank you, but we've
really got to try and find her.
All right, all right,
no excuses needed.
Next time.
I should, erm, take him back.
Do you want to go and have a look
around the other side
and we'll head back to
the villa, see if she's there?
Yeah, OK.
Er, do you want to go back?
What do you want to do?
What's the plan?
Yeah, I'll come. Solomon
I'll come with you.
..you go back with them.
Dad, I'm going to go help them
find her. Come back with us.
Great. OK, yeah. Do that.
Can I come with you?
Yeah, that would be great.
You could help with the kids.
Er, non. I finished work for today.
But I actually wanted to ask you
about casting directors.
Maybe not right now.
Hey. Hi.
How are you?
Good. And you? Is this
What's happening?
Are you heading off
to meet your friends later?
Er, yeah, I might do.
Not really made a plan.
You know there are always going to
be some differences in attitudes
with an age gap that big.
But you shouldn't let it
get in the way. Hmm.
Who cares what people think?
He's the best.
I know. He's
He's great.
Aww, that's so sweet.
I've wanted him to meet
the right guy for so, so long,
but they've never been quite right.
They've never been quite up to him.
You know?
Hmm.
Jess!
Jess!
There's a beach down there.
Jess!
Dan I don't think she's here.
Jess! Look, I just want to find her
and get back, OK?
Yeah, me too. We'll find her.
I-I think I might be
in a bit of trouble.
To be honest, I think you are.
How bad?
Quite bad.
Shit.
It wasn't
We didn't
I don't need to know.
OK, sorry.
Please don't apologise to me.
Let he who is without sin
Right. Thank you.
Do you think I think the best
thing to do right now
is just to find her,
so you won't have something
even worse on your conscience.
Look, don't panic, but we've past
the first crucial hour
where missing people
are most likely to be found.
Hi. Hey.
Hi. Haven't found her, then?
No. Did you look over there?
Yeah, I was looking all round.
Nothing.
Erm, shall we keep looking, then?
Yeah?
Jess!
Jess!
Jess?
She's not here.
Shall I get the barbecue going?
There's a lot of meat in the fridge.
I need to go back and look for her.
You're better off
holding the fort here.
You need to eat something.
I know you're really worried.
She has put us
in a horrible situation.
Look, I know she can beimpulsive.
But she's a hot-blooded person.
She's got Irish blood, you know?
Her grandmother's Irish.
Come on. Let's get the kids
something to eat.
Which one shall we read?
This one. OK.
What does that say?
"To Zoe, love from Daddy, 1987."
Who are they?
The Moirai.
The Three Fates.
When you're born,
they decide your life.
When they cut the thread
..that's when you die.
Oh, don't worry, Henry.
Your mummy's going to be fine.
There's still no-one answering.
There's got to be fucking police
on this island.
I've put it all on my socials.
A lot of likes for her photo,
but no-one's seen her.
Cos she's dead.
This is serious.
I-I think we should call
the British Embassy or something.
I think we wait until it gets dark.
Yeahyeah.
Pretty dark now, though, isn't it?
SHE BREATHES SHAKILY
Ah.
Jess!
Oh, thank God, you're back.
I couldn't find my way back.
I'd gone too far out.
I just couldn't get back
to the shore.
It's OK.
There was thisthis really
strong cu
A really strong current.
Don't worry, come here.
I'm here.
I went miles down the coast.
I had to get back.
Thank God you made it back, OK?
We were so worried.
You're safe now, I've got you.
I'll text Jacob,
let him know she's OK.
Thanks, mate.
You're safe now. I've got you.
Thank you. I've got you.
I'm sorry.
It's OK. Really sorry.
It's OK.
Jess, let's get you inside.
Yeah
Let's get inside, OK? Yeah, yeah.
OK.
Oh, crap.
Oh
All right?
Yeah.
Look, I
FOOTSTEPS
Well
What a bloody relief!
Yeah.
Night.
Night.
Do you want to talk or?
SHE SCOFFS
Zoe.
WHISPERS: Oh, fuck.
PHONE PINGS
Hi.
Hey.
Where are you going?
I'm going to go meet the Leeds lot.
What, now? Hmm.
Where?
They're island hopping
and they've hopped over, so
Oh, right.
What's happening?
He's going to meet some friends. Mm.
Aww. Have fun.
Wish we could get away
from the old married with kids!
HE LAUGHS
Er, well, have a nice night.
Thanks. You too. Bye.
You OK?
Yeah. Are you?
Yeah.
SHE BREATHES DEEPLY
Shit!
You totally freaked me out.
Is there anything
you'd like to say to me?
Erm, no, not really.
Are you sure?
Zoe, I can't do this right now, OK?
I nearly drowned.
SHE EXHALES
SHE BREATHES SHAKILY
Will you please not tell Solomon?
I think I would like to swap rooms.