Mr Loverman (2024) s01e03 Episode Script
Episode 3
1
That's William Shakespeare.
Henry V.
Somebody get me a taxi!
I was walking down the street
When I woke
up early this morning
I said, "Hey, Mr DJ,
"Ain't got no money
You're cold as ice ♪
You get that?!
I wanna make
you feel real nice
I wanna make
you feel real nice ♪
Come on. Come on.
Lift up your spirits so high
So high, so high
Lift up your spirits so high
So high, so high
Lift up your
spirits so high. ♪
Hey!
Where are you going?
It's too late.
No, it is not late.
Come on.
Just just half a
drink more, huh?
What is it you want, Barry?
Ha.
You know what I want.
What, um?
Let me tell you.
Things are different now.
We'll have a talk about
this in the morning.
Good night, Mr Loverman.
Don't call me that. HE LAUGHS
Call me that.
Mm.
Mm-mm!
Bright Tapestries
by The Trappists
And I say what I say
And I say what I say
Yeah, I said it. ♪
Hey, Morris.
Pierre. What can I do for you?
Um, I think I'll have a
Beet Punch Kick, please.
Right. No, no, no, no,
no. Make it a Bowl Blaster.
Coming right up.
What it this? PIERRE LAUGHS
Darius finally?
Last night.
What'd you think?
It's, um
It's beautiful.
Thank you, Morris.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Well, well. So
you are still alive?
Very much alive and appreciative
of this fine, fine morning.
And you?
Alive? Just about.
And that's no thanks to
my so-called daughter.
Kids, huh?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kids.
What you need is
somebody to look after you.
On that, my friend, we agree.
I mean properly, Barry.
Oh, I know exactly
what you mean, Morris.
It's precisely what I was
trying to say last night.
What, were you?
We are thinking the
same thing, aren't we?
Yes, my man.
Let's talk face-to-face.
Usual spot.
OK.
Laters.
Since when do me and he
arrange to have a chin-wag?
You are distinguished, Barry.
Not desperate.
An oldie, but a goodie.
Good morning, Barrington.
How you doing,
man? Good to see you.
Looking sharp,
Barrington. You think so?
Love it. You like this one?
I love it. OK.
Good to see you, Dawn. You too.
Morning, Barry. How you
doing? What can I get you today?
Today?
Green banana.
I'll keep that to the side.
Yeah, I want some
hard food today.
Take care. Morning, Barry.
Someone call an ambulance!
He's not! Sorry.
It's all right.
Yes.
I'm not too near it.
Oh, God, Delroy.
You know him?
Yes.
Delroy Simmons.
And was he a?
You know.
Yeah.
Word on the street,
he was cheating on
his woman with some
..battyman, so they say.
And her hoodlum brother
pop him for shaming the family.
That's the fourth attack
this month. Mm-hm.
The second in Hackney.
You should have
seen him, Morris.
You should have seen
what they did to him.
Somebody coming for you?
Yeah.
This is what happens when
75% of your life is in the past.
Each step forwards
triggering a step backwards.
All of these memories
haunting me.
But they are also
the making of me.
I can do you the way I
have always done you.
The way you love, love,
love for me to do you. Oh!
And when I finish doing you
..pinning up to the sky.
Huh?
Barry.
Morris, what?
No.
Shh, shh, shh. No!
No!
No. Why?
No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
No.
Come on.
No, Morris! Shh.
Morris! Oh, no, no.
Why? Look, look, look. OK, OK.
Why are you?
Why? Shh, please.
The neighbours are
going to call the police.
Please, please
keep the noise down.
You must Don't
touch me! OK. OK.
Don't you ever touch me. Please.
You're disgusting.
You're filthy. You
You disgust me.
Please. HE SOBS
Please keep quiet.
How long?
How long this
dirtiness going on?
Answer me!
We have a family.
Does that not mean
anything to you?
You have destroyed
everything for me.
For the boys.
I still their father.
You are not touching my sons.
You can't keep me
away from my children.
What if you infected
with that gay disease? No.
What if what if
you infected me?
No, no! No, no.
We don't have it.
I beg you, Odette.
I their father.
Please, Odette,
please. I beg you.
Please, Odette, please.
Please don't take my boys.
Please.
Oh, no!
Oh, no. No!
Oh, no.
Are you serious?
No, I don't believe you.
He's back.
I got to go. I got to go!
You're back early.
I am.
Who was that?
No-one.
No-one?
Just Merty.
You want a drink?
Please.
You all right, boss?
All right.
Uh-huh?
Um
What we're doing, Barry
..it's wrong.
We're hurting people.
You should have seen her.
I did see her.
She tried to ruin me.
She tried to ruin us.
I managed to
convince her not to.
How?
Oh.
Me don't care about no
Me don't care about no money,
me don't care about no house.
But me care about
my boys, Barry.
OK.
She's going to
take away my boys.
Morris, I so sorry.
How am I going to live?
Morris.
Man, I so, so sorry.
We, er
We can't see each
other no more, you know.
At least until
everything is finalised.
It's the one promise we
have to keep for Odette.
Me too.
Greetings and blessings.
Bless up.
Gentlemen. Yes. Greetings.
Yes, sir. Everybody good?
Yes, sir. Family good?
Yes. Yes. Always.
Bless you. Thank you.
Oh, they all think they know me.
Husband of Carmel.
Father of Donna and Maxine.
Grandfather to Daniel.
Man of property.
Man of style.
Ha. And buggerer of men.
Faggot. Fucking faggot. Ah!
Stop!
Please. Ah!
Kick him harder. Fucking
kick him! Fucking kick him!
Ah! Go on!
Fucking faggots. Ah!
Fucking kick him.
You cocksucker.
Kick him harder. Ah!
HE COUGHS Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Ah.
You get a look at them?
It all happened too fast.
We should call the police.
No.
You seriously think they care?
About some foolish old
nig-nog get himself mugged?
Instead of arresting
them little bastards,
probably give them a medal.
No more late nights
walking home pissed.
OK?
Come on.
Mm! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Come, come.
Are you sure you won't join us?
The girls would
like it if you did.
It's been weeks, Barry.
Suit yourself.
But you can't
stay in bed forever.
Barry.
You too too used to this
prison of your own making.
Judge, jailer and jailbird.
Maybe it's safer
staying in there.
All right, boss?
Here you go, gents.
You order already?
Mm-hm.
Don't you miss me?
You all right? Yeah,
everything's cool.
Mm.
You know what I was thinking
on my little walk over here?
Wasn't to walk faster,
that's for certain.
I was thinking, all the men
of different colours and creeds
and religion I did pass.
I can't help but wonder
How many of them are
also living a double life?
You know, as secret
agents K and Y.
Is everything a joke to you?
There are people out there,
people like the gay liberationists
who are trying to make life
better for us lot, and here you are.
Why are you bringing them up?
You know, we never
business with that stuff.
I believe in discretion.
You're full of noise, Barry.
You know full well that I
believe in discretion, too.
But society does not become
equal until brave folks fight back.
Take George Michael.
Oh, that poofter could sing.
You see, that is your problem.
What?
You is a poofter, too. Mm-hm.
You ever see me bare chested in
suspenders, prancing and squealing
like some constipated castrato?
I don't understand you.
You hate it when Merty and them
lot chat that homophobic nonsense.
Morris, I am an individual.
Specific, nongeneric.
I am no more a poofter than I am
a homo, or a buller, or an anti man.
You is a homosexual, Barry.
I ain't no homosexual.
I am a Barrysexual.
Whatever.
My point is
..what I did admire about
Mr Michael was the way
that he stood up for himself
when they out him in a newspaper.
Them try to shame him,
make out that it was disgusting.
But they never break him.
No, sir.
Him took control of the
story, celebrated with a
And celebrated with a
video and a And a song.
Remember? Uh-huh.
Him doing that meant that
nobody could hurt him no more.
So what do you want me for do?
Climb up the highest mountain
and tell the world that I am
a certain way inclined?
I will be by your side
..climbing that mountain too.
You've always been by my side.
But my knees are not
what they once were.
We have lived our
whole entire life terrified.
I don't want that no more.
I want to be like
George Michael.
Like like Justin Fashanu.
You know, that boy
did kill himself, right?
Justin had a courage
that neither of us ever had.
Well, "He which hath no stomach
for this fight, let him depart."
A courage to know who or
what they is is not a sickness,
is not a sin.
It's not wrong.
It is a natural way of being.
You know, they got
gay rappers these days.
What are you saying, man?
And, um, if we so choose,
even gay marriages.
Yes.
So, um
Seeing as you're saying
you're going to divorce Carmel
..why don't we go the whole hog?
Me have a friend,
Pierre.
Him just get engaged
to his partner Darius.
Mm-hm!
Why don't we?
Why don't we think
about marriage, Barry?
Huh?
Say something.
Say something, my man.
Oh, I thought this
is what you wanted.
In what world do you think that?
Earlier on the phone
..both thinking the same thing.
Of you coming over to stay for a
few days or even until Carmel get back.
But I assure you
..I was not thinking
about marriage.
What you doing?
Morris.
What are you doing?
Something I should
have done a long time ago.
Man, sit down before
you embarrass yourself.
Goodbye, Barry.
He really wanted to close
that door, didn't he, hey?
Hm
Mm-mm
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Hm
Mm-mm-mm
Mm
Mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah. ♪
That's William Shakespeare.
Henry V.
Somebody get me a taxi!
I was walking down the street
When I woke
up early this morning
I said, "Hey, Mr DJ,
"Ain't got no money
You're cold as ice ♪
You get that?!
I wanna make
you feel real nice
I wanna make
you feel real nice ♪
Come on. Come on.
Lift up your spirits so high
So high, so high
Lift up your spirits so high
So high, so high
Lift up your
spirits so high. ♪
Hey!
Where are you going?
It's too late.
No, it is not late.
Come on.
Just just half a
drink more, huh?
What is it you want, Barry?
Ha.
You know what I want.
What, um?
Let me tell you.
Things are different now.
We'll have a talk about
this in the morning.
Good night, Mr Loverman.
Don't call me that. HE LAUGHS
Call me that.
Mm.
Mm-mm!
Bright Tapestries
by The Trappists
And I say what I say
And I say what I say
Yeah, I said it. ♪
Hey, Morris.
Pierre. What can I do for you?
Um, I think I'll have a
Beet Punch Kick, please.
Right. No, no, no, no,
no. Make it a Bowl Blaster.
Coming right up.
What it this? PIERRE LAUGHS
Darius finally?
Last night.
What'd you think?
It's, um
It's beautiful.
Thank you, Morris.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Well, well. So
you are still alive?
Very much alive and appreciative
of this fine, fine morning.
And you?
Alive? Just about.
And that's no thanks to
my so-called daughter.
Kids, huh?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kids.
What you need is
somebody to look after you.
On that, my friend, we agree.
I mean properly, Barry.
Oh, I know exactly
what you mean, Morris.
It's precisely what I was
trying to say last night.
What, were you?
We are thinking the
same thing, aren't we?
Yes, my man.
Let's talk face-to-face.
Usual spot.
OK.
Laters.
Since when do me and he
arrange to have a chin-wag?
You are distinguished, Barry.
Not desperate.
An oldie, but a goodie.
Good morning, Barrington.
How you doing,
man? Good to see you.
Looking sharp,
Barrington. You think so?
Love it. You like this one?
I love it. OK.
Good to see you, Dawn. You too.
Morning, Barry. How you
doing? What can I get you today?
Today?
Green banana.
I'll keep that to the side.
Yeah, I want some
hard food today.
Take care. Morning, Barry.
Someone call an ambulance!
He's not! Sorry.
It's all right.
Yes.
I'm not too near it.
Oh, God, Delroy.
You know him?
Yes.
Delroy Simmons.
And was he a?
You know.
Yeah.
Word on the street,
he was cheating on
his woman with some
..battyman, so they say.
And her hoodlum brother
pop him for shaming the family.
That's the fourth attack
this month. Mm-hm.
The second in Hackney.
You should have
seen him, Morris.
You should have seen
what they did to him.
Somebody coming for you?
Yeah.
This is what happens when
75% of your life is in the past.
Each step forwards
triggering a step backwards.
All of these memories
haunting me.
But they are also
the making of me.
I can do you the way I
have always done you.
The way you love, love,
love for me to do you. Oh!
And when I finish doing you
..pinning up to the sky.
Huh?
Barry.
Morris, what?
No.
Shh, shh, shh. No!
No!
No. Why?
No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
No.
Come on.
No, Morris! Shh.
Morris! Oh, no, no.
Why? Look, look, look. OK, OK.
Why are you?
Why? Shh, please.
The neighbours are
going to call the police.
Please, please
keep the noise down.
You must Don't
touch me! OK. OK.
Don't you ever touch me. Please.
You're disgusting.
You're filthy. You
You disgust me.
Please. HE SOBS
Please keep quiet.
How long?
How long this
dirtiness going on?
Answer me!
We have a family.
Does that not mean
anything to you?
You have destroyed
everything for me.
For the boys.
I still their father.
You are not touching my sons.
You can't keep me
away from my children.
What if you infected
with that gay disease? No.
What if what if
you infected me?
No, no! No, no.
We don't have it.
I beg you, Odette.
I their father.
Please, Odette,
please. I beg you.
Please, Odette, please.
Please don't take my boys.
Please.
Oh, no!
Oh, no. No!
Oh, no.
Are you serious?
No, I don't believe you.
He's back.
I got to go. I got to go!
You're back early.
I am.
Who was that?
No-one.
No-one?
Just Merty.
You want a drink?
Please.
You all right, boss?
All right.
Uh-huh?
Um
What we're doing, Barry
..it's wrong.
We're hurting people.
You should have seen her.
I did see her.
She tried to ruin me.
She tried to ruin us.
I managed to
convince her not to.
How?
Oh.
Me don't care about no
Me don't care about no money,
me don't care about no house.
But me care about
my boys, Barry.
OK.
She's going to
take away my boys.
Morris, I so sorry.
How am I going to live?
Morris.
Man, I so, so sorry.
We, er
We can't see each
other no more, you know.
At least until
everything is finalised.
It's the one promise we
have to keep for Odette.
Me too.
Greetings and blessings.
Bless up.
Gentlemen. Yes. Greetings.
Yes, sir. Everybody good?
Yes, sir. Family good?
Yes. Yes. Always.
Bless you. Thank you.
Oh, they all think they know me.
Husband of Carmel.
Father of Donna and Maxine.
Grandfather to Daniel.
Man of property.
Man of style.
Ha. And buggerer of men.
Faggot. Fucking faggot. Ah!
Stop!
Please. Ah!
Kick him harder. Fucking
kick him! Fucking kick him!
Ah! Go on!
Fucking faggots. Ah!
Fucking kick him.
You cocksucker.
Kick him harder. Ah!
HE COUGHS Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Ah.
You get a look at them?
It all happened too fast.
We should call the police.
No.
You seriously think they care?
About some foolish old
nig-nog get himself mugged?
Instead of arresting
them little bastards,
probably give them a medal.
No more late nights
walking home pissed.
OK?
Come on.
Mm! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Come, come.
Are you sure you won't join us?
The girls would
like it if you did.
It's been weeks, Barry.
Suit yourself.
But you can't
stay in bed forever.
Barry.
You too too used to this
prison of your own making.
Judge, jailer and jailbird.
Maybe it's safer
staying in there.
All right, boss?
Here you go, gents.
You order already?
Mm-hm.
Don't you miss me?
You all right? Yeah,
everything's cool.
Mm.
You know what I was thinking
on my little walk over here?
Wasn't to walk faster,
that's for certain.
I was thinking, all the men
of different colours and creeds
and religion I did pass.
I can't help but wonder
How many of them are
also living a double life?
You know, as secret
agents K and Y.
Is everything a joke to you?
There are people out there,
people like the gay liberationists
who are trying to make life
better for us lot, and here you are.
Why are you bringing them up?
You know, we never
business with that stuff.
I believe in discretion.
You're full of noise, Barry.
You know full well that I
believe in discretion, too.
But society does not become
equal until brave folks fight back.
Take George Michael.
Oh, that poofter could sing.
You see, that is your problem.
What?
You is a poofter, too. Mm-hm.
You ever see me bare chested in
suspenders, prancing and squealing
like some constipated castrato?
I don't understand you.
You hate it when Merty and them
lot chat that homophobic nonsense.
Morris, I am an individual.
Specific, nongeneric.
I am no more a poofter than I am
a homo, or a buller, or an anti man.
You is a homosexual, Barry.
I ain't no homosexual.
I am a Barrysexual.
Whatever.
My point is
..what I did admire about
Mr Michael was the way
that he stood up for himself
when they out him in a newspaper.
Them try to shame him,
make out that it was disgusting.
But they never break him.
No, sir.
Him took control of the
story, celebrated with a
And celebrated with a
video and a And a song.
Remember? Uh-huh.
Him doing that meant that
nobody could hurt him no more.
So what do you want me for do?
Climb up the highest mountain
and tell the world that I am
a certain way inclined?
I will be by your side
..climbing that mountain too.
You've always been by my side.
But my knees are not
what they once were.
We have lived our
whole entire life terrified.
I don't want that no more.
I want to be like
George Michael.
Like like Justin Fashanu.
You know, that boy
did kill himself, right?
Justin had a courage
that neither of us ever had.
Well, "He which hath no stomach
for this fight, let him depart."
A courage to know who or
what they is is not a sickness,
is not a sin.
It's not wrong.
It is a natural way of being.
You know, they got
gay rappers these days.
What are you saying, man?
And, um, if we so choose,
even gay marriages.
Yes.
So, um
Seeing as you're saying
you're going to divorce Carmel
..why don't we go the whole hog?
Me have a friend,
Pierre.
Him just get engaged
to his partner Darius.
Mm-hm!
Why don't we?
Why don't we think
about marriage, Barry?
Huh?
Say something.
Say something, my man.
Oh, I thought this
is what you wanted.
In what world do you think that?
Earlier on the phone
..both thinking the same thing.
Of you coming over to stay for a
few days or even until Carmel get back.
But I assure you
..I was not thinking
about marriage.
What you doing?
Morris.
What are you doing?
Something I should
have done a long time ago.
Man, sit down before
you embarrass yourself.
Goodbye, Barry.
He really wanted to close
that door, didn't he, hey?
Hm
Mm-mm
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Hm
Mm-mm-mm
Mm
Mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah. ♪