Summerwater (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

1
What are you actually doing here?
-Got to be somewhere.
-Yeah, but why this place?
Ley lines.
Lines of ancient energy
that pass through time and space.
SHE SCOFFS, LAUGHS
There's one that starts in Stirling,
travels west with the sun,
through these woods, the loch
out onto the Firth of Lorne.
SHE CHUCKLES
You're so taking the piss.
Telling me that you can't feel it?
Feel what?
In the trees.
All around.
You know in horror movies,
you get portals
to another dimension?
This place is like that
except it leads inside of you.
Everyone who comes here
comes here for a reason.
To have a boring holiday?
People come here to confront
something within themselves.
What are you confronting?
Whatever it is
it's in a bothy just that way.
What's in there?
Too scared to go in.
You're just winding me up, right?
-Yeah.
-HE CHUCKLES
I'm winding you up.
I need to get back.
So you don't need
to go sneaking around cabins.
DOOR OPENS
HE SIGHS
I can smell the weed on you.
If you're going to smoke that shite,
at least be subtle about it.
HE SIGHS
Have you done this before?
Just be normal.
TAP SQUEAKS, WATER RUNS
HE BREATHES HEAVILY
- KNOCKING AT DOOR
- Alex, is that you?
-Yeah.
-Number one or number two?
SHE GASPS FOR AIR
Where do you go at night?
Nowhere.
HE SIGHS
It's actually mental
we have to share a room at our age.
Well, you can still go in with me,
and your dad can go in with Alex.
Yeah,
that would totally be the dream.
Amir's at an all-inclusive
in Tenerife.
Swimming pool,
buffet in the morning,
all this really delicious food,
wake boarding, windsurfing
Good for Amir.
Not so good for the planet.
Think of the footprint.
He's imagining the girls in bikinis.
Yeah. That's exactly what
I'm imagining over my cereal.
The girls there would take one look
at your pasty legs and run a mile.
Yeah, well, they wouldn't be pasty
if I was there, would they?
You were so not born to tan.
Well, you can blame your dad
for that one.
I tan.
I do. I go a nice olive.
What kind of person goes on holiday
without Wi-Fi?
Maybe the type of person that wants
to spend quality time with family.
Aw, did you just use
the phrase "quality time"?
I'm going to take the kayak out.
Great idea. I might join you.
Uh, actually, Dad, is it all right
if I go on my own?
I was hoping for
a bit of headspace.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Clear your head. Good idea.
It's about time I got dressed.
What?
He likes doing stuff with you.
Yeah, well,
I'll go with him another time.
OK, right, can you help me
with the clearing up, please?
What is this, the 1970s house?
OK, I'll do it on my own.
God, such a martyr.
Don't speak to me like that.
MUSIC: Why It's Over
by Clarissa Connelly
HE SIGHS
OK, folks,
we're going to switch up the pairs.
Uh, Michael, you're with Shanika.
Alex, go with Kayleigh.
And, Baxter, you're with Elliot,
all right?
THEY LAUGH
Nice cell structure.
THEY LAUGH
Alexi boy,
pure perving over Kayleigh, are we?
Nice shoes.
-Hi.
-Oh, um
Are you, like,
into trees or something?
SHE CHUCKLES
I'm not into them.
I just like a good tree.
Hmm! What makes a good tree?
Are you making fun of me?
No. No, I-I want to know.
One day, I might find myself
in a life-or-death situation
where I have to identify a good tree.
I mean,
that could definitely happen,
if you were captured
by some rogue arborists.
SHE LAUGHS Oh, my God.
A tree like this
has been around for decades.
Suppose it speaks of
the passing of time.
That's really beautiful.
Why are you talking to me?
Because we sit
next to each other in science.
Yeah, but you've never
actually spoken to me before.
Outside of class, I mean.
You've never spoken to me either.
-You do realise you're quite intimidating?
-Me?
-Yeah!
-I am so not intimidating.
You so are.
You and your Goth gang.
Goth gang?
I remember saying hello to you
in the lunch queue about a year ago,
and you literally looked at me
as if I was an alien.
Well, that's cos you are an alien.
Tree boy.
So, how come you've never been
out with anyone at school?
Just never, um
I've never really, um
Well, I-I don't know.
I just haven't.
You do like girls? I mean,
it's totally fine if you don't.
I-I know it's fine.
Uh, I just haven't.
Do you fancy anyone?
Yes obviously. Uh
Who do you fancy?
Do you fancy me?
Yeah, I I guess.
Good. Cos I don't want it
to be weird if I kiss you.
Hmm. Above average.
HE MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY
You're not a good person.
What did you say?
Uh I-I wasn't talking to you.
S-S-Sorry.
What the fuck did you just say?
MUSIC: Valentina
by HTRK
Valentina is a rose blood-red
As her petals fall on my bed
A familiar thorn in my hand
Can you remove it from my finger
Can you remove it from my finger
The uncanny coincidence
Of the night
The thoughts are yours and mine
The thoughts are yours
And mine ♪
Um, my mum, she's working
at the hospital tomorrow.
Uh, she's out all afternoon,
all evening,
so if you wanted to come around
after school and study
Yeah, sure.
Cool.
As her petals fall on my bed
A familiar thorn in my hand
Can you remove it from my finger
Can you remove it ♪
KNOCKING AT DOOR
You actually brought folders?
Was I not supposed to?
SHE CHUCKLES SOFTLY Come on.
Come on.
Upstairs?
Have you done this before?
Guess not.
It's fine, really.
Um, just be normal.
SHE CHUCKLES SOFTLY
SHE SIGHS
HE GASPS FOR AIR
HE GRUNTS AND GASPS
Where do your mum and dad
think you are?
Gone for a walk.
Do they not think that
you go for a lot of walks?
SHE CHUCKLES
If you think they're worried
about me, they're not.
You sure about that?
My brother's the one
they worry about.
Trouble, is he?
Opposite. He's the golden boy.
Until a few months ago,
he could do no wrong.
What happened?
He got into a fight at school.
Now Mum and Dad are freaking out.
I saw him out with his kayak.
Have you been watching us?
I like to know what's going on.
You learn that in the army?
I did, actually.
How old are you?
-How old are you?
-I asked first.
I'm 17.
Well, I'm more than double that.
I've got a daughter that's
a little bit younger than you.
What's her name?
Kerr.
I don't see her much.
How come?
I'm not with her mum any more.
No kidding.
No. In truth,
I find it hard to be around people.
Yet here you are.
SHE CHUCKLES
How do you mean?
Out of all the places
you could have chosen to set up camp,
you put yourself right next to
a bunch of holiday homes.
I'd call that a bit of a paradox.
Well, where else am I going
to get my organic soup?
You're pretty observant,
do you know that?
I have my moments.
ALEX COUGHS
HE GRUNTS, BREATHES RAPIDLY
HE GROANS
Where's your dad live?
You don't have any pictures of him.
Uh, we don't really see him any more.
You know, you don't need
to say if you don't want to.
Uh Um
Christmas the year before last,
there was this guy
who went a bit weird
and he started shouting at people
in a shopping centre.
Took a pee in Santa's grotto.
Uh, it was on the local news.
What, that was your dad?
He had a psychotic episode
so, um he got sectioned,
and he's off his section now
and he doesn't want to see us.
Don't tell anyone that, please.
That's kind of the reason
why I left school, moved.
SHE SNIFFLES
I was bullied, uh, for it.
You know, um
my dad invested
all of him and Mum's money
into this crypto business
his mate started.
-Crypto? -Yeah.
-THEY CHUCKLE
But the worst of it is,
Mum didn't know
he was going to do it.
And then it turned out this guy
wasn't quite as good a friend
as he thought.
They lost all their savings.
Do you think that something happens
to your brain when you have kids?
THEY CHUCKLE
Jesus.
I mean, you'd think there wasn't
any hope for any of us.
Do you have a girlfriend or anything?
Boys at my school
are really immature.
Not that they're into me.
They fancied my pal Jamila.
She's really pretty.
She was my only real friend,
you know.
Someone who gets you.
But she moved to fucking New Zealand.
SHE SIGHS Listen to me,
going on about my stupid problems
like they matter.
Do they matter to you?
Yeah, obviously.
Well, then they are important,
aren't they?
It's not like
I've been shot at or anything.
It's not a competition.
You know, you're not supposed
to have big problems at your age.
You don't need
to go looking for them.
They'll come soon enough.
-This your wife?
-Found it. -You found it?
You know that woman in the cabin
near you, she runs a lot?
Oh, my God, she's so intense.
She actually freaks me out.
She set fire to it
and dropped it in a tree stump.
-What do you think she was doing?
-I don't know.
Are you not curious?
Do you think
she might have murdered her,
she's tried to dispose
of the evidence?
You shouldn't joke
about stuff like that.
Can I keep it?
-If you want.
-Cool.
You know, I'm not really 17.
I'm 15.
Does that bother you?
Should it?
People tell me I look older.
When you said
there was something in the air
in the loch
the bothy,
you were telling the truth,
weren't you?
There is something.
Did you go in?
Did you see something?
-I don't want to talk about it.
-Did you, though?
-Take the fucking hint!
-SHE GASPS
I don't want to talk about it!
KNOCKING AT DOOR
Yeah?
I'm making a tea. Do you want one?
No, thanks. Is Dad around?
He went for a walk.
What is that?
Found it in the woods. Why?
Why have you got
someone's burnt passport?
It was lying around. I picked it up.
What's the big deal anyway?
It's just a stupid passport.
I just wish
you would think things through.
What?
-Nothing I ever do is right, is it?
-What?
What would it take for you
to notice me?
If I got pregnant? If I died?
Maybe you'd pay attention
to me then. Get out of my room.
-OK.
-Get out!
OK!
Bye.
Seeing Kayleigh, then?
Been keeping an eye out, have you?
I'm pleased for you.
Hear you finally
popped your cherry.
ALEX CHUCKLES SOFTLY
You know she only
got off with you for a dare?
-Sure.
-Andrea said.
Her and her mates thought
you were a bit of weirdo,
and she dared Kayleigh
to get off with you.
Is this supposed to be some kind
of mind game or something?
Fine, don't believe me.
Ask her yourself.
Tree boy.
Alex, you're late.
OK. Everyone, continue on
with your worksheets,
-and don't forget to take notes on what you are observing.
-Hi.
Hi.
Everything OK?
Why wouldn't it be?
Could you pass me the solution?
Have I done something?
Did you get off with me as a dare?
Conor told me Andrea dared you.
If I asked her, what would she say?
OK.
She said those words,
but it was a joke.
What, getting off with me
was a joke?
An excuse for me to talk to you.
You needed an excuse to talk to me?
You're twisting everything
I'm saying!
Did? Did you tell her
I lost my virginity to you?
OK, um, w-we talk about stuff, OK?
I thought she was my friend.
I thought you were my friend.
-Lovers' tiff, is it?
-Shut the fuck up, Conor.
Everything all right over there?
It's so not a big deal, OK?
I don't know why you're making
such a thing of it.
Would you be OK if I told everyone
your dad was on the fucking news
having a fucking breakdown?
STUDENTS EXCLAIM AND LAUGH
Sorry. I I didn't
I didn't mean to say that.
INDISTINCT CHATTER AND WHISPERING
LAUGHTER
INHALER HISSES
INHALER HISSES
I am here, you know.
I'm trying to give you space, Alex,
but you're giving me nothing.
Why won't you talk to me
about what's going on?
What do you mean?
Getting into fights.
It wasn't a fight.
You got a suspension.
Look, I know it's to do
with this girl you were seeing.
You didn't even tell us
you had a girlfriend.
You don't tell us anything.
Is it to do with me and your dad?
The money?
Are you going to split up?
No!
-Of course not.
-Because if you are, me and Becky will be all right.
SHE CHUCKLES UNEASILY
You OK?
Aye.
You?
SHE MIMICS GUNSHO
So, Kayleigh,
I hear your old man's
a big fan of Christmas?
-Shut up, Conor.
-You're the one who said it.
Just shut the fuck up, all right?
Guys, concentrate on your work.
Is that what turns you on
about tree boy?
He's as much of a freak
as your old man?
What did you fucking say?
STUDENTS EXCLAIM
THEY GRUN
Stop it! Stop! Stop it!
THUD, GLASS SHATTERS
KAYLEIGH GROANS
Kayleigh, I'm sorry.
SHE WHIMPERS
FAINT SPEECH: - Debbie,
grab the first-aid kit off the wall.
Take Kayleigh to reception.
Let them know what's happened.
- VOICE SLOWS AND FADES OUT:
- Conor, you all right?
Alex, you need to come with me.
I might go to the pub
and have a coke.
Or a beer, if they'll serve you.
Why not? It's what I would do
if I was your age.
It's a bit different now, Dad.
Can I come for a coke?
Sure.
Do you reckon they'll get a divorce?
Mum said they wouldn't.
You asked her?
Yeah, well, she was asking why
I was such a fuck-up at the minute
and was wondering if it was anything
to do with her and Dad, so
That was her exact words?
Yeah, that was her exact words.
Remember when everyone's parents
got divorced but ours didn't?
Yeah, it was so weird.
-Kind of cool, though.
-Mm.
Did you really tell people
about Kayleigh's dad?
How do you know about that?
Everyone knows about that.
Yeah, Mum and Dad don't.
Yeah, not parents, obviously.
Do you know what she did to me?
Going out with you for a dare?
It's fucking humiliating.
Did she really, though?
I mean, people say stuff
they don't mean.
I could tell that everyone
was looking at me
and thinking what a simp I am.
And I know you shouldn't care
about what people think about you,
but you just do, don't you?
I'm a fucking coward.
I don't think you are.
I just think
you should have done better.
Do you want another lemonade?
I'm meeting someone.
Who?
Someone I met.
He's staying here.
What, he's staying in the bar?
We've been hanging out a bit.
Playing pool and that.
Cool.
He's really nice
but his parents are quite strict.
We just hang out.
Don't tell Mum and Dad.
They wouldn't mind, would they?
I just don't like them
in my business.
Going to be safe, yeah?
Course I am.
I'm not stupid.
Hi.
Can I stay?
Alex asked if
we were going to split up.
I said no.
Would you have said no?
Yes. I mean, no,
I I'd have said no.
Yeah.
I've made such a mess of things.
He'll be OK.
He used to look at me
like I was a giant.
It's not the end of the world.
He still loves you.
He's just realised that
you're a bit of a twat.
Oh, thanks.
Very welcome.
Do you think I'm a bit of a twat?
Like, do you think I'm the reason
he's been acting up?
Don't answer.
It's not the money.
It's the fact that you invested it
without telling me.
HE SIGHS
It's like I'm not here
is how it feels.
I saw you flirting
with that woman across the way.
Come on. I just offered to help her
with her picture frame.
So, you're telling me that
you do not find her attractive?
Well, that's a no-win question
if I've ever heard one.
What am I supposed to say?
No. You're supposed to say no.
Good, cos the answer's no.
No, I don't find her
I don't find her
the least bit attractive.
I find you attractive.
I do.
-Ha-ha.
-You can laugh all you want, but I do.
It's annoying to me that
I'm still charmed by you.
It's not annoying to me.
Well, you always did have
a weak character.
-Shut up.
-THEY CHUCKLE
I love you.
So much.
I suppose I love you, too.
The kids are going to be fine.
We're going to be fine.
Things just got a wee bit rocky,
no more than that.
You forget
how much courage it takes
just to keep going at that age.
At any age.
Yeah.
TECHNO MUSIC BLARES IN DISTANCE
Hmm.
INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE
SHE SIGHS
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
What was it like in the army?
Good.
Most of the time.
It suited me, and the other boys.
The banter, the training
I loved it.
What about when you went to fight?
I'd rather not talk about that.
Were you ever scared?
I was.
Is that why you joined?
How do you mean?
Because it frightened you.
HE CHUCKLES
I wanted to punish my mother.
SHE CHUCKLES SOFTLY
What for?
-Marrying my father.
-SHE LAUGHS
My father frightened me
and I think that I wanted
to make people feel
the same way that I did.
Did you kill people?
I did.
Did they deserve it?
Some of 'em.
Were they all soldiers
that you killed?
I don't know.
In the bothy, what you saw
was it to do with the war?
No.
I think you're like me.
In what way?
You're lonely.
But you don't have to be.
I don't think anyone
deserves to be lonely.
I feel like I can tell you things.
Things I can't tell other people.
You know,
you can tell me things, too.
I'm good at keeping secrets.
Do you like me?
I suppose so.
So, how come you won't look at me?
PHONE CHIMES
HE CHUCKLES SOFTLY
HE CHUCKLES SOFTLY, SNIFFLES
WHOOSHING AND CRACKLING
SHE SOBS QUIETLY
FIRE ROARS
SHE SOBS
MAN: - What do you know
about a man living in the woods?
Some people said
they saw you together.
Do you think he had something
to do with the fire?