The Dry (2022) s01e05 Episode Script

LIVELY MUSIC
BRAKES SQUEAK
KNOCK ON WINDOW
WINDOW WINDS DOWN
WHISPERS: What are you doing?
I can't go home.
Why?
There's cum on my dress.
Rory's?
No.
CAR DOOR OPENS
CAR DOOR CLOSES
Tell me everything.
Who was it?
The silver fox?
I knew you were gonna ride him.
Oh.
Was it not good?
He didn't even get inside me.
What? He didn't even
get it inside me!
So you didn't No.
He just Came
all over my dress.
On your dress? He literally
came all over my dress.
That's literally
all I got out of it.
I've had teenage fingerings
at the Christian
Brothers College disco
that were more sexually
satisfying than that.
You let guys finger
you at the CBC disco?
Everyone let guys finger
them at the CBC disco.
That was the whole point!
It's not fair! CAR HOOTS.
I got six A1s in
the leaving certs.
Literally the highest
score you can get.
I got into the College of
Surgeons for Christ's sake,
but I can't get a middle aged
man to fuck me in a car park?
I can't even have
a simple affair.
Well I just want to have sex!
CAR HOOTS Let's not
keep doing that.
HOOTER BLARING
Do you and Rory not have sex?
Of course we have sex.
We're not Mormons!
It's just been a while.
How long's a while?
Three months
Six months.
A year. A year?
Why?
Because he's been
training for a triathlon
and it's a high endurance,
multidisciplinary sport
and it makes him
very, very tired.
I thought you were training too.
I gave up! CRYING.
Oh, Caroline
No, stop!
I don't want your
pity. I hate that.
But I think it's really sad.
You're a woman in the
prime of your life.
You should be having great sex.
I know that!
Don't you think I know that?
Don't you think I know that?
I want to have great sex!
I want to have great sex!
I want to have
great sex! HOOTING.
We need to go inside now.
No. Yes. Yep, come on.
CARO: I tried to cheat on
my lovely, loyal boyfriend.
I'm a terrible person.
You are not a terrible person.
You're just unhappy
in your relationship.
I'm not that unhappy.
Most of the time I feel nothing.
WHISPERS: Oh, what
if Rory finds out?
Would that be the worst thing?
Yes!
He's the only person in my life
I can actually rely on.
Caroline, do you want to
end up like our parents?
In a sad, sexless relationship
made functional by weekly visits
made functional by weekly
visits to an acupuncturist?
To an acupuncturist?
Or do you want to
live on your terms,
with a man who knows you
and appreciates you
and who you can
have great sex with
at least several times a week?
That feels like a lot.
I do double shifts.
This could be an opportunity.
For what? To tell
Rory how you feel.
Oh
Something important is missing
in your relationship.
If he doesn't want to fix that,
maybe he's not the guy for you.
You are not a terrible person.
I should have told you
about Jack and Kristen.
I've known she was
pregnant for ages.
Why didn't you tell me?
I guess I was seeing if
you'd really changed.
It was shitty. I'm sorry.
WHISPERS: I'm sorry too.
KNOCKING ON DOOR ANT: Shiv!
Dad's leaving!
What? He's packing up his stuff!
He's leaving mum.
CARO: What the fuck, Ant?
SHIV: Dad! What's going on!
Jesus! You're all there!
What's that on your?
Nothing. Where are you going?
Umm
Your mother and I have had a
a little talk
and we think it's best
if I go away for a while.
ANT: Away where?
To Mina's.
You were right, love,
what you said at the
family meeting was right.
About time we had some honesty.
ANT: But you have been honest.
You're in an open marriage,
we all know, so
No, no
It's not really an open marriage
if one of you's in love
with someone else
In love?
Thought it was just a
casual sex thing with Mina.
- No, no.
- The sex was never the point.
It's like Shiv said
For god's sakes, she's
not the Dalai Lama!
Look, this is what they
call a mid-life crisis.
No, it's not a mid-life
crisis, Caroline,
because I'm not in mid-life.
Yous are.
ALL: What?!
I am in the last act of my life
and if I don't start
telling the truth now
when will I?
So, I'm doing it.
I'm owning it.
I am in love with Mina.
It's like you were sayin'
Please, stop.
I'm sorry.
But it's the right
thing, for both of us.
I'll come back for
the rest of me stuff.
So wait, wait, wait
You're just leaving?
Just like that?
I hope you'll come and
spend some time with us.
You know, Mina really
is a wonderful woman.
Oh, fuck you!
Fuck you!
This is your fault.
CAR ENGINE STARTS.
Well, that family meeting
certainly stirred the pot.
Mum Did you know
Pam is missing?
Pam, your neighbour?
She's not answering texts,
she's not answering emails.
I've had some very strange
encounters with her husband.
What's just happened, Mum?
He's replaced her,
that's what's happened,
with some redhead.
Are you okay?
I'm fine!
Is Pam okay?
That's the question.
BASHING SOUND
Course it's not your fault!
I'm the one who called
the family meeting.
I'm the one who said
to tell the truth.
Hold it steady will ye?
I need to get a proper swing.
My parents have just split up.
I know, love.
It's disappointing for everyone
when an open relationship
doesn't work out.
But what's it got
to do with you?
They're adults.
You've about as much
control over them
as you do the old
glug glug glug.
Speaking of, how are you
feeling about tonight?
Err, what's tonight?
The meeting! You're our speaker!
What? I
Come on! Hold it steady!
Karen, I can't do
the talk tonight!
I'm a mess.
Those are always
the funniest, haha!
Please find someone else.
I'll do it next time.
You made a commitment!
Yeah, I know. Part of not
behaving like an addict
is honouring our commitments,
instead of going on a bender,
we stick to our word!
Yeah! Because believe it or not,
there's people in
more pain than you.
And hearing your story,
how you got sober
how you stayed sober
despite having no job,
no home, no meaningful
relationship
will you hold the
fucking thing steady!
I'm going for Katie Taylor here.
Okay.
I'll do the talk!
Ah, good girl!
Cause it's a bitch to
find someone last minute.
Put on a bit of lippy
and run a brush through
your hair beforehand!
We're alcoholics, not savages!
Hideous.
PHONE RINGS
ANT: Yo. Where's Mam?
She's not picking up.
ANT: She went for a walk.
By herself?
ANT: Yeah.
And you let her?
What was I supposed to do?
CARO: For God's sake!
Her husband just left!
She's vulnerable!
Wait, what are you saying?
That she might do
something to herself?
CHATTING AND LAUGHTER
ANT: Hello?
Sorry, Ant, gotta go.
Wait, what about Mam?
Hey, Dan!
Hey Can I have a word?
Yeah. Sure, Dr Sheridan.
Did you get home okay?
Yes. Yeah, I did, thanks.
You? Yeah, yeah. Yeah
Well, no, I actually ended
up staying at my parents
which turned into a
Doesn't matter. Umm
I just wanted to say,
about last night,
because I don't want it
to be weird between us.
No, no. No, me neither.
And what happened really
wasn't a big deal.
No. I mean, shit happens.
People get excited in situations
and I was excited.
Maybe too excited. Yeah.
What?
DAN: Mm-hmm.
I just meant, you know, we don't
have to write it off as a total
We could even
try again sometime
Maybe? Umm
No.
I don't think so.
No? But err
Thanks.
BANGING AND CRASHING
FRANTIC KNOCKING
I'm at work, Ant.
ANT: I found this
in Dad's stuff.
It's Carl's death cert.
He didn't die of some
mysterious heart thing.
He committed suicide.
It's right there.
Put that back
where you found it.
Why? It'll upset people.
They've been lying to us!
There's Dad making me feel
like I'm the fucking failure!
Carl's the coward
who killed himself.
You don't know what you're
talking about, okay?
Did you know about this?
My boss is looking at me.
Shiv, did you know?
I found him, Ant.
Of course I knew.
Why didn't you tell me?
You were a kid, you
didn't even know him!
You're supposed to be
the fucking honest one!
SHIV: Ant, wait!
Ant!
SHIV SIGHS
JACK: Hey.
What happened?
Ant found Carl's death
cert. He didn't know.
Ah, shit.
You were supposed
to answer the phones
while we meditate.
Err, she's got a
family emergency.
Is everything okay?
JACK: Can she go early?
No. Honestly, there's no need.
Actually, that would be great.
If you go you
could open tomorrow
and I can go to pregnancy yoga!
Everybody wins.
Shiv!
Wait up!
Yo!
JACK: Where you going?
I've a meeting shortly.
A meeting?
Fuck that. Excuse me?
You don't need to
wallow in this shit.
You need to blow it off.
Well, I
I used to do that with whiskey
and it didn't work
out so well, so
Wait
How about we do
something together?
JACK: Huh?
DOOR OPENS
Oh, this place looks fancy.
JACK: Table for two please.
Have you a reservation?
Have you a reservation?
Oh, Arthur knows me.
Oh, Arthur knows me.
Jack Corcoran. He
said stop in any time.
Call him if you want.
MAITRE D': Follow me please.
May I take your
coat? No, thank you.
HAPPY RESTAURANT CHATTER
So Have you decided?
We'll have a bit of everything.
Everything? Yeah.
The plates are small
and we've pretty big
appetites, so why not.
We'll have a jug of that mint
infused whatever that is too.
Of course.
How much will this cost?
Don't worry about it.
I owe a lot of people money.
It's taken care of, okay?
Here.
What do you think of that?
Err
bog standard restaurant art?
Guy who owns this place,
he's a big collector.
He's got some serious pieces.
I think it's pretentious.
I hate shit like that.
Why, who's the artist?
Me.
What the? Oh
Shit.
Caroline!
Rory made me a barm brack.
A what? He made it himself.
It's so fluffy!
I got your message.
Thought I'd pop over after work.
Everything is made
better by a barm brack.
So, you're okay then?
I was telling Rory about Pam.
I found her shoe!
And he was saying it's amazing
the amount of men that
actually murder their wives.
The statistics are shocking.
BERNIE: Well
the indignity of being left
for an older woman aside,
I've been spared that at least.
Have some cake, love.
It's delicious.
So, she's acting
fully mental, right?
It's just the shock.
It's understandable.
Thanks for coming over today.
I couldn't leave Bernie
by herself after that.
Jesus.
I can't believe
old Tom just left.
After everything
they've been through.
I know.
Where's the fecking
loyalty, like?
They've been
together forty years,
you don't turn
around one day and
Rory?
Yeah?
Will you marry me?
Please.
CARO: Mum! KNOCKING ON WINDOW.
Have we any champagne?
Champagne?
He said yes!
Who?
PARTY MUSIC
Oh, fuck off.
I am so sorry. Will
you stop apologising?
I didn't mean to Shit?
Yeah you did.
And you're right,
because I haven't made a
decent piece of art in years.
Well I'm sure that's not true.
I'm just so fucking bored, Shiv.
I used to do things, go places.
I used to take risks.
And now I
I've nothing to say.
Fatherhood's kind of risky.
What? It is!
It's not like it
was planned, okay?
At least not by me.
Oh.
Don't you miss
the old days, huh?
All the mad shit we used to do?
We were fucking crazy.
We were kids. No, no.
We just had balls back then.
MAITRE D': Burrata.
Made in West Cork.
Served with a grilled
nectarine coulis
and a basil reduction.
Enjoy.
Listen, I err
I appreciate what you've
done for me today,
distracting me and
treating me to dinner.
I'm not paying for dinner.
What?
But you said
That's about 300 quid there.
I can't afford 300 quid.
I can, but
where's the fun in that?
Huh? LAUGHS.
No, no. No fucking way, Jack.
What? We used to do it
all the time in college.
Doing a runner in here!
We could get arrested!
Do you have a choice?
Hmm?
Fuck you, Jack!
Nice
Create a diversion
We need to make it bigger.
Bigger?
How fucking dare you!
Okay, it is one thing
sleeping with my sister,
but my brother!
GASPING
Madam! Madam! Pick
a fucking team!
Wait! You saw what she did?
She's a fucking nut job!
MAITRE D': Wait! Run, Shiv, run!
SCREAMING MAITRE D': Wait!
LAUGHING AND WHOOPING
But they know who you are!
Let 'em come find me!
You're a fucking lunatic!
PASSIONATE KISSING
Nice studio.
Thanks. It's expensive.
Do you want to get that?
No. It'll just be my family.
They ruin everything.