After The Party (2023) s01e06 Episode Script

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- We've got your kayak, ya prick!
- RU: People are calling
for you to be sacked.
- I can't be late again.
I have to go.
(DOOR SHUTS, BABY FUSSES)
- We had a bit of a rough night.
- I'm just scared the whole time,
you know, that something bad's gonna
happen to him,
and I'm not gonna be
able to protect him.
- Tom.
Why can't you just admit you're
wrong about everything, Mum?
- He was just being a nice, kind
man, and you crucified him for it.
- It almost destroyed me,
almost destroyed my family.
- Why can't you just admit it?
You were wrong.
(WIND BLOWS)
(FIRE CRACKLES)
(THUD! BUILDING CREAKS)
(BIRDS CAW OUTSIDE)
(WAVES CRASH)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
- Kia ora.
Moira here from down the road.
Seen you over the last couple
of weeks. I'm just checking in.
You all good without power and
I'll leave you be. Um
There's a cray here for you, love.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES REPEATEDLY)
(TUNE-YARDS' 'JAMAICAN')
- # Crazy days of crumpets
in a crazy raisin rhyme.
# Sell it for a nickel
when you buy it for a dime.
# Underneath the water
is a crackle and a line.
# Lay upon your belly
like a stone along your spine.
# I see you.
# I see you.
# Ooh, she's not Jamaican.
# See, I told you so.
# She's all white; she's not black.
# She doesn't have any soul.
# Get soul. #
- Nope.
- Please don't.
I need to say something.
- What?
- To Grace as well.
It'll take two minutes.
(CHUCKLING)
Penny's here.
Uh, sorry.
Were you― you celebrating something?
- We were just, uh
It's Grace's graduation, so
just
- Oh God. Of course.
- Mum, what do you want?
- I just
wanted to say that I was wrong
about everything.
I know you didn't abuse Ollie or
anyone all those years ago, and
and what I've done, what I did
was
unforgiveable.
- Why now after all this time?
- Cos it suits her.
Cos it's convenient for her.
- Ollie came to see me.
He made me understand everything.
Phil, I've accused you of
some terrible, terrible things,
and I am so sorry.
- Your sorry?
That's it ― you're sorry?
- Grace, listen, I know the last few―
- I have an announcement too,
actually.
- This is not the time or the place.
- Yeah, it is.
We're moving to Scotland.
- What?
When?
- Well, Dad's got a job starting in
a couple of weeks, and I've applied
for a nursing position in Glasgow.
- How long have you
been planning this?
- Since you took Walt.
- Penny.
It was her idea to go.
You need to know that.
- I just don't get
why you didn't tell me.
- We were going to.
It's not my fault.
I was just waiting
for the right time.
- Bye, Grace.
- Bye.
- Phil.
- See ya.
See ya.
- Well, I'm not falling for it.
- Grace, she admitted she was wrong.
Grace. She admitted she was wrong.
You any idea what that means to me?
(WASPS BUZZ)
- God! Stop! Stop!
Ow! Ow!
(WASPS BUZZ)
Fuck you.
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Fuck you! Fuck!
- GRAHAM: Penny! You OK?
- (GRUNTS)
- Get round the back!
- Oh God!
- Here we go. You need to keep
still for this. This is gonna hurt.
Here we go. Just let me get that
on there. I know it's hurting.
Just gotta get that
doing it's job there.
All right. Good. OK?
All right? Yeah? Chin up, eh?
Chin up, soldier. All right, good.
Now, look, have a drink.
That'll help calm ya some more.
And then You all right?
That's it.
Now let me just have a look at this
one up here. Just lean over a bit.
Ooh. (INHALES SHARPLY)
Ooh, yeah, that's nasty. OK.
All right. That's it.
OK.
- Thank you, Graham.
- It's all right, Penny.
- SOBS: Thank you.
- It's all right now. Come on.
You're gonna be OK. All right?
Take a second. That's right.
- (SOBS)
Thank you.
- There, there. Come on now.
It's OK.
- (SOBS)
(PANTING)
- It's OK.
What's the matter?
Tom.
(BABY CRIES)
(SIGHS)
(RAIN PATTERS)
(SOMBRE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
- Hi. Sorry to barge in.
Um, Tom, can I have a quick word?
- I can't talk. I'm late for work.
- Look, I'll― I'll be quick.
How would the police go about
finding a missing person?
- Who?
- Ollie Gleeson.
I went round to his flat, and they
said they haven't seen him in three
weeks.
- How is that my problem
let alone yours?
- Well, when he came to see me,
he talked about suicide.
And he's tried before, so I was
just wondering if you would go and
try to find him.
- (CHUCKLES DRILY) Really?
- Yeah.
- I'm so sick of this family.
You all just fuckin' use me when
it suits you and piss off when it
doesn't.
- What was that about?
Kate?
- He's been in a shit every since
he found out Grace is leaving.
- Well, they're close. I mean
he's gonna miss Grace and Walt.
- He's in love with her.
- What? (CHUCKLES) No, he's not.
- How do you know?
- Oh, come on. They're family.
- I'm his family. Eli's his family.
Why are we not enough?
- You're just exhausted.
You both are. That's all it is.
- Well, he won't talk to me.
Something's the matter.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
- Cheers, mate.
- God, sorry I'm late.
- It's OK.
- (SIGHS)
Did I get you that shirt?
- Nope.
- Hmm.
Uh
Listen, I know that
you didn't have to meet me here.
I mean, I wouldn't if I were you.
I'd hate me forever if I were you.
So, thank you.
- You any idea what
it was like for me
to go home to Glasgow
without you,
without Grace,
and explain why to my mother?
She wasn't a vindictive woman,
but she died hating your guts.
She died not being able to
say goodbye to her one and
only grandchild.
She died before she could
even see Walt being born.
Any idea what that was like for me,
the hurt for my family?
- (SIGHS)
Look
I know you don't owe me
a fucking thing,
but I can't bear the thought
of Grace and Walt and you going away
without me somehow making this right.
I need to make it right.
They're all I have.
- Well, for a start,
you stop making it all about you.
- Yeah.
(CHUCKLES DRILY)
What do I do?
Tell me what to do.
- OK, for a start, then, you could
tell her you're happy for her
that you're pleased she's going.
That's all she wants to hear.
- How? How? She won't even see me.
She won't talk to me.
- Have a party.
A going away party.
- Would she come?
I mean, would you come?
- Mm-hm.
- Would you
Would you talk to her?
I mean, is it better for―
for me to ask her or you?
- No, no, I'll do it. I'll do it.
- OK. Thank you. You don't
have to do this, but thank you.
- I'm not doing it for you;
I'm doing it for her.
- I know. I know.
(SIGHS)
- Can I ask you something?
- Yep.
- Did you ever have an affair
when we were married?
- No.
No!
(LOW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
- (GASPS)
(COUGHS)
(COUGHS)
Ugh.
Oof.
(INHALES) Oh!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE)
(INTERCOM BUZZES)
(DOOR BUZZES)
(WALDECK'S
'WHY DID WE FIRE THE GUN?' PLAYS)
- # Lay down your head
and show me if you like it.
# Lend me your ears
and read me like a book.
# This conversation,
# it strikes me.
# No need for words.
# It's all understood.
# Lay down your head
and show me if you like it.
# Wonder if there is
something we did wrong.
# Nothing can stop me
# from shaking.
# Why did you have to fire
# that gun? #
(PIANO MUSIC)
(PEOPLE GRUNT)
- Ollie.
- So, are you
bi-curious?
Pan?
Closet gay?
Or are you just browsing?
- Penny asked me to check up on
you. She was worried you might
be suicidal.
- Fuck off.
I'm not gonna kill myself over her.
- You know, she finally admitted
she was wrong about the whole Phil
thing.
- Really?
- Whatever you said
got through to her.
- I just told her the truth.
He was fucking kind to me.
- How so?
- Talked to me like I had a brain.
I fell in love with literature
because of him.
(CHUCKLES) I probably fell in love
with him a bit too.
- But he never
- What?
- took advantage of you?
- Oh, for fuck's sake. No, Tom,
he never took advantage of me.
You know if Penny was gonna accuse
Phil of having sex with anyone,
I would've thought
it would've been you.
I mean, you were always
the one that was tailing around
after him like a little puppy dog.
(PANTS)
'Oh, look at me, Phil. Look at me.'
(PANTS)
'Oh.' (PANTS)
(HOWLS)
(CHUCKLES)
- (BREATHES SHARPLY)
(GRUNTS)
Ahh
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
- (CHUCKLES)
- READS: Ay free, aff han' your
story tell, when with a bosom crony.
- PHIL: Jesus, Tom.
Burns is turning in his grave.
- Why can't he just talk English?
- Eh, because he's Scottish.
- I don't get it.
I don't understand.
- OK, Tom, Tom.
So, the poem is called Epistle to a
Friend, which is just a fancy word
for letter to a friend,
so it's an older man giving life
advice to a younger man.
And if you look at this bit ― 'but
still keep something to yoursel',
ye scarcely tell to ony'.
What that means is you can tell
your friends all the stories you
like,
but always, always keep something
to yourself. Good advice.
Right, carry on.
- READS: 'In ploughman phrase,
"God send you speed,"
'still daily to grow wiser,
'and may ye better reck the rede
'than ever did the adviser.'
- Is it possible for
your ears to bleed?
- (LAUGHS)
- So, he's telling the young guy
to be better than what he is.
- Tom, you're a genius.
- At least there's one in the family.
(ORCHESTRAL STRING MUSIC)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
- Hey, Tom.
- (SOBS SOFTLY)
(SOBS)
He told me he loved me.
And I tried so, so fuckin' hard.
(SOBS)
- I'm sorry, Tom.
I'm so sorry I didn't see it.
We gotta get you some help.
- Nah.
- Yeah.
- Nah.
- We do. There are people who
can help you, that you can talk to.
- Don't say a word.
- We have to. There are other kids.
There could be other―
- I don't care.
- Yes, you do. You do. I know you do.
- Fuckin' promise me.
I'll say you're lying again.
Fucking promise me!
- OK.
OK, I promise.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Hello?
(WALT SQUEALS)
- Nana!
- (GASPS)
- Nana! Nana!
- Oh, I've missed you.
- Nana.
- Where's Mummy? Where's Mummy?
Go find Mummy.
There she is.
Hi.
- GRACE: Hi.
- How's the packing going?
- Oh, you know, bit of a nightmare.
- Give me a job.
- What, seriously?
- Mm-hm. I wanna help.
- OK.
Dad's found this little flat
in Govan, which is, like,
really central,
and it's by this huge train station,
which Walt is really excited about.
But, you know, it's only
two bedrooms, so it'll be, like,
squeezy anyway, but we'll manage.
Dad also mentioned the party.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Is it cool to invite anyone
that I like?
- Absolutely. It's your party.
- I wanna ask Ollie, then.
- That's good.
That's really good.
- Mum.
- Grace.
Do you have to go?
- Yeah.
But, like, we'll have this party.
We can just start again.
OK? (CHUCKLES)
I'll go get another box.
(ORCHESTRAL STRING MUSIC)
- (GASPS SOFTLY)
(SIGHS)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, MUSIC PLAYS)
(BOTH SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)
- Hi!
(BABY FUSSES)
- WALT: Rarr!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, MUSIC CONTINUES)
- You want a very
badly poured bubbles?
Hey, eat up, guys. Eat up.
Please help yourselves.
(THE BETHS'
'WHEN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW' PLAYS)
- Hey.
Well, thanks to the kebab king,
they are now ready.
And, Grace,
I think you know this young man.
(BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY)
- GRACE: Thanks for coming.
- Ollie, I'm really glad you're here.
- Didn't need to worry about me.
- Whoo-hoo! Ollie!
- (LAUGHS) Hey, mate!
What are you drinking?
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
Where's the drinks, my wee man?
- Look at this!
- What is it?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, MUSIC CONTINUES)
(BOTTLES CLINK IN FRIDGE)
- Tom, if you don't say something,
I will.
- No, you won't.
You fuckin' promised.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, MUSIC CONTINUES)
(CLINKING)
- (CLEARS THROAT) Sorry. (CHUCKLES)
I don't wanna stop the party
or anything. I just, um
I just had a couple of things
that I wanted to say. Uh
The last five years
have been pretty tough.
But we, um
we got through them, didn't we?
And
there's a― there's a truth
that I now know that
there's nothing more important
than family.
My beautiful girl here.
And the amazing wee man that
she made. (CHUCKLES) Sorry.
Speech over. (LAUGHS)
Just get back to having fun,
will you?
(SOBS SOFTLY)
- It's OK.
(MARIA DALLAS' 'PINOCCHIO' PLAYS)
- # Do you love me, Pinocchio?
- OLLIE: Come on, Grace. (CHUCKLES)
- # Tell me lies,
and your nose'll grow.
# With that poor wooden part
that you call a heart,
# do you love me, Pinocchio?
- Ollie, no, I can't dance.
- Yes, you can.
- # You are just a Pinocchio boy
- What is this music?
- (CHUCKLES)
- # of a marionette toy.
# But if I got the string
and let your heart sing
- CHUCKLES: Oh, stop.
- # will you give me life
full of joy?
# Do you love me, Pinocchio?
# Tell me lies,
and your nose'll grow.
# With that wooden part
that you call a heart,
# do you love me, Pinocchio?
# You are just a Pinocchio man
# in the grip
# of Geppetto's hand.
# But if I got the twine,
# will you say you're mine
# and share all the things
that we planned?
- Nope.
- # Do you love me, Pinocchio?
# Tell me lies,
and your nose'll grow.
# With that wooden part
that you call a heart,
# do you love me, Pinocchio?
(MUSIC CONTINUES IN BACKGROUND)
- Ollie's amazing, isn't he?
- What?
- Ollie.
- Yeah. Little rascal.
- Hey, can I have a word?
- Sure, sure.
OK?
- Tom told me what you did to him.
- What?
- When he was a kid.
If you touch one hair on our
grandson's head, I will rip
you a-fucking-part.
I will tear you to pieces.
And I will go to prison for it.
I fucking swear.
- Mm-hm.
- PARTYGOER IN BACKGROUND:
Yeah. Oh my God.
- Excuse me, girls. Thank you.
- Call him.
(CHUCKLING)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING CONTINUES)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING CONTINUES)
(GENTLE PIANO MUSIC)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, MUSIC PLAYS)
- Grace. Grace.
Have you seen Tom?
- Um He went for a surf
at Potter's Point with Dad.
I thought you knew.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
- PHIL: We'll have to paddle
out past the point. It's flat
as a millpond here.
There's a place in Scotland that
has the best right hand in Europe.
God's truth.
I mean, it'll freeze your balls off,
but it's stunning. You should come.
- Yeah, maybe.
- So, Penny pulled me up.
Said you were saying things.
- No.
- Oh, just lying to me, was she?
- It wouldn't be the first time.
- Mm-hm.
You know that
what's happening in your life
isn't my fault. You know that.
- Never said Never said itwas.
- Cos you don't want to play the
victim card, Tom. It doesn't suit
you.
Penny's an expert at getting inside
people's heads and making them feel
ashamed.
You're not ashamed of
what went on between us?
Should I take that as a yes?
Jesus Christ. The amount of time I
spent on you when nobody else gave
a fuck.
- The amount of time?
- Aye, time.
And love.
That's what it was, Tom ― love.
Come on. Let's go. Let's go surf.
- You raped me.
- What did you say?
- You raped me.
Over and over and over again.
- Jesus, that woman's
got right inside your head.
- You made me feel
like I was special.
- You were special. You just
You just wanted too much.
- How did I know what I wanted?
I was 14 years old.
- You knew.
You knew.
(GRUNTS)
- (PANTS)
(LOW ORCHESTRAL STRING MUSIC)
- (GRUNTS)
- Get up.
- Tom. Tom!
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
(ORCHESTRAL STRING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(GRUNTS)
- (GASPS)
Oh Jesus!
No, no, no, no, no.
- (PANTS)
- (PANTS)
Tom!
(GRUNTS)
Tom, help me!
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Tom!
(GRUNTS)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(PANTS)
Tom.
Tom, listen to me.
You went out together.
You came in early. You thought he
was following you. You went back
to the car.
OK? And you waited.
And then you drove home.
Just go.
Just go! Go!
(GRUNTS)
(LOW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
(GENTLE PIANO MUSIC)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
- Do you remember Tommy?
- CHUCKLES: No.
- Tommy, um, had his
hands down his pants.
- (LAUGHS)
(PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
(PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(PANTS)
(WAVES CRASH)
(WATER LAPS)
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