This Is Not My Life (2010) s01e10 Episode Script

Search Alec Ross.
Confirm identity as John Sheridan.
I wanna go home.
Shut up.
Don't move.
They knew where to strike.
They knew when to strike.
They knew where the kids were.
I wanna know who helped them.
Cunning little bugger.
You know.
Come on, give your old man a hug.
You're really my father? For my sins.
He's important and he says he can get us out of here.
I need to bring someone.
- Will you come with me? - Yes.
It's not possible.
What do you want? You leave Alec Ross alone.
He's mine to deal with.
I can't leave without you.
- It's time to do this.
- No, no, I can't.
I'm not- Stop talking.
Safe journey, Alec.
Just listen.
You're a good doctor.
That's why you're here, but you didn't buy into this like other good citizens.
- Is that a threat? - Absolutely.
I'm listening.
Sir, if you can return to your hotel.
Sir.
Shall we go back now, sir? Whatever Harry says or wants you to do, don't believe him.
I know he's your dad, but he shafted me.
You can't trust Harry.
Josie? Someone's bugging around here.
My account is frozen and my PeC's blocked.
Ring Margaret and Nigel.
If they're involved, there'll be bloody hell to pay.
Oh, shit.
Josie, if you can hear this, put another 10K on my access account and get me on that plane first thing in the morning.
Thank you very much.
- For you.
- Thank you.
It's the least I could do.
You've been so kind.
Damn technology, eh? Can you imagine how I felt picking Becky up from school and finding she wasn't there? I was gonna call you.
From the airport.
It was a last-minute thing.
And you didn't think that I or Christian might want to go? There wasn't room.
In the end, it got cancelled, OK, so this really doesn't matter.
This job's still happening, isn't it? Probably.
It has to be happening.
I've told everyone.
Honestly, I don't know.
Mrs Ross, Richard Foster.
I'd like a word with your husband if you don't mind.
Um, we-we were just about to have dinner.
You might have to begin without him.
Shall we? I'm not a criminal, and you have no right to come into my home and upset my family.
I'd like to know about your connection to Harry Sheridan.
What connection? I don't have one, apart from work.
Why would a member of the board come all the way here to offer you a job? Lucky break? Did Harry mention John Sheridan? Who? John Sheridan.
Uh, I assume they're related? His son.
He died recently.
And what's this got to do with me? Harry didn't ask you to speak to anyone, send a message to anyone? Why would he? Well, you might wanna help someone if they're offering you a promotion.
Look, if you've got a problem with Harry, maybe you should take it up with him, cos I really need to see my family.
OK? That's very commendable.
- So I can go? - Soon.
Of course.
Take it back.
Stop there.
Did Harry mention John Sheridan? Who? John Sheridan.
Um, I assume they're related.
His son.
He died recently.
- And what's this got to do with me? - What's his BP? It's up.
He's tense.
He's making eye contact - not looking down or left.
Anyone can learn that.
I don't know why we're doing this.
Well, perhaps you should familiarise yourself with the background.
His wife was-is a leading figure in Recall; a known terrorist.
But John Sheridan's dead, isn't he? His father isn't.
Harry Sheridan wouldn't be in bed with terrorists.
He's on the board.
That makes him immune to corruption, does it? to see my family.
OK? That's very commendable.
Alec Ross is involved or he is an innocent dupe.
Hey, hey, what's wrong? Has something happened? Onions.
What's this playing? - I'll turn it off.
- No.
No, I like it.
- Really? - Yeah.
Sure.
It's Dvorak.
Cool.
No, if you like it, yeah, I like it too.
You can be such a dick sometimes.
Yeah.
What? Oh, I-I take you for granted, and sometimes I treat you so badly.
No.
Yes.
This is the only life we get, and you're not gonna change.
Neither am I.
So we're here, we might as well embrace it.
Where have you been? You should have called me.
I-I-It was late.
Who was that man? Oh, just a colleague.
Very cold eyes.
Mm.
Yeah.
It's the new job, isn't it? Something's gone wrong.
What did you do? Um, well, why do you assume that I'm in the wrong? All right.
Then what happened? Look, can we just not stress about this now? I'm not stressing.
I am communicating.
If you say so! Now, that is sarcasm, which is passive aggression.
And this is me going to clean my teeth.
Knocking off? No, just running a background check on John Sheridan.
Oh yeah? It doesn't look so special.
Yeah, there's a string to it.
How do you mean? Someone's messed with the file in the last couple of weeks.
I'm running a chain to see where it came from and what they've changed.
Have you OK'd this with Richard? I wanna see what comes up first.
I don't wanna get growled out for wasting time.
Hmm.
Yeah, good call.
There's more if you want it.
Uh, not for me, thanks.
No, no.
I'll go.
So is it still happening, or what? Eh? Are we still going away? I I-I'm not sure.
Hi, uh, I'm Harry Sheridan.
Oh my goodness.
Come in, come in.
Look who's here.
Oh, I'm so pleased to meet you, Harry.
A-An absolute pleasure to meet you too.
Who's this? Oh, our son, Christian, and daughter, Becky.
Um, we're all so thrilled about the new job.
As if.
Oh, teenagers.
Moody.
Would you like a coffee or chai? Oh, I would love to, but, um, can we? Well, I'm just off to work.
I'll walk with you.
That's a great idea.
Lovely to meet you.
You too.
Lovely day for it.
Makes me tired just looking at 'em.
How come you didn't turn up at the airport, mm? Were you warned? What about? Them playing silly buggers - not letting me on the flight.
Who's them? Richard and his cronies.
No, no.
I was warned about you by Sarah.
How could she? OK.
You said we were gonna meet her, but she hates you, so that was clearly bullshit.
What did you do to her? Me? Nothing.
So where is she? I don't know.
So you lied.
Hey, cool it.
Being interrogated in the middle of the night by Richard Foster can really piss a bloke off.
What did he want? Oh, mostly to know about you and your dodgy connections.
Christ, I will do that bastard.
Well, if he doesn't do you first.
Yeah, I'm not the one who's breaking his protocols burying bodies in a pit.
How did you know that? You're not the only nosy one around here.
Why did you talk to Harry Sheridan? - What are you doing here? - Answer the question.
Sorry, I've got a client waiting.
Why did you go to Harry about Richard and the bodies? Let go of me or I will yell loudly.
I thought you were on my side.
I care about Waimoana and the health and well-being of my clients, so, yes, I took some action.
You were meant to be gone.
Yeah, there was a change of plan.
Backed the wrong horse, did you? What-? What does that mean? Harry Sheridan might be rich, but he is not as powerful as he thinks.
Who said that? Richard? You should go, Alec.
You're scared.
Yeah.
The ice queen has a flaw.
Very funny.
OK.
What's he got over you? You want my advice? Don't take him on.
So what's Alec Ross been up to? No unusual movement, so no visual.
But I did track him to the park where he stayed for a while.
Meeting anyone? No, no.
It was weird.
He, um, stayed in a spot for a while and then just left.
Or he's with Harry Sheridan.
He doesn't have a locator? No.
Keep on Ross.
Glad to.
Alec? Oh my God.
Hey.
I didn't mean to scare you.
What-? What happened? Things came up.
Did they? Yeah.
I wanted to call you, but I thought- You shouldn't be here.
Oh no, it's OK.
My chip's at home.
I have to get on with things.
That's what I have to do.
OK, I'm still gonna- No.
You're always gonna think that things could be better somewhere else, but what if this is the best that I can do? And you're happy with that? Happy enough.
Look, Jess, you can't do this.
I have to move on with my life and that doesn't include you.
Open flight bookings.
The file 'flight bookings' is not available.
Come in.
'Come on' is not a recognised action.
Shut up, you stupid woman! Did you ring the airport? What time's my flight? You're not booked on a flight, sir.
Oh, Jesus H I need to talk to you about your checkout time.
How can I check out when I can't bloody leave? It's hotel policy for guests to pay in advance- I have paid in advance.
Not for today, sir, so- You-Are you trying to kick me out? We'd just like to know your plans because the Aloha suites are very popular.
Have you recently had a serious accident? No.
Because then I would understand why you don't remember who I am.
I more or less own this place.
So you suggest so much as a downgrade, and when this mess is cleared up - and it will be - you will go from manager to bog cleaner.
Is that clear? I'll see what I can do about another night or two.
Yeah, you'd better.
The instructions to change the file came from Gaulton.
It's a remote-access computer, but it's encrypted.
Bummer.
Yeah, it was definitely overwritten, and whoever did it, they broke down the old file.
Hmm.
Thorough.
I'm trying for a rebuild.
That'll take a while.
Yeah, well, if someone went to all that trouble, there must be a reason, right? Especially when it was- it was the picture file.
They replaced it? Sure did.
Maybe he is something special after all.
Hey.
You OK? Uh, long day.
A few things came up.
Do you want dinner? Uh, no.
I I need to wind down.
I might go play with my telescope.
You wish upon a star for me.
Yeah.
Gordy, what are you up to? Nothing.
Can we drink now? No, w-wait.
We're, um, celebrating.
So you keep saying.
Just wait.
Oh, Jesus, Gordy.
I know.
They hadn't heard of it either.
Uh, it's not exactly dinner music.
But if it's what you like Uh, but I can ask them to change it.
No, no, no.
Sit.
Sit.
OK.
OK, OK.
Jess, Jessica, will you marry me? - No, you don't have to do that.
- Ye-I want to.
I mean, it's like you said.
We have to embrace it.
Look, I love you, and I adore you, and I want everyone to know that.
Oh, I don't know what to say.
Say yes.
OK.
OK.
OK.
All right, well, we can, um, have that drink now.
To us.
You want a coffee? I'm sweet.
Crud.
If it's not room service or an apology, you can bugger off.
Hello, Harry.
Still enjoying your visit? Oh, you think you're something special, don't you, pissing me about? You're a pest, an annoying bug.
Oh, sorry you feel that way.
The board won't be happy to hear what you've been up to.
Well, from what I hear, you're the one in the firing line.
Who says that? Well, running around like a maverick, making threats - it really does rub people up the wrong way.
Are you frightened I might tell someone about your little mess up? Is that why you've been keeping me here? Worrying's not a good strategy.
And people in glass houses- What's that supposed to mean? Well, there are rumours about how you got rich, who you were prepared to sell out.
You prick.
I'm sorry to hear about your son.
Car crash, wasn't it? They say he went over to the other side.
Can't have been good for you - torn loyalties and all that.
I know where my loyalties lie.
Glad to hear it.
And I hope you get over your current difficulties.
Ka kite.
All I want is a drink, sweetheart.
It's still not reading, sir.
Tell you what, you can have this.
Genuine antique Rolex, huh.
Keep it, sell it, give it to your boyfriend.
Sorry.
For God's sake.
Give the man a drink.
Here.
Make that two.
You know you shouldn't be here.
Richard's bound to have somebody watching me.
In a car out front.
He didn't see me.
If anyone's tracking me, they'll find me in my garage.
How do you manage that? Does it matter? You're always too clever for your own bloody good.
I need that job or a way out of here.
I thought you didn't trust me.
Well, I don't have a hell of a lot of options right now.
Well, there's not a hell of a lot I can do for you right now.
Cheers.
What I don't get is why Foster's doing this.
Cos you threatened him? He must have support upstairs.
Back-stabbing bunch of pricks.
If it was up to them, you'd be dead now.
But I am dead, and you arranged it.
Only for your own good, and you helped.
How? Well, a bit of tinkering here and there, covering the tracks.
It worked so well, they probably think I've offed you.
Well, you did.
How did you hear from Sarah? Oh, she got a message to me.
She said you'd betrayed her.
Look, the only way to keep you alive was to get you away from her - you and Hannah.
Eugene wanted to kill me? Well, they weren't the only ones.
You pissed everyone off.
How? Serious money makes serious enemies.
What, I was rich? You were doing all right, not that she noticed it - Sarah.
She never did like me, but it wasn't my fault that they were on to her.
Eugene? I wasn't gonna let her take you and Hannah down with her.
So you did betray her? It wasn't the kindy committee she was involved with.
It was Recall.
Terrorists, murderers - nothing more.
So what did happen to her? I don't know.
You know.
Another? Who do you think that looks like? Huh? Could be anyone.
I think it's him.
It's Ross.
Alec Ross? Nah, it could be anyone.
Bullshit.
Richard's gonna cream himself.
When are you gonna tell him? Oh, once I've got a clear image.
You keep up the good work, Doris.
Night-night, mate.
You have a good one.
You too.
This action will permanently delete the selected file.
Do you wish to proceed? Yes.
You did what you had to.
I didn't have time to plan it.
If it comes unstuck, you know what that means.
Then we'll do it together.
Nobody said this was gonna be easy.
Yeah.
I love you.
Same.
I better check when that comet's due, if it's still coming.
Hi.
Hi.
Awkward.
Yeah.
Look, I'm-I'm sorry about- No, no.
It doesn't matter now.
Hey, guess what? What? What does that mean? Is that like Vulcan or something? Oh my God, you're such a boy.
I'm getting married.
You're kidding.
Well, you're married.
How many wives is it now - just the two? Don't.
Come on, it's not so bad.
- Jess, don't- - You should get that.
Don't do this - not Gordy.
- Why not Gordy? - Because he- He's kind and he's decent He tried to and he worships me.
Oh yeah.
Yeah, he does.
It's better this way.
Hi.
Hello? Uh, I got a message to call you.
This is Tamar calling from FunKids Gymtime.
Thank you for your enquiry, Alec.
What enquiry? We're offering Becky a free pass for today.
Now, it's one day only.
Health is important for you and Becky.
Yeah, I don't- Alec.
You really don't want to miss out.
It's important that you make the most of this opportunity, so we'll see you later on this afternoon, and I will send you through some details.
Uh, yeah.
Sure.
I don't really like gym.
Oh, it's not gym.
It-It's-It's trampolining and-and lots of cool stuff.
Hi.
I'm Tamar, and you must be Becky.
Yes.
If you wanna go and see Chrissy over there, she'll get you set up.
Do I have to? Oh, go on.
Give it a go.
And we just need to put your ID into our system.
It's Mr Ross, right? Alec.
If you could just sign here, please.
Yeah.
I know who you are.
You're John Sheridan, and your daughter is Hannah.
You need to get out.
They're coming for you and Hannah tonight.
Who's they? Uh, we also have after-school and holiday programmes.
Recall.
They're friends of yours.
Uh, not that I remember.
I saw you once.
You were giving a lecture.
You need to get out - you and Hannah.
Why should I believe you? People have risked their lives for you - because of you.
You need to be on the rooftop of the Clymont Building at 11pm.
Don't be late.
I hope that Becky enjoys our classes.
Yeah.
Thanks.
I'm afraid I have some bad news about a member of our staff.
Matt had an accident on his way home last night.
He was picked up by Wellness, and unfortunately- Gordy.
This had better be good.
Talk to me.
I've been going over movements in all areas, including your staff.
Why would you do that? Well, no one's above suspicion.
I hear there's been an incident.
Accident, yes.
Well, this is Matt leading up to the moments before his accident.
So? Johnny gave me this UM shortly afterwards.
Now, Jed Murphy was flagged as he didn't take his usual route home last night.
Now, normally I'd discount, but - So what am I looking for? - Just wait.
Murphy went offline for 17 minutes.
Shit.
And I had an unusual movement on Alec Ross.
Seems he went to some kids' gym thing.
Is that important right now? The woman who runs the programme lives with Jed.
You said children were being targeted.
You did pick up the ball.
Just doing my job.
Where's Ross now? At home, in his garage.
What the hell are you thinking? It's a way out.
I have to take it.
Don't mess with these bastards.
Have you got anything to offer? These are terrorists! What if they find out who you are? So you keep saying, but she-she seemed sincere and on the level.
God, get it through your thick head, you're no bloody hero.
You started this.
They hate you for it.
What do you mean I started this? Well, y-y-you were pissing around with some biotech interface for stroke victims and so on.
Memory recovery? You cracked it.
No way.
Eugene offered you a deal.
You did all right, until she got in your ear - Sarah and her mates - about how you sold out.
Oh, Christ.
They only want you because they think you have some information up here.
I don't.
Perhaps they don't know that.
What happens when they find you're no use to them? She wasn't a terrorist.
She was just a young girl.
Oh, so young girls don't kill people, don't blow things up? How naive are you? Look, I'm begging you.
Don't do this.
Look, if-if this is true, if I invented the way to do this, what does it matter what happens to me? Yeah, all right, all right, son.
You want to go ahead and be an idiot, fine, but don't take Hannah.
It wasn't like gym.
It was really fun.
That's great, darling.
Can I go next week? Mm.
I'll take you.
I want Dad to take me, please.
Dad might be busy at work.
He wasn't today.
Well, that might not be a good thing.
Come on.
Bedtime.
I can take her.
Nah, I wanna do it.
Cool, Daddy.
OK.
Yeah.
Night-night, Mummy.
Night, darling.
What story are we going to have tonight? Josie? Is that really you? How are we doing? Did you? How many tickets? Uh, I'll have to put you on hold.
Don't go anywhere.
Back online, I see.
About bloody time.
I do apologise for the inconvenience.
Oh, do you now? It's in the interests of security, which I take very seriously.
Your slurs to the contrary - you've actually been quite helpful.
What are you on about? Sometimes if you need to set a trap, even an old goat will do.
Oh, you wanna do cryptic, do a crossword.
Do you deny that you have terrorist connections? What is this bullshit? I hate those bastards.
After that, the princess was always kind to frogs, because she remembered that frogs are not always what they seem, but a promise is always a promise.
It wasn't a sad ending.
Yeah, I know, but I love you, OK, and if sometime I have to go away, I want you to remember that.
Are you going to the South Island? Maybe.
That's OK.
If I went, Mum will go ballistic.
Maybe.
No, it's for sure.
Well, if I go anywhere, I'll come back.
Frog promise.
I love you, Daddy.
Night.
Alec.
What is it? There's someone here to see you.
Is this about the job? Would you like a cup of tea? Uh, I'll take this up with Alec if you don't mind.
Of course.
It's a trap.
He as good as told me.
Why would he do that? Cos he wanted me to know, the smug bastard.
I should call her.
- Who? - Tamar.
No.
You do that, and you are blown.
They'll know you're with them.
I shouldn't be here myself.
You OK? I don't run for anybody, except you.
No, I need to be there.
No, you do this and you leave no one to look after Hannah.
Whoever they are, I'm telling you they're history already.
Shit.
It's over.
Go to bed.
It's really all happening out there.
But tomorrow it'll all be, uh, hunky-dory.
I'll do my worst with the pest and get back to you.
The pest? Foster.
He'll pay for this, don't you worry.
Maybe it should be me who pays.
Guilt is a pointless emotion.
You had a good commercial idea finally.
How is that wrong? You can waste your life on blame and guilt, but it's a damn sight better in here than outside, let me tell you.
And you care? Yeah.
I do, whether you believe me or not.
Take care.
Yeah.
You sleep well, son.
Jed, what's going on? Where are you? Abort.
Abort now! No.
Last night's peaceful Waimoana was rocked by an explosion.
Authorities say a leaking gas main was to blame.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the blast, although this local resident was not impressed.
Mm, thank goodness for that.
Luckily, pupils from Waimoana primary were on hand I wondered what all that ruckus was about.
Yeah.
In further news, colourful millionaire businessman Harry Sheridan has been found dead in his luxury room in the Hibiscus Hotel.
Mr Sheridan, 65, was on business in Waimoana when he suffered a heart attack.
Oh my God! He was just here last night.
He was just here.
The canine flu epidemic continues to spread Yeah.
What happened? Did you see him? No.
I wasn't on duty.
Can I see him? His body's been taken to Gaulton for an autopsy.
That's the form.
We don't have the facilities here.
It wasn't an accident.
I know it.
I'm sorry.
Are you? It's not your fault.
It's mine.