( wind howling )
Hey, Joe.
Someone's keen. Says the man
who's slept here all night.
We ready?
( music playing )
We will be.
( phone rings )
Okay. You're not picking up, I get it,
but we'll be there as soon as we can
with the flowers so you can't avoid me forever.
( car honks )
You'll be knackered.
I love you!
Right, shall we get you ready?
Come on then.
Happy?
Well, let's not get ahead
of ourselves, shall we?
I'm not sure we agreed on the Santa's
grotto look, did we?
Or is that another line in the budget
that you added while I wasn't looking?
Yes, Gary, I know,
got a hundred things to do,
but let me just have this moment, eh?
Hundred and one, mate. Pot washer called in sick.
( sighs )
MAN: * Your star will shine again *
* One day through deep *
* Blue velvet sky *
* Shine for all the world *
* To see... * Terry?
I want her looking her best
for her special day.
You're not opening up today.
You're needed up the hill. But Alison said we were.
Did she not tell you? No.
Not exactly on speaking terms
at the minute.
All right. Hopefully, that's nothing
you wanna talk about, is it?
ALISON:I hope you're getting a move on, Joe!
Hey. What're you doing in Becky's room?
Hey!
The sooner we get you ready,
the sooner you will see Becky
and your dad. Come on.
Go, go, go!
REBECCA: Look at this.
Look at this, hey!
Isn't it lovely? You're so lucky
aren't you, hey?
Isn't this a cool-- Becky.
Just leave her alone, will ya?
If you ignore her for long enough,
she'll go back to sleep. Hi!
Jesus Christ.
REBECCA:Bye, lovely sister. I'll see you
next Saturday, won't I?
Yeah? Yes, I will.
Won't I? Hey! Uh, Rebecca, love.
Erm, next Saturday,
it's probably not gonna be great for us.
When you've got a new baby in the house,
er, it's just, well,
if people turn up without warning,
it just can be a bit, you know, it's...
"People." Yeah. I get it.
I'm "people".
Come on, Bex, don't be like that!
You know how I'm fixed. I got four kids
and a missus whose mainlining hormones.
You've got five kids, Dad.
Five.
I didn't mean it like that.
Okay? Look, I'm not saying don't come.
I'm not! I'm not!
I'm just saying you--
bet they need you at home, now, eh?
With that brother of yours?
No, not really. He's just a kid.
Normal kid.
PAUL:Thanks for dropping her off, Stuart.
No worries, Paul.
Hey, good luck with the, er--
Yeah, it's looking good, hey?
( engine revs )
Hey, you're more than welcome to come in
for a drink and a bite to eat,
all free, for gratis, for nothing.
Not really. Bit of a rush...
Right, good.
Can you do me a favour today, love?
Can you keep an eye on Joe?
And if he's, you know,
being a bit,
like, you know, just calm him down
a little bit or maybe bring him out here
for a bit of a play. Yeah,
if he's embarrassing us, I'll lock him
in a cupboard somewhere. No, come on,
I didn't mean that and you know it.
Why is it that parents always worry
about their kids showing them up
when actually they are
the embarrassing ones?
So, what do you need me for? Sous chef?
Sort of.
Erm, couple of things, mate.
Er, never walk backwards in a kitchen,
and if you're carrying something behind people,
you always yell, "Backs!"
Backs! Backs.
I'm liking it, Terry, quick on the uptake.
You'll be a Chief pot washer in no time.
I'm actually a fully qualified barista, mate.
Online course but even so...
Paul. Yeah.
Mate, you're gonna have to ring the supplier
about these leaves. What's wrong with them?
I've seen more life in a Pharoah's dick.
ALISON: Remind me why they turned you down
for Saturday Kitchen again, Gary?
So, what do you wanna talk about first?
You sleeping here last night
or you ignoring my calls this morning?
How about ice and lemon?
Hmm? The little things
you forget, isn't it? Gary doesn't mind.
Do you, Gary?
Sure he's heard worse.
MAURICE: Have you any idea what temperature
Eddie's keeping this India pale ale?
One degree either way, and it tastes
like Tonto's head band.
PAUL: Why don't you ask Eddie, Maurice?
I would. But he's only just coming down from his call.
Must be an important one, eh, Nicola,
to get our Eddie going up a fell in two feet of snow.
PAUL: Well, unless he comes down with the Ten Commandments,
then he's due a bollocking. Joe's gonna be here
the whole time, is he? Do you think that's wise?
PAUL: You see, it's you I'm worried about, Maurice.
MAURICE: Oh, you're gonna leave it like this?
ALISON: You're not liking the Hacienda vibe, Dad?
Don't worry, we've got velvet rope.
Rebecca? I want one of each colour
in each vase and then a vase on each table.
All right? Joe can give you a hand.
This floor intentional?
It's like the unfinished look?
It's not criticism.
EDDIE: It never is.
At last.
MAURICE: Just thought it was a feature.
You know, modern.
EDDIE: I love the way you say "modern"
like other people say "sewage".
This floor's gonna come up brilliant, mate,
thematically consistent. PAUL: Yeah, if the theme
is "We need to open before we run out of money."
Joe could get up here, no problem.
I'm just saying. But he's not up there,
is he, Maurice? You are.
And if you come through that floor,
I'll bury you where you stand.
Dead or alive.
( glass shatters )
ALISON: Oh! Okay, okay.
Don't panic. PAUL: Oh, you all right?
ALISON:Don't panic! Rebecca, dust pan and brush!
PAUL: You all right? All right.
You all right?
MAURICE:Joe. Right, come here.
You stand here like a soldier,
and when somebody gives you a glass,
bring it to the bar, okay?
ALISON:Dad, he doesn't need supervising.
He was just excited to see Rebecca again.
He'll be fine.
It's all right, it's all right,
it's all right. Oh, I brought that dress
I got you that you never wear.
PAUL:Eh, why don't you see what your granddad's
doing, eh? Don't look like that.
It looks lovely on you.
You can change in the loo. Go on.
PAUL: That's it.
MAURICE: Bloody hell, it's freezing in here.
PAUL: Yeah, I'll put the heating on
when the punters arrive, all right?
Right.
Finger food preview.
Cod brandade with squid ink crackers
and a pine nut
and cucumber granitas.
NICOLA: Hmm.
You got anything that's actually
looked over a fence?
EDDIE: Are you getting them, dad? The lemony note?
What's it matter to you? You're leaving anyway.
He's changed his mind.
MAURICE: Has he? Good. Because this tastes better
than blondie's bath water.
'Parallel Lines' tour,
Lancaster Town Hall.
Don't ask.
What?
The phone call.
Uh-hmm, what? They've offered me
the job in Manchester.
And I've accepted.
What? Sorry, Eddie, what?
It's exciting for both of us.
It's the right thing. I know it.
And deep down, I think you do, too.
Excuse me.
( glass clinking )
Backs!
Child!
MAURICE: Joe. Come on!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
What are you doing in here?
If you see an empty glass,
just fill it, yeah?
Oh, see?
Perfect.
You look lovely.
Aren't I right, Tom?
Don't say a word.
MAURICE: Right. You can either have
a great launch or you can have Joe here,
but you can't have both. I've got to nip out for an hour.
Why don't I take him with me? Let you get up and running.
ALISON:He's part of the family, dad.
He should be here. Maurice, yes,
that would be great.
Yeah, I don't think he should be here.
MAURICE: Come on.
You need to do that.
There we go. Hold that look.
You won the argument.
( knocks on door )
Oh, it's Ralph, ain't it?
I'm Maurice. Er, this is Joe.
Did Mum know that you were coming?
No. Erm--
Mum! This man's back again.
Louise.
This is Joe. Joe this is Louise.
Hello, Joe. Pleased to meet you.
MAURICE: The gastropub's opening today.
"Soft opening" they call it.
When it's not finished, like...
I know. So, I was just wondering,
if you fancied it, and Ralph of course,
there's plenty to drink and finger food.
Squid crackers
and, er, pine nuts
that have been interfered with...
I don't think so.
There you go, Joe.
MAURICE: Hey, er, lads. You'll be all right
together, won't you, for, er, five minutes?
Two lads together while me and Louise
go and have a chat? They'll be all right,
won't they? Doesn't sound like
we have any that needs convincing.
He wants to talk to you, mum.
Hi.
Nice dress. Yeah, you're here
with your mum, so let's leave
the dress out of it.
Who invited Luke?
Huh? Oh,
his mum must be on the mailing list.
Nightmare.
Okay.
Luke.
Sorry, son. You're underage.
I've got my licence to think of.
How about some squash?
REBECCA: Wait, Luke. Stop
I only came to see you. I didn't want to come
to some poncey restaurant in the first place.
It's a gastropub. Not a restaurant.
No wait, why did you wanna see me?
I wrote this for you.
You probably won't be seeing me much anymore.
You were right.
About what? About Joe
and your lad. You were right.
Oh. Well, yes. I know that already.
But I'm saying it now.
And having two lads
who are a bit different--
well, grandson in my case.
Well, we-- we've got that
in common for starters.
Maurice. You're a lovely man.
I wouldn't go that far.
No.
Now, I know I can go
in a bit two-footed from time to time.
And I'm not saying we're gonna be cavorting
the side of Derwentwater.
You know not without
a flask and knee bandages
at any rate but, you know,
I wouldn't mind, knocking about with you.
Maurice, when was the last time you asked a woman out?
I didn't ask Sandra out.
We just found ourselves snogging
at a club when the lights went up.
Can't beat a bit of musical tongues.
It was like, er, an arranged marriage
with a glitter ball.
Is that offensive to Muslims?
I'm not sure what you can say
or not say. The thing is, Maurice,
I can't be doing with strong emotion.
Right.
I've got enough of my own.
And you strike me as a man
who feels everything strongly.
Even if you're not sure what it is you're feeling.
So, are you saying, "yes" or "no"?
Are we-- Maurice...
Are we on or not?
Maurice, I've just said no
in as many ways as I can think of and--
RALPH: Mum! Mum!
He went outside the garden,
and then Joe wasn't.
When was this, Ralph?
When did it happen?
When did he go outside? Joe?
RALPH: I don't know.
I made him another drink.
Joe!
Joe?
Joe!
Excuse me. Have you-- have you seen a little lad?
Have you seen him? No.
Where did he go? Which way did he go?
RALPH: He went outside. I know he went outside.
Where did he go when he went outside?
Maurice, stop shouting at the lad.
You're scaring him. I'll scare him
if he's done anything to Joe.
Don't you dare talk to my son like that!
Get out!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, son.
Can you just remember what happened?
He went into the garden.
Right. And where were you?
In here, making a drink.
And when-- and when you went outside,
he was gone, you didn't see anything?
You didn't hear anything? Just calm down.
Think about it.
Joe goes wandering off.
You've said so yourself.
Now, will he have gone back home?
Not from here. I wouldn't have thought so.
So, will he have gone back to the gastropub?
You're right. He was enjoying himself.
I'll drive to the gastropub.
I bet that's where he is. LOUISE: Why don't you just
phone Alison and ask her?
Because he'll be there, won't he?
And if he's not there, he'll be on the road
and she'll worry, and they've got enough
to worry about.
I'll find him, and no harm done.
( door closes )
It's good, isn't it?
It's very good.
Yeah.
And it was very good
when Simon Armitage wrote it.
What? No. Luke wrote it.
Luke wrote it out, Rebecca.
That isn't the same as writing it.
No way, look.
"I've said some things and never meant them,
"sweet nothings anybody
could have mentioned and--"
"He left unsaid some things
"he should've spoken,
"about the heart,
"where it hurt exactly,
and how often."
Someone gave that poem to me too once.
Oh, right.
Eddie?
No, not Eddie.
Come to think of it, I'm not even sure
this is his handwriting.
Come on, Joe.
Come on, son, next corner.
Come on, Joe.
Come on, son, next corner.
Oh, and just so you know,
I know you didn't write that poem.
It's fake, like you!
Like when I pretended to come.
Like as fake as that!
Enjoy the rest of your life!
Becca, not here,
not now, please no phones.
Right. I won't be needing it
ever again anyway. Rebecca...
You are allowed to enjoy this, you know.
I'll enjoy it when we start making money.
Okay, outside. One minute only.
No, no, no, look, I don't have a minute.
Honestly, I don't have the time.
I can say it in here
or I can say it outside.
But I'm gonna say it either way.
Okay? Get your coat.
There.
Now, you and me are in the middle
of thirty shades of crap right now.
I won't argue with that. And I lied to you
about the morning after pill,
and you lied to me about how having Joe
really made you feel,
and I hurt you,
but you hurt me.
I know that much.
As far as pep talks has gone, love,
this is right up there-- Well, shut up
before I kiss you again.
I love you, Paul Hughes.
And you love me.
And maybe if I haven't talked you out of getting
that tattoo you wanted done in Blackpool that time,
I wouldn't have had to say this out loud.
I could've just pointed at that mermaid
with our names written on her breasts
and you would've known what I meant.
Okay.
We can sort this out.
All right?
You and me.
Do you believe me?
Yeah, I do. Yeah, I do believe you.
But that doesn't mean that this is sorted out, okay?
I know, I know, I know, but for now,
for today, buck your ideas up
and get back in there with a smile,
because we're gonna make this work,
all of it.
The restaurant,
me, you,
Joe, Rebecca, all of it.
Because we always have and we always will.
All right?
Thanks, love.
Now get back in there and make a speech
of your life. Oh, no, no speeches.
MAN: * You've done too much, much too young *
* Now you're married... * There you go.
I don't think there's an appropriate moment
to discuss this. Maybe not.
But there's an inappropriate moment, and it's now.
I'm late.
Why do you wanna stay?
You don't even have a proper job.
And all I get is heartache and earache.
I'm late. For what?
I thought I was the one who was supposed to be late.
I wish I hadn't started this now.
My period is late.
Your period's never late. I know.
That's one of the reasons I fell in love with you.
I think I might be pregnant.
That's why I don't wanna move.
( glass ringing )
Ladies and gentlemen,
can we have a bit of quiet please,
while mine host says a few words.
Er... MAN: Go on, mate.
MAN: No pressure.
PAUL: I told my wife, Alison,
that I won't be making any speeches.
And for those of you that know her,
you won't be surprised to see me
standing here right now doing just that.
Er, so, yeah, I started with a book
"How to start and run your own Gastropub."
And here we are, nine months later,
we got a kitchen, twenty tables,
and a launch.
I still haven't read that bloody book.
It shows.
Thank you, my love.
Er, thank you for coming.
If I'd known the weather was gonna turn out like this...
Hey, have you seen Joe?
No, I thought he was with you.
PAUL: Now, listen, if you've had a nice time
and you've enjoyed the food
then please tell all your mates,
and if you haven't had a nice time,
you think the food is shite then, you know,
keep quiet. It's free.
"The Fellside!"
Thank you. ALL: "The Fellside!"
Our lad's out there
and there's snow on the high ground,
and the forecast is shit.
And these people, they wanna get out there, get looking.
What--why are we wasting time doing this?
Trust me, the last thing we need
is a posse of well-meaning mint cakers
arse deep in snow.
That's why my lads are just trying to get
some ground rules in place.
The first thing you need to know
is that most five year olds are found
close by where they're missing.
We've got four officers on foot
and we've got four patrol cars
looking in parks and streets
within half a mile. Right, I've heard enough.
I'm going. Hang on, Alison.
Please, love! Let's just wait
until we hear from your home, okay?
If he's not there,
we can scale up and sharpish. Believe me.
He'll have gone home, won't he?
Of course he will. I bet you, hey?
There, that's the most recent one.
Took that last week. Right, thanks.
Er, can we get that printed off?
MAN: Yeah, no problem.
NICOLA: Joe!
EDDIE: Joe!
Joe.
NICOLA: Joe.
Joe. EDDIE: Joe.
We know what he was wearing.
Er, headphones likely as well.
( phone rings )
Hello?
Yeah, well, look, just, erm,
just use a couple of hobby bobbies
to search near the garages that--
near the house, yeah. We have to tell him,
you do know that, don't you? Did you hear what he just said?
He's most likely at home.
No, he didn't, Alison, he didn't say that.
Just-- look, what if we tell everyone
about Joe's problems now and then it turns out
he was at home all along.
No. Just think about--
think about it for one minute.
How would that be for him?
He'd be the autistic kid that went missing
for the rest of his life.
Mum's right.
I don't want him to be the village freak.
Maurice? Surely you'd agree with me?
I don't know. What do you mean
you don't know? You always know.
Yeah, just like you knew he'd be safe with you.
BOB: So, er, you say
he does do a bit of wandering off on his own?
No, no, he doesn't-- he doesn't go wandering off.
He goes for a walk every morning,
just near the house.
On his own at five years old?
We knew where he was.
BOB: And where was that?
( phone rings )
Sorry, guys.
Right.
Okay, thanks.
Joe's not at the house.
They've searched the gardens and the outbuildings
and nearby farm buildings.
We'll scale our operation up,
but I need you to talk to the volunteers
and give them all the details you can.
Medical conditions. Er, you and Maurice
both said he had a bit of a problem?
With his hearing.
ALISON: Well, he's, erm,
he's a bit different to,
er, other five year olds,
and he doesn't always do
what you think a kid his age might do.
You, er, tell them a bit more about that, Alison.
Well, erm...
he might not wanna talk to you
if you do find him.
And, er, he might-- no he will.
He will be wearing headphones,
so shouting his name isn't--
I mean, it will be worth a try
but even if he isn't wearing headphones
he tends to be a bit...
just dreamy.
So, he could've gone off anywhere.
And, erm, yeah, and he--
and he's not great with people talking directly to him.
So, he's, you know,
he's not just gonna come running if he sees you.
He loves pop music. Yeah.
A lot. Yeah.
So, any music that you got on your phones
or your car stereos or your iPods,
anything like that, just--
because he feels safe with music.
What Alison and Paul are trying to tell you
is that he's on the, erm--
he's got autism.
Is that right? He's autistic.
Yes. Joe is on the autism spectrum.
LINDA: And what does that mean, exactly, Alison?
You know, in terms of helping to find him?
It means a lot of things.
It means--
the main thing is that he might not know
that he's lost or in danger.
That's the difference. That's the real difference.
BOB: Right, groups of two or more, people.
We do not wanna waste time looking for you as well.
( indistinct chatter )
How long were you in the living room
with Louise?
Ten, fifteen minutes.
Maurice, Joe's missing.
So, if you were upstairs shagging
and you're too embarrassed to say,
you'd better get over that. For God's sake.
We were in the living room. Why would I lie?
Did, erm...
did Ralph seem overfamiliar with Joe at all,
when you saw them together? What's this all about?
All that stuff on the bus from years ago?
We both know that's bollocks.
You said it was. Yeah, it was.
But there's a child missing now.
So, nothing's off the table.
Ralph did nothing wrong then
and he's done nothing wrong now.
Joe ran off.
He wouldn't hurt a fly.
You know that, do you?
It's just a feeling I get about people.
And I trust my feelings. Trust your feelings enough
to bet Joe's life on it?
Maurice!
Maurice, you can't go shooting off up the hills
on your own like some tourist.
I know these hills like the back of my hand.
You lot can all go whistling into the wind.
I lost him. I'll find him.
Look, Alison doesn't really think that, Maurice.
Oh, doesn't she? Well, I do.
( wind blowing )
PAUL: No, love, listen, it is best that you stay here
for when he comes home.
Just call me if you hear anything.
Anything at all. Yeah, of course, I will.
Of course.
Right then, love, are you ready?
Erm, I've said he's got autism
because people don't understand if you just say
he's on the spectrum. Good, yeah.
That's great.
Right, come on, then.
Hang on, hang on.
REBECCA: It's just boys being stupid.
I just hope Joe understands why we did this
when he's 16.
Once on the internet, always on the internet.
Yeah. Exactly. Exactly.
Just like what Luke and his mate
are writing about you.
It's not what I was talking about, dad.
I'm gonna kick his arse
from here to Barrow-in-Furness,
that shit. Oh, that's not gonna help
find Joe, is it? Now, you listen to me.
You're worth a hundred of him.
Don't you ever forget that.
He's a piece of shit that you need
to scrape off your shoe.
Come on.
LOUISE: You've got nothing to be scared of.
The police just want to ask you some questions,
so you can help them find Joe.
I don't wanna talk to the police.
It won't be like last time.
It won't. I know Kung Fu.
Oh, Ralph,
you can't go hitting policemen, love.
BOB: How long have we known each other, pal?
RALPH: I told him to stay in the garden.
BOB: But you were here in the kitchen, when he left.
I'm telling you the truth.
I know, love. And so does Bob.
Don't you, Bob?
( music playing )
MAN: * Now, then, Mardy Bum *
* I see your frown *
* And it's like looking down *
* The barrel of a gun and it goes off... *
( music playing )
WOMAN: * Angels watching over me *
* With smiles upon their face *
* Because I have made it *
* Through this far... * REBECCA: Joe!
MAN: * ...strive for more, but I'm so happy *
* I can't see the point... * EDDIE: Joe?
MAN: * A show of strength... * Joe!
Come on, fella.
MAN: * You want more money... * EDDIE: Turn that up.
MAN: * ...for atomic crimes and the public gets *
* What the public wants *
* But I want nothing this society's got... *
* Going underground *
* Underground * * ...the brass bands play *
* And feet start to pound going... *
* Underground *
MAURICE: Joe!
Joe! Come on, son!
Stupid! Stupid!
Stupid!
* Lost your love of life? *
* Too much apple pie! *
* Oh, have you lost your love of life? *
* Too much apple pie! *
* Now, Charlie's walked away *
* With Johnny's wife *
Joe!
PAUL: Joe!
Joe!
( music playing )
* Here in my pocket *
* I've got the story *
* Of the blues *
MAN: * Try to believe me... *
* Because it could be *
* Front page news *
MAN: * I said I live it *
* Like it hasn't happened yet *
( indistinct police chatter )
Oh.
( music playing )
PAUL: Joe!
MAN: * Don't you want me, oh? *
* Don't you want me, baby? *
Joe!
What is it?
Dad, what is it? What have you heard?
Have they found him? Nothing yet.
I just thought you might want somebody with you.
Half the town's out looking for him
and there's something I wanna tell you.
( slams door )
What do you--
what do you think of Ralph?
Ralph? He's the lollipop man. I see him every day. Why?
Why are you asking me about Ralph?
I don't know.
He was the last person to see Joe.
And he's Downs. So, that means he's suspicious,
does it? No. Not at all.
It's just something Bob Herd mentioned--
well, reminded me of, really.
Something or nothing, but if I didn't tell you
and you heard the rumours from somebody else.
What-- what rumours?
What-- what's Ralph supposed to have done?
Years back, a couple of bullies said he touched
a girl's leg on the bus.
He was interviewed by the police.
There was nothing come of it, you know.
The lads admitted they were lying, you know,
to wind Ralph up.
They're a pair of scumbags.
So, you--you've just told me that
Ralph was accused of something that he hadn't done
a long time ago.
I don't-- what, I mean,
what am I supposed to do with that?
Why would-- why are you telling me this?
Because if God forbid, something has happened to Joe--
Or because, God forbid, that you might just feel
a bit guilty that Joe went missing
on your watch. No might just about it.
Ralph can't speak up for himself.
You might wanna just think about that!
Oh, God. Can you just--
can you just stay here? Because someone has to be here
in case Joe comes home.
Where are you going?
( wind swooshing )
It's just a precaution at this stage.
( sighs ) It's stupid. I just thought--
I thought if I saw the place I would know where he went.
Like, by magic or something.
I get that.
Ralph?
Hiya.
Look, you know you're not in trouble, don't you?
Not with me, and not with Joe's dad.
But if you remember anything,
just anything, anything Joe said.
Anything that you said.
LOUISE: Ralph?
Hey, come and sit down.
I don't like Inspector Herd very much, do you?
No. I don't like him.
No.
Was there anything that happened, Ralph?
Was-- like, not on purpose,
but were you playing a game?
Maybe just get a bit mixed up?
LOUISE: Alison.
Ralph hasn't done anything to Joe.
He didn't do
anything to Joe.
He's honest.
Too honest if anything.
Now, I know you want to talk to him and I get that. Really.
But that's enough.
As one mum to another, I am telling you,
he's had enough.
ALISON: I've got to ask you this.
Somebody said there was like
a misunderstanding a few years back.
He was on a bus, there were some lads--
LOUISE: My God. That bastard Bob Herd
told you that, did he?
A misunderstanding?
That boy was bullied.
He was lied about. He was the victim.
Did Bob Herd tell you that?
I'm sorry. I've just got to find Joe.
I feel like I'm the only person that can find him.
I know that. And I know you're in hell right now.
But Ralph doesn't know anything.
PAUL: Joe!
Joe!
* I just want a lover like any other *
* What do I get? *
ALISON: Paul?
Paul?
Come here.
I just thought, you know, places that we'd been, you know...
Yeah, I know. Me, too.
I was looking at his things.
I was looking at his pictures
and his writing and his terrible,
terrible colouring in, and I just--
if we find him--
When we find him.
Alison, "when" we find him, "when" not "if".
If we find him, I don't wanna change anything
about him anymore.
I just want him back.
I want Joe.
Joe, as he is.
We'll find him.
Do you remember the last thing that you said to him?
Please. Don't do this now. No, because I can't remember
the last thing that I said to him
and I think that I was short with him
and I just want him back.
I want our lovely little boy.
Come here.
We'll find him.
I promise you, we'll find him, okay?
I promise.
( phone rings )
Oh, wait.
Hello?
( indistinct chatter )
PAUL: Bob. BOB: This must've been
where he was coming every day.
With the stuff he found.
Our lads missed it on the first sweep.
Your sister-in-law found it.
This is new.
He only had this this morning. He's been here.
Are you sure, Alison? Yeah!
BOB: There's loads of those toys around.
No, no, because he wouldn't normally go
for something like this.
It's only because Rebecca gave it to him
this morning.
And she'd been away.
And he missed her.
Right. Okay.
So, what now, Bob?
We focus on this area.
We focus all our resources down here.
What resources though, Bob?
I've seen about three coppers!
Come here. Come on, come on.
No, but when you see this on the news,
there's hundreds. PAUL: Alison, just calm down.
ALISON: Where is everybody?
Look, with it being this close to the water
and with him being missing for this amount of time,
we're getting the underwater team here.
Okay.
( water gushing )
MAN: * You throw me that hashtag... *
REBECCA: What are you doing?
LUKE: What everybody's doing.
Trying to help find your brother.
We saw on your Facebook that he was missing.
Oh, yeah. You've been really busy online, haven't you?
My dad was well impressed.
Is there a reward?
Yeah, a brain.
I'd go for it if I were you.
REBECCA: You're just parked! Like this?
What use is that? He doesn't even
like this kind of music.
All right. All right, sister!
We'll drive.
The sort of prick who gives pricks a bad name.
MAN: * Throw me that hashtag *
* Throw me hashtag... *
Shall we turn back and get 'em?
Don't know how you put up with her for so long,
you know what I mean.
Her mouth is the only reason
I'm not making a move there myself.
She's all right.
DANIEL: In the dark maybe.
If you're deaf.
Just shut up, will you?
DAN: It's not as though, like,
you know what I mean, like, once you've boned her,
it's like, right, what've you got to talk about?
Anything really.
Anything at all.
Stop, stop, stop! DAN: What?
LUKE:Pull over! Just pull over here!
DAN: Why? LUKE:Just pull over!
DAN: Where are you going?!
LUKE: Just stay here! Just wait.
DAN: Luke!
LUKE: Joe!
Are you all right, Joe?
Are you all right?
ALISON: Joe! MAN:Looks like...
ALISON: Joe!
Oh, my boy.
My boy.
Let me look at you.
Oh, let me just look at you!
My boy. Yeah! You're my boy!
Oh, let me have a cuddle, come here!
Top lad.
What are you?
A top lad.
Yes. PAUL:Yes, you are.
BOB:Get the doc by to check him out,
but he seems fine.
Can't tell us anything, but as far as we can make out,
he's nothing worse than cold and hungry.
Where did you find him?
At a bus stop.
At a bus stop?
Eh, now, Mozart, come here.
Now, what were you doing at a bus stop, eh?
Where were you going?
MAURICE: Eh, big fella!
How'd you get that far?
You must have granddad's lungs.
PAUL: Thank you.
Me and you will talk again.
How do you mean?
Don't think that finding Joe
makes you a good person.
It just makes you a dick who did a good thing.
What was that about?
A bit of old school parenting.
ALISON: We should get you inside!
Come on, then. Let's get warm.
Come on.
All right.
MAURICE:Good job we found him when we did.
I think Bob Herd was about to go home and get his guitar.
Oh, God.
I blame you for this, you know.
All that hanging around at bus stops, you've given him ideas.
Yeah, it was brilliant, though, wasn't it?
The fact that he thought of going to a bus stop?
On the wrong side of the road. You can't have everything.
EDDIE: How do you know it was the wrong side of the road?
Maybe he was just trying to run away from this mad house.
Fair point.
NICOLA:He wasn't running away though, was he?
He was just walking.
We all decided he was running away,
but in his head, he was just walking.
We're imposing our narrative
on his inner state which...
we have no way of knowing anything about.
Anybody else feel like
they've just walked into a cryptic crossword?
That's what happens when you try
and raise the tone, Nicola.
Come on, then.
Come on, and what did we sing?
I'm not telling you that.
That's not a fair question. PAUL: No, no, no.
Come on. Come on. What did we sing,
when we all run out of Joe songs? Maurice?
Well, I might have dipped into me Sinatra repertoire
at a particularly dark moment.
Christ. No wonder he was waiting
for a bus to Kendal.
Can you put him to bed for me, love?
I just need to go and see someone.
Yeah, all right.
( door opens and closes )
Hiya.
I'm really sorry that you had to go through that.
I'm sorry that Ralph had to go through that.
I'd have done the same.
Doesn't stop me for hating you all for doing it.
Right.
Well, it's been a long day, you know.
Look,
I hope my dad brings Joe around again.
Get to know you better.
And Ralph will always be welcome.
Yeah,
because the village idiots have to stick together, right?
That isn't what I meant.
The angry villagers may not come to the door
with pitchforks and torches anymore,
but-- well, just check out his Facebook page.
It's a delight.
People will forget.
Yes. But he won't
and I won't.
You've got a child that's different
and that's always gonna be there.
You've got a child
that's different, Alison.
So, you know what I'm talking about.
( door opens )
Oh, love.
False alarm.
My period started.
Oh. Right.
Bit of a relief to be honest, hey?
Yeah.
You are relieved, aren't you?
Yeah, I am.
Sort of.
You didn't wanna start a family right now, did you?
As displacement activities go,
the dishwasher is a bit finite.
What I've got to say,
there's just no way to say it.
Look, I know it's--
I know it wasn't planned.
I know it's scary.
I'm not scared,
not of fatherhood, at any rate.
NICOLA: Oh okay, erm--
I'm scared
of what I thought when you told me.
Like what?
I thought, for a moment,
I thought,
the very first thought I had when you told me,
"Am I the father?"
What?
Who else could be the father?
The dates.
When you went at Manchester to see Michael.
The dates. It would fit.
You know?
Michael?
You don't really think that, do you?
I don't. If I'm being rational, I don't.
But that little doubt.
That terrible, terrible idea,
just sweeps everything else away.
It just blocks out
everything that's good about us.
It kills everything.
When could this have happened?
When could this have-- how can--
how could I have slept with Michael?
And how can you think that about me
after everything that we have done?
I don't wanna be that kind of man and I am.
I don't wanna be in that kind of relationship.
ALISON: I was looking at Ralph
and all I could think was what if that was Joe
sitting there with a broken heart?
What if that was Joe wondering what he'd done wrong?
What if that was Joe that spent his life
being told to trust the world
only to find that it didn't trust him back?
Well, we're just gonna have to surround him
with a family that loves him so much
that he won't know anything but love.
I think he's got more family
than any child should be asked to cope with.
You know that thing I said
about not wanting to change him.
Yeah?
Well, I meant it when I said it.
But I don't think I think it now.
Well, I told God if he was safe,
I'd go to church for a year.
Am I allowed to break that one, too?
No.
Perhaps you can mean it just for a bit longer, eh?
It feels like grief, doesn't it?
Hmm?
Well, that's the nearest I've had to this feeling.
Knowing that there's a boy in there
that we could've had.
And we didn't.
It feels like grief to me, anyway.
NICOLA: Eddie.
Eddie! This is insane!
EDDIE: Everybody wants me to be strong and decisive, well,
here it is. Me being strong and decisive.
I think you're confusing strong and decisive
with stupid and impulsive.
When I fell in love with you,
it was because you said things like that.
And now, it's things like that that
drive me up the wall!
Okay. Well, that can be a pattern
in relationships that are going through problems.
And that, too!
You're always on the outside commenting on our marriage.
It never feels like you're actually inside it with me.
Eddie, please don't do this.
Look, if you wanna move, we can move.
Do you really think that's what this is all about?
Hmm? God.
You must think I'm a bigger loser than I do.
( door closes )
Can I join in?
Of course, you can, baby.
Of course, you can.
MAN: * Secret heart *
* What are you made of? *
* What are you *
* So afraid of? *
* Could it be *
* Three simple words *
* Or the fear of being overheard? *
* What's wrong? *
* Let her in on your secret heart *
* Secret heart *
* Why so mysterious *
* Why so sacred, why so serious? *
* Maybe you're *
* Just acting tough *
* Maybe you're just not bad enough *
* What's wrong? *
* Let her in on your secret heart *
* Secret heart *
* Come out and share it *
* This loneliness *
* Few can bear it *
MAN: * Your secret heart *