♪ Gloria... ♪
Out.
♪ You're always on the run now
♪ I think you're headed for a breakdown
♪ So be careful not to show it... ♪
Do you have scabies?
Erm...
No. But I do actually have a bit of a medical issue, Denise.
I'm not going to bore you with all the gory details.
That'll be a first.
It's cystitis. I did go up to the emergency clinic first thing,
but they don't actually open until 10am.
Meanwhile I'm pissing blood, d'you know what I mean?
But they did say I could go back at two, so I was sort of hoping...
I need you this afternoon.
Yeah, no worries. Can I get an idea of my shifts for next week, then?
Just because they do have some bookable appointments.
I don't know yet.
Right.
But I am definitely going to get the full 35 hours?
I don't know. Not done the schedules.
Can you smell burning plastic?
LAUGHTER
OK, that's actually getting really old now.
♪ I fall to pieces... ♪
Heard you got nominated for Best Newcomer at the SHAFTAs.
Well done.
Cheers, yeah.
Plainly not going to win.
Of course you are.
You got a date?
Uh-uh.
Well, you don't need one, do you?
Cheers for the ironing.
Yeah, no worries, I like doing it.
'What these cuts mean in real terms
'is that we are seeing new mothers being discriminated against.
'We're seeing victims of sexual harassment
'being discriminated against.
'There are rape cases that are collapsing
'because of disclosure failings.'
"@stella—maitland,
"calm down, dear, just go on I'm A Celebrity
"if you're so desperate for attention."
HEAVY BREATHING
CRACKING
SHE GASPS
DOORBELL RINGS
Hello.
Hi.
Stella.
Maitland.
You DM'd me.
So? Don't put it out there if you can't take it.
I had a few wines.
Well, it made me a bit worried about you.
Oh, you don't need to worry about me, love.
I'm not the one that got kicked out of my job, am I?
What was you watching?
Was it me?
SHE LAUGHS
No.
I already told you,
I found you about as sexy as an ovarian cyst.
What do you want?
A little bird in chambers told me
you've got a defamation trial coming up in two weeks
in which you've got to defend yourself
against the third-largest company on the internet,
and you just sacked your legal representation.
Thought you might need some help.
OK.
Well, erm, I've got hardly any evidence,
most of my witnesses, they won't cooperate with me,
I've re-mortgaged this house,
so I can't pay you,
and Carroll has got Hazewire bankrolling him up the wazoo, so...
I need to ask, are you telling the truth?
Why would I put myself through this
if I wasn't telling the fuckin' truth?
Well, we'd better win, then.
SHE SIGHS
No.
Literally nothing.
Shall we get the kettle on?
If we can find one thing that proves clearly
that Carroll failed to protect his performers
or disregarded their consent,
then we've got a shot of supporting
at least the gross-negligence defamatory sting.
In the meantime, I want to get an expert medical witness
on the anal prolapse.
To say what?
I want to know whether it could constitute grievous bodily harm.
Amy said it was consensual.
You can't consent to GBH.
Anyway, you said she didn't want to do it, right?
Yeah, but they upped the money.
So? So, everyone has a price.
No, they don't.
What?
Does Kate Middleton have a price?
Does Beyonce have a price?
What do you think is the exact figure
that Angelina Jolie would agree to be fucked in the arse on camera,
or drink a blender full of semen from 16 different men?
Hmm?
Exactly.
She's got the respect of the Cannes Film Festival
and the United Nations,
so she doesn't need to drink semen.
So, no. Not everyone does has a price,
not everyone has a choice.
Only some people.
Are you going to be in all day if I have 'em courier round the evidence?
No, I've got a shift.
But you don't need to, anyway -
because, actually, it's all here.
Are you serious?
Yeah.
All right, all right. What's this tape mentioned here?
Oh, it's the footage of what they shot that day -
which has disappeared.
Interesting.
What about Amy? Is there no way you can get her to testify?
Yeah, no. See, because she's still working in the industry, so...
Well, have you got a contact for her?
Yeah, she's living here.
What?
Well, she didn't have anywhere to go, OK?
I mean, she grew up in care, she hasn't got anybody,
so what was I supposed to do, put her out in the streets?
Is there something you're not telling me?
Because this is a big fight
and I'm struggling to get my head around
why you'd bother to do all this for a girl who doesn't even want you to.
I left her on set.
I was knackered, she was getting on my nerves, and I left her,
and now something's happened that I don't think even she understands.
Carroll is responsible, but I'm responsible too.
And?
And what?
What else?
I just don't like being called a liar. OK?
I'm going to get you a spare key.
Erm, help yourself to anything in the fridge -
except the sausages, actually, because they're on the turn.
Hey, peaches. Hi.
Skinny.
What you been eating?
Coconut water and come mostly.
Well, let's get something more substantial inside of you.
THEY GRUNT AND MOAN
Argh!
Fuckin' maniac.
SHE LAUGHS
Hmm.
Don't do that.
That isn't sexy to me.
If I'm going to be with a woman, I need her to be present.
Sorry.
And I'll say something else -
you want to throw all your money in the toilet, that's the way to do it.
It's just a little bit.
Oh, sure, it's just a little bit.
Until it's a habit.
I've got money.
Now.
You have money now.
Then, in six months, you know who's got your money?
A dealer's got your money, a boyfriend's got your money.
You're my boyfriend.
Sweetie...
..it's not going to happen, I told you.
It's a turn-off.
All right? A statement's been submitted from Nadia Chivers,
Dave Major's assistant.
Ring any bells? Oh, yeah.
Oh, Nads. Lovely Nads.
Yeah, what's she saying?
She's claiming you sexually harassed her.
What?
She told me - quote - "Your tits look amazing in that top."
Oh, my God.
It's a fuckin' compliment.
I said it like... like how a mum would say it.
Which mum?
Rose West?
"On multiple occasions,
"Jolene squeezed my bottom or put her hand up my skirt."
Friendly. Mucking about.
"Unsolicited contact which made me feel harassed and uncomfortable.
"On one occasion I felt her fingers go inside my underwear
"to the point that they made contact with my genitals."
Oh, fuck off!
I slipped.
Your fingers slipped?
Yeah. Into her vagina?
It was a fuckin' porn shoot!
She wasn't a performer, though, was she?
No.
I told you, she just worked with Dave sometimes,
she did the, erm...
She did the consent interviews,
locations, paperwork,
she uploaded the tapes.
Shit.
She would have seen the tape, it would have come from her email.
Why didn't I fuckin' think of that?
Well, could she still have a copy?
Course she has.
Let's just go softly-softly, all right?
Anything she wants, just give it to her, OK?
Aren't you scared, working with me?
People are going to think you're a dirty bird.
Obscenity's an opinion.
I mean, a century ago I'd have been outraged by your ankles.
There's nothing inherently dirty about desire.
Go on. What porn were you watching?
We're not what we want, Hayley.
We're what we do to get what we want.
Lewis Carroll loved little girls,
but every piece of information we have about him
tells us he never acted on it.
Yeah, well, he didn't have Wi-Fi, did he?
Hey, sorry.
Someone found a hair in their fuckin' Buddha bowl
and acted like it was a toe or something.
Not at all. Thank you for meeting us.
Erm, so we just wanted you to know that Hayley's read your statement
and she's taken it very seriously, haven't you?
Mmm.
And my understanding is
that you don't wish to make a separate complaint against her?
No, I just... They asked me, so I told 'em. So...
OK, well, we've come here today
cos Hayley would like to apologise.
Great. Good.
Just before, your statement said that you were on set
the day that Amy, erm...
..the day of the rosebud.
Yeah. Erm, she was fine, though.
She wanted to carry on.
You said that Dave and Carroll asked her if she wanted to stop.
Can you remember how they said that?
Was it, "Do you want to stop?" or, "Maybe we should stop?"
or, "You don't want to stop, do you?"
I can't really remember.
And would you have been the person that uploaded the footage after?
I know where you're going with this, but...
How much did they give you?
All right, Hayley, just...
Look, we haven't come here to harass you, all right?
I think mistakes were made that day,
and I think you're too decent not to realise that
that girl wasn't protected in the way that she should have been.
And we don't need you to say anything...
..but we really need that tape.
Yeah, I'll think about it.
So?
Fuck's sake. Right, OK.
Nads...
..babe, I know that sometimes
I can be a bit over-friendly.
And, also, people looked up to me on that set.
When you have power,
you have a responsibility
to realise that not everyone can stand up to you in the same way.
So I am sorry if the way I acted gave you...
..if it offended you in some way.
What?
I'm not sure that's what Nadia was looking for.
OK, well, I don't even know what it is that Nadia's looking for.
You think you're powerful? Excuse me? You really...
You believe that, don't you?
What the fuck is she going on about? Oh, OK. No, sorry, I got it wrong.
You were very empowered. You stuck your hands down my pants
because that's what normal, happy people do at work.
And your perfume?
Yeah, it just happens to smell like sauvignon blanc.
OK, yeah, one, I like a drink.
Yeah, I do, I never said I didn't.
And, two, I loved that job.
Honestly, the reason I gave you a feel was because it was funny.
Yeah, not funny to me. Ah, well, then, do you know what, darling?
Look, there you go -
go and buy yourself a fuckin' sense of humour, all right?
Be lucky.
Sorry. She...
No. Yeah, it's all right. I get it.
And I thought with new boots, and if it was styled a bit more,
it'll be good for, like, clubbing.
PHONE VIBRATES
Hey, girl. AMY: 'Is your mum in?'
No, she went out ages ago. 'OK, cool, I'm coming in.'
I don't understand why you couldn't just give her what she wanted.
Cos I'm not a fuckin' liar. Anyway, she was bullshitting us.
And you can afford to be so sure about that, can you?
Have you done any financial planning for how you'll manage if you lose?
Cos you could be looking at 100,000, just in costs -
twice that, even.
You know, whenever you talk about winning, it's "we",
and whenever you talk about losing, it's "you".
So that's a no, then?
I need that money I lent you.
What money?
Remember when I took you out on the weekend?
And I spent, like...
..100 quid on you.
You said it was a present.
Yeah? FRONT DOOR OPENS
I don't remember that.
Hello.
What are you doing in here? I told you to wait in the car!
I need the bathroom.
It's there, just hurry up.
Well?
I don't have it.
Well, I'm going to need you to get it.
Oh, hi. This is Stella.
Good to meet you. TOILET FLUSHES
Is Dave here?
Hi, Davey!
SHE GASPS What's he doing here?
Er...
We were just going to...
We? As in...?
As in "we"?
Are you, erm...?
Is this...?
TOM PAIN: OK, so border schiz... Oh, come here, baby.
Baby, come here, come here!
Come here.
You have a lovely home.
I'm going, it's fine. I just needed the bathroom.
SHE SOBS OK. All right, all right, darling.
Mummy's all right. Come on.
Come on, sweetie. All right.
Bye.
HAYLEY PANTS
How dare you bring that man into my house?
Get your shit and get out.
Please...
SHE SCREAMS
SHE SOBS
Right. Come and sit down. Sit down, sit down.
SHE GASPS He's gone. He's gone. OK?
All right? Breathe. Just be calm.
Be nice and calm. All right?
And then you need to tell me exactly what that man did to you.
SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
Carroll sent me over to LA.
This was, like, ten years ago.
Thought I had transatlantic potential, some shit like that.
I was made-up, though.
I thought, like, "This is it."
I know. Like a wanker.
And, erm, I did...
I booked this really big shoot for my last day there.
Night before, I get a call -
"Tom Pain wants to meet you."
I think, "Fuck it," get in a cab -
cos you have to get cabs fuckin' everywhere out there -
and we're driving and driving
until we're basically in, like, the desert,
and we get to Tom's house.
There's a couple of women there.
They go, "He's upstairs, wait here."
So I waited.
One of 'em leaves, and then the other one's like,
"I have to go, but you'll be OK, won't you?"
And at this point, I've been there, like, 45 minutes,
so I am pissed off now.
It's dark outside, so I'm like, "Well, how long is he going to be?"
And she goes, "Oh, he'll be down any second."
Something like that.
So then she leaves, and a minute later, he did, he came down.
And he's friendly.
He's really friendly,
and he's, like, asking me if I want a drink, or...
You know, and I do - only I have this feeling
that I don't want to be pissed if he isn't,
so I'm like, "I'll have one if you have one."
And he goes, "All I want is a double espresso and to eat your pussy."
I thought he was joking, cos...
that's funny - like, that's a fuckin' line, right?
Then he goes, "Your tits...
"are they fake?"
And I'm like, "Yeah."
And he goes, "It's a turn-off.
"Bend over the chair."
So, then, suddenly, I am,
and he's pulled my pants down, you know, and he's...
..he's there.
And in my head, I'm, like, "I don't know how he got here..."
And if you was watching this from the outside, you wouldn't...
It would be, like... like nothing.
And partly I'm thinking, "Fuck, this is really awkward."
And partly I'm thinking, "I wonder how much he's going to hurt me
"if I try to get him off me."
And I listen to how empty the house is...
..and then I work out how close the nearest house is
and how quickly I can run there -
only I know I can't fuckin' run because I've got these shoes on.
Anyway...
then he stands behind me, then he's inside me
and he puts his hand over my mouth, quite tight,
and he says, "I'm going to fuck you to death."
And it wasn't real.
But it felt real.
Then it was real...
..cos I couldn't breathe...
..cos his hand...
And everything went all blurry and he goes,
"Don't even know why they sent you.
"We've already cast the part - you're too old."
And then I blacked out.
Only for a second, though, and then when I woke up, it was over.
And he goes, "You can see yourself out, right?"
And then he's gone.
Next day, I woke up,
I've got all these fuckin' bruises all over my face,
so they pulled me off the shoot.
When I come home, I didn't even tell Rich.
I told Carroll.
And he gave me a kiss on my head and he gave me a hug and he said,
"What a bastard.
"I'm so sorry that happened to you."
Do you know what, can you not?
Just cos...
Anyway, I thought, "Fuck it, it's shit,
"but there's an ocean between us now
"and Carroll is never, ever going to let that man
"anywhere near me ever again."
You're not going to want to hear this, but we need to submit this.
Why not?
Cos I didn't say no.
Did you ever say yes?
It was rape.
No.
See, this is exactly why I didn't tell you,
because I knew this is what you'd do.
Why?
I hate them, all right?
I hate all of those women that are like,
"Oh, my boss touched my bum in 1995 and now I think I've got PTSD" -
I think they're fuckin' pathetic.
You know that's not what this is, right?
Hayley...
Look, I don't know. Whatever. I don't know.
SHE URINATES
Fuck me.
SHE PANTS
Can you describe your symptoms?
When I piss, it feels like knives.
Hmm.
Yeah, there's definitely an infection there.
What about the itching?
Oh, it's washing powder. I switched to own-brand recently.
Hmm.
I might just send you for a quick blood test, if that's all right?
Can I get the antibiotics, though?
Mm. One three times a day.
Cranberry juice and ibuprofen for the discomfort in the meantime.
Pain.
Sorry?
It's not discomfort, it's pain.
Mm.
That's a strong look.
What is it - a party?
Award ceremony.
Mm. You up for anything?
If I said Best Starlet, would you believe me?
Your viral load is still undetectable,
so I'll see you next month.
Yeah. Cheers, Cheryl.
MUSIC: Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston
♪ Don't leave me this way... ♪
Oh, my God. So, I am at the SHAFTAs.
I can't believe it,
this is literally a dream come true.
It's amazing here.
So, I've been nominated for Best Newcomer.
This is going to be the best night ever.
I'm going to go and drink some more champagne.
There are so many sexy girls here,
think I'm kind of getting a bit turned on.
SHE INHALES
Love you all.
♪ Don't leave me this way
♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah
♪ Baby
♪ My heart is full of love and desire for you
♪ Now, come on down and do what you've got to do... ♪
So good of you to come over, mate. I really, really appreciate it.
Not at all, man. I'm there.
I mean, it's disgusting what she's doing.
And where does this end?
I'm getting so I'm nervous to even hug a woman.
I'm just... I'm so sorry you're being put through this.
Thank you. Thanks, thanks.
Hey, Tom. How the devil are you, man? How are you?
Cool. Come and have a photo.
'Ladies and gentlemen, please make your way to the stage...'
Don't mind me, ladies. It's end of days in the gents'.
Yeah, well, don't piss on the seat.
Looking gorge, by the way.
Well, thank you.
Hi, babes.
Started early, did we?
Had a rough day.
Don't tell me - Dave's been an arsehole again.
I was shooting with Tom Pain.
Yeah. I meant to come down for that.
Just had this whole VAT thing to sort out.
Yeah.
You're never there when Tom's shooting.
So weird, that, innit?
Oh, come on, sweetheart...
Seriously.
Do not even start, Carroll.
You can pretend fine.
But just cos you don't see it, don't mean it ain't happening.
♪ Need your lovin', baby
♪ Need it
♪ I need it Need your lovin' now... ♪
Sorry, the receptionist said that...
Yeah.
OK.
Well, what your results suggest
is that you do have cirrhosis.
Uh...
Psoriasis!
It's not even that itchy. Not psoriasis.
Cirrhosis.
Of the liver.
How many units would you say you drank in a week?
Erm...
..I have been drinking maybe a bit more lately.
Yeah.
Hayley, we're talking about a serious condition here.
The liver's a tough old thing,
it takes years to damage it like this.
We can't treat it.
But we can manage it.
HIS VOICE FADES OUT: For a start, I suggest that you reduce...
SUSPENSEFUL ELECTRONIC MUSIC
I need you to do evening shift later.
I can't tonight, I told you. I've got parents' evening.
Well, if you don't take this shift then I can't offer you another one.
Right, OK. Well, I did tell you,
so, that's going to be 50 quid off my income.
Hayley, do not start on me.
You are late for every shift.
You're not available when I need you to be.
We now have customers who come in
purely to look at your tits.
And there's a bottle down the back of your jeans right now
that you think I'm too much of a cunt to notice.
You have a choice - you can take the shift
or you can not take the shift,
but I don't owe you anything.
CAR STEREO BLARES
MUSIC STOPS
What is this?
I lost my receipt.
Can I borrow some money?
How much?
Like... Like, £100.
Are you joking, Iz? I am working my arse off here, mate.
Can't you ask your dad?
He won't get back till tonight.
It's Kelly's birthday.
They've gone to Badminton House or something.
Babington House?
Seriously?
I get 12 years with the Groupon King and she gets Babington House?!
Iz, get up. Come inside.
Yeah, but you still need...
Sorry, who's she?
Hayley, this is Abby.
She's lending a hand.
I need a wee. Can you type all that up? Cheers.
So, are you guys together?
Uh-huh.
Where did you meet?
Um, Stella was...
When she was an MP, I was her assistant.
Oh, oh... So, she was, like, your boss?
Yeah.
Isn't she, like, 20 years older than you?
Mm-hm.
Sorry, isn't that, like,
just a massive abuse of power or something?
Yeah. It's hot, isn't it?
Come on, then.
Come on.
I want to talk to you.
What you told me the other day,
we need to use it.
I don't think this is about Amy, this is about you.
Come on, darling.
Come on, come on.
If Carroll engaged a performer in the knowledge he'd abused you,
that's a much stronger case.
Look. Look what Mummy's got - it's a lovely carrot.
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
Sorry, Hayley, can we focus?
These rabbits are fuckin' anorexic. Will you come and eat the carrot?
What you said about Tom -
I think you're angry.
I'm not angry - just forget it, OK?
It was rape.
It was a bad audition. Seriously, babe, I wish I hadn't said nothing.
Well, can we at least talk about how we want to present in court,
because I think it's very important
that the judge sees a respectable, solid family woman.
Mum not MILF. Yeah?
I mean, is Phoebe around?
Yeah. She's a teenager, she's in and out.
Do you think she could be there?
Come on, then.
WOMAN ON TV: The first time Curtis has straddled me,
and I hope it's not the last time either.
Let's just say he's very good with his hands...
PHONE CONTINUES VIBRATING
IT STOPS
PHONE CHIMES
♪ I've got a funny
♪ Feeling
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ Yeah
♪ I feel
♪ I feel like breaking up somebody's home
♪ Break it up
♪ Lyin' here all alone... ♪
When did this happen?
Where have you been?
SHE SLURS: Sorry, there was traffic. In there, is it?
You're 40 minutes later, Hayley. It's done. It's over.
OK. All right.
Well, did it go OK?
Not really, no. Mr Gibbons said that she has poor attention span
and she's obsessed with being liked.
So?
Course she wants to be liked - it's school!
That's how you don't get your head kicked in.
HE SIGHS
I want to see Gabe.
That's up to him.
I can't make him want to see you.
Well, you make him bloody eat broccoli and brush his teeth.
Yeah, those things are good for him.
What's that meant to mean?
Come on, H, I can smell it on you.
Oh. Well, what - suddenly now you can, can you?
Cos it never bothered you when I was paying your mortgage, did it?
I thought you always just lacked ambition,
but it turns out you was just lazy.
Oi! I'm talking to you, Babington House.
12 years you sponged off me -
where's my fuckin' hot-stone massage?!
SHE VOMITS
Good to see you.
I wish you didn't have to come here.
It's no trouble.
Sit, please.
Thank you.
Are we waiting for Harriet?
I don't think Harriet needs to be across this. So...
I just want to take a moment and consider, you know,
what we're doing here.
She can't win this, she's working in a coffee shop
and she's got three kids.
She's going to bankrupt herself over this. Can't we just...?
Can't we just let it go?
OK, so you let the case drop, yes?
Yeah. And you let the world know what she says is true -
you're negligent, coercive?
It's not an admission of guilt.
Yes - absolutely it is.
We're a legitimate media company.
Something like this sticks,
we lose our investors, we can't float.
Can't you just sue her without me?
OK.
So, you divest yourself from the suit,
except this means you are guilty of all the shit she said about you.
Oh...
Which means Hazewire can no longer work with you.
Or any other partner companies, as a matter of fact.
Because, hello, we are not making VHS copies to sell from a van here.
We're a blue-chip, respectable company
and we only associate with respectable people.
We have no choice,
we collect more data than Netflix -
we break our trust with our users,
the business model collapses.
Don't bollocks.
Excuse me.
They don't give you their data cos they trust you,
they give you their data cos, whatever they say,
they care more about emptying their balls than their privacy.
They don't even ask what you're doing with it!
Because we're using it to give them more of what they want.
Refine the algorithm.
Make content that appeals to the largest possible audience.
We're scientists, really.
A minute ago you were a media company.
We are whatever our users need us to be.
What do you want to be, Carroll?
Are you a respectable person?
Or are you like some pathetic guy in cargo pants
looking at titties in a basement?
I'm a respectable person.
That's what I thought.
MOANING AND GRUNTING
SHE GASPS
When you're done with me, throw me in the trash. Yeah!
SHE MOANS
SHE SNORTS
Baby?
I wasn't.
OK, look. I didn't want to do this right now, but...
..I think maybe we should cool it a little.
Why?
We're in different places, sweetie.
I'm 42.
All my friends are having fuckin' babies.
But you're young.
You don't want to be home making apple sauce, huh?
Are you serious?
I love kids.
I'm amazing with kids.
All their faces and their shoes -
they love their shoes.
If that's what you want me to be, then...
..I can be whatever you need me to be.
Please, I don't have anywhere else to go.
You know what, sweetheart...
..I try to be, like, human about this,
but, seriously, this is boring now.
HE EXHALES
HE SIGHS
Hey, baby!
Did you get your cottage pie?
Yeah. What did Mr Gibbons say?
He said that you are brilliant.
And he said that you are top of your class.
Mwah!
Night, Mum.
Night-night, baby.
BEDROOM DOOR CLOSES
CALL CONNECTS
VOICEMAIL: You've reached Stella Maitland.
Please leave a message.
Hey, it's me.
Erm...
SHE SLURS: I am ringing to let you know I am really grateful
for what you have done for me, but, erm...
..I can't do this any more.
I just want to close the door on it, OK?
Because Carroll's my mate, and I miss him.
PHONE BEEPS
You're calling me. Hold on.
Hello.
Nadia just called me.
She's got the tape.
SHE MOANS
No.
OK.
POUNDING MUSIC
MUSIC STOPS
Are you ready?
There's no point in us even going in there
if you don't give her exactly what she wants.
What does she want?
She just wants an apology from you.
A proper one this time.
And £3,000.
Stella, I can't...
It's fine. Don't worry about it.
No, I'm serious, I haven't got...
I said - it's not your problem.
All right. Right, OK?
You know when we talk about consent and boundaries
and what is and isn't appropriate -
this is exactly the kind of thing...
You loved it. No.
Oh, you did.
A bit. Admit it.
Hayley, I don't know how to say it any more clearly.
Honestly, you literally do nothing for me.
In fact, when I look at you, my vagina gets physically drier.
SHE LAUGHS
Oh, I love you.
Well, we literally just met, so...
I know, but I do.
Are you pissed?
SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
Hi, it's Stella Maitland.
And Jolene!
DOOR BUZZES All right.
SHE LAUGHS
My dad left when I was six.
I never really, erm...
I didn't have much to do with him.
Erm, my mum worked all hours
and there was quite a lot of, like, erm...
self-medication, so...
We lived in this block of flats, Bowling Court.
So my mum wouldn't normally get home till about eight,
and I had a lot of friends,
but they all had to go home about five for their tea,
so I had about three hours every night, which...
I just got bored, really.
Erm...
So then, when I was 12, there was this group of lads,
who used to hang out in the stairwell.
They started smoking weed and stuff,
erm, I think I got on their nerves a little bit to start with,
but then we started this thing
where if I gave one of them a blowjob, they'd let me hang out.
It didn't bother me.
LAUGHING: I actually thought it was quite funny!
Yeah.
So, I was doing that...
..quite a few years.
Anyway...
..what I wanted to say to you is
I'm really sorry for what I did to you.
It was fucked up.
And I'm not using excuses,
but there are some things that have happened in my life
that mean I don't really get what's appropriate.
The things other people find normal, I don't find normal.
I don't know how to fix that.
But I'm trying.
I'm really, really trying.
Password's bangcherry69.
I love Baileys - I never drink this, it's really nice, it's really nice.
CAR HORN BEEPS
Oi, Dizzy, what are you doing?
Hey, Uncle Carroll.
Any girl over the age of 11 who catches the bus is a failure,
didn't you know that?
Get in.
Wouldn't they even give you a credit note? Not without a receipt.
Can't you ask your mum for money?
She's stressed.
Oh. Have to get yourself a job, then.
Can I have one?
Absolutely not.
You're too young for bad habits.
Your brain is wet concrete.
You get a habit at your age - that's it, you're stuck with it.
Please.
Well, you can put it in your mouth, but don't light it.
How old was you when you started?
Dunno. 14, 15?
But that's what I'm saying - it's too young.
It's cos I saw a picture of Humphrey Bogart,
smoking a cigarette, riding a bike with no hands.
Arms folded...
..like this. CAR HORN BLARES
Ooh!
It was the sexiest thing I'd seen in the whole of my life.
Oh, yeah.
Don't tell your mum, OK?
Ta-da!
Oh, it's come up beautifully.
Yeah.
Did you use the linseed oil?
No, it's, er, beeswax. DOOR CLOSES
Oh?
Remember what we said.
Hiya! Hello, darling. Here she is.
Is there anything to eat?
Yeah. There's some of my baba ghanoush in the fridge.
Yuck!
Your ironing's on the stove here.
What do you want, love?
Nothing.
I missed you.
Aw.
Now, that's nice.
Mmm!
We missed you too, sweetheart.
Actually...
..I was thinking that maybe I could move back in.
Oh, you know we'd love you to, but...
It's not a good time, love.
I still haven't cleaned up Nana Jean's room and I'm still...
At the moment, I'm a bit...
Your mum's still grieving.
Let's talk about it in a few months, hmm?
SHE BREATHES IN
SHE EXHALES
Oh, my God, it's fine.
Don't worry about it.
Just going for a wee.
You did well, love.
Did really well. OK.
'All set.'
MUFFLED VIDEO AUDIO
We have to try and submit this.
DOOR SHUTS
Hello, baby.
Oh, I got that money that you wanted.
It's all right. I don't need it.
Why? Where d'you get it?
Isabel Matilda Burrows?
Huh...
DOOR CLOSES
You stay away from her! Wait...
Ow! If you ever give my kids money again,
then I'll cut your cock off!
FRONT DOOR CLOSES
Hey.
I'm really sorry.
I was just so confused.
SHE SOBS
But I've broken up with him now.
I've got you a present.
I just want you to know,
I see you now.
I see exactly what you are.
Play the tape.
Subtitles by Red Bee Media