Spirited (2010) s01e02 Episode Script

1 Oh! Oh! Steve! Jesus Christ! What are you doing?! Calling your name! Did you follow me? Oooh.
Is it bleeding? Yes, a little bit.
Why are you following me? Because you won't answer your phone, Suzy.
Well, I can't exactly interrupt a pulp extirpation to take a call from my ex-husband.
Not ex.
Not yet.
Not in writing.
And I called last night at 8:00.
I think you were done with your pulp extirpation by then.
Christ, by buggery, my nose hurts! Is it crooked? You should put some ice on it.
Look at us, Suze.
Suze, we need help.
You need help.
I need to get home.
I want us to go and see a counsellor.
I've got to get back, OK? I will call you later.
You won't call me.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry about your nose.
I It is a bit crooked.
You should go see your guy.
Really? Really? Oh, shit! Oh, God! Suze! From the squats to the guters To the tenement flats Henry Mallet.
We all pull down the shuters Henry? Did you get the albums? 'Cause you said you were gonna go in to the What's this? It's a, um Well, it's like a walkman.
Where's the tape? Oh, it doesn't need one.
The music is stored in it.
What, a whole album? And about 700 others.
Fuck me.
I'm living in Star Trek.
"Living"? Well, you have to come as something beginning with E.
Me and Kate are going as elves.
Have you heard this? It's me.
I'm brilliant.
Mum! You have to make the costume.
I'm a red one, she's a green one.
Got it? Oh, OK.
Are you sure you want to go as elves? Don't you think everyone will? Why don't you go for something really different, like an elephant? Or or an egg! No-one will go as that.
Mum, an egg? Well OK, we'll talk about it later.
You go get ready for school, OK? Egg eggplant.
Suzy.
Come in here.
What is it? Did you know fucking lan fucking Curtis has had a film made about him? Ian Curtis.
Granted, legend, but, you know.
Hello.
Fucking Henry Mallet.
Where's my film? It's ridiculous.
Some bloke tops himself and suddenly everything he ever did in his life before that is genius? It's bollocks.
Hmm.
That rules out suicide, then.
But you wrote songs about killing yourself.
Yeah, that's poetry, love.
That's what's known as the human condition.
I think that's why you're still here.
What is? Well, traditionally, a ghost is still here because they need to rectify the things they've done wrong in their life.
Oooh! Traditionally! In the movies.
Oh, in the movies.
Who says I did anything in my life that needs rectifying? Huh? Maybe the rectifying needs to be done to me.
What if I was murdered? Eh? Or kidnapped and I need to get justice? Oh, Mum, remember, I've got practice today.
For what? For the Panache.
Have you found any other band members yet? Everybody thinks a famous musician disappears "Well, he must have topped himself.
" It's more of a solo side project.
Anyone else, there's an investigation, it's a crime! Yeah, I can't wait to hear it.
Yeah.
Oh, you'll hear it.
I think that's why I'm here - to shout it to the world! I'm not really ready to go public yet.
What is he talking about? That's alright.
Just keep practising.
If it's something you love, even if it's a hobby, you'll have it all your life, music.
Lovely.
Mum, I have an itchy bump on my knee.
Elvis has a band? Is that all there is? Well, you're not Elvis Presley.
Oh, bloody hell! Why does it keep doing this? It's thinking.
It's a machine.
What does it need to think about? Do you remember any women? There's no mention of wife or girlfriends.
I don't remember anyone, Suze, OK? We've established that.
"Henry Mallet.
The Nerve.
"Reported breakdowns of relationships with the band, friends, family, "erratic behaviour, drug problems "and, um body never found.
" They never found my body.
You need to talk to the Old Bill.
Right now, I need to fix some teeth.
Fuck you, Curtis! They made a film about me too.
Oh! Are you OK? You just flinched a bit there.
I didn't flinch! You slipped! You just drilled my gum! You did, actually.
I saw you.
What are you doing, searching for oil? That would have been painful.
It's not painful.
Uh, excuse me for a minute, Mr Marguilies.
I'll just get something for you, OK? Just deep breaths.
In and out.
That's right.
In and out.
Sorry.
I don't care.
You can't just jump in on me like that.
Suzy.
They've made a film about me.
Is it a film or is it a documentary? What's the difference? Well, there's a lot of people who have documentaries made about them, but if someone makes a film about you Whatever.
It's about me and you need to go and find it! Yeah.
I will go and look for it tonight, OK? But now I have to work.
Alright, yeah, you just go back to cleaning your rich people's teeth while I'm stuck in fucking purgatory! My clients aren't rich.
I'm a lot richer than they are.
Suzy? What happened? Um Give these to Mr Marguilies and, um Oh! Can you please push the next patient back a bit? Because I'm Diarrhoea.
Oh! OK? - Suzy? - Nurse! Excuse me! Help! Oh, shit! Coming, Mr Marguilies! So, why did you kill the bird? That was a bit silly.
Just Hi, Steve? Oh oh, that's OK.
Y-yeah, of course.
Of course I can.
Um do you want me to bring something? Maybe some wine? I'll bring a wine.
Is is a pinot OK? Sure.
Sure.
It it's no problem.
I might bring some cheese too.
I tell you what I'll just get a selection of ch OK.
See you, then.
Bye.
OK.
I've got to get back.
Are you fucking serious? Yes, I am.
Because unlike some people, I have to go back It wasn't me.
It was him.
You're not fucking serious? What am I, a little fucking trained monkey on a lead, mate? Fucking do it again! I tell you what, mate - how about you do it again, and this time, try and get the fucking thing right, yeah? You fucking mullet! Don't smile at me, mate, yeah? Nothing to smile about.
That was shit.
Alright, are we gonna do this or what? I said let's fucking roll! He was like a firecracker.
He might be lit.
He might be in his box.
I think we all got on in the beginning.
I knew him the best.
I knew him the worst.
I didn't know him.
I was more like his mum, you know? I mean, your mum probably doesn't know you that well in the end.
You know what I mean? I knew him but I didn't.
Uh Henry and I he c he could be a hard man.
A really hard man.
But oh, we played some cracking music.
Sometimes he was hard to have as a friend.
He was never boring.
He was a flame.
That's my house.
I remember the house! He was actually brought up by I fell out of that tree.
That's how I broke my arm.
You know, he was he was an only child.
And I think he was always a lonely child.
- That's, uh - Loving mother.
- Kind father.
- That's my mum.
Very safe.
Very secure.
Oh, shivers.
Linda calling.
Yes.
I'm coming.
He had this burning desire to pull it all down.
Dismantle it.
Ah.
Mrs Uhlman.
Sorry I'm late.
I had a meeting that went over time.
It's OK.
Are you comfortable there? Now, Suzy, Mrs Uhlman gets a little bit nervous, so we're gonna use some gas today.
Yes, I remember.
No, last time wasn't very good, was it? No.
Ah.
Is the article good? Don't know.
I was just trying to focus my mind on something.
Ah, right.
I've been reading a lot about rock stars lately.
It's amazing how many died young.
Mm-hm.
Jimi Hendrix.
Jeff Buckley.
Kurt Cobain.
Um oh, actually, there was this, uh guy called Rick Day or something, I think.
Bass player or something.
Guess how he died.
Nitrous.
His heart slowed so much, he just stopped breathing.
Not a bad way to go, though, I guess.
Wouldn't even know when he was dying.
Um, Mrs Uhlman, have you always lived around here? Mmm.
Um, there was another guy too, called Henry Mallet.
Apparently he came over here in 1982 and just went missing.
They think maybe he killed himself but they never found his body.
Do you remember anything like that? Oh Linda? Yeah, thanks.
Billy.
Billy.
Billy.
If you're not in tune now, just fucking do it, alright? Sorry, I didn't realise this was a fucking one-man band.
We recorded, uh, Fall in the summer of '76 in 12 days.
They're gonna stick a warhead Down in Wandsworth Common 'Wandsworth USA ' was massive.
I heard it everywhere.
It was in the top five the week it was released.
I'm living in the USA In Wandsworth, USA Uh-huh-huh We want to do something real.
See, I want I want the Queen's head in a box.
People I speak to, out there, they can't ever get these shiny lives, you know, of endless happiness.
When they say, "Jump" do we say, "How high?" Oh.
"Stick me in the f ing helicopter.
" "Book me a limo.
" What's all that? What is that? I don't know.
Do you know? Why don't you f ing tell me? Hmm? Mr f ing Microphone? So what does your mum do? Pulls people's teeth out.
And talks to imaginary people.
Henry always wanted to help people.
He wanted to take care of those less fortunate than himself.
I wonder if she's still alive.
He brought in a bird once with a broken wing.
He fixed the wing and looked after the bird We could call her.
Put your gums around my plums and call me What are you doing, Mum? This is a I 'm just watching This is a band I used to love when I was your age.
I just found the DVD.
Pretty cool, huh? Called the Nerve.
Have you heard of them? They sound like a rip-off of the Clash.
Fuck you! We were five years before them.
Hey, where's Verity? Whoa, whoa, whoa! Fucking whoa! Oh, my God! Thank you so much.
Oh, it's OK.
It's part of my job.
No.
It's above and beyond.
Um I hope I'm not prying, but Verity said your wife is behaving a bit strangely.
Just hop down for Dad.
Is she OK? She's being a little unpredictable at the moment.
We're just giving her all the time she needs.
It's just great that Verity has a role model like you in her life, so so thank you.
OK.
Sweetheart? Well, he was always a restless soul.
After a while, he stopped.
Er, ringing.
And I just wondered about it.
I mean, I read all the papers and the same as everybody did.
It was a hard time.
But in my heart, I I always hoped that he was I hoped that he was happy somewhere.
And as the time went and he didn't call me, I I guess I knew he was gone.
He's my son.
I I miss him.
Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Take.
I missed your calls.
No, it's OK.
Stephen took some time out of work to pick her up.
Oh.
Right.
Yeah, I know.
I told him to do that.
I called him earlier.
Mm-hm.
I called him and asked him to do that and he wasn't answering his phone, so Um sorry I'm in such a rush.
I actually came here to discuss the literacy system.
Do you believe PM Benchmarks is the best? Or do you prefer some other 12-level systems? Well, we use PM Benchmarks.
Right.
Good.
Thank you.
Is there anything else you want to talk about? No, no, no.
Thank you.
It's hard on everyone.
Oh, that's nice.
Um, I've got to go now, OK? Sorry.
Thanks.
Oh.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Honey, honey, don't worry about the bin.
Steve! I didn't attack you! You can't tell a teacher those kind of lies! It There are repercussions.
I'm being painted in a bad light.
Verity's teacher tried to give me a cuddle.
It was just an extremely embarrassing situation.
Jesus! Can you call my mum? Do I look like your PA, Henry? Or one of your groupies, who's here to do whatever you want? Far out! One day as a rock star Alright.
Where's Verity? With her father.
Who's told her teacher I've become violent and psychotic.
15 years.
15 years of my life with that narcissistic, self-absorbed wanker! Are you going on about Dad? N Uh Yes, I am.
You can't just get anyone's number off the internet.
I watched a video of myself from 1978.
I think we can find one phone number.
OK.
I'll show you.
What's her name? Geisela Mackenzie.
Geisela.
G? E-I.
E I.
Oh, well, at least it's unique.
But I'm telling you, stuff like this is impossible to find.
It's not like getting video Is this it? Well, it's a Geisela Mackenzie.
There couldn't be that many.
Only one way to find out.
Oh, sorry, I was gonna get, um, brie and then I saw the blue, and I didn't know if you liked blue or not, so I just got both, and then some nice cheddar and Yeah, that's that's fine.
Fine.
Oh.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, um Verity's asleep.
Oh.
Uh I thought she was with Suzy during the week.
Uh, yeah, Suze got caught up, forgot to pick her up, so I've got her.
Hey, do you want a drink? Oh, yes, please! Thank you.
Sorry about the state of the place.
I have been trying to clean up.
Oh.
Uh I've seen far worse.
I'm just, you know I'm just a bit of a mess at the moment.
Hey, what happened to your eyes? Oh.
I went to see Suze today and it didn't quite go to plan.
She hit you? Are you OK? I'm just worried about her.
First she leaves for no reason.
Now the kids are saying she's talking to herself.
And she's never been violent before.
Here.
I just don't know what to do.
She won't talk to me.
It's ringing.
What are you gonna say? Oh, I don't know.
I'll just pretend to be someone else.
What? Who? I don't know.
Just don't tell her I'm here.
Hello? Don't just not talk.
Hello? Say something.
'Ello! Yes, who is this? Um this is Debbie.
Deborah.
Is this, um, Mrs Geisela Mackenzie? What the fuck are you talking like Oliver Twist for? Er, yes.
I'm sorry, Deborah who? Um oh, I'm sorry.
It's Deborah uh, Pilchard.
From the council.
How are you today? Quite well, thank you.
Er, is there a problem? I can't hear properly.
No.
No problem.
Um we're just calling around some of the local seniors to, um see what they think could be done to improve the local area.
Would you be interested in sharing your thoughts? Well, yes, I would.
First of all, there's a pedestrian crossing just down from my street, Ridgeway Street, near Upton Street.
Ridgeway Street.
That's where she moved after me dad died.
Yes, yes.
Young hooligans drive past at a ridiculous speed.
And it's very dangerous for the children.
Oh, do you have any children, Mrs Mackenzie? Well yes, one.
Oh, how lovely.
And does he or she do they live in the area still? No, he moved away.
Oh.
What a shame.
Where did he move to? I I don't know.
I haven't spoken to him in 30 years.
After a while, he stopped.
Er, ringing.
And I just wondered about it.
I mean, I read all the papers and the same as everybody did.
It was a hard time.
But in my heart, I I hoped that he was happy somewhere.
He's my son.
I I miss him.
I will always miss him.
Hello, Rocco.
Rocco, this used to be a hotel, didn't it? Oh a long time ago.
We managed it.
Oh, wow.
Gosh.
Wow.
Were there ever any, like famous people staying here? I was never up with those popular things.
Sure, there may have been, but I never would have known it.
Henry? You were staying in this apartment when you died.
How do you know that? This was a hotel.
Rocco was the manager.
This was the penthouse suite.
I don't remember it.
Well, it's been renovated.
Suzy! Oh, bloody hell.
Here we go.
Hi.
What are you doing here? Oh, I just thought I'd say hello.
Is now a good time? No.
Fuck off.
Yes, it is.
Do you want a cup of tea? The Nerve? Oh, do you know them? What do you mean, do I know them? I was obsessed with them.
You know that.
Hello! No.
I had no idea.
Suzy, come on.
Michael Williams from uni? Who? My boyfriend of three years! Oh, yeah, yeah.
I thought you said "Mitchell".
You knew they were our band.
I don't remember that.
Why the sudden interest? Um I just heard them and remembered how much I liked them, so You didn't like them.
I liked them.
I had a giant poster of Henry Mallet on my wall for years.
He was the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen.
Really? So, what do you think happened to him? It was the British government.
The British government? They killed him.
He was considered a threat.
What, was he spying for the Russians? Yeah, you can laugh, Suzy, but this was the time of Bobby Sands and the IRA.
It wasn't a joke then.
So, um so, do you still listen to them? Yeah.
Actually, I've got some of his rare stuff.
Why don't you come over tomorrow and I'll get it for you? Great.
Thank you.
So Steve.
I went over there last night.
Remember this one? Masking.
You're masking.
You hit out in frustration.
I get that.
I did not hit him! You hit him? Brilliant.
Not on purpose.
Suze.
It's OK to be angry.
Why? Because it's my treadmill.
You can't be angry about Jonquil.
I didn't lie about anything.
I'm not angry, Steve.
I'm just taking it because it's mine, not yours.
And since we are far, far from being considered anything like one entity, I'm taking it.
Come on, Suze! And it's not just Jonquil.
It's Verity's teacher asking me if I'm mentally stable.
You broke my fricking nose! Watch your fingers there.
It wasn't me, alright? Verity told her you'd been acting like a freak.
Yeah? Well Verity thought she was a horse for three weeks.
I'll see you at golf on Wednesday, mate.
Yeah, yeah, good-o.
Good afternoon, my gorgeous all-man family.
How are we today? Hmm? Not talking to me again.
Terrific.
Well, have a lovely all-man night, won't you? All three of you.
Seeing each other.
Able to leave whenever you like.
All together.
Visible.
And here they are, my favourites Mr and Mrs Wasted Existence.
Complete with the bodies they do absolutely nothing with.
Afternoon.
Ah, Bonita.
If it weren't for you, I'd This is torture.
Why am I here?! He wanted to write his masterpiece.
It was this thing in him.
And at one time, he wanted to fly in a medieval quartet from Norway.
Like, impractical, apart from anything else.
He was writing in Germany.
It was 16 17 hours a day.
And that's when Superhighway 2002 came out.
And I was with him in Hamburg, at that time.
We were in Hamburg in '81.
And he ate a whole box of mushrooms.
Suddenly, he thought the aliens were out to get him.
2002 - that's the year he that's when he thought the aliens were coming back.
Oh! Thanks so much for this.
I really appreciate it.
I know.
We should go and have a listen.
Oh, right.
I'm so glad that you came, though.
Oh! It's not my birthday! Suzy, we're here because we love you and we're concerned about some of the choices you're making.
And we, the people who love you, wanted to intervene before it becomes a problem.
Suzy, this is an intervention.
Forgot to pick up Verity.
- Steve? - Yeah.
Well, I am devastated Steve.
You words.
Let's leave the Is for looking.
You are a nut bag.
Oh.
Steve You need to listen to this.
Now, this might be difficult I Sorry.
You have ruined my life.
On a whim.
You've taken my children.
You've ruined my home.
And you've hurt me, Suzy.
I mean, you've really hurt me.
I mean, physically I can handle that.
But emotionally, I can't.
He just said two Is then.
Psst.
Sorry.
Um Suzy left me alone in the surgery without any notice.
She told me that she was sick and Uh so, you - you abandoned me with a really irate patient who was in a lot of pain.
I mean, you know I can't administer the novocaine without an assisting dentist Alright.
I we we get it.
Uh, dangerous at work.
OK.
Does anyone have anything else they'd like to add? Uh yeah, just that Suzy was incredibly polite to me.
In the car, that was.
On the way to removing Steve's treadmill? Yeah, yeah.
She was really lovely.
And there was teamwork and Uh, I didn't remove it.
I own it.
But, you know whatever.
I just can't believe that you are bringing Elvis into this.
He's 13 years old! Oh, I wanted to come.
You've been acting kind of weird.
Um I got up the other night and you were on the phone to some Englishwoman and you were It's it's scary.
Um it was scaring Verity.
Who is looking after Verity? Friends in the building.
"Friends in the building"? Pouty-pout.
Mmm.
Less.
Less.
Less shadow or less rouge? Less both.
And, uh up the lips.
Alright.
Oh, give me Mmm! Three men?! Steve, I'm not endangering our daughter, OK? I just forgot to pick her up from school once.
OK? But Verity is very anxious and really needy.
Suzy.
Your actions are causing others pain.
Now, we care about you.
So, let's work together.
Now, Steve is willing to work together by seeing a counsellor with you.
I think that's a great idea.
So Really, I am sorry that I've put you all out, and I've just been a bit all over the place.
So I It's I'm fine now.
It's all fine now.
I don't need to see a counsellor.
Um perhaps it's time someone stopped thinking about themselves and started to think about their children.
You know the kids are fine.
Now, although I specialise in these situations, I think it might be best for you to see an independent therapist.
OK, fine.
But if it means a lot to you and it would make you feel more comfortable, then, of course, I understand if you still want to see me.
No, someone else is fine.
It wouldn't be difficult for me to, um just I am not going to see you, Jonquil.
OK.
Fine.
I think that's for the best.
Oh! Henry! They never found my body, right? What are you doing? What if I was abducted? What if I was taken by aliens? Are there aliens in the building? Look, it's been well documented, actually, that in the '80s I had some weird experience with aliens.
What if I was abducted and taken somewhere out there in the galaxy and, I don't know, some weird physics have been unlocked? And? Well, maybe this me is just some parallel collection of spinning atoms or something.
And the real me is still out there somewhere.
In the universe.
You know, being anally probed.
We need to tell someone! Come on.
It would explain a lot.
What would it explain, Henry? Look around.
Hmm? Where are all your other ghosts, hmm? We need to tell the papers.
OK, so you want me to tell the media that the ghost of a rock star lives in my apartment, that only I and a cat can see, and he was actually abducted by aliens in the '80s? Yeah.
That's the one.
Well, maybe I'll also tell them that my goblin friend told me to jump on a unicorn and ride it off to help the elves, because they're under Bum, bum, bum, bum Didn't you say Thursday? Mum! - This is all your fault.
- Oh, God! Oh, shivers! Don't say anything.
Oh, and thanks for your support last night.
I was just trying to help.
Helping isn't gossiping bad personal things around, Linda.
Helping is being able to lie for a friend.
Alright? OK.
Well, do you want me to lie about the call we got from Mr Marguilies's lawyer this morning? Morning.
Where are you off to? Don't even talk to me.
Suzy.
This is massive.
This could be one of the biggest discoveries of all time.
I have to see a therapist with Steve to convince him I don't talk to you so they don't take my kids off me, OK? Because you being here is making everyone think I'm insane.
So just do whatever you like.
I don't give a fig.
I'm composing a draft letter for you to type up and send to the papers with details to prove it's me.
Thank you for coming at such short notice.
Hello.
Someone getting married? Is he here now? Yes.
He's just Who's the bloke with the, uh otter? Yes.
Animals can often sense evil.
Well, he's not evil.
Oh, no.
Oh, I don't believe it.
You're trying to kill me? Unbelievable! The one person who can see me is trying to get rid of me.
Thanks.
Henry, I'm trying to free you.
I know you're here, Henry.
Congratulations, dipstick! I can't believe you actually think this is gonna work.
Well, I don't know what I'm thinking anymore, Henry.
I-I'm talking to a dead man, so I don't know.
We need you to leave, Henry.
This space is a holy space.
It's a fucking penthouse.
We need you to leave this space.
We need you to feel Jesus' love.
Arggh! Arggh! Any conduit for sin or evil It's working.
Is not welcome here.
Arggh! We need you to leave this place and never return.
Are you OK? I'm not a fucking Catholic.
This is mad, Mum! This is mad, Mum! Thanks, kids.
You know, if if you're unhappy, you can tell me.
I want you to be honest.
I miss Dad sometimes.
OK.
You've been acting pretty strange.
Yeah, I know.
I'm I'm sorry.
I like it that you're happier now.
But could you stop talking to yourself? OK.
Hey, that album you brought home is pretty cool.
Which one? The Henry Mallet one.
I like him.
Henry? Henry? I suppose he was headed in a direction I I didn't understand.
You know, I wanted him to be one thing and he was changing.
And with Henry, if you weren't with him, you were cut out.
Like a door slam.
None of us knew where he went.
Monday, we had rehearsals.
Tuesday nothing.
Then I get a call.
From bloody Australia.
I got the call uh, early one morning.
Uh, Rat told me, he says, uh, he'd been missing for four days.
I I knew.
I just knew.
I said nothing.
I just went back to reading the papers at the table with my wife.
Like nothing had happened.
And people were asking what do I think happened? I don't think.
I know.
You know, your mind goes back over these things.
I-I I just wished he'd told me.
You know? Before he did it.
Did you bring your otter? I 'm sorry.
Do you know, not one person on that film really loved me.
Not one.
Don't be ridiculous.
What about your mum? She said she hasn't spoken to me for 30 years.
That's five years before I died.
I was a prick! Your band.
Your friends.
They all did.
After the fact, Suzy.
You could see it in their eyes.
You know, everybody loves you when you're dead.
They may have struggled to like you, but they definitely loved you.
Anyway, don't worry.
I don't have any friends either.
Come on.
You've got Steve.
Pfft! And you've got Jonkers.
And your kids.
And that weird Terry bloke too.
He's got his little eye on you.
All I had was rage.
And a lot of groupies.
I thought you'd left for good.
It's you.
It's beautiful.
No, no! Wait! Wait! And go.