Coming Up (2012) s01e03 Episode Script
Camouflage
I'm Riza.
I have an appointment.
Yes, sorry.
Thank you.
Can you help me hide this? I can help.
Yeah, but it has to be invisible.
Can you guarantee that? I can't absolutely guarantee anything, Riza.
It's really important.
Most of my clients feel that way.
My life's in your hands Annette.
Can I call you that? Of course.
Please.
May I? I've never seen anything like it.
How did you get this? It's hard to talk about it.
Let's get started.
This is cosmetic camouflage base.
We match it to your skin type.
The lesion's fairly flat, so we should get a good result.
May need to use more than a single shade to make it work though.
Let's see.
OK? Yeah.
That's not quite right.
No? No.
Better? It's closer.
You'll need to adjust the shades with the seasons.
Skin changes when the sun comes out.
The sun? In London? Where is home? Sierra Leone.
Hmm.
15 years in London now.
I'm just about making peace with the place.
You never wanted to go back? Never.
Why is that? The colour's right.
Dust it over and the cover will set for days.
Not even London rain will shift this.
See what you think.
That's amazing work.
Don't worry if it takes time for you to be able to do this yourself.
You're an artist.
Thank you.
Here, take these.
They'll last you a little while.
I'll give you the details, you can place an order.
Thank you.
An artist.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Annette.
Riza.
I didn't realise I know I don't have an appointment.
Has something happened? I need you to work on the scar again.
It takes time to learn.
Look, I don't have time to learn.
It was near Freetown.
It was during the war.
I was 14.
There was a militia in our town.
They did some terrible things.
Killed whole families, blood everywhere.
I ran away and they caught me.
What happened? They held me down.
The man that was in charge, this man cut this into my face.
I ran and I escaped.
I made it here as a refugee.
I've been in London ever since.
But he's here now.
He's found me.
In a city of millions, who'd imagine? He knows his mark.
He's already been to my place.
So I can't go back there.
Not now.
You understand? Yeah.
No, I I can't imagine.
No need to imagine.
All you need to know is that you're saving a life.
Not the best life.
Not the worst life either.
The couch is bearable.
Thanks.
I'll find another place soon.
Is that not how you like it? No, no, it's fine.
I don't think so.
Here better? That's better.
You don't have many things.
So what? No, it's just, people usually accumulate things over time, don't they? Not me.
That's really it? That's it.
What do you do? Carpentry, odd jobs.
It's important to do a good job, like you.
You take care in your work, I can see it in your eyes.
You know what? What I told you today, I've never told anyone before.
I wonder why I told you.
Riza, you don't have to explain Do you steal your clients' deepest hidden things? No.
Take a piece of their soul.
Strange woman who gives away nothing.
What is it that you want to know? I trained as an artist, you're right about that.
Is this one of yours? Yeah.
You really are an artist.
What's this? Nothing.
Let me see.
No.
Sorry.
Why are you hiding it? I'm not hiding anything.
Then let me see.
What are you doing? Waiting.
It's just, you have a terrible story, what happened to you with those soldiers.
This isn't the same.
Why not? Your scar wasn't your fault.
And this is? I was I was 12.
I didn't look and I ran out into the road outside my house.
A car came and it clipped me.
So you punish yourself? The driver died.
My mum always used to say, "Riza, never look back.
" I asked why, and do you know what she'd say? "Cos you get a pain in your neck.
" She was a smart woman, my mother.
OK, what now? We celebrate.
It worked.
Are you sure? He's gone.
It's just if a man cares that much about It's finished, all right? Thanks to you.
In all that time, they never caught me and they're never going to catch me now, so let's celebrate.
I need to talk to someone.
About a new place.
I kind of hope you don't get one.
A new start.
You made it possible.
And you don't need to hide this Stop it.
You're perfect.
So you keep saying.
Thank you.
Why are you helping the soldier boy? Why are you helping him? Why? Why are you helping the soldier boy? You lied.
- What? - You were in the army.
No.
No? Yes! No.
Look, it's complicated.
I just gave you the simple explanation.
You lied.
Annette.
What have you got me doing for you? - Whatever you - You've got me doing something wrong.
Of course not.
You need to tell me right now.
I told you the truth.
Did you really, Annette? You lie too, don't you? No.
You do.
You keep everything in the past.
Feels better that way, doesn't it? The driver was my dad.
He swerved to not hit me and he hit a tree.
I was 14.
Those those things that you said those men did.
Did you? Annette, I was young.
My mum disappeared at the start of the war.
She was gone, my home was gone.
I joined the older men.
They took me through all these villages, and yes, I did make some mistakes.
Annette, I was angry.
I just wanted to break everything.
I completely understand why that man felt the way he did.
I know why he took the knife, I know why he did this to me.
I'm sorry.
You have to understand.
You know that I never told you because I didn't want you to think badly of me.
Please.
Riza? Annette! Annette! Open the door, please! Annette, help! Help!
I have an appointment.
Yes, sorry.
Thank you.
Can you help me hide this? I can help.
Yeah, but it has to be invisible.
Can you guarantee that? I can't absolutely guarantee anything, Riza.
It's really important.
Most of my clients feel that way.
My life's in your hands Annette.
Can I call you that? Of course.
Please.
May I? I've never seen anything like it.
How did you get this? It's hard to talk about it.
Let's get started.
This is cosmetic camouflage base.
We match it to your skin type.
The lesion's fairly flat, so we should get a good result.
May need to use more than a single shade to make it work though.
Let's see.
OK? Yeah.
That's not quite right.
No? No.
Better? It's closer.
You'll need to adjust the shades with the seasons.
Skin changes when the sun comes out.
The sun? In London? Where is home? Sierra Leone.
Hmm.
15 years in London now.
I'm just about making peace with the place.
You never wanted to go back? Never.
Why is that? The colour's right.
Dust it over and the cover will set for days.
Not even London rain will shift this.
See what you think.
That's amazing work.
Don't worry if it takes time for you to be able to do this yourself.
You're an artist.
Thank you.
Here, take these.
They'll last you a little while.
I'll give you the details, you can place an order.
Thank you.
An artist.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Annette.
Riza.
I didn't realise I know I don't have an appointment.
Has something happened? I need you to work on the scar again.
It takes time to learn.
Look, I don't have time to learn.
It was near Freetown.
It was during the war.
I was 14.
There was a militia in our town.
They did some terrible things.
Killed whole families, blood everywhere.
I ran away and they caught me.
What happened? They held me down.
The man that was in charge, this man cut this into my face.
I ran and I escaped.
I made it here as a refugee.
I've been in London ever since.
But he's here now.
He's found me.
In a city of millions, who'd imagine? He knows his mark.
He's already been to my place.
So I can't go back there.
Not now.
You understand? Yeah.
No, I I can't imagine.
No need to imagine.
All you need to know is that you're saving a life.
Not the best life.
Not the worst life either.
The couch is bearable.
Thanks.
I'll find another place soon.
Is that not how you like it? No, no, it's fine.
I don't think so.
Here better? That's better.
You don't have many things.
So what? No, it's just, people usually accumulate things over time, don't they? Not me.
That's really it? That's it.
What do you do? Carpentry, odd jobs.
It's important to do a good job, like you.
You take care in your work, I can see it in your eyes.
You know what? What I told you today, I've never told anyone before.
I wonder why I told you.
Riza, you don't have to explain Do you steal your clients' deepest hidden things? No.
Take a piece of their soul.
Strange woman who gives away nothing.
What is it that you want to know? I trained as an artist, you're right about that.
Is this one of yours? Yeah.
You really are an artist.
What's this? Nothing.
Let me see.
No.
Sorry.
Why are you hiding it? I'm not hiding anything.
Then let me see.
What are you doing? Waiting.
It's just, you have a terrible story, what happened to you with those soldiers.
This isn't the same.
Why not? Your scar wasn't your fault.
And this is? I was I was 12.
I didn't look and I ran out into the road outside my house.
A car came and it clipped me.
So you punish yourself? The driver died.
My mum always used to say, "Riza, never look back.
" I asked why, and do you know what she'd say? "Cos you get a pain in your neck.
" She was a smart woman, my mother.
OK, what now? We celebrate.
It worked.
Are you sure? He's gone.
It's just if a man cares that much about It's finished, all right? Thanks to you.
In all that time, they never caught me and they're never going to catch me now, so let's celebrate.
I need to talk to someone.
About a new place.
I kind of hope you don't get one.
A new start.
You made it possible.
And you don't need to hide this Stop it.
You're perfect.
So you keep saying.
Thank you.
Why are you helping the soldier boy? Why are you helping him? Why? Why are you helping the soldier boy? You lied.
- What? - You were in the army.
No.
No? Yes! No.
Look, it's complicated.
I just gave you the simple explanation.
You lied.
Annette.
What have you got me doing for you? - Whatever you - You've got me doing something wrong.
Of course not.
You need to tell me right now.
I told you the truth.
Did you really, Annette? You lie too, don't you? No.
You do.
You keep everything in the past.
Feels better that way, doesn't it? The driver was my dad.
He swerved to not hit me and he hit a tree.
I was 14.
Those those things that you said those men did.
Did you? Annette, I was young.
My mum disappeared at the start of the war.
She was gone, my home was gone.
I joined the older men.
They took me through all these villages, and yes, I did make some mistakes.
Annette, I was angry.
I just wanted to break everything.
I completely understand why that man felt the way he did.
I know why he took the knife, I know why he did this to me.
I'm sorry.
You have to understand.
You know that I never told you because I didn't want you to think badly of me.
Please.
Riza? Annette! Annette! Open the door, please! Annette, help! Help!