Platform 7 (2023) s01e03 Episode Script

1
MATT: 'You OK getting home?'
LISA: 'Yeah, I'll call a cab.'
Here.
Thank you.
Here we are.
For your number.
LISA CHUCKLES
Aren't there rules about
doctors dating their patients?
I hereby pronounce you discharged
out of my care.
UNSETTLING MUSIC
HOST: You can go straight through.
Good evening.
Hi. Um
GENTLE CHATTER
I can't imagine how it must feel
to save someone's life.
Yeah, you get a high. It's a rush.
It doesn't last, though.
You know, the sicker the patient,
the more that they hope that
we can put them right.
And when we can't,
we have this jargon to hide behind,
"terminal" "end stage"
or the trusty stand-by,
"irreversible cessation
of circulatory function".
Those are the ones
that you really remember
..because you've failed.
And you know that you will again.
LAUGHS SOFTLY
PHONE BUZZES
It's my mate Izzy.
Checking to see
how the first date went?
Go on, report back.
It's not over yet, is it?
So the jury's still out?
LISA GIGGLES,
PASSIONATE PANTING
It meant nothing to her,
that his wife was to be made a widow
and his daughter an orphan.
Now, what is Dickens saying here
about justice?
Anyone who's ever felt injustice,
put up a hand.
I'm feeling it right now,
being lumbered with you lot.
PUPILS LAUGH
SCHOOL BELL RINGS
Ah-Ah-Ah!
Wait for it!
This week's assignment.
Why is A Tale Of Two Cities
still relevant today?
An original thinking piece, guys.
No copying and pasting
off the internet!
You know who you are!
ROWDY CHATTER
When do I get to meet him,
give my seal of approval?
Er, he wants to meet all my friends
and find out what makes me tick.
I dunno,
it scares the crap out of me, Rosie.
Feeling so consumed by someone
so quickly.
Mm.
How can you trust that?
OK. In one sentence,
what's his appeal?
His spontaneity his passion
..and his commitment to his work.
Honestly, the stuff
he must deal with every day.
And he never boasts about it.
It's quite the reverse.
MATT: So, how short are we?
Who's on leave today
that we can pull in?
No, he's visiting his folks
in London.
Find out who's available.
Call me back with a head count.
Offer them decent rates.
Who's this?
Shit, I thought I'd chucked that.
Helen, my ex.
You look happy.
Well, we were
for the first few months.
I actually thought
we might be heading somewhere.
And then she started getting
totally paranoid on me
..interrogating me
over every text, every phone call.
I'd come back knackered
from a 12-hour shift of mayhem,
and she starts it all again.
When someone gets
into that kind of jealous mindset,
nothing you can say or do
will ever reassure them.
God knows I tried.
So I ended it.
For her sanity as much as mine.
Thank you.
You do know how to say grace, right?
Huh?
LISA LAUGHS
You have the sensitivity
of a kerb stone sometimes,
do you know that?
Oh, well, it's a gift,
what can I say?
That was a feast. You spoil us.
Hope you've got room for dessert.
LISA LAUGHS
Let this go down first!
So, does medicine run in the family,
Matthew?
No, no.
I, er I broke the mould there.
So, what made you choose
emergency medicine?
The challenge of it.
Never knowing
what's coming through the door next.
You-you see more of life's extremes
in a single day in A&E
than most people do in a lifetime.
One minute,
you're delivering a baby,
and then the next, you're trying
to bring back a cardiac arrest.
Must be so stressful.
Hmm!
It's about developing
the right mindset.
You can't let yourself
get derailed by thinking
"This patient is somebody's wife
or somebody's father."
You have to vacuum seal off
that part of yourself
and focus on the clinical problem
in front of you.
Can you really do that? Just cut off
your emotions like that?
It's better that
than to suffer burnout.
Survival of the fittest.
Sorry, Lisa should have warned you
that I can bore for Britain
about my work.
Oh, no, don't be silly!
Not at all.
So, no-one's told me yet
how you two met. Blind date.
Ah, like Trevor and I,
your brother set us up, didn't he?
Bullied me into it more like.
MATT LAUGHS
QUIETLY: You've landed on your feet
with this one.
LISA CHUCKLES
No, you really have!
So, why would you tell them
that we met on a blind date?
A doctor chatting up a patient.
How's that gonna look?
MATT: OK. Let's say one thing
that we're most proud of
and one thing
that we're most ashamed of.
Mm-hm.
You first.
Urgh!
HALF-LAUGHS
Blimey, my proudest thing.
OK, it sounds banal
but it was buying my flat last year.
Even though
I'd long since left home,
my parents
were all over my finances. Hm.
Even my bank statements
still went to them,
and even worse,
they knew all of my debts.
SHE SIGHS
I guess owning my own place
..it was like taking ownership
of myself. You know? Hm.
I did say it was banal.
The truth often is banal.
SHE CHUCKLES
OK, the main event.
What are you most ashamed of?
SHE SIGHS
It was a few years back
..at my first
teacher-training placement.
One of my Year Seven girls showed
classic signs of sexual abuse.
Sexualised behaviour and
..I reported it
to our safeguarding leader.
He knew the family -
the father
was a big-deal school donor.
He said it was just
adolescent acting-out stuff.
I didn't stand my ground.
I never followed up on it.
What happened to the kid?
I don't know.
I was only there a few weeks.
It's always haunted me
that I let her down.
OK. Your turn.
Your most ashamed thing?
I
..I was at med school
..I was doing my clinical practice
on the wards
..and I got the call
that my mother was dying.
But I I didn't go to her
..or to her funeral.
She had MS.
Advanced MS.
You know, when some people are ill,
it really brings out
the best in them.
Not my mum.
Can't remember
a single day of my childhood
when she wasn't at me.
I was a "useless son".
I was "an embarrassment".
I was "worthless".
Classic case
of "doctor heal thyself", eh?
And are you?
Getting there.
How's it going?
Nearly there. Yeah?
The last from my car.
Thank you for your help.
HE CLEARS THROA
You take care, Lisa.
This the bathroom stuff?
Oh, yeah, don't worry about that,
I'll deal with it.
May as well make a start.
How about we order a delivery?
Don't know about you guys,
I'm famished!
I, er I booked us a table
at the Italian tonight, remember?
Babe, we can't just chuck her out
after all the help she's been.
STIFFLY: Fine.
I'll just change the reservation
for three.
It's not a big deal
if she comes too, is it?
I just thought tonight was about,
you know?
The two of us,
celebrating this new chapter
that we're about to
You're right, you're right,
I'm making too much of it.
No, no, no.
Look, of course you're not.
It's fine.
I'll explain, she'll be cool.
I just I don't
I don't wanna share you
with anyone tonight.
It's not a crime, is it?
Mm-hm.
Go and do the deed, woman!
Mm-hm!
Hey, Izzy about eating
..Matty's actually booked a table
at the Italian. Mmm. Fab, I'm in!
I mean, just for the two of us
to kind of mark him moving in?
No worries. I'll just finish here
and be on my way.
You don't mind, do you?
Hey.
It's a big deal for you, I get it.
Anyway, I shouldn't leave Banjo
for so long.
You're the best.
CHILDREN CHATTER
MUFFLED VOICES
PHONE BUZZES
PAN SIZZLES
Wow!
Mm-hm?
You've totally nailed it
this time.
Hm-hm! It's not rocket science.
It is a science, though.
Do you know what today is?
Six months to the day
since I moved in.
LAUGHS
Check this out. I, er
I saw it
when I was at the bank today.
It's an application to remortgage.
So, we can put it
in both our names share the cost.
It's a good deal,
it's fixed interest.
I should probably speak to Dad
about it first.
I mean he did pay the deposit.
It's too soon, I get it.
No. It's not that!
No, I got ahead of myself.
It's fine, honestly.
It's just, er
..paying you rent every month
makes me feel more like a lodger
than your
Really, sweet, forget it.
It's it's just a stupid impulse.
Subject's closed.
Oh, good, you're still here.
When you're ready, I need a word.
I was just leaving
when the Head came in
and said she's creating
an extra Deputy post,
and I should apply!
SHE CHUCKLES
Can you believe it, Dad?
She must think highly of you.
OUTER DOOR BANGS
It still has to be advertised,
though.
A formality! So proud of you, Lise.
Thank you.
Hey, Trevor,
I thought it was your car outside.
Ah, not stopping. Evelyn needs
the car for her book club.
I just popped by to drop this off.
We celebrating something?
Mm-hm.
I'll leave you to do the honours.
Enjoy. Moments like this
don't come every day.
Love you, Dad.
Love you.
Deputy Head, Matt!
The Head's asked me to apply.
CHUCKLES
I'll report directly to her,
developing
teacher training programmes.
Oh, I have tons of ideas on that
already.
And this would be in addition
to your current teaching load?
Yeah, erm,
with experience in team leadership,
never mind
overseeing the curriculum.
Do you really think
you're ready to take that on?
I mean, you're not great
with the pressure
that you're under now, are you?
SHE SCOFFS
Who says I'm not?
Look how stressed you got
over those damn GCSE results.
I was just nervous for them.
I try and keep a lid on the stress
of my job not bring it home.
I-I may not always succeed,
but I do try.
But if you're under pressure
too
It's-it's about
our quality of life, Lisa.
The precious time
that we have together.
I can't tell you the amount of times
that I've turned down
invitations to medical conferences.
I'm talking high-end.
Shanghai, New Orleans.
That's awful!
I would never expect you to
No, I wanted to!
Because what we have is
the most important thing in my life!
Being apart isn't good
for any relationship, is it?
I'm not prepared to take that risk.
I'm being selfish Ignore me.
You worked really hard for this
..do what's right for you.
DOOR BANGS
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
DOOR OPENS
A late one!
Tell me about it.
God, I am totally JP FROGGED.
Just-Plain-Fucking-Run-Out-of-Gas.
SOFT SCOFF
I tried calling you a couple of
times, but your phone was off.
I was with the Head.
I withdrew
my application for the Deputy job.
Why did you do that?
For us. Like we talked about.
I never asked you to do that, Lisa.
Well, not in so many words, but
No. I remember exactly what I said.
I said that it's your career
and that you must do
what's right for you.
Don't put this on me if you're
having second thoughts about it.
Trick with making a decision
is to own it.
If it was a mistake,
learn from it, and move on.
Anything else
is just self-indulgent.
How about this?
I know that you've been banging on
for me to talk to your students
about emergency medicine.
Name a day I'll book it off.
That's my consolation prize, is it?
Don't say I didn't offer.
Is that my phone?
Mine was out of juice.
You don't mind, do you?
Here. Have it back!
Come on, baby, how can I fix this?
Next Thursday two o'clock
..in the assembly hall.
CHEERING,
MUSIC BOOMS
# Strumming my pain
With her fingers
# Singing my life
With her words
# Killing me softly with her song
# Telling my whole life
With her words
# Killing me softly
With her song. #
CHEERING
# Hey, everybody #
DRUM BEATS
# Let's have some fun!
# You only live the once
And when your dead, you're done
# So let the good times roll
# Let the good times roll
# I don't care
If you're young or old
# Let the good times roll #
MUFFLED MUSIC,
WATER TRICKLES
If I ever found a fella
who'd treat me like yours,
I'd think
I'd died and gone to bloody heaven!
Matt should start a fan club.
Listen, I've gotta to go soon, Lise.
Dawn run to the flower market.
The party's barely just got going!
And I thought
you'd outsourced the flower run
to your new assistant?
What is it, Iz?
Has someone upset you?
Tell me who and
I'll go fucking sort 'em out, babe!
What's going on, Izzy? Talk to me.
I wasn't gonna say anything tonight,
but I can't know something
like this and not tell you.
Something like what?
Jasmin, my cousin?
Yeah, when I suggested
she come here tonight,
she didn't realise
that Matt was your partner.
She used to work with him at A&E.
He told me. He used to mentor her.
Right! Is that what he calls it?
She said
he was always coming on to her.
He never left her alone. Then,
in the end, she had to transfer to
a different hospital
just to get away from him.
This was barely weeks
after he'd moved in with you, Lisa.
And did she make
a formal complaint about him?
Well, he's senior to her, isn't he?
It's her word against his.
Exactly.
So, what? Is she still here?
Let's go and find her,
let her tell me to my face.
Listen, she thought it best
to just leave.
But yeah,
I think you should talk to her,
hear it from her first-hand
and make a judgement then.
Do you know, I want is
for you to have some bloody trust
in my judgement!
Do you really think
that I would be with him
if I thought he was capable
of anything like that? No! But
Look, I didn't believe it
at first either.
But Jasmin has no reason to
I don't even wanna hear it, Izzy!
You're right. You should go.
Lisa!
Just go, Izzy.
She said what?!
She said that that's why Jasmin
transferred to another hospital.
I was half expecting something
like this when I saw her tonight.
It wasn't me harassing her
it was the other way around!
She was always trying it on with me.
I mean, full on.
At first,
I thought she might have assumed
that my offer to mentor her
meant something else.
SLURPS WINE
I told her, as senior registrar,
it's part of my job.
Didn't stop her. Finally, I said,
"If you don't back off
"I'm gonna go to HR
and lodge a formal complaint."
Next thing I knew, she'd quit
gone to another hospital.
Why would Izzy buy her story?
Think about it, you've been
best friends since forever.
Suddenly, you're no longer
at her beck and call.
So she poisons you,
makes me out to be
some kind of philandering shit.
We break up, mission accomplished,
she's got you back.
Izzy would never do that!
You're loyal to her, I get that.
But I can't think
of any other reason
why she would wanna buy
Jasmin's bullshit about me, can you?
Of course, if you don't trust me
No, I believe you.
Don't say it if you're not sure.
I am sure.
Let's get you to bed, birthday girl.
Mm-hm.
Rosaria's asked us to stay at
her parents' villa near Barcelona.
Any time after term ends, she said.
It's free board, an infinity pool,
and all we've gotta do
is cough up for the flights.
I'd rather go away
without Rosaria tagging along.
I thought you liked her?
It doesn't mean that I wanna spend
my precious holiday time with her.
She's probably only asking you
because she's bored shitless,
stuck there on her own.
You're beyond gullible sometimes,
Lise.
People do what works for them
what's in their own interest.
It's one thing
seeing the best in them,
it's another letting them use you.
So, my talk to your students
Mm-hm.
..I thought I'd kick it off
with how science
is the apex of human achievement.
Without it, there'd be
no electricity, penicillin,
internet, etc.
It's only science
that got us through the pandemic,
alerted us to climate change.
What've their airy-fairy arty
subjects ever contributed to mankind
compared with all of that?
Why do you have to turn everything
into a competition?
Science saves lives, yes,
but it's stories, music, theatre
it enriches people's lives.
Tell that to the guy driving
a truck or digging up the roads.
Who's to say
they won't get anything from it?
Culture is
the sign of a civilised society.
It's there
for everyone who wants it.
Everyone who wants to understand
who we are as human beings,
our internal lives, and how
we feel and relate to each other.
Honestly, it's like the idea of that
threatens you somehow.
SOFTLY: OK. Come here.
There's a nerve here
called the branchial motor.
It's part of
the facial nervous system.
If you were clumsy,
press too hard,
you risk paralysing
the entire facial nerve structure,
causing unbearable agonising pain.
You know I'd never really hurt you,
right, Lisa?
TRAIN HORN BLARES
IN DISTANCE
VOICE QUIVERING: Turn it off.
Matty, what's wrong?
I'm no good for you.
We're polar opposites
in every single way.
If we felt the same
about everything,
how boring would that be?
It's good to challenge each other.
See things through
each other's eyes. And do you?
See things through mine?
I want to.
Maybe we both need to try
a bit harder at that.
You deserve better than me.
I don't think I can face being here
when you figure that out.
And you will.
Look, we'll face
bumps in the road I know that.
But if we're honest with each other
and keep talking
..we'll ride them out together.
The remortgage.
You really want this?
I want us.
Now, Dr Goodson has taken
time out of his very busy schedule,
so be sure to show your appreciation
when he arrives. All right?
Cutting it fine, isn't he?
LISA SIGHS
I know.
Did you call him?
I've been calling him all morning.
I've no idea what's going on.
I'm gonna try him again.
ANSWER MESSAGE: 'Leave me a message,
and I'll get back to you.'
Matt! Where are you?
We're all here waiting for you!
ROWDY CHATTER
OUTER DOOR BANGS
MATT WHISTLES CHEERILY
DOOR RATTLES
WHISTLING CONTINUES
I know. I just couldn't get away.
I called A&E, Matty. They said
you'd been off shift for two hours.
Who the fuck said that?
Someone on reception.
They checked the rota to confirm it.
The bloody rota changes
every five minutes.
But the one time
that you don't call or text!
VIOLENT BANG
Jesus Christ!
We had multiple injuries
from a pile-up.
A baby with suspected meningitis.
And a guy who had managed
to amputate half of his arm
with a chainsaw,
and this was before lunch.
So I'm sorry if that took priority!
They were disappointed, that's all.
This isn't about THEIR
disappointment, it's about yours!
That you couldn't parade me around
like some kind of trophy!
Well, if that isn't
an inflated ego talking.
Coming from the spoilt only child!
URGENT KNOCK AT DOOR
KNOCKING CONTINUES
Everything OK here?
Have you done something
to your hair, Layla?
It's taken years off of you,
hasn't it, Lisa?
It looks gorgeous.
We'll keep it down.
Sorry about that, my love.
What's going on with you, Matty?
You're seriously asking me that?
You need to learn
that other people's needs
take priority over yours, Lisa.
Less of the first person singular.
The "me, me, me".
It's a really ugly trait.
You'll get there.
And I'll try and be more patient
until you do.
You just promise me
that you'll work on it?
Deal?
Good girl.
Hello, stranger.
Ian!
THEY CHUCKLE
So, are you with anyone now, or
An A&E doctor.
Wow!
Yep. I mean,
he can fix me if I'm ever broken.
No need to ask the same of you.
I've got you to thank for that.
SHE CHUCKLES
You always said
I should be more spontaneous. Yes.
So, after we split, I thought,
"What have I got to lose?"
So I joined a dating app.
"Like-Minded Professionals
Looking For Love."
Oh, no.
And I found it.
I'm happy for you
..really.
PHONE PINGS
Time for one more?
If you do.
Two more, please.
MATT WHISPERS: All right, all right.
No, tomorrow.
I'll call tomorrow. I promise. OK?
You're still up.
Been working
on next year's lesson plans.
If you say so.
When I texted you earlier,
you were in a bar, weren't you?
Wh How did you even know?
That's not the point.
The point is why you lied.
I ran into my ex, Ian.
We had a quick drink
for a catch-up.
How cosy. He just wanted to tell me
he's happily married and
If it was so innocent,
why'd you fucking lie about it?
To avoid the exact conversation
we're having right now
cos I knew you would go off on one!
I see. So-So you deliberately lie,
and then it's my fault?
You're always texting me,
checking up on me.
Dear God! So now I'm too attentive.
I can't bloody win, can I?
All right, well,
if that's being attentive,
then you won't mind telling me
who you were talking to just now?
Outside, just now, I heard you.
I don't believe I'm hearing this!
Someone from work needed
advice about one of her patients.
And are you "mentoring" her too?
What, so I can't even talk
to a fucking colleague now?!
Listen to yourself, Lisa!
You blatantly lie,
and then you try and turn it around
so that I'm the one
that's in the fucking wrong!
Matty, this isn't us,
this can't be us! It's YOU!
HE GRUNTS,
SHE GASPS
LISA WHIMPERS
SWING SQUEAKS
WOMAN: Lisa? It's OK.
We've been looking for you.
Thank God.
I was at my wits' end!
When the call came in,
I recognised your name
from that D&D the other night
in A&E.
He was a handful.
And the rest.
Come on. Let's get you
out of the cold, my love.
Can't thank you enough.
Tea with a shot of whiskey.
Listen, Lisa
No, you listen.
I am not one of those women
who can't walk away
from a toxic relationship.
And you've made a very big mistake
if you think I am.
I know. I am
I'm so sorry.
Lisa, I
..I don't know who that was
..but it wasn't me.
I swear to God
that I'm not that man.
Everything I touch,
I fuck it up everything.
If I lose you
..what hope is there for me?
HE SOBS
Please tell me
that I haven't fucked this up?
Please?
It must never ever happen again.
Never. Never! I swear to God!
I can take it from here.
SHOP BELL DINGS
I miss you.
You want us to be friends again?
SIGHS SHAKILY
You have no idea how much.
And how's that gonna work, Lisa?
You lying to him
..sneaking around to meet me
on the Q
like we're what, illicit lovers?
You made your choice.
DOOR OPENS,
SHOP BELL TINKLES
SHE SNIFFLES
Hi.
Apart from
being overworked and underpaid,
how's the gorgeous man?
He's fine.
But we're not, Rosie.
We're far from fine.
LISA SIGHS
It's like I'm always treading
on eggshells around him.
Sometimes, I feel like
I'm losing my mind.
One minute,
we're OK, we're talking
..but if I say the wrong thing
or I don't say the right thing,
it's like a gear changes in him.
All I seem to do now is apologise
to him, but I don't know what for.
Lisa. Lisa, sorry, I lost you.
Wi-Fi is so fucking crap here.
What were you saying about eggs?
PHONE BEEPS OFF
LOUNGE MUSIC
DOOR OPENS
What a welcome!
Your mother will be sorry
to miss you.
Haven't seen much of you.
Matt working all hours?
Pretty much.
Anything you ever wanna talk
about
can stay between us, Lise, OK?
DOOR OPENS
What are the bloody chances?
It's good to see you, Trevor.
It's been too long.
Why aren't you at work?
Split shifts this week, remember?
It's in one ear and out the other
with this one, isn't it?
Just popped to the dry cleaners.
This looks yum.
What's going on?
I want you gone, Matt.
Out of my flat and out of my life.
What? You put spyware on my phone,
didn't you?
How sick do you have to be to do
something like that?
Where the hell
did you get that idea?
Don't tell me it's all in my head.
I'm not going down that road again.
It's over, Matthew.
But we've
We're done!
We've-We've made a home together!
SHE SCOFFS
A prison, in my case.
Small but salient point.
It's not your flat.
I own half of it, remember?
I'll buy you out.
Whatever the price,
it'll be worth it to be free of you.
I'm not going fucking anywhere!
Get your hands off
Get off me!
SHE STRAINS
HE PANTS HEAVILY
It's you who's making me do this!
You!
Lisa!
Lisa!
TRAIN HORN WAILS,
TRACKS RUMBLE
MATT: Are you fucking insane?
TRAIN APPROACHES,
HORN BLARES
BREATH QUIVERS
WITH ANGER
SHE GRUNTS,
GLASS SHATTERS
How did you do that?
What's happening to me?
GLASS SMASHES
What the fuck was that?
Just me.
Only me.
GLASS CRUNCHES