Chloe (2022) s01e04 Episode Script

1 Is that the only pudding they got? They've got pudding, but you have to start with starters - 'cos that's why it's called starter.
- Right, got it.
- Right, so, tomato and basil? - No.
And then you've got risotto or beef bourguignon.
And it is New York cheesecake for pudding.
Ooh! - I think the beef.
- Righto.
I, um need to take it to the lady with the glasses.
Garden's amazing.
I'd better enjoy it before I'm out on the street.
Oh, come on! Follow-through's never been your strong point.
Come sit, nugget.
Argh! Hm! It's like you and me.
- Hi, Becky.
- Hi, Christine.
- Everything OK? - Yeah, all fine.
I just thought I'd drop by and see your mum now that she's settled in.
It's all right, they've got great people here.
Oh, I know, I know.
It's no trouble.
So, well, I will see you next time, yeah? Sure.
Hello, love! Hello! Aw! - I'll put the kettle on.
- Oh! Hm-hm.
I just saw your Becky in the corridor.
Yeah.
She couldn't get out of here quick enough.
Aw! - She's always with her fancy man now.
- That's a shame.
Well, it won't last long.
She can never hold anything down, that one.
Hm-hm! Oh, you have bought a lot, haven't you? Hm! - Hi, there.
Everything OK? - Hi.
Yes.
Um I'm Sasha, I'm Pam Greene's daughter.
The woman visiting my mum just now, I've asked her not to come because she upsets Mum every time, but she won't listen, she just keeps showing up.
I'm so sorry.
Do you think you could make sure she isn't allowed in to visit her? Completely understand.
Of course.
Of course.
Yes, can I help you? No, no, you have to do that again.
There you are.
You're an idiot.
Please, come in.
What did you call me? I called you an idiot.
I'm just excited.
How are you feeling? Lighter.
Good.
Oh, Christ! What have you got in here? Mum.
I've cleared some space in the cupboards for you.
I'm not moving in.
I know, I know.
It's just until you find somewhere else to stay, right? Right.
Want some coffee? - Yes, please.
- OK.
Well, I'm on your website now looking at a photo of my daughter that you just love to flash around to show how inclusive you are.
And I have to say, that word feels very hollow to me right now.
My son is atypical! Oh, come on, it was just a little bite.
How how much blood? Right.
Yeah, OK.
Right, yeah, OK, fine.
Yep.
What time? OK, thanks.
No, please don't.
I'll just see you there.
Oh, God! I have to go into Noah's school.
Trunchbull's not happy.
I think we're going to have to find him another school.
He's just not managing.
I'm sorry to dump this on you, but can you handle the last bits and pieces for Phil's show? - No, no, no, it's fine.
- Thank you.
- Liv? Sorry to be a pain.
Um - Yeah? but have you had a chance to pay my invoice yet? - Oh, God, I'm so sorry! - No, no, please, it's it's just with my mum's home and trying to find a new place Of course.
Um there's, er been a bit of a cash flow problem and backlog, but I will I will do it as soon as I can.
- I'm sorry.
- Thank you.
I've got to go.
Hm! Got to go and face the mums before Noah cannibalises another one of the little shits.
Um would you mind sending me the caterers' list? Oh! Yes, of course.
Yes, yes.
And I'll get final numbers confirmed for the exhibition.
Er here's the password.
- Just help yourself.
- Thank you.
Good luck with Josh.
I'll see you soon.
- See you later.
- Bye! Wow! Look who's back from the dead! Aha! - How are you? - I'm fine.
So, about Phil's exhibition, thank you so much for sorting out the space.
Um I can show you Right, right, right, so, that's how we're going to be doing this, is it? Sorry, I've been busy.
Huh.
Um I heard you were working full-time for Livia.
Yes.
So, you're seeing him again? Does he know your real name yet? Are you going to be a problem? Do what you want with the space.
- Hello? - Is that Miss Pam Greene? - Sorry? - This is Reynolds Debt Collection.
We've been instructed to recover the overdue balance of £5,000 What have I told you about getting drunk without me? Hm? - Well, catch up, then! - If I must.
God, my whole day has felt like one long meeting.
- Everything all right? - Yeah.
Um Yeah.
Liv has just been putting off paying my invoice for a while.
I'm just trying to work out what to say.
What do you mean, she's not paying you? There's there's a cash flow issue.
Which, of course, I completely understand.
That is such typical Livia.
Do you want me to have a word? No, I-I don't want to make it a thing.
Well, you can be running a political campaign and not pay your staff.
No.
- I'll cover you for now.
- No! Honestly, it's nothing.
Put your details in there.
I I will pay you back.
And the money I owe you for Mum.
Sure.
There's, er no rush.
And I'll have a word in the meantime, hurry things up a bit.
Thank you.
All done.
Now, can we get drunk? - Please? - Ha-ha! - What? - It's nothing.
Silly as this, um The curtains we always used to have them open.
She said that she liked it, to be able to see outside.
OK.
Well, um let's let's open Wait, no! No, you're misunderstanding me.
I I like them closed.
It's just when you went to close them, I I thought about looking over my shoulder in case she was there watching.
Look, is this too much me coming to stay? No.
I'm sorry.
I want you here.
We're going straight out, aren't we? Elliot will drive us.
But my car's in front of his.
Why don't you two go on ahead? No! We are absolutely going together.
Go on, now! Hello.
Ahem! Tiggy, er this is Sasha.
I think you've met before.
I don't remember.
And, er this is Blob er B, my, um little sister.
I couldn't say her name when we were little, so Blobs it was.
Lucky me.
Oh, and what about Sasha? I'm sure she's not coming to lay the headstone on your dead wife's grave in her kimono.
This is a very difficult day for me.
She was like the daughter that I never had.
Mum! Oh, don't be so sensitive, you know exactly what I mean! I-I didn't know it was today.
Sorry.
It's fine.
I did say yesterday we'd be at the graveyard all morning, but, er I need to get my car key.
I'm going to wait outside.
Sorry about Mum.
Don't take it personally, she's just the worst.
I just had mine put in a home.
I really have.
B, move this wretched car now! You two aren't going to gang up on me, are you? Don't be silly.
- See you at lunchtime.
- OK.
The huge catastrophes that have been predicted? Well, not on their own.
But actually, I look at the future and I feel huge hope.
I always think the best of people.
I think everyone wants to do the right thing, and, yes, I may be an optimist, but I truly believe that having faith in people is important, because it's what we base meaningful action on.
So, for example, I've been working with some social enterprise companies that are developing a number of incredible technologies that Hey.
Hi.
Sorry, about earlier.
Your mum.
I don't think she's a fan of me.
I don't think she's been a fan of anyone since 1992.
But fucking hell, I wish she'd let me live my life, you know? - Let's forget about her.
- Let's.
How was it? Seeing her headstone her grave the fact that she's under there, in the ground Sorry.
Er Sorry.
Er I think me being here, it's it's too much.
You don't understand.
The whole time I was there, all I wanted to do was to come back here to you.
And then I kept I kept thinking, things can just be taken from you without warning.
Well, then, all the more reason to make the most of any happiness you can find, right? Maybe you don't need to look elsewhere for somewhere to stay.
Um But he'd have to tell Liv.
Yeah, yeah, I suppose we would at some point.
When? - Tomorrow? - At the exhibition? Well, she'll be in a good mood.
OK.
OK.
I love having you living here.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Hey.
- Hello.
- About tonight .
.
er do you want to speak to Livia or shall I? Er I think I should.
Yeah, I think so, too.
- Are you sure? - Mm-hm.
OK.
Hair up or down? I like it down.
Yeah, I'm thinking we change playlists around nine? Just wait till it gets a bit more crowded.
And we'll get started in about half an hour? - Sure.
- Cool.
- What do you want me to do about it? - I don't know, I just feel Is this the most recent update? What are you worried about? I don't know, it's just a lot of the big dicks haven't RSVP'd.
The what? You know, big dicks.
Money to burn on shit art.
Wow, insulting as well as sexist.
Some of the big dicks are women, Phil.
Look, don't worry.
There's a lot of tech guys on there from Elliot who apparently love to show off to each other.
I'm sure they'll be fighting over your work.
Oh, well, I don't know about that.
- Oh, the final room is finished.
- Oh.
- Want to come and have a look? - Yeah.
Has Elliot seen it? No.
I think we should both be there if we can as well.
Gosh, it's a lot.
It's beautiful.
I mean, I have warned him.
Shall we? That's my favourite.
You smashed it.
She is eating out of the palm of his hand.
Rich women love artists.
Honestly, the amount of them willing to take their clothes off, lie on a stained mattress and tell my husband all their secrets is unbelievable.
- Really? - Yeah.
Yeah, he's like a Catholic priest.
He knows everything about everyone.
And the most annoying thing? He's completely trustworthy.
He never tells.
I could murder him.
- He looks so happy, though.
- Yeah.
Like a pig in shit.
Sasha! - What a treat! - Hi.
- Hello, my love.
- Hello.
Thank you so much for coming! No, I had to come.
Well done, you.
Aren't you clever? And you have so much trust in her! It's wonderful.
Well, you've certainly made an impression.
Ooh, look which cowboy just rode into town.
Seems like he's got a new horse.
- Good for him.
- Yeah.
- Liv, I - I should go and say thank you.
- Hey.
- Hi, Sasha.
Excuse me, Mr Fairbourne, can I take a photo? Oh, sure.
- Thank you.
- Sasha, you remember Jack? - Richard's father.
- I do.
Sasha's the creative brains behind the whole event.
We were just saying the curation is inspired.
Oh, well, Phil had a strong vision.
I just made it happen.
Well, congratulations.
Have you seen the Chloe room yet, Elliot? Er, I-I've been waiting to - I'm going to leave you.
- It's incredibly moving.
I'm sure it is.
What do you think? I'm still trying to work out what it is.
We're OK, by the way.
I'll be fine.
Sorry.
Take care of yourself.
There you are.
Bye, Becky Green.
She was so beautiful.
I wish you could have met her.
Me, too.
She was so perceptive.
I'd love to know what she would have thought of you.
Hey, how are you doing? I'm OK.
Head rush.
Oh, well, drink this.
Thank you.
You know, some women would be threatened by their husband devoting an entire gallery to their best friend.
Phil? He loves you.
Just as much as he loves going to the cinema.
He gets to sit there passively while everything just Isn't that just what happens when you've been with someone a long time? Not with Elliot and Chloe.
She never knew what she had.
- Liv.
- Hm? There's something I've been meaning Meaning to tell you.
I just haven't found the right moment.
What? Elliot.
Um, we're seeing each other again.
Um I'm sorry, I should have told you earlier.
- Liv? - Yeah, you should have.
- Hi.
Yeah.
- You all right? It's amazing.
I've got literally hundreds of photos of her.
But this is how I remember her.
- If I may, I'd love to - Oh, wow.
There we go.
Of course.
That's where it belongs.
It's It's beautiful.
We really don't know what was going on, do we? No.
Do you know what I can't get out of my head? What? The Becky Green thing.
Same.
Same here.
I mean, they weren't in touch, were they? Why would Chloe be in touch with Becky Green? Well, I don't know.
It just doesn't make sense.
Chloe's last call, to Becky Green? - Did you ever meet her? - No.
- Chloe told me about her.
- But didn't she go to your school? No, Chloe went to this really depressing place for a bit when her dad went bankrupt.
And this girl sort of latched on like a limpet and wouldn't let go.
Chloe had this thing for odd types.
Yeah, she was a magnet for that type of person.
- Poor girl.
- Chloe, she didn't know how to say no.
Yeah.
Do you remember Chloe's 17th, when she just showed up and lost her shit? Oh, God, yeah.
She wouldn't leave.
Do you remember Rich pissed in his beer and threw it at her? Bloody hell, Rich.
Wow, that's awful.
I know.
I feel bad.
We didn't realise.
Maybe she wasn't well? Come on, you were young.
- What happened to her? - I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I'm going to google her.
- You OK? - Yeah.
I'm just going to get some air.
Becky Green.
God, there are so many Becky Greens.
Becky Green? What's Becky Green doing here? That's Becky Green? - Are you sure you're OK? - Of course.
I'm really sorry, I have to Argh! Urgh! Fuck! Your job as a mother is to stick around.
- However much pain they've caused you.
- Pam, don't.
However rotten they are inside.
- I should go.
- Please stay! Chloe! Chloe! Thank you.
Cheers.
Sasha? Will you stay for one more drink? Oh, it's late.
Come on.
Please? Elliot was looking for you.
I've told you.
I fucked it.
I go somewhere new, I make new friends Doesn't make a difference.
I'm still stuck with me.
I'm going to leave you all alone.
Don't be silly.
I have this secret theory she was having an affair with Richard.
Richard and Chloe? No way.
Chloe felt sorry for him, but Actually she understood him, so he put her on a pedestal.
Why do you think she did it? I don't know, I mean Her face What? Nothing, I just The night it happened, she was so calm and collected.
I could never have guessed Then, at the last minute, she got up to go during the speech.
Richard went to check on her, I think Liv did the same.
And I saw her before she left.
She seemed scared.
I suppose that's when she realised what she was about to do.
And it really hit her.
I wish I'd gone after her.
I'm sorry.
- I should go.
- Hm.
Where's Liv? Oh, um she left with a guy.
What? Don't worry.
Happens sometimes.
But she always comes back.
I had no idea.
Why would you? Hi, is it Stuart? Yeah.
Um, Jerome said you might be able to help me.
Sorry, I'm Sally Griffiths, I'm from the security company.
It's about some historic CCTV footage.
Yeah? We had an urgent message from the PCU.
I was here earlier, but it was pretty manic, and Jerome said to try you on the night shift when it was a bit quieter.
Well, he didn't say.
- Oh, God, he's so forgetful! - Yeah! Um, it's April 11th, 7:25pm.
It was a big charity do.
Oh, yeah, he's supposed to delete everything after 30 days, but - He forgets! - Yeah! There we go.
7:25pm.
Can you, um, can you jump forward a bit, please? - Have you got another camera in there? - Yeah.
Can you flip back? Um, have you got long left on your shift? Yeah, I'm on till eight in the morning.
Mate! Oh! Well, um, I'll leave you alone after this, you can catch a nap.
Yeah.
Can you flip Sorry.
Um Right, no, that's great, you're a star.
Star, Stuart.
Hi, Jerome.
I'm just going to grab my coat.
Thank you.
Who's that? Excuse me Excuse me! - Hello? - Oh, thank God.
Sasha.
Where are you? I'm so sorry.
- I've been calling and calling.
- Um I, uh I just saw her parents there and I freaked out.
All right, but where are you now? Why didn't you pick up? Sorry.
I, um I just needed some space, I just felt like a bit of an impostor.
Um I'm coming home now.
OK? I had no idea where you were, I just, I really panicked.
I've already lost someone I love.
You know? No, I know.
It's okay.
I'm in the car, I'll be 20 minutes.
Please don't do it again.
- Sorry.
- OK.
Thank you.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Chloe.
- Becky? Is that you? - You did call me.
- I need your help.
They're coming.