The Day of the Triffids s01e04 Episode Script

Fire! Fire! Fire! The women are all right.
They've got a separate way out.
Get down the stairs.
- You come to? - What the hell's going on? - Want a cup of tea? - Why am I tied up? Tell me where you are, I'll bring you the tea.
I'll go to the bed.
Hang on.
Lock up, Ted.
- Ta.
- There's a drop of rum in it.
- What's your name? - Bill.
Oh.
I'm Alf.
- Want a fag? - Yeah.
Ta.
Don't thank me.
Everything's free nowadays.
You have to look on the bright side.
- My hands seem to be tied.
- Ah.
Coker's orders.
- Who's Coker? - Didn't you hear him yesterday at the university? He was trying to get those bastards to help us.
All they did was shoot at us.
So Coker said they'd get what was coming to 'em.
He met up with a couple of others who could see and they fixed it.
- You mean there wasn't a fire? - Course there was a fire! A sort of fire.
They lit some paper, rang a bell and shouted "Fire!" They fixed up some trip-wires on the stairs.
We knobbled as many of you as we could.
Coker's making us into parties.
We'll put one of you into each party.
You're the eyes for the rest.
You keep us going till someone comes along to rescue all of us.
I see.
You reckon that's gonna be a long time? My name's Jack Coker.
That's your area.
Your party works only that area.
Your job is to find any food that's going, see that your party gets it and anything else they may need.
Understand? Or what? Or they'll get hungry, and some of them are tough.
We're not doing it for fun.
Anyway, you'll be handcuffed to Ted and Alf.
- How will I be able to do the work? - You won't.
You tell them what to do.
When you're released, as sometimes you'll have to be, they've got a chain and cuffs so that one leg and one arm can be locked to a bedstead or pipe before your handcuffs are undone.
- You've got it all worked out! - Tomorrow we'll run you up there.
You have to look for somewhere to live.
A hotel or boarding house.
The beds would be there.
That's up to you.
Once we dump you, you're on your own.
Until somebody comes to tidy things up.
- What if nobody comes? - They've got to come.
You concentrate on doing your job.
Stick to your area.
Can I ask you something? Have you got a Miss Payton staying here? - Josella.
- I don't know their names.
- Tall, blonde, about 23? - I think so.
- Tell her - I've got more important things to do.
Those people are totally dependent on you.
You may try and run out on them - you may even find it's possible.
But I don't think you'll do it.
You'd be condemning them to die.
What do you make of Jack Coker? Is he round the twist to stick with us? No.
That girl, she's with the group what's going to Victoria and Westminster.
- I told her you was OK.
- Thanks.
Put your head down.
OK, you're all right.
Right.
Off you go.
- Is that the man who can see? - Yeah.
- It's very kind of you to come with us.
- He's got no bloody choice, girl! Believe you me! You can't come here.
Tell him they can't come! Have you got anybody staying here at the moment? There's some people left - three or four.
None of us can see.
Look, if they've got rooms, we're having 'em.
- There's not enough food left for us! - If we want it, we'll take your food.
- Shut up, will you? - Watch your lip, mate! - I'll smash your face in! - Oh, very clever! Then what? He's right.
Just shut it, Ted.
Look, madam, I don't think you quite understand.
We're here to get food.
I can see.
My job is to find food and bring it back here.
You and your husband can have a share of it.
It's a very fair offer.
I hope you'll agree.
If not, then I'm afraid you're gonna have to find somewhere else to stay.
I'm sorry.
But it's the only way.
# I'm tired and I wanna go to bed # I had a little drink about an hour ago # And it's gone right to my head # Stop! - Are you all right, Frank? - I think so.
You've cut your mouth, that's all.
You wanna watch what you're doing.
- Very funny - Got to stay sane, pal.
Come on.
On your feet.
That's it.
Here's your box.
Feel it? Pick it up.
That's it.
Back in the line.
That's it.
Come on.
Back up there.
That's it.
Right.
We'll move forward to the cart.
When I say stop, we'll unload one box at a time.
Go to the front of the cart when what you're carrying has been taken.
All right? Right.
My dear Jo, it's a bit stupid, writing a letter that can never be posted to someone whose address is unknown.
But if I can't see you or hold you or make love to you, I can at least pretend I'm talking to you.
And one day I promise I shall deliver this by hand.
One day.
I've been here for four days, and each day it seems more difficult to leave.
Next man forward! At the moment there's little they can do unless I'm there to supervise.
They try.
Oh, yes.
Most of them try so desperately hard to watch them is almost heartbreaking.
But will it take days or weeks or Dearest Jo, I so wish They've got to be taken out of here or whatever they've got will spread.
There's an empty house next door.
We'll take them there.
One of the women can look after them.
I'll go to a chemist and get something to make sure they're not in pain.
That's all we can do for them.
It's the rest of you we've got to think about.
Stop! Forwards.
Come on! Move! Stay here.
Shan't be long.
Put him down.
He's dead.
Get these cuffs off.
You lot! Move forward till you hit the fence, then follow it around.
Move! Come on! - Give me the keys.
- Get stuffed! - I'm useless like this! - You're staying with me! There's two more been taken ill in the same way.
A man and a woman.
- We took them through to the empty house.
- Good.
Here.
Look, I'm gonna take another party out in the morning.
There's some good shops in Hampstead, and I can drive now my hands are free.
While I'm out, keep the door locked and bolted in case that mob find out where we are.
This way.
Come on.
That's it.
Mind the step.
There's glass in the door.
Mind the glass.
That way.
Feel for the shelves.
Follow them round.
Mind the glass.
- Chain gang, Bob.
- Yeah.
Everything from these shelves.
Fill the baskets, pass them along.
There's a cellar.
I'm going to investigate.
Agh! Agh! Agh! - Bill, where are you? - Where is he? - Bill! - Bill! It's all right.
There's another way out.
Come towards me.
This way.
Mind your feet.
Lift your feet.
Put the basket down.
- This way.
Towards me.
- Where are we going? Two steps.
Two steps.
- That's it.
- Take it easy! For God's sake, go easy! That's it.
Now just hold it there.
Hold it there.
We're gonna have to try this way.
It's the triffids, so no noise at all.
Those damn things react to anything.
There's a table.
Slide along the table until you hit the window sill.
- Bill? - Yeah.
Two more have died.
Two of those we took next door.
Another one will die tonight.
Three more upstairs are very ill.
Who's that? Oh.
It is you.
Are you alone? Yeah.
What do you want? You're going away, aren't you? I've never said that.
They're all saying it.
And they're right, aren't they? You can't.
You can't leave them like this.
They need you.
I'm not doing any good.
I'm afraid all those hopes were false.
- But what if they weren't? - We'd have heard something by now.
But if they come and you've just walked out Do you think I haven't thought of that?! I'm doing no good.
I'm like a drug they give to patients to keep them going a bit longer.
I can't save anybody.
It's still better to be alive.
Even like this.
You can keep us going.
There's always a chance.
They They said you might be lonely.
They said perhaps if you had somebody with you somebody here you might not want to leave us.
- Perhaps you'd stay with us.
- Oh, God You'd be kind to me, wouldn't you? I haven't Stop it! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Please stop it.
Please go away.
Go away, for God's sake! You tell them I'll be staying.
Is there anybody here? Where the hell is everybody? Agh! Agh! Agh! Don't come near me! Everybody's gone - the ones that could.
They didn't believe you were staying.
More of us like this.
They were frightened Agh! Please I'm not brave.
I can't I can't wait.
Can you get me something to finish it? - No! - It's no use to you, love.
It's coffee.
Here.
I've got some beans here.
There.
And a can opener for you.
I want you to tell me if you've heard of a girl around here, a girl who can see.
- She's probably leading a party of people.
- I was with them.
- Where? - I lost them.
- Couldn't find them again.
- Whereabouts? - Hotel.
- Which hotel? - I don't know.
- You want to keep those, don't you? - They're mine.
You gave them to me.
- When you tell me about the hotel.
Was it large or small? Was the furniture good? Were there steps? Did it have a big door? A large hotel, I think.
Large.
It sounded hollow.
You know, escalators.
Thick carpets.
Revolving doors.
God, did I need that! - What are you doing? - I'm looking for a girl who can see.
She's tall, blonde.
She was leading a group of people.
- Is she here? - Perhaps.
- I've got to find her! - It's too late.
If she isn't dead, she's gone.
They've all gone.
Jo?