Sinchronicity s01e05 Episode Script
Episode 5
there,s been 9irls that have stolen our hearts they,ll never let us in and say boys will be boys till the end (siren wailing) If life was a hollywood movie, Then this would be my perfect ending.
- i don,t want you to feel guilty.
- let,s worry about that in the morning.
There,d be no need for any gloss, no need for any spin.
Everything would be fine, just as it is.
Sadly Things rarely work out that way.
(mobile ) - that might be jase.
- i,m still staying here tonight.
- yeah? - it,s me.
it,s mani.
Jase has had an accident.
you need to get down the hospital.
What is it? what,s happened? The driver of the car said he just came out straight in front of her.
How bad is it? i mean, he,s gonna be ok, yeah? It,s not looking good, mate.
I think you better call fi.
It,s all right.
she,s here with me.
- (whispers ) jase? - where are you, anyway? Grafton street.
at this club we used to come to.
I don,t know how you,re gonna explain this one, mate.
It,s not exactly a trendy little wine bar, you know what i mean? - what was he doing? - he called me earlier today.
He was in a bit of a state.
Clearly he,s gone on a right bender.
One of the 9uys at the club told me he was off his face on some sort of a mission.
God knows what you,re 9onna tell fi.
Right.
Ok.
ok.
Nathan, what,s going on? (grunts dismissively) - i don,t understand.
where was he? - grafton street.
It,s in ancoats.
What was he doing there? jason never went down there.
I guess he was just having a stroll.
- on an industrial estate? - well, it,s not an industrial estate exactly.
- we used to go there.
- really? Have a walk by the canal.
- at 2am? - it,s a good place to get away from it all.
It was pouring with rain, nathan.
Wellhe had a lot on his mind.
(footsteps ) ( # pumping beat) (sighs deeply) He was probably just trying to forget about what happened between you two.
I mean, if you,d finished with me, i,d be in a complete state.
I guess.
I,m sure he just wanted to clear his head.
He was gone for hours.
it doesn,t make sense.
Listen.
when he wakes up, he can tell us all about it.
And i,m sure there,ll be a perfectly innocent explanation.
Aren,t you gonna buy him a drink? - i don,t know him.
- really? All that time in the toilet and you didn,t exchange names? - can i buy you a drink? - i,ll have a tequila slammer.
So will you.
I,ve had enough.
i want to see him.
why hasn,t anyone talked to us? we,ve been here for hours.
- we,ve just got to be patient.
- what did the doctor say? - when he called you.
- i,ve told you.
- why did he call you, anyway? - er He was on duty when they brought jase in.
So? i,m jase,s ,,in case of emergency,,.
Well, i think he just recognised him.
He wanted to tell me personally.
- how did he have your number? - we really bonded.
- when? - over my dad.
- what? - mani was my dad,s doctor.
Oh, my god, nathan.
i,m so sorry.
I wasn,t thinking.
You don,t need all this.
It,s ok.
I,m sorry.
I just want him to get better.
He will.
Everything,s gonna be ok.
i won,t let anything happen to you.
Do you know what the last thing i said to him was? I said, ,,you miserable cunt.
i never want to see you again,,.
I don,t think he,ll remember that.
I know things haven,t been very good recently but - it wasn,t always like that.
- no.
of course it wasn,t.
God knows what he thinks of me.
Fi, whatever you said It doesn,t matter.
You can,t change what you had.
Nothing can do that.
Well, nothing apart from the truth.
It,s definitely gonna dent her memories if she finds out that the love of her life is gay.
Sorry that we,ve kept you so long.
It,s taken a while to stabilise jason,s condition.
- but he,s all right now? - the external injuries are fairly minor.
But he has sustained a serious blow to his head.
All his vital signs are satisfactory But the pressure on his brain has caused him to lose consciousness.
At the moment, he remains in a coma.
(whispers ) oh, my god.
- what happens now? - it all depends on the swelling.
If it worsens, then the intercranial pressure could cause permanent damage.
- can i see him? - of course.
Talk to him.
just because he doesn,t respond Doesn,t mean to say he isn,t aware that you,re there.
Any familiar sounds may help to ease him out of this.
- he,s going to be ok, isn,t he? - we,ll do our very best.
(steady beeping, respirator hissing) - hey.
- hey.
- where,ve you been? - i wanted to give you some space.
It,s not looking good, is it? I called him a stupid cunt.
Said i never wanted to see him again.
- that seems to be a theme.
- (sighs ) i didn,t mean it, of course.
So he went off on one.
Yeah, he called me from the club.
told me exactly what he,d been up to.
I told him i was watching eastenders and he was spoiling it.
I hate it when people do that.
Anybody else, you have an argument, have a couple of drinks and sleep on it But not bloody jase.
Anyway, he sounded in a right state so i went down there, Arrived about the same time as the ambulance.
Listen, i don,t want fi to find out.
It,s gonna be bad enough if he You know, without all this other shit.
- right.
- there,s no point, mate.
She can,t talk to him about it.
So it,s all right if he dies so long as no one find out he,s gay? You know that,s not what i meant.
i just want to leave her with some memories.
In that case, you might want to find his mobile.
i left him a text and a voicemail.
(sighing) right.
The guy from the hi-fi shop phoned last week.
He wanted me to tell you that your speakers were in.
I was cross so i purposely forgot.
He,s probably sold them by now.
Where have you been? - i was just talking to mani.
- right.
is he jase,s doctor now? No.
no, he just wondered how we were, How jase was.
Nothing.
No response.
I don,t know what to say to him.
it,s all so weird.
I fancied some chewing gum.
I don,t know what to say to him, nathan.
i don,t even know if he,ll want me here.
Hey, don,t be silly.
(sniffs ) i was so nasty to him.
I,ve been so angry the past few weeks.
I,ve been horrible to jase, horrible to you.
I,m not gonna remember any of that, and i,m sure he won,t either.
(fi) it,s my fault, isn,t it? - nathan.
- what? I don,t know.
Oh, fi.
It was an accident, pure and simple.
Didn,t happen for a reason.
it wasn,t anybody,s fault.
ok? Well, except for speedy gonzalez here.
i,m always telling him, ,,wait for the green man!,, (laughs ) But would he listen? (laughs nervously) - is now a good time? - erm, sure.
I just need you to fill out some forms, if that,s ok.
- you are the next of kin, i presume? - well, no, not really.
Er, jase,s parents.
I mean, he doesn,t see them much, but - their number,s in his phone.
- i,ll get it for you.
I,ve got all his things down at the nurses, station.
Thank you.
- where are you going? - er, i fancy a cup of tea.
- i thought you wanted chewing gum.
- that too.
I,ll go.
- i could do with a break.
- you don,t want to do that.
I mean, what if he wakes up and you,re not here? Or what if he takes a turn for the worse and starts flatlining? Jase,s final moments on earth And you,re up the corridor trying to decide between hot chocolate and tea.
Given the quality of drinks from those machines, it,s a decision you,d find hard to justify later.
(clears throat) (steady beeping) (alarm screeches ) Excuse me.
what do you think you,re doing? - does that belong to you? - oh, god, no.
- oh, so you were planning on stealing it? - it,s not really my size.
There is the odd, very rare occasion in life When honesty is the best policy.
One of them being when you,re caught with your best mate,s cock ring in your hand.
- i didn,t want fi to see it.
- well Presumably if it belongs to her boyfriend, she,s already seen it.
You might think that, but i suspect he doesn,t use it with her.
- what are you trying to tell me? - well Jase isn,t exactly mr faithful.
He,s having an affair.
- right.
- with a man.
- right.
- and fi doesn,t know about it.
I see.
The thing is, if she gets hold of his phone or hishis cock ring Then she might suspect something.
Well, i can see how that would be a problem.
Whilst i don,t condone what he,s doing, It seems a shame to out him on his deathbed.
A shame for the girlfriend, more than anything else.
Go on, then.
i didn,t see you.
Oh, but nathan, next time it might be better if you tell me straight.
Rather than scaring mr davis half to death.
Believe me, his bowel movements don,t need any encouragement.
(mani) hi, jase.
listen, it,s me.
i,m sorry about earlier.
I,m sure fi will thank me one day.
(phone ) - hello? - (menacingly) oh, finally! Nice of you to check in.
You know, the anticipation of this little call has been almost killing me.
Er, this isn,t jase.
Well, seeing as you answered, I,m assuming you,re willing to take collective responsibility For his past misdemeanours.
It certainly seems that way.
listen, he,s in hospital.
- he will be.
- no, he really is.
i,m in edenshaw park now.
Well, that,s very sad.
remind me to call interflora.
3oo quid.
Now, i don,t really care whether it,s you or your boyfriend.
(dialling tone ) Yes, hello, i,m looking for jason tindall, please.
- i have something of his he might need.
- i,ll check where he is for you.
Do you remember all the times you went away on business? I was terrified you,d meet someone else.
I used to think that was the worst thing that could happen to us.
Here i am.
ready to relieve you.
I,m fine.
actually, do you mind giving me a minute? i could do with some time alone.
Oh, right.
Er, well, erthe thing is, the nurse gave me this.
- what? - er, jase,s parents.
you should call them.
- i,ll do it in a minute.
- right.
I,m so sorry.
here, let me help you.
- nathan, what,s wrong? - i just feel a bit guilty about them.
- why? - well, they should know, shouldn,t they? I,m so sorry.
it,s so clumsy of me.
- what,s happened? - mm? - nothing.
- you know something.
- no.
- what,s mani said? - i haven,t seen mani.
- jase is getting worse.
Fi Thanks.
I think you should call jase,s parents.
You,ve seen the test results.
something,s gonna happen to him.
Something,s already happened to him.
(groans ) how Thanks, nathan.
I,ll tell you, mate.
if you wake up, you,ve got a year,s worth of pmt coming your way.
Sorry to interrupt.
i,m jemima.
I work at the club where jase was drinking.
Oh.
you must have made quite a bit out of him last night.
Sorry, i didn,t that come out like it did.
- that,s ok.
i understand.
- yeah.
He wasn,t so much drunk as upset.
I talked to him.
he seemed to have a lot on his mind.
Mm.
sounds like jase.
- just wanted to see how he was.
- well, he,s been better.
I didn,t know what to do, so Thanks.
How did he i mean End up like this? Fi,s great.
Everybody loves her.
She,s just one of those people, you know? I mean, i love her.
I do.
But it,s not right.
God, i,ve tried.
What about this other guy? I can,t get him out of my head.
I thought that if i stayed with fi That it would all sort itself out.
I mean, everyone has affairs, right? But i can,t do it any more.
I can,t get over this guy.
I love him.
I,ve never loved anyone like this.
I just don,t know what to do.
He was in such a state.
i don,t think he even saw the car coming.
Oh.
sorry to interrupt.
- i just need to change his drip.
- that,s all right.
- i should be going.
- mm.
He left this behind.
Right.
Listen, i hope i haven,t done the wrong thing.
I just couldn,t get his words out of my head.
I couldn,t bear the fact that he never got to tell you how much he loved you.
- i,m not sure - believe me.
I,ve seen plenty of emotional drunk men, But this one meant it.
Oh.
Mm.
- how is he? - no change, i,m afraid.
I couldn,t get them, so i left a message.
Who was the visitor? - no visitor.
- you couldn,t have missed him! Her him-her.
six foot tall, legs like naomi campbell.
And a moustache to match? Well?.
She,d got the wrong room.
Happens all the time these days.
You just can,t get the staff.
So where have the flowers come from? Oh, she must,ve left ,em behind.
I,ll catch her up.
Nurses.
don,t you love ,em? (inaudible ) - hi.
- hi.
(laughs nervously) we keep meeting in these strange situations, don,t we? - how are you doing? - bearing up.
- have a seat, come in.
- no, ermi won,t disturb you.
Actually, um i wanted to talk to you about something.
- ok.
- i know what,s been going on.
Nathan,s been trying to hide it from me, but to be honest, it,s fairly obvious.
(sighs ) Fi, i,m sorry, i i don,t know what to say.
Just tell me the truth.
- you told nathan, why not me? - i would have thought that was obvious.
Don,t you think i,ve got a right to know? I may be his girlfriend, but you can,t tiptoe around my feelings for ever.
- ok well - i just want to be prepared.
Please tell me the truth.
He,s not going to wake up, is he? No i mean nobody knows that.
- fi, we,re doing our best.
- yeah Yeah, i,ve heard that.
But that,s the truth.
and i wish there was more that we could tell you.
Why do i feel like something,s going on? Fi, i promise you.
Nobody,s holding anything back about jase,s medical condition.
(sniffs ) Mr coleman.
can i have a word? Jason,s clinical signs were giving us cause for concern, And we suspected he may have taken some illegal substances.
So we,ve done a tox screen.
he,s tested positive for traces of cocaine, mdma and amphetamine.
- what? - crystal meth.
None of these are in potentially lethal doses, But the presence of the drugs could be interfering with our observations.
No, i don,t understand.
We need to wait until the drugs are out of his system.
They may be causing the symptoms we thought were the result of the brain injury.
It doesn,t make sense.
jase doesn,t do drugs.
The odd spliff, maybe, but nothing else.
I,m afraid the tests are conclusive.
- it,s all right, fi.
- no, it,s not all right.
- fi, i,ve got jase,s parents on the line.
- ok.
- what was he doing? you know, don,t you? - no, i,ve told you i don,t.
It doesn,t make any sense! Sorry, mr coleman, we,re doing all we can.
(mani) keep me up to speed, will you, doctor? - (doctor) course.
- thank you.
You can,t keep it secret forever, you know.
- why was he taking crystal meth? - it,s doing the rounds at the moment.
What, do you take it? God, no.
I,m a doctor.
i can prescribe myself something better than that.
(mani) are you sure all this is worth it? I wish i had a mate as good as you.
I,m just trying to protect someone i care about.
(phone ) He-llo! (man ) so, am i on my way over to edenshaw? I should warn ya, i charge hundred quid personal appearance fee.
Meet me outside a&e.
I,ll be the one running at you - With me fist raised.
I suppose you,re the reason jase,s tox test is the length of the yellow pages.
Don,t know what you,re talking about.
Fruit and flowers, that,s all i sell.
That,s a very large bill for a bunch of carnations.
There,s a tab to be settled.
- now, am i coming over there? - no, it,s fine.
I,ll come to you.
- five hundred quid.
- five?! - fine, whatever.
- be here in 15 minutes.
63, lorraine gardens.
Knock three times and take your shoes off.
(sighs ) Ha! Where are you off to? I,ve got to go back to ours and get some things for jase.
His cds, that sort of thing.
stuff to try and wake him up.
Better leave the spice girls at home, or he might die of embarrassment.
Listen, i,m sorry i snapped at you earlier.
I know you wouldn,t keep anything from me, i,m justtired.
That,s ok.
- will you do something for me? - course.
- will you sit with jase? - well Please, i need to know someone,s with him.
- sure.
- thank you.
- er, fi? - mm-hm.
How long will you be? A couple of hours.
Why don,t you take your time? have a nice hot bath or something? Ok.
(nathan ) that,s what i love about jase.
In some ways, you could say he was an unpredictable kind of guy, But when it comes down to the basics He,s just like the rest of us.
(man ) all right, all right! I can only assume that your lateness is due to the fact that we failed to synchronise watches.
Sorry.
So, you,re the lover.
Not exactly.
- take your shoes off! - oh.
Take your pants off.
(chuckles ) (chuckles ) He ain,t od,d, has he? Car crash.
I pride meself In all my years of service, i ain,t lost no one.
They,re no good to me dead.
do you understand? I can,t say the crystal meth is doing him much good.
Nasty stuff.
wouldn,t touch it meself.
But then i don,t engage in three-day long homosexual sex sessions.
(dealer) do i? - good market to cover, mind you.
- (dog barks ) Eh! calm down, dear.
You,ve got to find some way to liquidate your assets, haven,t you? We got bella here.
know how much that dog collar cost me? - no, no idea.
- it,s crystal studded.
Proper crystal - not the stuff you shove up your arse.
Huh.
5oo quid.
i mean, fuck me! 5oo quid! i like you to know where your money,s going.
Ah, right.
er Here.
Don,t mind if i count it, do you? Er, no, of course not.
Can i use your bathroom? Through the kitchen.
Right.
Shh! you haven,t seen me.
- (barks ) - all right then.
Here.
shh! shut up! mmm! (loud urination and moans of pleasure ) (dog retching) Oh, shit! Bella! bella! Oh shit! (grunting) Bella? (gulps ) (dealer) bella! (nathan whimpers ) (dealer) bella! (nathan ) bella! ugh! - what you doing? - er, just washing my hands.
Good boy.
The number of germs on your hands doubles after using the toilet.
Yeah.
Fuck me! - have you been eating davina,s lunch? - no! well, well, just the one piece.
I,m going to have to mop this floor now! - jesus! why didn,t you use a plate? - sorry.
really sorry.
- bella! - oh! (machinery starts up, water sloshes ) Wellit,s a pleasure doing business with you.
Nathanyou did wash ,em, didn,t you? (chuckles ) (bones crunch) You tell your friend when he comes around, - i,ve got some nice stuff in.
- course, will do.
Oh, shit! Buy a big issue, please.
a pound, madam.
Ooh, hang on! Here, let me help you.
Sorry! There you go.
- thank you.
- have a nice day, love.
You too! Ooh! - can i help you? - the guy that was in here.
Jase tindall.
- what,s happened to him - and you are? Eri,m his boyfriend.
Ok, come with me.
Hi there, nathan.
(gasps ) (nurse ) mind your back! Excuse me, i,m looking for jason tindall.
- and you are? - his girlfriend, fiona.
- i,ll take care of this.
- where is he? what,s happened? Do you wanna? (sighs ) thank god! I,m sorry you got a shock, but he was off the ventilator, and we needed that room back.
- (sobs ) - (tuts ) You know, you two should really get some rest.
I don,t want to see you here this evening, ok? And if anything happens, we,ll call you.
Thanks.
- i thought he was dead.
- oh, darling, no, don,t worry! Me too, i thought that too.
What do you mean, you too? I thought he was dead when i .
.
when i came back from the loo.
- when you came back from the loo? - yeah.
It,s amazing how quick the turnaround is these days.
it,s no wonder they got mrsa.
Nathan.
mmm.
Can you smell fried chicken? Course, in another life we,d be coming back from a night out.
You,d be sick in the toilet, and i,d hold your hair back.
Cos then you,d think i was sweet.
Course, nobody fancies anybody who,s too sweet, so .
.
then i,d have to try and shag you.
Just to let you know that i,m a real man.
- are you sure you don,t mind? - no, of course not.
What a difference a day makes.
I reckon he got himself run over just to thwart us.
I,ll just Nathan, thank you For looking after me.
That,s what i,m here for.
Can i get you anything else? Night then.
(sighs ) - (fi) i think it was my fault.
- don,t be silly.
(fi) i wished it.
What? I had thisfantasy that jase was out the way.
I was single, there was no need to feel guilty any more.
(fi) i didn,t wish him dead, just not around.
(nathan ) you can,t wish things to happen, fi.
I wouldn,t be lying on this sofa if you could.
(fi) didn,t realise how much you loved me.
That argument we had I basically finished it.
(fi) i thought that we were together just through habit.
I wanted him to do something, like (fi) i wanted a reaction.
Guess that,s what i got.
(fi) i didn,t realise how much he cared.
I don,t think he went on that bender because you argued, fi.
He did.
I know he did.
I need time to think.
I,m not sure we should carry on.
- come on, we,re both tired.
- no, i,ve gone as far as i can.
- i do love you, but - let,s not have this conversation now.
It,s what i,m feeling, jase.
- because i couldn,t get a hard on? - it,s lots of things, jase.
There,s no other way of looking at it.
He took a shitload of drugs and walked straight out in front of a car.
He didn,t care what happened to him.
That,s all because of me.
I didn,t think he loved me any more.
How wrong can you get? You think? Yeah.
I can see how that would seem to make perfect sense.
I,m not sure who this talking,s supposed to help, you or me.
You seem to be getting your therapy in other ways these days.
(mani) i understand, you know.
you,ve gotta go through it, you,ve gotta put yourself out there, I just wish you,d stop beating yourself up about it.
Why can,t you be honest, jase? Would it be such a terrible thing to be with me? All right, mate? what you doing here? - oh, i couldn,t sleep.
- yeah, me neither.
(mani) don,t get much chance to see him during the day.
I,ve been walking around, trying to clear my head.
But it doesn,t help.
That,s what i told fi jase was doing.
- just going for a midnight stroll.
- and she believed you? - she,s not an idiot, nathan.
- i know.
I know that.
It,s complicated.
Well, you know what i think.
Oh, listen, there,s something i need to tell you.
That drag queen that turned up, the one that thought i was you.
Oh, it don,t matter.
anyway She,d been talking to jase.
He told her that he,d never loved anyone like he loved you.
I could,ve told him that.
how do you do it? how do you love a fool like me? - so? - mm, it,s lovely.
(nathan sighs ) Me again.
Right.
- god, you look awful! - yeah.
- well, i,ve felt better.
- why don,t you go home, get some sleep? - it might be hard to explain why i,m so tired.
- you were with a patient all night.
All night? give me a break, this is the nhs.
Oh, thank you.
- how are you feeling? - ok, yeah.
Listen, i wanted to say thanks for everything you,re doing.
Don,t you worry about that.
it,s me job.
Yeah, but you all work so hard.
I mean, mani isn,t even jason,s doctor and he,s still on the case.
Well, to be honest with you - i think he might have an ulterior motive.
- really? I think he fancies nathan.
I know that mani,s gay, and nathan told me yesterday that he was! Nathan told you he was gay? Thanks for helping me out with the drag queen.
The plot thickens, eh? You could say that.
Listen, i,m not here to make him straight, And i,m not here to make him faithful.
I just want to make him better.
Well, thanks for being so discreet.
You could have told me earlier.
- that you were his lover.
- ah, well, no - but, i mean, i know it,s none of my business.
- it,s not that I won,t judge you.
people are people to me.
- i take ,em as i find ,em.
- i,m sure, but Don,t worry, i understand.
- i won,t tell anyone.
- that,s not the point.
- the fact is - do you know? i had a feeling you were gay.
I,ve got a sense for these things.
- hi there.
- hiya.
Do you want anything? make up for breakfast! A very strange thing just happened.
- what? - i was talking to thenurse.
You know? the lovely nurse who,s looking after jase.
And, erm she told me That you were gay.
Right.
She said that you told her that.
I see.
I have to say that even without my very recent personal experience, I could,ve sworn you were straight.
Obviously i am.
So? She must,ve gotconfused.
No, she was very sure.
She says that,s why mani,s so involved in jase,s case.
- right.
- why would you tell her you,re gay? Nathan? I fancied her.
And you know what they say - women love to turn a gay man.
Excuse me? They do say that, don,t they? Let me get this straight - The night before last, i pretty much told you that i was in love with you.
If it hadn,t been for that car crash, god knows what would,ve happened.
Plus, your best mate is dying, and all you care about is picking up his nurse.
- it wasn,t like that.
- you haven,t changed.
I wasstupid to think i,d have any effect on you.
All i can say is - lucky escape! Fi! nathan! quick! - i,m sorry.
- i,m sorry too.
I,ve been so stupid.
- everything i did - shh shh don,t worry.
It won,t happen again, fi.
- i know what i want now.
- it was an accident.
You were just drunk.
could,ve happened to anyone.
Yeah.
i guess.
Obviously, we,ll be keeping a close eye on him over the next 48 hours.
But early indications show that his motor and speech responses are normal.
He sustained no permanent brain damage.
Thank you, doctor, for everything you,ve done.
All right, mate? Thanks.
for hushing it all up, you know.
God knows how you did it.
Don,t ever ask me to lie for you again.
- good news, isn,t it? - great news.
- thanks again.
- that,s all right.
- er, i,ll see you later.
- all right.
I,ve got to go and get some more things for jase.
It all makes sense now - when you said you were lying to protect someone you cared about, I thought you meant jase.
Why was he taking crystal meth? - it,s doing the rounds at the moment.
- do you take it? God, no.
I,m a doctor - i can prescribe myself something better than that.
(mani) are you sure all this is worth it? I wish i had a mate as good as you.
I,m just trying to protect someone i care about.
You were talking about fi.
she,s the one you care about.
That,s why she didn,t say anything to jase about getting the clap.
She thinks she got it from me.
Fucking hell! how long,s this been going on for? It only happened once.
But i was kind of hoping it might happen again.
You,re in love with her, aren,t you? Yeah, yeah, i am.
But it doesn,t matter, because she doesn,t feel the same.
Well, she,s not in possession of all the facts now, is she? Jase thinks he has this huge responsibility towards her.
He does.
doesn,t change what he,s done.
Wouldn,t it be simpler to just tell the truth? this has gone too far - please, for all our sakes, Go after her, tell her the truth.
Fi! Sorry! sorry! You will be! Fi! Fi! Fi! Hey! let me on! open the doors! Let me on! I,ll get you! i,ll get you!
- i don,t want you to feel guilty.
- let,s worry about that in the morning.
There,d be no need for any gloss, no need for any spin.
Everything would be fine, just as it is.
Sadly Things rarely work out that way.
(mobile ) - that might be jase.
- i,m still staying here tonight.
- yeah? - it,s me.
it,s mani.
Jase has had an accident.
you need to get down the hospital.
What is it? what,s happened? The driver of the car said he just came out straight in front of her.
How bad is it? i mean, he,s gonna be ok, yeah? It,s not looking good, mate.
I think you better call fi.
It,s all right.
she,s here with me.
- (whispers ) jase? - where are you, anyway? Grafton street.
at this club we used to come to.
I don,t know how you,re gonna explain this one, mate.
It,s not exactly a trendy little wine bar, you know what i mean? - what was he doing? - he called me earlier today.
He was in a bit of a state.
Clearly he,s gone on a right bender.
One of the 9uys at the club told me he was off his face on some sort of a mission.
God knows what you,re 9onna tell fi.
Right.
Ok.
ok.
Nathan, what,s going on? (grunts dismissively) - i don,t understand.
where was he? - grafton street.
It,s in ancoats.
What was he doing there? jason never went down there.
I guess he was just having a stroll.
- on an industrial estate? - well, it,s not an industrial estate exactly.
- we used to go there.
- really? Have a walk by the canal.
- at 2am? - it,s a good place to get away from it all.
It was pouring with rain, nathan.
Wellhe had a lot on his mind.
(footsteps ) ( # pumping beat) (sighs deeply) He was probably just trying to forget about what happened between you two.
I mean, if you,d finished with me, i,d be in a complete state.
I guess.
I,m sure he just wanted to clear his head.
He was gone for hours.
it doesn,t make sense.
Listen.
when he wakes up, he can tell us all about it.
And i,m sure there,ll be a perfectly innocent explanation.
Aren,t you gonna buy him a drink? - i don,t know him.
- really? All that time in the toilet and you didn,t exchange names? - can i buy you a drink? - i,ll have a tequila slammer.
So will you.
I,ve had enough.
i want to see him.
why hasn,t anyone talked to us? we,ve been here for hours.
- we,ve just got to be patient.
- what did the doctor say? - when he called you.
- i,ve told you.
- why did he call you, anyway? - er He was on duty when they brought jase in.
So? i,m jase,s ,,in case of emergency,,.
Well, i think he just recognised him.
He wanted to tell me personally.
- how did he have your number? - we really bonded.
- when? - over my dad.
- what? - mani was my dad,s doctor.
Oh, my god, nathan.
i,m so sorry.
I wasn,t thinking.
You don,t need all this.
It,s ok.
I,m sorry.
I just want him to get better.
He will.
Everything,s gonna be ok.
i won,t let anything happen to you.
Do you know what the last thing i said to him was? I said, ,,you miserable cunt.
i never want to see you again,,.
I don,t think he,ll remember that.
I know things haven,t been very good recently but - it wasn,t always like that.
- no.
of course it wasn,t.
God knows what he thinks of me.
Fi, whatever you said It doesn,t matter.
You can,t change what you had.
Nothing can do that.
Well, nothing apart from the truth.
It,s definitely gonna dent her memories if she finds out that the love of her life is gay.
Sorry that we,ve kept you so long.
It,s taken a while to stabilise jason,s condition.
- but he,s all right now? - the external injuries are fairly minor.
But he has sustained a serious blow to his head.
All his vital signs are satisfactory But the pressure on his brain has caused him to lose consciousness.
At the moment, he remains in a coma.
(whispers ) oh, my god.
- what happens now? - it all depends on the swelling.
If it worsens, then the intercranial pressure could cause permanent damage.
- can i see him? - of course.
Talk to him.
just because he doesn,t respond Doesn,t mean to say he isn,t aware that you,re there.
Any familiar sounds may help to ease him out of this.
- he,s going to be ok, isn,t he? - we,ll do our very best.
(steady beeping, respirator hissing) - hey.
- hey.
- where,ve you been? - i wanted to give you some space.
It,s not looking good, is it? I called him a stupid cunt.
Said i never wanted to see him again.
- that seems to be a theme.
- (sighs ) i didn,t mean it, of course.
So he went off on one.
Yeah, he called me from the club.
told me exactly what he,d been up to.
I told him i was watching eastenders and he was spoiling it.
I hate it when people do that.
Anybody else, you have an argument, have a couple of drinks and sleep on it But not bloody jase.
Anyway, he sounded in a right state so i went down there, Arrived about the same time as the ambulance.
Listen, i don,t want fi to find out.
It,s gonna be bad enough if he You know, without all this other shit.
- right.
- there,s no point, mate.
She can,t talk to him about it.
So it,s all right if he dies so long as no one find out he,s gay? You know that,s not what i meant.
i just want to leave her with some memories.
In that case, you might want to find his mobile.
i left him a text and a voicemail.
(sighing) right.
The guy from the hi-fi shop phoned last week.
He wanted me to tell you that your speakers were in.
I was cross so i purposely forgot.
He,s probably sold them by now.
Where have you been? - i was just talking to mani.
- right.
is he jase,s doctor now? No.
no, he just wondered how we were, How jase was.
Nothing.
No response.
I don,t know what to say to him.
it,s all so weird.
I fancied some chewing gum.
I don,t know what to say to him, nathan.
i don,t even know if he,ll want me here.
Hey, don,t be silly.
(sniffs ) i was so nasty to him.
I,ve been so angry the past few weeks.
I,ve been horrible to jase, horrible to you.
I,m not gonna remember any of that, and i,m sure he won,t either.
(fi) it,s my fault, isn,t it? - nathan.
- what? I don,t know.
Oh, fi.
It was an accident, pure and simple.
Didn,t happen for a reason.
it wasn,t anybody,s fault.
ok? Well, except for speedy gonzalez here.
i,m always telling him, ,,wait for the green man!,, (laughs ) But would he listen? (laughs nervously) - is now a good time? - erm, sure.
I just need you to fill out some forms, if that,s ok.
- you are the next of kin, i presume? - well, no, not really.
Er, jase,s parents.
I mean, he doesn,t see them much, but - their number,s in his phone.
- i,ll get it for you.
I,ve got all his things down at the nurses, station.
Thank you.
- where are you going? - er, i fancy a cup of tea.
- i thought you wanted chewing gum.
- that too.
I,ll go.
- i could do with a break.
- you don,t want to do that.
I mean, what if he wakes up and you,re not here? Or what if he takes a turn for the worse and starts flatlining? Jase,s final moments on earth And you,re up the corridor trying to decide between hot chocolate and tea.
Given the quality of drinks from those machines, it,s a decision you,d find hard to justify later.
(clears throat) (steady beeping) (alarm screeches ) Excuse me.
what do you think you,re doing? - does that belong to you? - oh, god, no.
- oh, so you were planning on stealing it? - it,s not really my size.
There is the odd, very rare occasion in life When honesty is the best policy.
One of them being when you,re caught with your best mate,s cock ring in your hand.
- i didn,t want fi to see it.
- well Presumably if it belongs to her boyfriend, she,s already seen it.
You might think that, but i suspect he doesn,t use it with her.
- what are you trying to tell me? - well Jase isn,t exactly mr faithful.
He,s having an affair.
- right.
- with a man.
- right.
- and fi doesn,t know about it.
I see.
The thing is, if she gets hold of his phone or hishis cock ring Then she might suspect something.
Well, i can see how that would be a problem.
Whilst i don,t condone what he,s doing, It seems a shame to out him on his deathbed.
A shame for the girlfriend, more than anything else.
Go on, then.
i didn,t see you.
Oh, but nathan, next time it might be better if you tell me straight.
Rather than scaring mr davis half to death.
Believe me, his bowel movements don,t need any encouragement.
(mani) hi, jase.
listen, it,s me.
i,m sorry about earlier.
I,m sure fi will thank me one day.
(phone ) - hello? - (menacingly) oh, finally! Nice of you to check in.
You know, the anticipation of this little call has been almost killing me.
Er, this isn,t jase.
Well, seeing as you answered, I,m assuming you,re willing to take collective responsibility For his past misdemeanours.
It certainly seems that way.
listen, he,s in hospital.
- he will be.
- no, he really is.
i,m in edenshaw park now.
Well, that,s very sad.
remind me to call interflora.
3oo quid.
Now, i don,t really care whether it,s you or your boyfriend.
(dialling tone ) Yes, hello, i,m looking for jason tindall, please.
- i have something of his he might need.
- i,ll check where he is for you.
Do you remember all the times you went away on business? I was terrified you,d meet someone else.
I used to think that was the worst thing that could happen to us.
Here i am.
ready to relieve you.
I,m fine.
actually, do you mind giving me a minute? i could do with some time alone.
Oh, right.
Er, well, erthe thing is, the nurse gave me this.
- what? - er, jase,s parents.
you should call them.
- i,ll do it in a minute.
- right.
I,m so sorry.
here, let me help you.
- nathan, what,s wrong? - i just feel a bit guilty about them.
- why? - well, they should know, shouldn,t they? I,m so sorry.
it,s so clumsy of me.
- what,s happened? - mm? - nothing.
- you know something.
- no.
- what,s mani said? - i haven,t seen mani.
- jase is getting worse.
Fi Thanks.
I think you should call jase,s parents.
You,ve seen the test results.
something,s gonna happen to him.
Something,s already happened to him.
(groans ) how Thanks, nathan.
I,ll tell you, mate.
if you wake up, you,ve got a year,s worth of pmt coming your way.
Sorry to interrupt.
i,m jemima.
I work at the club where jase was drinking.
Oh.
you must have made quite a bit out of him last night.
Sorry, i didn,t that come out like it did.
- that,s ok.
i understand.
- yeah.
He wasn,t so much drunk as upset.
I talked to him.
he seemed to have a lot on his mind.
Mm.
sounds like jase.
- just wanted to see how he was.
- well, he,s been better.
I didn,t know what to do, so Thanks.
How did he i mean End up like this? Fi,s great.
Everybody loves her.
She,s just one of those people, you know? I mean, i love her.
I do.
But it,s not right.
God, i,ve tried.
What about this other guy? I can,t get him out of my head.
I thought that if i stayed with fi That it would all sort itself out.
I mean, everyone has affairs, right? But i can,t do it any more.
I can,t get over this guy.
I love him.
I,ve never loved anyone like this.
I just don,t know what to do.
He was in such a state.
i don,t think he even saw the car coming.
Oh.
sorry to interrupt.
- i just need to change his drip.
- that,s all right.
- i should be going.
- mm.
He left this behind.
Right.
Listen, i hope i haven,t done the wrong thing.
I just couldn,t get his words out of my head.
I couldn,t bear the fact that he never got to tell you how much he loved you.
- i,m not sure - believe me.
I,ve seen plenty of emotional drunk men, But this one meant it.
Oh.
Mm.
- how is he? - no change, i,m afraid.
I couldn,t get them, so i left a message.
Who was the visitor? - no visitor.
- you couldn,t have missed him! Her him-her.
six foot tall, legs like naomi campbell.
And a moustache to match? Well?.
She,d got the wrong room.
Happens all the time these days.
You just can,t get the staff.
So where have the flowers come from? Oh, she must,ve left ,em behind.
I,ll catch her up.
Nurses.
don,t you love ,em? (inaudible ) - hi.
- hi.
(laughs nervously) we keep meeting in these strange situations, don,t we? - how are you doing? - bearing up.
- have a seat, come in.
- no, ermi won,t disturb you.
Actually, um i wanted to talk to you about something.
- ok.
- i know what,s been going on.
Nathan,s been trying to hide it from me, but to be honest, it,s fairly obvious.
(sighs ) Fi, i,m sorry, i i don,t know what to say.
Just tell me the truth.
- you told nathan, why not me? - i would have thought that was obvious.
Don,t you think i,ve got a right to know? I may be his girlfriend, but you can,t tiptoe around my feelings for ever.
- ok well - i just want to be prepared.
Please tell me the truth.
He,s not going to wake up, is he? No i mean nobody knows that.
- fi, we,re doing our best.
- yeah Yeah, i,ve heard that.
But that,s the truth.
and i wish there was more that we could tell you.
Why do i feel like something,s going on? Fi, i promise you.
Nobody,s holding anything back about jase,s medical condition.
(sniffs ) Mr coleman.
can i have a word? Jason,s clinical signs were giving us cause for concern, And we suspected he may have taken some illegal substances.
So we,ve done a tox screen.
he,s tested positive for traces of cocaine, mdma and amphetamine.
- what? - crystal meth.
None of these are in potentially lethal doses, But the presence of the drugs could be interfering with our observations.
No, i don,t understand.
We need to wait until the drugs are out of his system.
They may be causing the symptoms we thought were the result of the brain injury.
It doesn,t make sense.
jase doesn,t do drugs.
The odd spliff, maybe, but nothing else.
I,m afraid the tests are conclusive.
- it,s all right, fi.
- no, it,s not all right.
- fi, i,ve got jase,s parents on the line.
- ok.
- what was he doing? you know, don,t you? - no, i,ve told you i don,t.
It doesn,t make any sense! Sorry, mr coleman, we,re doing all we can.
(mani) keep me up to speed, will you, doctor? - (doctor) course.
- thank you.
You can,t keep it secret forever, you know.
- why was he taking crystal meth? - it,s doing the rounds at the moment.
What, do you take it? God, no.
I,m a doctor.
i can prescribe myself something better than that.
(mani) are you sure all this is worth it? I wish i had a mate as good as you.
I,m just trying to protect someone i care about.
(phone ) He-llo! (man ) so, am i on my way over to edenshaw? I should warn ya, i charge hundred quid personal appearance fee.
Meet me outside a&e.
I,ll be the one running at you - With me fist raised.
I suppose you,re the reason jase,s tox test is the length of the yellow pages.
Don,t know what you,re talking about.
Fruit and flowers, that,s all i sell.
That,s a very large bill for a bunch of carnations.
There,s a tab to be settled.
- now, am i coming over there? - no, it,s fine.
I,ll come to you.
- five hundred quid.
- five?! - fine, whatever.
- be here in 15 minutes.
63, lorraine gardens.
Knock three times and take your shoes off.
(sighs ) Ha! Where are you off to? I,ve got to go back to ours and get some things for jase.
His cds, that sort of thing.
stuff to try and wake him up.
Better leave the spice girls at home, or he might die of embarrassment.
Listen, i,m sorry i snapped at you earlier.
I know you wouldn,t keep anything from me, i,m justtired.
That,s ok.
- will you do something for me? - course.
- will you sit with jase? - well Please, i need to know someone,s with him.
- sure.
- thank you.
- er, fi? - mm-hm.
How long will you be? A couple of hours.
Why don,t you take your time? have a nice hot bath or something? Ok.
(nathan ) that,s what i love about jase.
In some ways, you could say he was an unpredictable kind of guy, But when it comes down to the basics He,s just like the rest of us.
(man ) all right, all right! I can only assume that your lateness is due to the fact that we failed to synchronise watches.
Sorry.
So, you,re the lover.
Not exactly.
- take your shoes off! - oh.
Take your pants off.
(chuckles ) (chuckles ) He ain,t od,d, has he? Car crash.
I pride meself In all my years of service, i ain,t lost no one.
They,re no good to me dead.
do you understand? I can,t say the crystal meth is doing him much good.
Nasty stuff.
wouldn,t touch it meself.
But then i don,t engage in three-day long homosexual sex sessions.
(dealer) do i? - good market to cover, mind you.
- (dog barks ) Eh! calm down, dear.
You,ve got to find some way to liquidate your assets, haven,t you? We got bella here.
know how much that dog collar cost me? - no, no idea.
- it,s crystal studded.
Proper crystal - not the stuff you shove up your arse.
Huh.
5oo quid.
i mean, fuck me! 5oo quid! i like you to know where your money,s going.
Ah, right.
er Here.
Don,t mind if i count it, do you? Er, no, of course not.
Can i use your bathroom? Through the kitchen.
Right.
Shh! you haven,t seen me.
- (barks ) - all right then.
Here.
shh! shut up! mmm! (loud urination and moans of pleasure ) (dog retching) Oh, shit! Bella! bella! Oh shit! (grunting) Bella? (gulps ) (dealer) bella! (nathan whimpers ) (dealer) bella! (nathan ) bella! ugh! - what you doing? - er, just washing my hands.
Good boy.
The number of germs on your hands doubles after using the toilet.
Yeah.
Fuck me! - have you been eating davina,s lunch? - no! well, well, just the one piece.
I,m going to have to mop this floor now! - jesus! why didn,t you use a plate? - sorry.
really sorry.
- bella! - oh! (machinery starts up, water sloshes ) Wellit,s a pleasure doing business with you.
Nathanyou did wash ,em, didn,t you? (chuckles ) (bones crunch) You tell your friend when he comes around, - i,ve got some nice stuff in.
- course, will do.
Oh, shit! Buy a big issue, please.
a pound, madam.
Ooh, hang on! Here, let me help you.
Sorry! There you go.
- thank you.
- have a nice day, love.
You too! Ooh! - can i help you? - the guy that was in here.
Jase tindall.
- what,s happened to him - and you are? Eri,m his boyfriend.
Ok, come with me.
Hi there, nathan.
(gasps ) (nurse ) mind your back! Excuse me, i,m looking for jason tindall.
- and you are? - his girlfriend, fiona.
- i,ll take care of this.
- where is he? what,s happened? Do you wanna? (sighs ) thank god! I,m sorry you got a shock, but he was off the ventilator, and we needed that room back.
- (sobs ) - (tuts ) You know, you two should really get some rest.
I don,t want to see you here this evening, ok? And if anything happens, we,ll call you.
Thanks.
- i thought he was dead.
- oh, darling, no, don,t worry! Me too, i thought that too.
What do you mean, you too? I thought he was dead when i .
.
when i came back from the loo.
- when you came back from the loo? - yeah.
It,s amazing how quick the turnaround is these days.
it,s no wonder they got mrsa.
Nathan.
mmm.
Can you smell fried chicken? Course, in another life we,d be coming back from a night out.
You,d be sick in the toilet, and i,d hold your hair back.
Cos then you,d think i was sweet.
Course, nobody fancies anybody who,s too sweet, so .
.
then i,d have to try and shag you.
Just to let you know that i,m a real man.
- are you sure you don,t mind? - no, of course not.
What a difference a day makes.
I reckon he got himself run over just to thwart us.
I,ll just Nathan, thank you For looking after me.
That,s what i,m here for.
Can i get you anything else? Night then.
(sighs ) - (fi) i think it was my fault.
- don,t be silly.
(fi) i wished it.
What? I had thisfantasy that jase was out the way.
I was single, there was no need to feel guilty any more.
(fi) i didn,t wish him dead, just not around.
(nathan ) you can,t wish things to happen, fi.
I wouldn,t be lying on this sofa if you could.
(fi) didn,t realise how much you loved me.
That argument we had I basically finished it.
(fi) i thought that we were together just through habit.
I wanted him to do something, like (fi) i wanted a reaction.
Guess that,s what i got.
(fi) i didn,t realise how much he cared.
I don,t think he went on that bender because you argued, fi.
He did.
I know he did.
I need time to think.
I,m not sure we should carry on.
- come on, we,re both tired.
- no, i,ve gone as far as i can.
- i do love you, but - let,s not have this conversation now.
It,s what i,m feeling, jase.
- because i couldn,t get a hard on? - it,s lots of things, jase.
There,s no other way of looking at it.
He took a shitload of drugs and walked straight out in front of a car.
He didn,t care what happened to him.
That,s all because of me.
I didn,t think he loved me any more.
How wrong can you get? You think? Yeah.
I can see how that would seem to make perfect sense.
I,m not sure who this talking,s supposed to help, you or me.
You seem to be getting your therapy in other ways these days.
(mani) i understand, you know.
you,ve gotta go through it, you,ve gotta put yourself out there, I just wish you,d stop beating yourself up about it.
Why can,t you be honest, jase? Would it be such a terrible thing to be with me? All right, mate? what you doing here? - oh, i couldn,t sleep.
- yeah, me neither.
(mani) don,t get much chance to see him during the day.
I,ve been walking around, trying to clear my head.
But it doesn,t help.
That,s what i told fi jase was doing.
- just going for a midnight stroll.
- and she believed you? - she,s not an idiot, nathan.
- i know.
I know that.
It,s complicated.
Well, you know what i think.
Oh, listen, there,s something i need to tell you.
That drag queen that turned up, the one that thought i was you.
Oh, it don,t matter.
anyway She,d been talking to jase.
He told her that he,d never loved anyone like he loved you.
I could,ve told him that.
how do you do it? how do you love a fool like me? - so? - mm, it,s lovely.
(nathan sighs ) Me again.
Right.
- god, you look awful! - yeah.
- well, i,ve felt better.
- why don,t you go home, get some sleep? - it might be hard to explain why i,m so tired.
- you were with a patient all night.
All night? give me a break, this is the nhs.
Oh, thank you.
- how are you feeling? - ok, yeah.
Listen, i wanted to say thanks for everything you,re doing.
Don,t you worry about that.
it,s me job.
Yeah, but you all work so hard.
I mean, mani isn,t even jason,s doctor and he,s still on the case.
Well, to be honest with you - i think he might have an ulterior motive.
- really? I think he fancies nathan.
I know that mani,s gay, and nathan told me yesterday that he was! Nathan told you he was gay? Thanks for helping me out with the drag queen.
The plot thickens, eh? You could say that.
Listen, i,m not here to make him straight, And i,m not here to make him faithful.
I just want to make him better.
Well, thanks for being so discreet.
You could have told me earlier.
- that you were his lover.
- ah, well, no - but, i mean, i know it,s none of my business.
- it,s not that I won,t judge you.
people are people to me.
- i take ,em as i find ,em.
- i,m sure, but Don,t worry, i understand.
- i won,t tell anyone.
- that,s not the point.
- the fact is - do you know? i had a feeling you were gay.
I,ve got a sense for these things.
- hi there.
- hiya.
Do you want anything? make up for breakfast! A very strange thing just happened.
- what? - i was talking to thenurse.
You know? the lovely nurse who,s looking after jase.
And, erm she told me That you were gay.
Right.
She said that you told her that.
I see.
I have to say that even without my very recent personal experience, I could,ve sworn you were straight.
Obviously i am.
So? She must,ve gotconfused.
No, she was very sure.
She says that,s why mani,s so involved in jase,s case.
- right.
- why would you tell her you,re gay? Nathan? I fancied her.
And you know what they say - women love to turn a gay man.
Excuse me? They do say that, don,t they? Let me get this straight - The night before last, i pretty much told you that i was in love with you.
If it hadn,t been for that car crash, god knows what would,ve happened.
Plus, your best mate is dying, and all you care about is picking up his nurse.
- it wasn,t like that.
- you haven,t changed.
I wasstupid to think i,d have any effect on you.
All i can say is - lucky escape! Fi! nathan! quick! - i,m sorry.
- i,m sorry too.
I,ve been so stupid.
- everything i did - shh shh don,t worry.
It won,t happen again, fi.
- i know what i want now.
- it was an accident.
You were just drunk.
could,ve happened to anyone.
Yeah.
i guess.
Obviously, we,ll be keeping a close eye on him over the next 48 hours.
But early indications show that his motor and speech responses are normal.
He sustained no permanent brain damage.
Thank you, doctor, for everything you,ve done.
All right, mate? Thanks.
for hushing it all up, you know.
God knows how you did it.
Don,t ever ask me to lie for you again.
- good news, isn,t it? - great news.
- thanks again.
- that,s all right.
- er, i,ll see you later.
- all right.
I,ve got to go and get some more things for jase.
It all makes sense now - when you said you were lying to protect someone you cared about, I thought you meant jase.
Why was he taking crystal meth? - it,s doing the rounds at the moment.
- do you take it? God, no.
I,m a doctor - i can prescribe myself something better than that.
(mani) are you sure all this is worth it? I wish i had a mate as good as you.
I,m just trying to protect someone i care about.
You were talking about fi.
she,s the one you care about.
That,s why she didn,t say anything to jase about getting the clap.
She thinks she got it from me.
Fucking hell! how long,s this been going on for? It only happened once.
But i was kind of hoping it might happen again.
You,re in love with her, aren,t you? Yeah, yeah, i am.
But it doesn,t matter, because she doesn,t feel the same.
Well, she,s not in possession of all the facts now, is she? Jase thinks he has this huge responsibility towards her.
He does.
doesn,t change what he,s done.
Wouldn,t it be simpler to just tell the truth? this has gone too far - please, for all our sakes, Go after her, tell her the truth.
Fi! Sorry! sorry! You will be! Fi! Fi! Fi! Hey! let me on! open the doors! Let me on! I,ll get you! i,ll get you!