The Third Day (2020) s01e05 Episode Script
Tuesday - The Daughter
We are gonna have ourselves
an adventure, right?
Just us three.
-Mom?
-It's great, isn't it?
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
-ALAN: Can I help you?
-I'm booked to stay here today.
-I'm afraid it's not possible.
-What?
This place,
why's it so important to you?
HELEN:
My girls have been through
a lot.
I want them to feel good.
Then leave.
HELEN: What's going on?
Everyone here's acting like
something bad's gonna happen.
I was at that shoreside place.
We've got a woman in labor
on OC.
What you saw
was just medical equipment.
I saw something else
in that place.
MRS. MARTIN: We've had
our customs for years,
but I'm not apologizing
for 'em.
So, we're safe here then?
Yeah, we can give you a room.
Are we going home
in the morning, Mom?
We'll see, baby.
But now, we sleep.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
♪
(gentle snoring)
(heartbeat)
Sam:
Cass!
(sighs)
(car approaches)
-(car door opens)
-(woman screaming)
(footsteps)
-(thud)
-W-what was that?
-(clattering)
-Mom?
-(bang)
-(Talulah gasps)
-(woman screaming)
-(all gasp)
Stay there.
Talulah:
Don't go out there.
Helen:
Stay there, okay?
Do not move.
(opens door)
(indistinct arguing)
(door shuts)
(tense music playing)
♪
(muffled arguing)
(woman screaming)
(arguing continues)
(woman screaming)
-Preacher: Can we talk?!
Can we talk?!
-(overlapping yelling)
(woman screaming)
-(yelling continues)
-(woman screaming)
Can we please
all just calm down?
Can we talk!
-Man: Shut up!
-Can we talk?! Please!
(arguing continues)
(overlapping chatter,
indistinct)
Mrs. Martin:
She doesn't want my help!
-(arguing)
-You're a killer!
Don't let her near me!
I don't want her to touch me!
-Okay, okay, okay, okay!
-(screaming)
Alright, Jess!
Alright, alright, alright!
♪
Fucking pointing
a gun at people, eh?
You got it in you to
use that, have you?
-Well, I just might. Come on.
-Cowboy: Calm down.
Larry:
You want to calm the fuck
out of that fucking door, mate.
-Then we can talk about
calming the fuck down.
-Jason: You need to help her.
That child is one of us.
You know how much it matters.
Mrs. Martin:
So we're a community
again, are we?
How cunting lovely
for us all.
(Jess panting)
-No! No, not her! Not her!
-Jason: It's alright! Alright!
(indistinct yelling)
(fire crackling)
He's, uh,
lying wrong
He-he-he's crossways.
What are you sayin'?
I'm saying,
it's, it's trans
fucking thing is
He's across her pelvis,
and she can't get him out.
Well, you can do
something, right?
I'm not
a shitting doctor!
Mrs. Martin:
You never should've let
her stay on the island!
-I told you that!
-Larry: That's what this is!
They're trying to take
her off the island, Jay!
Larry, you were
stupid as a boy,
-but you border on
moronic as an adult.
-Larry: Listen, cunt.
You help her,
or it won't just be her blood
on this floor tonight.
(muffled)
Mr. Martin:
Don't you talk to
my wife like that, alright?
(sighs)
(muffled arguing continues)
(sighs)
♪
Sam:
Cass!
(Jess screaming)
(sniffles)
-(opens door)
-Mrs. Martin: We have
a medic here, get him!
Jason:
Janny's passed out drunk.
We're alone here.
Well, you should've thought
of that before you closed
-the island down!
-Let me look.
(arguing stops)
I can help.
Are you a doctor?
No, but I
I used to be a vet.
Larry:
A fucking vet?
-You "used to be a vet"?
-Helen: Look,
-she needs help now.
-(Jess whimpering)
She should be in a hospital
but you can't get her to one.
She could die.
They both could die.
So I'm the best
hope you've got.
This is going nowhere, Jay.
-(Jess groaning)
-Jason: Save her.
-Save 'em both.
-(groaning)
-(fire crackling)
-(sighs)
(Jess whimpering)
-What's your name, hon?
-I'm Jess.
Jess, I'd like to have a look
-and see what's going on.
Is that okay?
-Uh-huh.
Helen:
Alright. Can I get
you on your back?
-(groans)
-Yeah? Okay?
Thank you.
Jason:
There we are, Jess.
Alright. There we are.
(groaning)
-(sighs)
-Excuse me?
(Jess whimpers)
Oh, yeah, sorry.
(murmuring)
(tense music playing)
♪
(grunting)
Yeah, she's right.
It's a transverse lie.
Can you get me
some flour, please?
Have your waters
broken yet, Jess?
Okay. Well, that's good,
that's really good news.
And is this your first?
No, I have two girls.
Alright. Good.
Then you've
totally got this.
I'm just gonna keep
you on your back,
and I'm gonna turn
your baby, okay?
You can do that?
Yeah, I can.
It's gonna surprise you,
and you will feel it.
(sighs)
(rubbing hands)
♪
Okay.
(groaning)
(sighs)
(painful groaning)
(groans)
(ragged breathing)
(sighs)
(groaning)
(sighs)
(heavy breathing)
(groans)
(sighs)
-(sighs)
-(Jess groans)
Okay.
Okay. Alright.
(sighs)
He's in the perfect
position now. (laughs)
-(groaning)
-(sighs)
-Helen: We've done it.
We've done it.
-(groans)
Alright. I can-- I can
feel a contraction coming,
so I'm just gonna stay here.
(groaning)
Helen (muffled):
Okay. Here we go.
Here we go. It's okay.
-(Jess groaning)
-Just go with it
Talulah:
What's going on?
Is she having a baby?
-I wanna see it come out!
-Stop it, Lu.
Ellie:
There's not enough room.
Just go to bed.
If Mom sees you down here,
I'll get into real trouble.
-So will I.
-No, you won't.
You never do.
You get away with everything
because you're her
little favorite.
Oh, fuck off, Ellie.
Anyway, you're Dad's favorite,
and by the way, he ran off
because he's a psycho,
just like you.
-Don't say that.
-Why?
Who you gonna tell?
Can't tell Mom.
Why don't you tell God? I mean,
he's your best mate after all.
Kail:
Then she's lucky.
♪
Person who has God on their side
is not a person to mess with.
Talulah:
Yeah, well,
I don't believe in God.
"I don't believe in God"
Do you know why you don't?
Because you're
a little sheep.
I'm not a sheep.
Kail:
A little sheep who goes along
with all her little friends,
wearing the same clothes,
swapping Pokémons, and
looking at stupid
little screens.
But do you know what
happens to sheep?
They get slaughtered.
-(Talulah gasps)
-So the rest of us can feed.
Off to bed now, sheepy.
Yeah, well, I'm telling Mom.
(running footsteps)
(door shuts)
-(panting)
-Alright. This is
just normal labor now.
I don't want them
to take me away.
No one's taking
you anywhere, hon.
You just tell me
what you need.
-Dark, small, no people
-Mm-hmm.
Oh, there's a
there's a bathroom back there.
Okay.
Let's get you inside.
Come on.
-(Jess whimpering)
-Here we go.
Mrs. Martin:
Get some cushions.
There's a bed spread upstairs.
(indistinct chatter)
-Mrs. Martin:
It's on the chair.
-(indistinct chatter)
Mrs. Martin:
It's a fucking bathroom
It's okay. Alright.
They're bringing
stuff to make it nice.
What do you need now?
I wanna be alone.
-(sighs)
-No, I-I can't leave
you alone, hon.
(sighs)
Just Jason. Jason can stay.
(muffled chatter)
Alright. Just you
and Jason, yeah?
They'll sort the room
and then you'll be alone.
But I'm gonna be outside,
and if you need anything,
you just say.
Thank you.
This baby is so special.
I didn't ask for this,
but it has come to me.
So, thank you.
♪
Mrs. Martin:
I suppose you lot of shit fucks
have got no
intention of leaving.
Fucking 10 gallons
of tea it is then.
Don't no one ask for coffee
unless you want it spat in.
The causeway's open if you
were thinking of leaving,
seeing as you're up.
Right, I'm getting
me a smoke.
(indistinct chatter)
(door opens)
-(door shuts)
-(sighs)
(door opens)
Helen:
Can I ask you something?
(door opens)
Thank you.
-For what you just did.
-(sighs)
You saved us from
our own stupidity.
-No, it just
-No!
You're exactly the right person
at exactly the right time.
Now, if there's anything we
can do for you, anything
Well actually, there is.
Do you know this man?
He's my husband.
Last year, he went missing.
He just disappeared,
no word, nothing. Just gone.
Missing, eh?
-Did you call the police?
-I did. They weren't
that interested.
Sam has a history
of erratic behavior.
He's done this before.
Never for this long.
What makes you think
he might be here?
'Cause two weeks ago, I got
an email from his account.
It was rambling,
like it was written by a child,
and it said he
was on the island.
Just that. "The island."
And that I should come
and get him before the 14th.
Then yesterday,
I got a call from the police.
They arrested this man,
this corrupt planning officer
in some kind of swoop,
and he told them
that he got a call from Sam
the day he went missing,
and Sam said he
was on "Sea Island."
Sam was near here that day.
It's not Sea Island.
It's Osea Island.
Or Mersea Island.
-Or Northey--
-Please. Have you seen him?
(sighs)
♪
He hasn't been here.
I'm sorry.
Are you sure?
I mean, it's been a while.
You might not remember.
Good-looking fellow like that?
I'd remember.
I'm sorry, really.
(frustrated sigh)
Do you think it'd be alright
if I asked the others here?
Of course! Of course you can.
But there's a lot of tension
here tonight. You've seen that.
It's not normal, I promise you.
This is a loving place,
but always best not to
prod tension, I think.
The causeway's open
for another, oh,
hour and 20.
If you can wait,
I could ask around,
discreetly,
and if he's been here,
someone will know.
-Are you sure?
-Sure?
After what you just did?
Show me that
picture again here.
-(shutter snap)
-There we go.
Helen:
Sam is, um,
he's not well.
And his-- his daughters,
they're upstairs, and I just--
You don't have
to explain love.
Never make excuses for love.
♪
(wind blowing)
Can I have
one of those?
(coughs)
You don't actually
smoke, do you?
-You're not from this place.
-No.
Do you know what's
going on here?
They had this festival.
The hope was that it would
bring people together.
But it did the opposite.
They're divided now,
and they can't find
their way back.
(exhales)
But don't let that make
you think bad about Osea.
This place has a big heart.
And it can heal
if you let it.
If you need it, Helen.
(door opens)
She's gone!
Jess is flippin' gone!
Helen: Gone? Where?
Wanna see
something cool?
(muffled chatter)
It's from a dig
right here on Osea.
It's a child's finger bone.
That's awful.
So, what brings you to Osea?
Mom's saying
it's my birthday,
but she's lying.
She doesn't want me to
go back to school yet.
Why?
These girls were
making fun of me.
They always do, but, um,
this time, I hit one.
♪
That's not so bad.
I was holding a rock.
I didn't even know I had it
until I saw blood
coming out of her eye.
What were they saying?
These girls.
Stuff about my brother.
He was, uh
murdered.
The ancient Celts
believed that Osea
was the soul of the world.
Means it's the most
important place there is.
If Osea's sick,
the whole planet's sick.
Yeah, but
that can't be true.
Why not?
Everything's salt
or soil, Ellie.
Hot or cold.
Rain or shine.
Bad or good.
But some years,
it leans too far
one way or the other.
Things are out
of balance
and bad things happen.
♪
That thing you did at school?
It's just the balance
gone wrong inside you.
You're not a bad person.
It's just
you're salt or soil.
Out of whack a little.
But if it's out of whack here,
it affects everything.
Everyone.
There's something on
this island, Ellie.
A place
so special, no outsider's
ever allowed there.
I could show it to you.
Just you.
Not your mom or your sister.
Just you.
Would you like that?
Yeah.
I would.
I really would.
Crowd:
Jess! Jess! Jess! Jess!
-(yelling continues)
-(creaking)
Yeah,
about your husband
it's not good news,
I'm afraid.
I've shown that picture
to Alan, to Terry,
to Barry and Leanne,
Carina in the Big House there,
Mimir and Baz.
None of them have seen him.
So you don't think
he's been here?
Like I said,
it's a small island.
If none of them have seen him
then I don't think
he's been here.
♪
Well, thank you.
-I mean that.
-It's none of my business,
but you seem decent.
Like you deserve decent.
Love is incredible, but
it can blind us to
a person's faults.
Maybe just better
for you to head home.
Thank you for your help.
(sighs)
(muffled chatter)
Alan:
It's completely mad.
They want you in there.
(fire crackling)
(chatter continues)
-She's not out there.
-She must be out there.
She's having a fuckin' baby.
Tomo:
She's not out there I said!
-So do we call the police?
-The fuck are you talking about?
-Did she say anything, Jay?
-No. She asked me
to get some ice,
and when I came back,
she was gone.
-Is she gonna be okay?
-Helen: No.
She's in active labor.
She's not gonna be okay
unless you find her!
♪
Listen, we are organizing
search parties.
-Will you help us?
-(indistinct chatter)
Causeway closes in an hour.
Jess trusts you now.
Maybe more
than any of us.
Okay, but we're gone
in one hour, alright?
And look, she doesn't
need stress and fear,
so shotguns
and whatever the fuck
these things are, are out.
She's exhausted
and she's not thinking right.
-She needs help, not weapons.
-What's going on?
-I need to help them search.
-Can we come with you?
-Out there?
But it's bloody freezing.
-Cowboy: Don't worry.
We'll search the Seabird.
It's nice and warm in there.
Tell you what.
Me, your mom,
and your sister can
do the upstairs.
-You can do
the haunted basement.
-You're not funny, you know.
I think I am.
I'll wait for you.
-(door opens)
-(indistinct chatter)
(both sigh)
♪
(trunk shuts)
Helen:
Ellie, take your sister upstairs
to the room and wait for me.
Is your phone charged?
-Ellie: Yeah.
-Helen: Okay.
Lu? You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Helen:
Don't talk to anyone.
If anything strange happens,
if anyone even
knocks on the door,
you call me
straight away, okay?
-Okay.
-Alright, go on.
(indistinct chatter)
Sorry about yesterday.
It wasn't you.
It wasn't
you know
(sighs)
I-I just wanted you
to know that me
and my mom, we're not--
You're not racists,
I get it.
You're just people who turn
a woman and her children away
on the coldest
day of the year,
but you do it regardless
of the color of their skin.
I'm I'm sorry.
♪
You didn't see him then?
-Who?
-My husband.
Uh
Mr. Martin, he said he
showed you his picture.
-He did, right?
-Oh
That's right, he did!
He showed me his, um
(rubs hands together)
I haven't seen him.
Alright?
(indistinct chatter)
Cowboy:
Let's check the hotel.
(dog barking)
What is all this?
I mean, we're in
a hotel with no guests,
a holiday development
stopped halfway through.
And when I tried to stay,
they wouldn't let me.
Like I said,
they're divided.
Some wanna open Osea up,
make a few quid, you know.
Others wanna close it down,
preserve it the way it is.
Just make your fucking
mind up, I say. Come on.
-So what, you're just visiting?
-I come here from time to time,
do a bit of work, you know.
Usually in the winter.
Just to stay,
to replenish me-self.
(shuts door)
-Helen: You're a believer then.
-Nah.
Not like these people, but I do
know when a place is special.
(chuckles)
You're a believer.
Places aren't special.
They're just places.
What about that river where
your son's body was found?
I recognize you.
I remember you from the news.
Not that you were
on it that much.
It were mostly your
husband, but
your grief
was quieter.
Do you want an autograph?
Isn't that river special, Helen?
No. It's just a place
with water in it
where a corpse was found.
Does it comfort you to
talk about him like that?
Keep what happened
at arm's length maybe.
You don't know
anything about me.
I know you lost.
I know you lost
your little angel.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Did you just say angel?
Nathan wasn't
a fucking angel, okay?
Look, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to--
We would get these cards
with that on.
These idiots who've
never even met us
sending shitty condolence cards.
"You've lost your angel."
"Your angel's up in Heaven."
Nathan wasn't an angel.
He was difficult.
He was a difficult child.
He was angry and violent.
So don't talk like you know us.
(footsteps departing)
(click)
-Cowboy: How did
you deal with that?
-(sighs)
With a difficult child?
I loved him.
That's how I dealt with it.
I just loved him.
(wind blowing)
Cowboy:
How was Nathan difficult?
I don't wanna be rude,
but you can fuck off!
I think you
should tell me.
I think you need to tell me.
Look--
He was a troubled boy, okay?
I loved every hair on his body,
but he wasn't easy,
and I'm not gonna
lie about that.
-But, you're a good mother.
-(scoffs) God
Where do you get this shit?
These platitudes?
I wasn't a good mother.
I was a mom,
like any other mom,
only I lost my child.
The last time
we spoke, I was
I was shouting at him,
screaming at him.
-Not screaming, I'm sure--
-I was screaming at him.
What did you
scream at him?
-I'm not telling you that.
-You've not told anyone,
have you?
It's easy to tell me.
I don't matter.
I
I told him that I wished
that he'd never been born.
That was the last thing
I said to him.
-Did you mean it?
-(scoffs)
I've never meant anything
less in my entire life.
♪
You haven't been to
a West Indian funeral.
-I beg your pardon?
-I went to one once.
It was incredible.
There's these women,
right, who show up,
and their only job
is to make you cry.
And if they sense that
you're not grieving,
that you're not lettin' it out,
they surround you,
push you and they prod you.
Do whatever it takes
to get you flowing.
Why are you saying this to me?
Grief, Helen.
It's a hole that's
all around you.
A warm, dark emptiness that
you can just fall into.
♪
-What the fuck are you doing?
-If you pretend it's not there,
it'll devour you.
If you try and fight it,
-it'll engulf you.
-Look, just stop, okay?
You need to run
towards it, Helen!
To the hole that Nathan left.
You have to fall into it, love.
-Let go, so you can move on!
-No!
(grunts)
(gasps)
I think I'm slightly fucked.
(sighs)
(dog barking)
Sorry I said you
were a psycho.
Can I tell you something?
I don't miss Dad.
I don't miss him
being all weird
and making Mom cry.
You're nothing like him.
Anyway, what were you thinking
when you hit that girl?
(sighs)
Um
I wasn't thinking anything.
You must've been
thinking something.
♪
I thought
I wish I didn't have to be me.
You shouldn't
think that.
(sighs)
(ragged sigh)
I'm afraid you find me
rather lessened.
We better get some
coffee inside him.
Mm! Coffee.
Warm.
(sighs)
(Janny mumbling)
-Helen: What about Jess?
-There's people out
there furious with him.
He needs to be sober.
You stay here.
-I'll be back in a sec.
-Wait-wait, I've gotta go.
-I've got 20 minutes
before the
-Janny: Well, I didn't start it.
-(sighs)
-All this. Not me.
-None of us wanted this.
-(sighs)
-Are you alright?
-(chuckle, gag) Oh!
-I do beg your pardon.
-(sighs)
-It's the stress, the fear
-Don't worry. I'll clean it up.
I'm so sorry.
Of course, it was Sam
what started all this.
♪
Oh, such
a pretty boy.
Turns up, this starts
(scoffs)
Did you just say "Sam"?
-Was Sam here?
-Hm?
It's you! (chuckles)
Is this who you're
talking about?
This man here?
Is this Sam?
You can see it in his eyes.
The darkness.
(tense music playing)
♪
(panting)
-(door slams)
-You lied.
-I what?
-Sam was here.
-No, no, he wasn't.
-Janny said he was here.
Janny?
What, he's in there, is he?
-That man's a drunk.
-You never asked Alan.
You never asked anyone.
You took that photo,
and you showed no one.
Look, I don't know
what's been said to you--
Look, I'm his wife, alright?
Those are his kids.
Why are you lying?
-I'm not lying--
-Why the fuck are you lying?
Mrs. Martin:
'Course he's lying.
'Course he's fuckin' lyin'.
What else do you
expect him to do?
Sam was here?
He was.
(sniffles) He, uh
(sighs)
He came around the time
of the festival and
he got
all involved in things, and
people weren't happy with him.
They still aren't.
That's what all this
nonsense is about.
-Is he here now?
-Mrs. Martin: No.
And why should I believe you?
I don't give a shit whether
you believe it or not.
He left us three months ago.
Came into our lives,
stirred up a bunch of shit,
walked out and left us
to pick up the pieces.
You should know what
that feels like.
Why didn't you
tell me the truth?
Oh, Helen,
don't ask me that.
-Why didn't you just say?
-(Mr. Martin sighs)
He was with someone.
Here on Osea.
Another woman.
He, uh
he fell in love.
Why he didn't call,
why he didn't have
the guts to tell you,
I don't know.
(sighs)
I don't know you.
I know I don't,
but you seem, uh, proper.
You deserve
better than that.
We all deserve
better than that.
Do you know where he went?
Did he say?
Did he tell you?
Mrs. Martin:
Yeah.
He did. He did tell us.
But we don't wanna say.
You don't want to
Nine months ago,
Sam walked out the door.
He'd taken out loans,
he took out cash,
he got involved
in bribes and all kinds
of crazy illegal stuff.
He is not in his right mind.
He loves those girls,
but he left us in a mess.
He is not well.
And you don't want to say?
(sighs)
He told us
he was going back to you.
(scoffs)
-To me?
-Mr. Martin: Yeah,
three months ago.
We haven't heard a peep
out of him since.
♪
(sighs)
Causeway closes in 10 minutes.
Cross it.
Don't look back.
Start a new life and pray
that man never comes into it.
(sighs)
We're going. Come on.
Oh, thank God.
Ellie:
What about the pregnant lady?
They can find her.
We're leaving, come on.
Man:
Jess!
(distant shouting)
♪
Ellie:
Mom, I want to stay.
This was supposed to be
my birthday surprise.
What happened to
celebrating my birthday?
Get in the fucking car, Ellie.
(distant shouting continues)
(car door slams)
-Man: Jess!
-Woman: Jess!
(starts car)
(slams door, gravel crunching)
("Dog Days Are Over" by
Florence + The Machine playing)
(waves washing ashore)
Happiness hit her ♪
Like a train ♪
On a track ♪
Talulah:
Mom! Stop! It's her!
-It's that pregnant woman!
-What's she doing?
Ellie:
Is she trying to
get into the sea?
(sighs)
Helen: (quietly)
Fuck.
(undoes seatbelt)
Jess!
-Ellie: Mom, she can't hear you.
-Stay with Talulah.
Talulah:
What are you gonna do?
And from it she fled ♪
Jess!
With every bubble ♪
She sank with a drink ♪
Jess!
And washed it away ♪
Down the kitchen sink ♪
-Jess! Jess.
- The dog days are over ♪
Come back. Come back.
No! No, Jess!
The horses are coming ♪
So you better run ♪
Run fast for your mother,
run fast for your father ♪
Run for your children,
for your sisters and brothers♪
Leave all your love
and your longing behind ♪
You can't carry it with you♪
If you want to survive ♪
The dog days are over ♪
The dog days are done ♪
Can't you
hear the horses ♪
Helen:
I need towels, okay?
Duvets, cushions, whatever.
(Jess panting)
Talulah:
There's a bedroom!
-(song continues playing
on headphones)
-(panting)
Should I get help?
-No. It's too late.
-(Jess gasps)
-Talulah: What do we do?
-Look, just take, um,
Lu next door
to the other hut, alright?
And wait for me there.
-Talulah: Is she gonna be okay?
-Just go with Ellie. Come on.
Jess:
Oh, it's coming.
Will you help me? Oh God!
(wave crashing)
(waves washing ashore)
(birds chirping)
(opens door)
-This is the key
-(door shuts)
to the place
I told you about.
I I can't.
My mom said to wait.
What?
With your little
godless sister?
Really?
Too bad, Ellie.
It's too bad.
(waves washing ashore)
(birds chirping)
(screaming)
(straining)
(screaming)
(groaning)
-(heavy breathing)
-(baby crying)
-Jess: Is it okay?
-It is! It is!
-(baby crying)
-(laughing)
It's a girl, Jess. (laughs)
It's a girl, Jess,
it's not a boy.
-Jess: I know.
-(crying)
I know.
(heavy breathing)
♪
(baby screeching)
(sighing)
(screeching continues)
(baby quiets)
(baby gurgles)
(sighs)
She matters so much.
(crying)
She matters so much.
(serene music playing)
♪
(puts down kettle)
(puts down spoon)
Here. Tea?
Oh my God, you are so British.
(laughs)
You don't want it then?
(giggles)
-Oh, it's hot.
-(laughs)
Jess:
Mm, that is so good.
Thank you.
For all of this.
You've been incredible.
I'm glad I was here.
(baby fussing)
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Everything is okay now.
I promise.
Hey, do you know
what the date is today?
It's the 14th.
Her birthday is the 14th.
Three out of three
bang on my due date.
Oh, the 14th's your due date?
Every time I delivered, bang on.
Like a machine.
So, Jason will be pleased
that he has a daughter?
Oh God, no. (chuckles)
Jason isn't the father.
Right? I-I thought that--
No, her father's name is Sam.
-(giggles)
-Sam, really?
♪
It was just this crazy
one-night thing.
Just happened.
I'm so glad it did.
It was meant.
It probably sounds crazy to you,
but I truly believe it.
This little girl
was meant to be here right now.
She's so, so important.
(sighs)
Would you mind
getting him for me?
He's here?
-He's on Osea?
-Oh yeah.
He's in the Big House.
We haven't been talking lately
because of everything
that's been going on.
But I want him to see her.
I want him to look
into her eyes.
Then he'll get it.
Where's the Big House?
♪
(soft clacking)
-There you are.
-What happened?
Everything's fine.
She's had the baby,
but I need you two to go
and stay with her.
Talulah:
What? (scoffs) Why?
I have to do something.
Ellie, make sure
she's warm and hydrated,
and if there are any problems,
you call me straight away.
And look
don't tell her anything
about yourselves.
Why not?
She's-- she's in
an odd place, and I
Look, it's all fine.
Just don't tell her
about us, alright?
I need to do this one thing,
and then we're leaving.
♪
(waves washing ashore)
-Lu? Lu!
-(sighs)
Um, take my phone.
You just need to stay here
and make sure she's okay.
But Mom said
for you to do it.
If there's any
problems, call Mom.
Ellie, I'm 9!
She's fine.
She just needs her rest.
Yeah, but what about me?
♪
-(shuts door)
-Jess: Hi.
What's your name?
Talulah.
My mom calls me Lu.
God, I love that.
Is your sister with you?
I thought she--
No.
(sighs) Only me.
Well, it's nice to meet you, Lu.
Wanna come and see the newest
person in the whole wide world?
(chuckles) It's okay.
You can't hurt her.
(dramatic music playing)
♪
Come on.
(lock clicking)
Kail:
You ready?
(water dripping)
(unlocks door)
(creaking)
(water dripping)
(dripping continues)
-(footsteps)
-(heavy breathing)
♪
Ellie:
What is this place?
Kail:
They came here to worship
when they were persecuted.
The people who believed
what we believe.
(water dripping)
Salt and soil, Ellie.
Do you understand that yet?
Osea needs to be in balance.
And when it isn't, well
the balance of the whole
world is thrown out.
These children were
killed on Osea in 535 AD.
There were floods
worldwide that year.
991,
the battle of Maldon.
A massacre right here
on Osea.
Also the start of
the medieval war period.
The hottest temperatures in
thousands of years.
You can look it up.
And in 1888,
Frederick Nicholas Charrington,
the man who started all this,
stalked the streets of London
as Jack the Ripper.
Cutting women open.
Snowed in the middle
of summer that year.
So, that means what?
This place is dangerous?
No. No
♪
It means it needs
to be loved. See,
people like your mom,
they'll never get it.
She can't feel it.
But, you
I think
you can love Osea.
And, if you do,
it will understand you, Ellie.
It will know you
and it will love you back.
♪
Isn't she beautiful?
-Yeah, she's amazing.
-Yeah!
Did it hurt?
Yes, it did.
But, it's a good hurt.
Kinda like a
-it's kinda like
a strange pressure.
-(baby fussing)
At any rate, even when it hurts,
you know you're bringing
something incredible
into the world.
-Can I touch her?
-Yeah.
You can hold her
little hand. Oof.
(baby fussing)
(muttering)
Well you made a person.
Yeah. Most women do it.
You might do it one day.
Your mom did it twice.
Once for you,
once for your sister.
Well, three times actually.
-Three?
-Yeah.
We had a brother, Nathan.
I didn't know you had a brother.
Yeah, we had a brother.
You say his name was
Nathan.
Yeah
♪
Do you want some tea?
Tea?
Don't you think you're a little
young to be making tea?
Or water.
I could get you some water.
Yeah, get me some water.
No.
It's in the back.
Didn't know you
had a brother.
Talulah:
Yeah.
♪
Where is he, Lu?
Where's Nathan?
We don't like to
talk about that.
This your phone?
Mm-hmm.
You don't need it, do you?
Mm-mmm.
-Can I have water?
-Of course.
(metal scrapes)
♪
You know this little girl, Lu?
She's gonna lead us.
And there has been a lot of talk
about who should do that,
and a lot of bad ideas,
and all that's done
is make things worse.
But she's here now.
And it is so important
that she is allowed to grow up,
and take her proper place,
with no stupid questions.
-Do you understand that?
-I don't know
about those things.
I'm gonna need you
to sit down now.
Lu
I said sit down.
♪
(heavy breathing)
Hey! Come back!
(sand crunching)
(seagulls cawing)
(dramatic music playing)
♪
(waves hitting the jetty)
(Sam sighs)
(deep cello playing)
♪
Sam:
Cass?
♪
JESS: You felt the tension
here on this island, yes?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
Well that's all down
to something
between me and your father.
But I wanna save your dad.
Save him from what?
The dark is here.
ELLIE: You don't get
this place, Mom.
It's sort of special.
HELEN: We need to leave.
We need to find your sister,
and go.
While the island rots,
she is tearing Osea apart!
JESS: Things are going
to be different now.
So, so different.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
(GASPS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
an adventure, right?
Just us three.
-Mom?
-It's great, isn't it?
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
-ALAN: Can I help you?
-I'm booked to stay here today.
-I'm afraid it's not possible.
-What?
This place,
why's it so important to you?
HELEN:
My girls have been through
a lot.
I want them to feel good.
Then leave.
HELEN: What's going on?
Everyone here's acting like
something bad's gonna happen.
I was at that shoreside place.
We've got a woman in labor
on OC.
What you saw
was just medical equipment.
I saw something else
in that place.
MRS. MARTIN: We've had
our customs for years,
but I'm not apologizing
for 'em.
So, we're safe here then?
Yeah, we can give you a room.
Are we going home
in the morning, Mom?
We'll see, baby.
But now, we sleep.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
♪
(gentle snoring)
(heartbeat)
Sam:
Cass!
(sighs)
(car approaches)
-(car door opens)
-(woman screaming)
(footsteps)
-(thud)
-W-what was that?
-(clattering)
-Mom?
-(bang)
-(Talulah gasps)
-(woman screaming)
-(all gasp)
Stay there.
Talulah:
Don't go out there.
Helen:
Stay there, okay?
Do not move.
(opens door)
(indistinct arguing)
(door shuts)
(tense music playing)
♪
(muffled arguing)
(woman screaming)
(arguing continues)
(woman screaming)
-Preacher: Can we talk?!
Can we talk?!
-(overlapping yelling)
(woman screaming)
-(yelling continues)
-(woman screaming)
Can we please
all just calm down?
Can we talk!
-Man: Shut up!
-Can we talk?! Please!
(arguing continues)
(overlapping chatter,
indistinct)
Mrs. Martin:
She doesn't want my help!
-(arguing)
-You're a killer!
Don't let her near me!
I don't want her to touch me!
-Okay, okay, okay, okay!
-(screaming)
Alright, Jess!
Alright, alright, alright!
♪
Fucking pointing
a gun at people, eh?
You got it in you to
use that, have you?
-Well, I just might. Come on.
-Cowboy: Calm down.
Larry:
You want to calm the fuck
out of that fucking door, mate.
-Then we can talk about
calming the fuck down.
-Jason: You need to help her.
That child is one of us.
You know how much it matters.
Mrs. Martin:
So we're a community
again, are we?
How cunting lovely
for us all.
(Jess panting)
-No! No, not her! Not her!
-Jason: It's alright! Alright!
(indistinct yelling)
(fire crackling)
He's, uh,
lying wrong
He-he-he's crossways.
What are you sayin'?
I'm saying,
it's, it's trans
fucking thing is
He's across her pelvis,
and she can't get him out.
Well, you can do
something, right?
I'm not
a shitting doctor!
Mrs. Martin:
You never should've let
her stay on the island!
-I told you that!
-Larry: That's what this is!
They're trying to take
her off the island, Jay!
Larry, you were
stupid as a boy,
-but you border on
moronic as an adult.
-Larry: Listen, cunt.
You help her,
or it won't just be her blood
on this floor tonight.
(muffled)
Mr. Martin:
Don't you talk to
my wife like that, alright?
(sighs)
(muffled arguing continues)
(sighs)
♪
Sam:
Cass!
(Jess screaming)
(sniffles)
-(opens door)
-Mrs. Martin: We have
a medic here, get him!
Jason:
Janny's passed out drunk.
We're alone here.
Well, you should've thought
of that before you closed
-the island down!
-Let me look.
(arguing stops)
I can help.
Are you a doctor?
No, but I
I used to be a vet.
Larry:
A fucking vet?
-You "used to be a vet"?
-Helen: Look,
-she needs help now.
-(Jess whimpering)
She should be in a hospital
but you can't get her to one.
She could die.
They both could die.
So I'm the best
hope you've got.
This is going nowhere, Jay.
-(Jess groaning)
-Jason: Save her.
-Save 'em both.
-(groaning)
-(fire crackling)
-(sighs)
(Jess whimpering)
-What's your name, hon?
-I'm Jess.
Jess, I'd like to have a look
-and see what's going on.
Is that okay?
-Uh-huh.
Helen:
Alright. Can I get
you on your back?
-(groans)
-Yeah? Okay?
Thank you.
Jason:
There we are, Jess.
Alright. There we are.
(groaning)
-(sighs)
-Excuse me?
(Jess whimpers)
Oh, yeah, sorry.
(murmuring)
(tense music playing)
♪
(grunting)
Yeah, she's right.
It's a transverse lie.
Can you get me
some flour, please?
Have your waters
broken yet, Jess?
Okay. Well, that's good,
that's really good news.
And is this your first?
No, I have two girls.
Alright. Good.
Then you've
totally got this.
I'm just gonna keep
you on your back,
and I'm gonna turn
your baby, okay?
You can do that?
Yeah, I can.
It's gonna surprise you,
and you will feel it.
(sighs)
(rubbing hands)
♪
Okay.
(groaning)
(sighs)
(painful groaning)
(groans)
(ragged breathing)
(sighs)
(groaning)
(sighs)
(heavy breathing)
(groans)
(sighs)
-(sighs)
-(Jess groans)
Okay.
Okay. Alright.
(sighs)
He's in the perfect
position now. (laughs)
-(groaning)
-(sighs)
-Helen: We've done it.
We've done it.
-(groans)
Alright. I can-- I can
feel a contraction coming,
so I'm just gonna stay here.
(groaning)
Helen (muffled):
Okay. Here we go.
Here we go. It's okay.
-(Jess groaning)
-Just go with it
Talulah:
What's going on?
Is she having a baby?
-I wanna see it come out!
-Stop it, Lu.
Ellie:
There's not enough room.
Just go to bed.
If Mom sees you down here,
I'll get into real trouble.
-So will I.
-No, you won't.
You never do.
You get away with everything
because you're her
little favorite.
Oh, fuck off, Ellie.
Anyway, you're Dad's favorite,
and by the way, he ran off
because he's a psycho,
just like you.
-Don't say that.
-Why?
Who you gonna tell?
Can't tell Mom.
Why don't you tell God? I mean,
he's your best mate after all.
Kail:
Then she's lucky.
♪
Person who has God on their side
is not a person to mess with.
Talulah:
Yeah, well,
I don't believe in God.
"I don't believe in God"
Do you know why you don't?
Because you're
a little sheep.
I'm not a sheep.
Kail:
A little sheep who goes along
with all her little friends,
wearing the same clothes,
swapping Pokémons, and
looking at stupid
little screens.
But do you know what
happens to sheep?
They get slaughtered.
-(Talulah gasps)
-So the rest of us can feed.
Off to bed now, sheepy.
Yeah, well, I'm telling Mom.
(running footsteps)
(door shuts)
-(panting)
-Alright. This is
just normal labor now.
I don't want them
to take me away.
No one's taking
you anywhere, hon.
You just tell me
what you need.
-Dark, small, no people
-Mm-hmm.
Oh, there's a
there's a bathroom back there.
Okay.
Let's get you inside.
Come on.
-(Jess whimpering)
-Here we go.
Mrs. Martin:
Get some cushions.
There's a bed spread upstairs.
(indistinct chatter)
-Mrs. Martin:
It's on the chair.
-(indistinct chatter)
Mrs. Martin:
It's a fucking bathroom
It's okay. Alright.
They're bringing
stuff to make it nice.
What do you need now?
I wanna be alone.
-(sighs)
-No, I-I can't leave
you alone, hon.
(sighs)
Just Jason. Jason can stay.
(muffled chatter)
Alright. Just you
and Jason, yeah?
They'll sort the room
and then you'll be alone.
But I'm gonna be outside,
and if you need anything,
you just say.
Thank you.
This baby is so special.
I didn't ask for this,
but it has come to me.
So, thank you.
♪
Mrs. Martin:
I suppose you lot of shit fucks
have got no
intention of leaving.
Fucking 10 gallons
of tea it is then.
Don't no one ask for coffee
unless you want it spat in.
The causeway's open if you
were thinking of leaving,
seeing as you're up.
Right, I'm getting
me a smoke.
(indistinct chatter)
(door opens)
-(door shuts)
-(sighs)
(door opens)
Helen:
Can I ask you something?
(door opens)
Thank you.
-For what you just did.
-(sighs)
You saved us from
our own stupidity.
-No, it just
-No!
You're exactly the right person
at exactly the right time.
Now, if there's anything we
can do for you, anything
Well actually, there is.
Do you know this man?
He's my husband.
Last year, he went missing.
He just disappeared,
no word, nothing. Just gone.
Missing, eh?
-Did you call the police?
-I did. They weren't
that interested.
Sam has a history
of erratic behavior.
He's done this before.
Never for this long.
What makes you think
he might be here?
'Cause two weeks ago, I got
an email from his account.
It was rambling,
like it was written by a child,
and it said he
was on the island.
Just that. "The island."
And that I should come
and get him before the 14th.
Then yesterday,
I got a call from the police.
They arrested this man,
this corrupt planning officer
in some kind of swoop,
and he told them
that he got a call from Sam
the day he went missing,
and Sam said he
was on "Sea Island."
Sam was near here that day.
It's not Sea Island.
It's Osea Island.
Or Mersea Island.
-Or Northey--
-Please. Have you seen him?
(sighs)
♪
He hasn't been here.
I'm sorry.
Are you sure?
I mean, it's been a while.
You might not remember.
Good-looking fellow like that?
I'd remember.
I'm sorry, really.
(frustrated sigh)
Do you think it'd be alright
if I asked the others here?
Of course! Of course you can.
But there's a lot of tension
here tonight. You've seen that.
It's not normal, I promise you.
This is a loving place,
but always best not to
prod tension, I think.
The causeway's open
for another, oh,
hour and 20.
If you can wait,
I could ask around,
discreetly,
and if he's been here,
someone will know.
-Are you sure?
-Sure?
After what you just did?
Show me that
picture again here.
-(shutter snap)
-There we go.
Helen:
Sam is, um,
he's not well.
And his-- his daughters,
they're upstairs, and I just--
You don't have
to explain love.
Never make excuses for love.
♪
(wind blowing)
Can I have
one of those?
(coughs)
You don't actually
smoke, do you?
-You're not from this place.
-No.
Do you know what's
going on here?
They had this festival.
The hope was that it would
bring people together.
But it did the opposite.
They're divided now,
and they can't find
their way back.
(exhales)
But don't let that make
you think bad about Osea.
This place has a big heart.
And it can heal
if you let it.
If you need it, Helen.
(door opens)
She's gone!
Jess is flippin' gone!
Helen: Gone? Where?
Wanna see
something cool?
(muffled chatter)
It's from a dig
right here on Osea.
It's a child's finger bone.
That's awful.
So, what brings you to Osea?
Mom's saying
it's my birthday,
but she's lying.
She doesn't want me to
go back to school yet.
Why?
These girls were
making fun of me.
They always do, but, um,
this time, I hit one.
♪
That's not so bad.
I was holding a rock.
I didn't even know I had it
until I saw blood
coming out of her eye.
What were they saying?
These girls.
Stuff about my brother.
He was, uh
murdered.
The ancient Celts
believed that Osea
was the soul of the world.
Means it's the most
important place there is.
If Osea's sick,
the whole planet's sick.
Yeah, but
that can't be true.
Why not?
Everything's salt
or soil, Ellie.
Hot or cold.
Rain or shine.
Bad or good.
But some years,
it leans too far
one way or the other.
Things are out
of balance
and bad things happen.
♪
That thing you did at school?
It's just the balance
gone wrong inside you.
You're not a bad person.
It's just
you're salt or soil.
Out of whack a little.
But if it's out of whack here,
it affects everything.
Everyone.
There's something on
this island, Ellie.
A place
so special, no outsider's
ever allowed there.
I could show it to you.
Just you.
Not your mom or your sister.
Just you.
Would you like that?
Yeah.
I would.
I really would.
Crowd:
Jess! Jess! Jess! Jess!
-(yelling continues)
-(creaking)
Yeah,
about your husband
it's not good news,
I'm afraid.
I've shown that picture
to Alan, to Terry,
to Barry and Leanne,
Carina in the Big House there,
Mimir and Baz.
None of them have seen him.
So you don't think
he's been here?
Like I said,
it's a small island.
If none of them have seen him
then I don't think
he's been here.
♪
Well, thank you.
-I mean that.
-It's none of my business,
but you seem decent.
Like you deserve decent.
Love is incredible, but
it can blind us to
a person's faults.
Maybe just better
for you to head home.
Thank you for your help.
(sighs)
(muffled chatter)
Alan:
It's completely mad.
They want you in there.
(fire crackling)
(chatter continues)
-She's not out there.
-She must be out there.
She's having a fuckin' baby.
Tomo:
She's not out there I said!
-So do we call the police?
-The fuck are you talking about?
-Did she say anything, Jay?
-No. She asked me
to get some ice,
and when I came back,
she was gone.
-Is she gonna be okay?
-Helen: No.
She's in active labor.
She's not gonna be okay
unless you find her!
♪
Listen, we are organizing
search parties.
-Will you help us?
-(indistinct chatter)
Causeway closes in an hour.
Jess trusts you now.
Maybe more
than any of us.
Okay, but we're gone
in one hour, alright?
And look, she doesn't
need stress and fear,
so shotguns
and whatever the fuck
these things are, are out.
She's exhausted
and she's not thinking right.
-She needs help, not weapons.
-What's going on?
-I need to help them search.
-Can we come with you?
-Out there?
But it's bloody freezing.
-Cowboy: Don't worry.
We'll search the Seabird.
It's nice and warm in there.
Tell you what.
Me, your mom,
and your sister can
do the upstairs.
-You can do
the haunted basement.
-You're not funny, you know.
I think I am.
I'll wait for you.
-(door opens)
-(indistinct chatter)
(both sigh)
♪
(trunk shuts)
Helen:
Ellie, take your sister upstairs
to the room and wait for me.
Is your phone charged?
-Ellie: Yeah.
-Helen: Okay.
Lu? You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Helen:
Don't talk to anyone.
If anything strange happens,
if anyone even
knocks on the door,
you call me
straight away, okay?
-Okay.
-Alright, go on.
(indistinct chatter)
Sorry about yesterday.
It wasn't you.
It wasn't
you know
(sighs)
I-I just wanted you
to know that me
and my mom, we're not--
You're not racists,
I get it.
You're just people who turn
a woman and her children away
on the coldest
day of the year,
but you do it regardless
of the color of their skin.
I'm I'm sorry.
♪
You didn't see him then?
-Who?
-My husband.
Uh
Mr. Martin, he said he
showed you his picture.
-He did, right?
-Oh
That's right, he did!
He showed me his, um
(rubs hands together)
I haven't seen him.
Alright?
(indistinct chatter)
Cowboy:
Let's check the hotel.
(dog barking)
What is all this?
I mean, we're in
a hotel with no guests,
a holiday development
stopped halfway through.
And when I tried to stay,
they wouldn't let me.
Like I said,
they're divided.
Some wanna open Osea up,
make a few quid, you know.
Others wanna close it down,
preserve it the way it is.
Just make your fucking
mind up, I say. Come on.
-So what, you're just visiting?
-I come here from time to time,
do a bit of work, you know.
Usually in the winter.
Just to stay,
to replenish me-self.
(shuts door)
-Helen: You're a believer then.
-Nah.
Not like these people, but I do
know when a place is special.
(chuckles)
You're a believer.
Places aren't special.
They're just places.
What about that river where
your son's body was found?
I recognize you.
I remember you from the news.
Not that you were
on it that much.
It were mostly your
husband, but
your grief
was quieter.
Do you want an autograph?
Isn't that river special, Helen?
No. It's just a place
with water in it
where a corpse was found.
Does it comfort you to
talk about him like that?
Keep what happened
at arm's length maybe.
You don't know
anything about me.
I know you lost.
I know you lost
your little angel.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Did you just say angel?
Nathan wasn't
a fucking angel, okay?
Look, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to--
We would get these cards
with that on.
These idiots who've
never even met us
sending shitty condolence cards.
"You've lost your angel."
"Your angel's up in Heaven."
Nathan wasn't an angel.
He was difficult.
He was a difficult child.
He was angry and violent.
So don't talk like you know us.
(footsteps departing)
(click)
-Cowboy: How did
you deal with that?
-(sighs)
With a difficult child?
I loved him.
That's how I dealt with it.
I just loved him.
(wind blowing)
Cowboy:
How was Nathan difficult?
I don't wanna be rude,
but you can fuck off!
I think you
should tell me.
I think you need to tell me.
Look--
He was a troubled boy, okay?
I loved every hair on his body,
but he wasn't easy,
and I'm not gonna
lie about that.
-But, you're a good mother.
-(scoffs) God
Where do you get this shit?
These platitudes?
I wasn't a good mother.
I was a mom,
like any other mom,
only I lost my child.
The last time
we spoke, I was
I was shouting at him,
screaming at him.
-Not screaming, I'm sure--
-I was screaming at him.
What did you
scream at him?
-I'm not telling you that.
-You've not told anyone,
have you?
It's easy to tell me.
I don't matter.
I
I told him that I wished
that he'd never been born.
That was the last thing
I said to him.
-Did you mean it?
-(scoffs)
I've never meant anything
less in my entire life.
♪
You haven't been to
a West Indian funeral.
-I beg your pardon?
-I went to one once.
It was incredible.
There's these women,
right, who show up,
and their only job
is to make you cry.
And if they sense that
you're not grieving,
that you're not lettin' it out,
they surround you,
push you and they prod you.
Do whatever it takes
to get you flowing.
Why are you saying this to me?
Grief, Helen.
It's a hole that's
all around you.
A warm, dark emptiness that
you can just fall into.
♪
-What the fuck are you doing?
-If you pretend it's not there,
it'll devour you.
If you try and fight it,
-it'll engulf you.
-Look, just stop, okay?
You need to run
towards it, Helen!
To the hole that Nathan left.
You have to fall into it, love.
-Let go, so you can move on!
-No!
(grunts)
(gasps)
I think I'm slightly fucked.
(sighs)
(dog barking)
Sorry I said you
were a psycho.
Can I tell you something?
I don't miss Dad.
I don't miss him
being all weird
and making Mom cry.
You're nothing like him.
Anyway, what were you thinking
when you hit that girl?
(sighs)
Um
I wasn't thinking anything.
You must've been
thinking something.
♪
I thought
I wish I didn't have to be me.
You shouldn't
think that.
(sighs)
(ragged sigh)
I'm afraid you find me
rather lessened.
We better get some
coffee inside him.
Mm! Coffee.
Warm.
(sighs)
(Janny mumbling)
-Helen: What about Jess?
-There's people out
there furious with him.
He needs to be sober.
You stay here.
-I'll be back in a sec.
-Wait-wait, I've gotta go.
-I've got 20 minutes
before the
-Janny: Well, I didn't start it.
-(sighs)
-All this. Not me.
-None of us wanted this.
-(sighs)
-Are you alright?
-(chuckle, gag) Oh!
-I do beg your pardon.
-(sighs)
-It's the stress, the fear
-Don't worry. I'll clean it up.
I'm so sorry.
Of course, it was Sam
what started all this.
♪
Oh, such
a pretty boy.
Turns up, this starts
(scoffs)
Did you just say "Sam"?
-Was Sam here?
-Hm?
It's you! (chuckles)
Is this who you're
talking about?
This man here?
Is this Sam?
You can see it in his eyes.
The darkness.
(tense music playing)
♪
(panting)
-(door slams)
-You lied.
-I what?
-Sam was here.
-No, no, he wasn't.
-Janny said he was here.
Janny?
What, he's in there, is he?
-That man's a drunk.
-You never asked Alan.
You never asked anyone.
You took that photo,
and you showed no one.
Look, I don't know
what's been said to you--
Look, I'm his wife, alright?
Those are his kids.
Why are you lying?
-I'm not lying--
-Why the fuck are you lying?
Mrs. Martin:
'Course he's lying.
'Course he's fuckin' lyin'.
What else do you
expect him to do?
Sam was here?
He was.
(sniffles) He, uh
(sighs)
He came around the time
of the festival and
he got
all involved in things, and
people weren't happy with him.
They still aren't.
That's what all this
nonsense is about.
-Is he here now?
-Mrs. Martin: No.
And why should I believe you?
I don't give a shit whether
you believe it or not.
He left us three months ago.
Came into our lives,
stirred up a bunch of shit,
walked out and left us
to pick up the pieces.
You should know what
that feels like.
Why didn't you
tell me the truth?
Oh, Helen,
don't ask me that.
-Why didn't you just say?
-(Mr. Martin sighs)
He was with someone.
Here on Osea.
Another woman.
He, uh
he fell in love.
Why he didn't call,
why he didn't have
the guts to tell you,
I don't know.
(sighs)
I don't know you.
I know I don't,
but you seem, uh, proper.
You deserve
better than that.
We all deserve
better than that.
Do you know where he went?
Did he say?
Did he tell you?
Mrs. Martin:
Yeah.
He did. He did tell us.
But we don't wanna say.
You don't want to
Nine months ago,
Sam walked out the door.
He'd taken out loans,
he took out cash,
he got involved
in bribes and all kinds
of crazy illegal stuff.
He is not in his right mind.
He loves those girls,
but he left us in a mess.
He is not well.
And you don't want to say?
(sighs)
He told us
he was going back to you.
(scoffs)
-To me?
-Mr. Martin: Yeah,
three months ago.
We haven't heard a peep
out of him since.
♪
(sighs)
Causeway closes in 10 minutes.
Cross it.
Don't look back.
Start a new life and pray
that man never comes into it.
(sighs)
We're going. Come on.
Oh, thank God.
Ellie:
What about the pregnant lady?
They can find her.
We're leaving, come on.
Man:
Jess!
(distant shouting)
♪
Ellie:
Mom, I want to stay.
This was supposed to be
my birthday surprise.
What happened to
celebrating my birthday?
Get in the fucking car, Ellie.
(distant shouting continues)
(car door slams)
-Man: Jess!
-Woman: Jess!
(starts car)
(slams door, gravel crunching)
("Dog Days Are Over" by
Florence + The Machine playing)
(waves washing ashore)
Happiness hit her ♪
Like a train ♪
On a track ♪
Talulah:
Mom! Stop! It's her!
-It's that pregnant woman!
-What's she doing?
Ellie:
Is she trying to
get into the sea?
(sighs)
Helen: (quietly)
Fuck.
(undoes seatbelt)
Jess!
-Ellie: Mom, she can't hear you.
-Stay with Talulah.
Talulah:
What are you gonna do?
And from it she fled ♪
Jess!
With every bubble ♪
She sank with a drink ♪
Jess!
And washed it away ♪
Down the kitchen sink ♪
-Jess! Jess.
- The dog days are over ♪
Come back. Come back.
No! No, Jess!
The horses are coming ♪
So you better run ♪
Run fast for your mother,
run fast for your father ♪
Run for your children,
for your sisters and brothers♪
Leave all your love
and your longing behind ♪
You can't carry it with you♪
If you want to survive ♪
The dog days are over ♪
The dog days are done ♪
Can't you
hear the horses ♪
Helen:
I need towels, okay?
Duvets, cushions, whatever.
(Jess panting)
Talulah:
There's a bedroom!
-(song continues playing
on headphones)
-(panting)
Should I get help?
-No. It's too late.
-(Jess gasps)
-Talulah: What do we do?
-Look, just take, um,
Lu next door
to the other hut, alright?
And wait for me there.
-Talulah: Is she gonna be okay?
-Just go with Ellie. Come on.
Jess:
Oh, it's coming.
Will you help me? Oh God!
(wave crashing)
(waves washing ashore)
(birds chirping)
(opens door)
-This is the key
-(door shuts)
to the place
I told you about.
I I can't.
My mom said to wait.
What?
With your little
godless sister?
Really?
Too bad, Ellie.
It's too bad.
(waves washing ashore)
(birds chirping)
(screaming)
(straining)
(screaming)
(groaning)
-(heavy breathing)
-(baby crying)
-Jess: Is it okay?
-It is! It is!
-(baby crying)
-(laughing)
It's a girl, Jess. (laughs)
It's a girl, Jess,
it's not a boy.
-Jess: I know.
-(crying)
I know.
(heavy breathing)
♪
(baby screeching)
(sighing)
(screeching continues)
(baby quiets)
(baby gurgles)
(sighs)
She matters so much.
(crying)
She matters so much.
(serene music playing)
♪
(puts down kettle)
(puts down spoon)
Here. Tea?
Oh my God, you are so British.
(laughs)
You don't want it then?
(giggles)
-Oh, it's hot.
-(laughs)
Jess:
Mm, that is so good.
Thank you.
For all of this.
You've been incredible.
I'm glad I was here.
(baby fussing)
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Everything is okay now.
I promise.
Hey, do you know
what the date is today?
It's the 14th.
Her birthday is the 14th.
Three out of three
bang on my due date.
Oh, the 14th's your due date?
Every time I delivered, bang on.
Like a machine.
So, Jason will be pleased
that he has a daughter?
Oh God, no. (chuckles)
Jason isn't the father.
Right? I-I thought that--
No, her father's name is Sam.
-(giggles)
-Sam, really?
♪
It was just this crazy
one-night thing.
Just happened.
I'm so glad it did.
It was meant.
It probably sounds crazy to you,
but I truly believe it.
This little girl
was meant to be here right now.
She's so, so important.
(sighs)
Would you mind
getting him for me?
He's here?
-He's on Osea?
-Oh yeah.
He's in the Big House.
We haven't been talking lately
because of everything
that's been going on.
But I want him to see her.
I want him to look
into her eyes.
Then he'll get it.
Where's the Big House?
♪
(soft clacking)
-There you are.
-What happened?
Everything's fine.
She's had the baby,
but I need you two to go
and stay with her.
Talulah:
What? (scoffs) Why?
I have to do something.
Ellie, make sure
she's warm and hydrated,
and if there are any problems,
you call me straight away.
And look
don't tell her anything
about yourselves.
Why not?
She's-- she's in
an odd place, and I
Look, it's all fine.
Just don't tell her
about us, alright?
I need to do this one thing,
and then we're leaving.
♪
(waves washing ashore)
-Lu? Lu!
-(sighs)
Um, take my phone.
You just need to stay here
and make sure she's okay.
But Mom said
for you to do it.
If there's any
problems, call Mom.
Ellie, I'm 9!
She's fine.
She just needs her rest.
Yeah, but what about me?
♪
-(shuts door)
-Jess: Hi.
What's your name?
Talulah.
My mom calls me Lu.
God, I love that.
Is your sister with you?
I thought she--
No.
(sighs) Only me.
Well, it's nice to meet you, Lu.
Wanna come and see the newest
person in the whole wide world?
(chuckles) It's okay.
You can't hurt her.
(dramatic music playing)
♪
Come on.
(lock clicking)
Kail:
You ready?
(water dripping)
(unlocks door)
(creaking)
(water dripping)
(dripping continues)
-(footsteps)
-(heavy breathing)
♪
Ellie:
What is this place?
Kail:
They came here to worship
when they were persecuted.
The people who believed
what we believe.
(water dripping)
Salt and soil, Ellie.
Do you understand that yet?
Osea needs to be in balance.
And when it isn't, well
the balance of the whole
world is thrown out.
These children were
killed on Osea in 535 AD.
There were floods
worldwide that year.
991,
the battle of Maldon.
A massacre right here
on Osea.
Also the start of
the medieval war period.
The hottest temperatures in
thousands of years.
You can look it up.
And in 1888,
Frederick Nicholas Charrington,
the man who started all this,
stalked the streets of London
as Jack the Ripper.
Cutting women open.
Snowed in the middle
of summer that year.
So, that means what?
This place is dangerous?
No. No
♪
It means it needs
to be loved. See,
people like your mom,
they'll never get it.
She can't feel it.
But, you
I think
you can love Osea.
And, if you do,
it will understand you, Ellie.
It will know you
and it will love you back.
♪
Isn't she beautiful?
-Yeah, she's amazing.
-Yeah!
Did it hurt?
Yes, it did.
But, it's a good hurt.
Kinda like a
-it's kinda like
a strange pressure.
-(baby fussing)
At any rate, even when it hurts,
you know you're bringing
something incredible
into the world.
-Can I touch her?
-Yeah.
You can hold her
little hand. Oof.
(baby fussing)
(muttering)
Well you made a person.
Yeah. Most women do it.
You might do it one day.
Your mom did it twice.
Once for you,
once for your sister.
Well, three times actually.
-Three?
-Yeah.
We had a brother, Nathan.
I didn't know you had a brother.
Yeah, we had a brother.
You say his name was
Nathan.
Yeah
♪
Do you want some tea?
Tea?
Don't you think you're a little
young to be making tea?
Or water.
I could get you some water.
Yeah, get me some water.
No.
It's in the back.
Didn't know you
had a brother.
Talulah:
Yeah.
♪
Where is he, Lu?
Where's Nathan?
We don't like to
talk about that.
This your phone?
Mm-hmm.
You don't need it, do you?
Mm-mmm.
-Can I have water?
-Of course.
(metal scrapes)
♪
You know this little girl, Lu?
She's gonna lead us.
And there has been a lot of talk
about who should do that,
and a lot of bad ideas,
and all that's done
is make things worse.
But she's here now.
And it is so important
that she is allowed to grow up,
and take her proper place,
with no stupid questions.
-Do you understand that?
-I don't know
about those things.
I'm gonna need you
to sit down now.
Lu
I said sit down.
♪
(heavy breathing)
Hey! Come back!
(sand crunching)
(seagulls cawing)
(dramatic music playing)
♪
(waves hitting the jetty)
(Sam sighs)
(deep cello playing)
♪
Sam:
Cass?
♪
JESS: You felt the tension
here on this island, yes?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
Well that's all down
to something
between me and your father.
But I wanna save your dad.
Save him from what?
The dark is here.
ELLIE: You don't get
this place, Mom.
It's sort of special.
HELEN: We need to leave.
We need to find your sister,
and go.
While the island rots,
she is tearing Osea apart!
JESS: Things are going
to be different now.
So, so different.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
(GASPS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪