Back to Life (2019) s02e01 Episode Script

Season 2, Episode 1

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This programme contains very strong
language and adult humour.
Hi, I'm
My-rie or Miri?
It's Miri.
Your last visit was September 2000.
I was in prison for 18 years.
Everyone deserves a second chance,
even murderers.
Lara Boback. Here's a tip.
If you're going to kill someone,
don't kill a copper's daughter.
Thank you
..for making me feel normal.
Thank you.
It's not that easy dating when
everyone thinks you're a psychopath.
I don't.
Why did my dad give you a black eye?
Miri?
Sweetheart?
You and Lara -
you were such good friends.
I did not have sex with Mr Boback,
which I was accused of today.
Erm, I think it was Mandy that was
shagging him.
Mandy!
Did you lie and tell her I was
sleeping with her dad?
I didn't want her to hate me.
Get out of there
and I'll fucking kill you!
It was a long time ago and
..and I'm ready -
I'm ready to move on.
I found my crimper.
You look like one of them animals
I love it.
Erm, what are they called? Janice?
Yeah, right, erm, OK, six weeks out.
How are you coping with life
outside the facility?
All good.
I am on it like a car bonnet.
Well, I ain't writing that down.
Then just say "all good". Right.
Are you currently in employment?
Well, you got me that
trial at the supermarket tomorrow.
Yes, I know, Miri.
This is a form, yeah? Christ!
Calm down.
I have not had any protein
this morning, so yeah? OK.
Current living arrangement?
I won't be there much longer.
What, the palace too big for you?
Too much hot water and gold leaf?
The Queen fucked my ex-boyfriend.
Oh, yeah.
Erm, do you have a good support
network? No, not really.
Yes! Yeah, well, I've got
I've got friends.
Well, I've got a friend.
I've got There's Billy.
Billy? What, boyfriend? No.
Well, notnot yet. So you haven't
even No. Please!
And what about that girl?
What's her name?
Mandy?
What about her?
Have you seen hersince?
No,
and I don't intend to ever again.
Do you know the story about
that hamster under the carpet?
Oh, my God, if this is one
of your dirty jokes No!
Guy puts his hamster under
the carpet
Why would he do that? I don't know!
Anyway, he can't handle it,
so he puts it there, trips up.
Dies.
You're hangry.
Yes, I am.
I need a sausage or something.
And I have not put a hamster
under the carpet.
That's what you think.
Oh, my God,
can you just get back to the form?
Deal with it or you're going to
fall over, yeah?
I am dealing with myself right now,
OK?
Things are good. I am moving on.
Excellent. Moving on? Yeah.
With no best friend,
a guy you like but you haven't even
seen his cocky yet,
no real job, you don't
want to live at the palace any more,
but you still live there.
Boom! Anything else?
No, that's everything. Thank you.
And things could get worse.
Or they could get better.
No, in my experience
they usually get worse -
much, much worse.
I'm so sorry, Miri.
I've just got
this deep sense of foreboding.
It's probably just my period.
You need to eat something.
Yes, you're right, I do, but
what is there? What have I got?
Something in here?
Please let some
Well, this is not strictly
a protein, but I do love me some
Don't. ..noodles.
Hm.
Geri.
Go away.
You look nice.
Have you got a new job?
Answer your mother.
No.
This is getting silly, Miri.
You slept with Dom.
Your wife slept with Dom.
Oh, we can't live like this.
You haven't spoken to me
in three weeks.
This is ridiculous.
We are out of detergent.
Just talk to us.
I will be leaving this house soon.
What? It has become increasingly
clear that
..we can no longer
cohabit so I shall be leaving
Well
..I'm going to be earning soon,
so, er, yeah, I'll get my own place
and then we don't have to do
this any more.
What place?
She can't afford anywhere.
She's going to go to some godawful
squat just to spite me.
She's not going anywhere.
We always knew this was temporary.
She's an adult and we want her
to have her own life.
Then we can have this whole place
to ourselves again.
Just you and me
and a well-stacked dishwasher.
It's always there
..gently thudding in the background.
You get used to it.
I'm OK. I play golf.
I sail.
My wife and I go to church.
We exist
..and then suddenly you're hit.
Winded.
You can't believe
that you were ever OK.
It's a life sentence.
It's the rage I find the hardest.
Fury that she gets to live,
walk around, be free.
Begin a life when she took
my little girl from me.
A life I created.
She stole that.
And I want to stop her.
Halt her.
Destroy her.
You can't do that, can you?
And you can't bring
the dead back to life.
Thank you for sharing, erm
Oh, you don't have a name badge.
Sir?
Killed anyone yet?
Oh. Do you remember me?
Oh, yeah.
I am so, so, so happy that it's you.
Angela says I'm in charge of you.
I'm your mentor/namaste.
Do you mean nemesis?
Yeah. I'm Angela's eyes and ears,
OK?
So it's kind of up to me
if you get the job or not. Yay!
Well done on on the moustache
cos they're quite hard to grow,
aren't they?
Stack that.
Aisle 13.
But before you start,
could you just, erm,
go the stockroom and ask Geoff
if he's got a "glass hammer"?
A glass hammer? Yeah.
Sure.
He's always got something to do,
hasn't he? So purposeful.
My only purpose is to be
the town pariah.
I don't know why I'm talking to you,
you hate me more than anyone.
I wonder if he'll notice
I didn't rinse the tomato tin.
Caroline!
..like this.
I'm sorry, but do you know where the
washing powder is? Oh, God, so
Oh! Yes, it's me.
It's me. I'm just pretending to be
a customer. Oh.
But I do need washing powder, so
Oh, God, I literally just started,
so I don't know where it Oh,
sorry, sorry. I'm showing you up.
I changed my mind.
I don't want it any more.
So what what's this?
I panicked. I wanted to look like
a realistic shopper. Wow. Yeah.
Thank you for coming. Yeah.
Well, I just wanted to see
you in action, that's all.
Well, here I am Yeah. ..stacking
some shelves in a shop. Yeah.
Ah, well, I just wanted to see you,
your face, so
Still here. Yes, it is.
Ah, yeah, no, no, no. It's fine.
Erm, right, so I should let you
work. OK. Well, yeah.
I need to impress them so that
they employ me properly. Right.
Good luck. Thank you. All right.
Thanks for
Yeah, sure. ..saying hi.
Well, goodbye. See you. See you
soon. Yeah, yeah.
I'll see you later.
Sandwich! Sandwiches! What?
I like I haven't had a sandwich.
We could have a sandwich at lunch
today? Yeah, yeah, I'd love that.
Yeah, yeah. On the beach bench?
I could We could share a sandwich
on the I could make them. Yes!
Yes. I can. OK. I've made them
before so Oh. Yeah, yeah.
OK, good. So I'll see you at one?
1? Yes, it's a date.
Yeah, well, it's not, because I'm
I'm newly widowed. Oh, God, no.
I didn't mean it in a I was
That was a joke.
That was a it could have been
a joke. OK, but it's not.
I know it's not.
I know. Yeah, it's the truth.
What did Geoff say?
Oh, Geoff
..Geoff said that, erm,
glass hammers don't exist
because they would break
if you tried to use them.
Yeah.
You got me.
Now imagine a peaceful sea.
Somewhere beautiful.
Somewhere safe and warm.
A place where you feel relaxed
and free.
Take your time to picture
the details of a scene
using all your senses.
Close your eyes and take a moment
to settle into your environment
..into your body
..into your breath.
Can you hear the birds singing?
The waves lapping gently
on the shore?
Brrr! In my head,
it wasn't quite this freezing.
Yeah. Lovely sandwich, though.
Mmm.
We didn't have many
sandwiches in prison.
Really? Oh.
Well, you'd think they'd be
everywhere. Yeah.
No, I know, but No?
No.
Oh, look
..for you.
Oh, my God.
Yeah, I found it packing.
No, Billy!
It's old, but it does the job
and it means that we can, erm,
stay in touch if you like.
Thank you. Yeah, yeah.
Does it have Snake on it?
Yes, it does. Ohhh!
Mandy and I used
to have these competitions.
Yeah. And I'd always
Yeah.
Ugh! Anyway.
Are you OK?
Yes. Yeah, I'm fine.
Is it the sandwiches?
Too too gloopy?
No, they're lovely. It's all lovely.
Everything's lovely.
Hmm.
You know, Anna always used
to say, "Never hold it in.
"Let it out,
otherwise it turns to poison."
She would just fling open
the bedroom windows
and roar it to the night sky.
Miri, if there's something bothering
you Nothing is bothering me.
It's just
Can you just drop it, please?
I'm sorry.
No. No, I mean it's
..it's fine.
I've got gardens to do anyway.
Catch you later.
Mandy!
Mandy!
I need Mandy. She's at school.
No, no, I went to school.
They said she was at home.
She went to school. They said you
were at home. Fuck's sake, Mark.
Shit.
I I think she's at school. Mandy!
Tell her to go away.
Go away.
I forgive you. I forgive you.
No, you don't. No, you don't.
Yes, I do! Look, you have ruined
the last 18 years of my life
and I'm not letting you fuck up the
rest, so I forgive you.
Look, of course you don't.
Shut the door, Mark.
Don't you just No.
Argh! How dare you?!
I just forgave you.
That is so rude, Mandy Munther.
What a rude woman you are!
Sorry.
Yes?
I dealt with the hamster. What?
I just forgave Mandy, and she had
the balls to not accept it.
An alpaca, you look like an alpaca!
Excuse me, but that is pretty
extraordinary of me.
It shows great strength
of character.
Oh, my God,
why can't you get a therapist?
I don't need a therapist. I do.
Look, you didn't mean it
and she smelt it.
Ugh! If you're going to forgive her,
then you've got to do it.
You've got to
Michelle Obama her good and proper.
Rise above or stay angry forever.
It's your bed.
Her lie has fucked
up my entire life,
so I'm sorry
if I can't Michelle Obama her.
Where was Michelle Obama when I
wanted someone to Michelle Obama me?
Probably in America and, anyway,
it's none of your business.
It literally is my business.
Think about it.
Your mate got manipulated by a bent
copper when she was 17.
Now, 90% of the women that I deal
with have been fucked up by men.
And these men,
they get away with it.
Honest to God,
if I didn't love cocky so much,
I would not have sex with men
just to punish them.
Janice! This is a quality poom poom,
Miri. Fucking hell.
Er, sit down.
Sit.
When you load a dishwasher,
it is of utmost importance
that you maximise the capacity.
A plate at an angle uses up
three places
Not now, Dad, please.
Whilst you're still living
in this house,
you need to live by our rules.
And it is our responsibility to the
planet to load it properly.
Oh, man in Hythe is
stacking his dishwasher correctly,
it's going to unmelt the Arctic.
Oh, Miri Matteson,
you're worse than a teenager,
you're the terrible twos. Oscar.
No, I've had enough!
We understand that you're angry,
but it's been
I'm not like you, Dad. I can't just
pretend nothing happened.
What is wrong with you?
I'm not pretending.
I'm moving forward.
Well, it's really weird.
Your mother and I cannot continue to
live in such a hostile environment.
Me neither.
Good. Good. Good.
You spoke of second chances and
everyone making mistakes -
well, maybe you should listen to
yourself
and stop being such a sulky twat!
Twat?
What is a twat?
Hi, it's Billy.
Please leave a message.
I thought it was a trendy word
for idiot.
I had no idea it was
gynaecological.
Are we OK?
Yeah, why wouldn't we be?
Well We're marvellous.
Everything is marvellous.
Talking of gynaecological
Er, but Miri's right,
one man and his dishwasher
does not a movement make.
We need community action. What?
There are no local environmental
groups in this town. Not one.
It's pathetic.
Social media, here I come.
Right, I'm going to have a shower.
Then I'm going to design my logo,
"Make Hythe Clean".
What are you going to do?
Oh, busy. Busy.
WATER SPLASHES Argh!
Oh, sorry.
Didn't mean to frighten you.
What are you doing?
We have the house to ourselves.
We can do whatever we want.
But there's soap on my
It doesn't matter.
Oh, how do we do it? I'm
..I'm standing up. Like this.
Ow! Caroline? What? My vagina!
Miri Matteson to aisle four.
Miri Matteson
Oh, fuck's sake. ..to aisle four.
SHE GASPS
I need to ask you something. Yes.
Was my husband
..with Mandy?
I think Was he?
Yes.
OK.
He had me put on Valium.
I was mad, apparently.
Christ.
Please don't think that me
..existing is me forgetting
..what I did.
I have hated you for so long.
Despised you.
Of course.
But I can't do that any more.
We all owe it to Lara
to finally live our lives.
I've left him.
I was never here.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Whoo! You're leaving before
your shift's up?
Not good for a trial week.
Angela is going to hate that.
OK, do you want to do this? What?
Because I'm not doing it yet,
but I can start.
Oooh. I'm scared.
I am adept at dealing with
conflict in a confined space.
I did it for 18 years
when I was in prison for murder.
So if you want me to be your enemy,
then I can start now.
Do you want that? No.
OK, so what are you going
to say to Angela?
Just that you were focused
and punctual
and you never left early. Good.
See you soon,
you stupid little cunt.
Seen better 'taches in prison,
by the way.
Women's prison.
It's ovarian cancer.
Or stomach.
And I'm going to die.
Let's not jump to conclusions.
At least chemotherapy will give me
somewhere to be once a week.
Caroline!
Mrs Matteson?
So it looks like your chlamydia
was left untreated for too long
and you've developed
pelvic inflammatory disease.
So, she's not dying?
No, but you do need to take it
easy, especially at your age.
Sorry?
You need to take antibiotics
and refrain from intercourse.
We will do that, Doctor.
Er, thank you.
Well, at least your twat's OK.
It just needs a rest.
We can watch more documentaries.
Oh.
Or something else.
Caroline, you should be happy.
That's it now.
That's what we're doing.
Waiting to die.
No, we're not.
We're together.
What do you want?
I don't know.
Fuck you, Caroline.
I gave you everything.
And I forgave you everything.
What more do you want from me?
Hi, is Mandy here?
Er, no, no, she's not.
You are a terrible liar, Mark.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
No. No. Mandy!
I saw Lara's mum.
She wasn't with him, but she knows.
Oh, Christ. No, no.
We are doing this.
OK, you're right.
I don't forgive you.
I can't.
I probably can't, because
because I don't know how to.
I understand.
Cos what you did
I know, I know.
But we have to work it out
for Lara.
We can't waste any more time.
And I
I can't waste any more of my life.
And also I need somewhere to stay
before I kill my fucking parents.
God, yeah, of course.
Whatever you need.
MARK SCREAMS
Oh, right. Oh, God, sorry.
Oh, I misjudged the situation.
I thought that she was
going to, erm No!
Fucking hell, Mark.
Can I just say that you
really took your time?
Yeah. Because if I had been coming
up here to
Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry, yeah.
I was a bit nervous
and it was my first time.
And I didn't know what
to use as a, er
..as a weapon.
So you chose a waffle maker?
I panicked.
Right, Mark. Make up the spare room.
Oh, who for? Her? Really? Fuck. OK.
Really? Yeah. OK, OK.
Yeah, erm
..I like your hair.
Thanks.
You look just like a mermaid.
Yes!
PHONE BEEPS
You have one new message.
Apparently, that little
shit, Phil, told Angela
you were focused and punctual.
Gave you a real rave. So,
congratulations, the job is yours!
Lie back and let all thoughts
of the outside world float away.
Close your eyes and gently focus on
your breath.
And now breathe in
..and then out.
In
..and slowly out.
With each out breath, let all your
fears and worries ebb away.
You are warm.
You are safe.
This is your safe space.
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