Mistresses (2008) s02e06 Episode Script
Season 2, Episode 6
They announced it this morning, he's been selected for Sydney.
What, he didn't tell you? Trudi, you know I'd do anything to change what's happened.
But you can't.
And I can't change the fact that I think of us and I see Natalie in that room with nothing.
I want a divorce.
No, Hari, no.
You can forgive, I know you can.
I'm coming with you.
No way! No way! I want to be someone new.
No, no, no! I've found a place.
What, already? I can't put it off, can I? After everything I've done for you, you come to my house and do this? Get out! Don't worry about the case.
But the photos They'll go away, I promise.
How can you be so sure? Trust me.
Jess, this is crazy.
You can't run out on me.
What's got into you? Such a good question.
Goodbye, my love.
We have been very lucky.
We only hurt ourselves.
What happened? I wanna know everything.
You and Jack part of me never let him go.
And it seems that a part of him had the same problem.
So you slept with my best friend for old time's sake? I said I was no good at this.
No, I'm serious, Dan, you should have listened.
No, you're right, I should have.
But you didn't tell me you were this twisted.
Dan, Dan! Wait, please, just wait.
When we were together were you thinking of him? Oh, no! No, please, no! What happened was it was a mistake, it was nothing.
It's never nothing.
Well, whatever it was, it wasn't the way I feel with you.
Oh, you mean when you told me you loved me? I did, I do, I do.
I You've no right to say that.
It's over, Katie.
Gone.
Ok, any time.
Absolutely any time, you just pick up the phone, ok? Bye bye, darling.
Ok, sweetheart? I know what I've done, Trudi.
And and even though I hope I've done the right thing now, some things just can't be fixed, can they? I've got no rights, I know, but, um can I ask, Lucas is? No look, it's fine, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have No, it's, um It's not What? Anything important, you know, so you shouldn't Ok.
So, bye.
Siobhan? You disappeared last night without an explanation.
You were really going to let us settle, weren't you? Let me carry on believing your wife's team were behind the photographs.
Let me feel indebted to your enormous sacrifice? I have no idea what you're talking about.
I found the photographs, Tom, in your room.
The ones you paid for that you had sent to my husband to my husband, to my colleague.
You've been trying to completely destroy my life.
I would never do anything to hurt you I'm your friend.
I'd like you to leave now.
Your marriage was dying How much longer were you going to let it torture you for? Six months? A year maybe, until Hari found out where you were going all those nights.
I spared you that, I put you out of your misery.
Oh, I see, so I suppose I should be grateful.
Is that it? I suppose I should also than you for exposing me to Dominic.
The love-struck boy who fathered your daughter? You're well rid of him.
You need to find yourself new lawyers, Mr McCormack.
You're forgetting I still have the photographs which I'm sure your boss would be interested in seeing.
I'll see you tomorrow.
And as you're now fully aware of my wife's complete lack of evidence, I expect you and your sidekick to nail her to the wall.
Do you think he'll tell Megan? How should I know? We're not exactly sharing right now.
But you have seen him? He popped round this morning to express his revulsion towards me.
So he didn't say anything about Megan? No, Jack, he didn't! I betrayed him with his best friend strangely enough, he didn't mention Megan.
I don't know how you can come in here and interrogate me when all of this is down to you.
What do you mean? We slept together, Katie! Everything was gonna be fine, it was just going to be this stupid little secret I was gonna forget about.
I was gonna move to Sydney and you had to bloody kiss me! I'm sorry.
Well, tell the bastard you're dumping his case for a start.
I tried.
If I refuse to represent him, he'll give the photos to Duggan.
Ok, we can't let that happen.
Oh, God, Anita McCormack has nothing and her lawyers know it.
So we grit our teeth and do the job.
Get him his divorce and usher him out of our lives for good.
Ok? Ok.
Ok.
Oh, Jess, I can't believe it, that's just awful.
I know, but life goes on.
Yeah, but, I mean, it's so soon! Is there really no way back? No.
I mean, we gave it a go and it didn't work, so we'll just agree to be nice about it and try and be friends and get on with our lives.
Ignore the fact that I'm pregnant.
What?! Wh Is it Mark's? Of course it's Mark's! Well, I mean that's that's amazing! But, um Oh, God, poor you! I'm trying to imagine what you'd look like eight and a half months pregnant.
Well keep trying, because your imagination is the only place it's gonna be happening.
Oh, stop it, Trudi, you know I've never wanted to be a mum.
I know, but just don't dismiss it, Jess.
I know that I would say this, but it is The best thing that's ever happened to you? You, yeah.
But not me and it is dismissed.
No, I am turning back the clock.
Just like you, in fact.
Yeah, we can make the world our own personal pleasure park, come on! Um Well, perhaps not quite yet.
Amy left this morning.
Oh, my God, I'm such an idiot, I'm sorry.
No, no, it's ok.
It's just the girls are sad.
I mean, Richard left a while ago now Yeah.
And I, erm kind of had sex with Lucas.
You did what? You heard.
Leave that with me.
Will you come with me for a minute? Actually, Megan, I'm I'm not taking no for an answer.
I want to talk to you in private.
Megan, what are you doing? I'm trying to stop you two doing something you'll regret.
I'm not letting you out until you've made up.
I've got a ward round.
Yeah, I It won't take very long.
You just need to talk.
Trust me, we have.
Whatever it was, it only happened last night.
It's been going on a while longer than that.
Dan, we don't have to do this now, please.
Yeah, we do.
What Katie doesn't want to tell you is that, um I slept with someone else.
So, now you know.
Maybe you can just leave us alone.
Katie, I'm so sorry.
In case you were wondering, the note says, "I can't believe what I've lost.
Forgive me.
" Which I though was brief, poetic, to the point.
Completely full of shit! New job for you.
Oh, no, Simon, please It's just one day.
No, Simon, I can't do a baby shower.
Not right now.
Why not? I just don't want to! I You know I hate babies and I particularly hate baby showers.
I mean, they're an American import designed to fool bored women into spending loads of money on something utterly pointless.
Like event planners? Jessica, why not? For God's sake, cos I'm pregnant, ok? Sorry.
Whose is it? Why does everybody? It's Mark's, my husband's! Ok.
I know you're hormonal, but we're still doing the baby shower.
Look, I'm sorry, what Jack, get out my way, I don't want to talk to you.
Dan, come on Just leave it, all right? You son of a bitch! Dan! Dan, what the hell's got into you? Dan, stop, Dan! Megan, wait.
Jack, what's going on? Dan's done nothing he should be ashamed of.
What do you mean? He's been unfaithful to Katie and he's just attacked you.
Maybe he had good reason.
What reasons could he have? You're his best friend.
And he loves you, I know he does.
Dan hasn't been unfaithful with anyone.
Oh, Megan, I'm so sorry.
Morning, Jess! Carrie.
Good to see you're back in the saddle.
Mark sent over your stuff.
I'll let you in.
Oh, no, no, these are supposed to go back to your boss.
Feel free to try them on.
You know, I suppose I actually respect you for this.
Oh, good, my year's complete.
It's best for everyone this way.
I know, that's why I did it.
You get your life back.
Mark and I get ours.
Look, if you're finished Jess, are you all right? My God, is that Marmite on your Weetabix? Well, well Yep.
And before you ask yeah, it is Mark's.
You do know that children really don't fit into his life plan.
Ok, who's first? Ok, darling, here's Daddy.
Hey.
Hi.
Hello, you.
Hi.
Hello.
Come on.
All right, just two ticks, I have her day bag here.
This is for you.
Elsa's going to be living with me, Siobhan.
You can't, you've no right.
How could you even say these things about me? Because they're true and I have every right, Siobhan.
Do you think I'm going to just let you take her? Hari, we would be going to war.
Have you any idea what you're letting yourself in for? This is about what's best for Elsa and that's not spending her life with a mother like you! So you'll take her to live in your bed-sit? I'm finding somewhere else.
And who'll pay for it? I'm going back to work.
And who's going to look after her when you're flipping burgers! You're not even her father Hari! See, this is what it will be like.
Are you ready for that? I'm ready for whatever it takes.
Hi! Hi, Amy.
Hi.
Hi.
They miss her.
She misses them.
Do you think? What? Do you think Amy would like to come over for tea this evening? I'm sure she would, but do you think that would be good for them? Don't you think they need a clean break? Richard, it's you and I that need a clean break.
They need to feel that they're not being punished for our mistakes.
Girls! Richard and I thought that Amy should come over for tea this evening.
Yesss! Is Richard coming too? Pleeease! Um Yeah, Dad, please! Yes! Yeah, of course he's coming.
Off you go.
Have a good day, girls.
Bye bye, love you.
Ok, see you later.
Are you all right? Is it McCormack? It's Hari.
He wants to take Elsa to live with him permanently.
Ok, listen.
Whatever went on with with McCormack or with me, you're her mother.
End of story.
The courts will never grant this.
You haven't read it properly.
It's not just him.
It wasn't just you.
If I were him, I'd want to take my child away, too.
This stuff doesn't change anything.
It doesn't It doesn't make you a monster.
So you're not gonna lose her, ok? Oh, God.
How can you do this? I behave the way I do and you're just always here.
Dom? What? Nothing you could do would change anything for me.
I know I have no right to be here.
But I wondered whether you could give me a couple of minutes.
Ah, maybe I should go.
No, I'd like you here.
You'd probably like to know what she's got to say as well.
I haven't come here looking for forgiveness and I'm sure you'll find this beyond the pale coming from me, but what happened, what I did, was pathetic.
Not worth this carnage, not worth the destruction of your life with Jack, your family life.
Are you here to plead for him? No, I'm pleading for everybody who has been damaged by the things that I've done.
Megan, please please.
Whatever happened, it happened because I pushed for it.
I pushed for it until I got what I wanted.
So my husband was entirely your victim? You're right about one thing, Katie.
You are beyond the pale.
Utterly.
I stood there and told you as my friend how we were trying for another child, and all the while, you The only thing you can do for us, the one thing that is in your power, is to disappear from our lives.
I hope that's clear.
Oh, hi, are you the entertainment? That's the entertainment.
Excuse me.
Sorry, Simon, can I have you for a moment? Oi, you seen Alien? Eh? Never mind.
Are you getting broody? Yeah, right, very funny.
Excuse me, excuse me.
Oh, no, you! You've got a friend! Will you deal with all this, please? Are you all right? She's a bit moody, isn't she? There you go.
And yours.
Enjoy.
You know tonight? I'm cooking you supper.
The girls have been really sad since Amy left and I've kind of invited her over for tea tonight.
So I'm not cooking you supper.
Do you mind? Honest answer, yes, enormously.
But I'm not allowed to say things like that.
Yes, you are.
Well, good, then I do mind.
But I'm already seeing a way to forgive you.
Oh, yeah? Mmm.
We'll just do it tomorrow instead.
Ok.
I thought it was supposed to be bottle of gin and a hot bath, not a champagne cocktail.
So Carrie told you? She did, yeah.
Carrie.
Last I checked, you'd fired her.
Carrie isn't the issue here, Jess.
No? No.
Baby.
Our baby, Jess.
Listen, I never thought I wanted to be a dad.
But now the idea of it just makes me feel like I never knew myself at all.
Mark.
You're not gonna be a dad.
Oh, come on, you don't want to be either, do you? Surely we should talk about this, about you and I and doing whatever happens next together.
There's nothing to talk about.
We are not gonna do anything because Well, we're not together any more.
Hello, you.
Hello.
Are you all right? Yeah.
What do you wanna do? Go on the swing.
Come on, then.
Higher? Yeah! No.
Higher! You can push me in a minute.
You're a terrible liar.
You're not so good yourself.
Well, I hope she believes you.
She's pregnant.
But the, the What, good news or bad news? It's good, good.
I hope so, too.
What you said to Megan yesterday, your lie, she's not going to hold it against you.
She Oh, I think she's got worse lies to worry about right now, don't you? Dan, can't? There's no compelling reason for our client to reconsider his offer.
At no stage during this process have you provided anything remotely resembling a case.
Mrs McCormack? I'm sorry I'm late.
Anita, my team was just about to explain that either you accept what I'm offering or we see each other in court.
I've no particular preference.
If you want to drag things out for the foreseeable future, I shan't object.
Could you give us a couple of minutes? Absolutely, yes.
Excuse me.
This can be an unpleasant business sometimes.
I'm sorry.
I've just instructed my lawyer to settle.
Well, I take no pleasure in any of this.
I'm sure you don't.
I'm afraid it's only my husband who does that.
Sometimes, I wonder if he didn't actually plan everything from the first moment he set eyes on me, to find myself here 20 years later and confirm that he's finally dismantled everything that ever made me who I was.
This figure will end everything here and now.
You're really pushing your luck.
Do you actually want to end up in court? I'm afraid my colleague's right.
You really have nothing to justify such a figure.
I mean, if you had something concrete, something more explicit, then obviously, you could name your price.
Something like this.
You're a fool.
Maybe I am.
You have no idea what you've just done.
You're wrong and you've been wrong about me from the beginning.
I know exactly what I've just done.
They wolfed that down.
How's the house? Yeah, good.
Look at them! She's mad! Careful! Hey! Hey, hey, hey.
What is it? Shush, shush, shush.
Can we, Mum, can we? Yes, Dad, can we? What? Can we what? Have a sleep-over! At Amy's? Please, Trudi? Is that ok? It's ok by me.
Well, then, that's a yes, then.
Go get your stuff.
Bye! Bye! What's this? It was supposed to be a present for somebody.
Now, I presume you are here for whisky? Oh, you know me so well.
Here you go.
Cheers.
Eurgh! Not for you? No.
I have the appetite of a scaffolder and the tolerance of a nine-year-old girl.
Yeah, you are not yourself.
No, I'm not.
God, 24 hours ago, I was a walk-in termination.
And now? And now I can't even book the appointment.
Tricky.
Yeah, it is tricky.
Anyway did you see Dan today? He won't even look at me, let alone talk to me.
Well, what is it you wanna say to him? A thousand things, Jess.
Then you find a way to say it.
Oh, I can't, I've tried.
Then try harder.
Oh, sod it! Ah, Lucas.
Hi, sorry I missed your call.
Um, how are you? Wine, DVDs, steak sandwich.
I'm not taking no for an answer this time.
You know, I think you're the most insane person I've ever met.
Sorry.
Hi.
Hi.
Thank you.
So what are you gonna do? I've absolutely no idea.
If you need anything you know you and Elsa will always have me.
I know.
Morning.
Breakfast.
Ooh! What are you doing? Is that the time? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
I can't be doing this.
Um That is lovely but my girls are gonna be here any minute and I can't have them finding you here in that gown.
I'm sorry, Lucas, you gotta go.
Are you telling me things? Are you telling me things? Are you? Oh, hey.
Hello.
Um, listen, before you take her, could we sit down and talk? What about? Well, I just think her parents don't hate each other.
I know, yes.
Bye-bye.
Quick, go! I'll see you at sports day.
Are you going? Yeah, I've got a food stall.
Hi, Lucas! Hiya.
Hello, girls.
What was Lucas doing here? He was just dropping something off.
I like Lucas.
He's nice.
Yes, he is, isn't he? I think we need to realise just how blessed we are to have her.
And you think I don't? But exposing her to all this bitterness, this division for the rest of her childhood, that can't be right, can it? I'd never do anything to hurt Elsa.
I know.
Neither would I.
And that's why she has to stay with me, Hari.
Without a legal battle.
Without any more poison.
Hari, you'll have a key, you can come and go as you please, baths and birthdays and holidays.
I'm her mother, Hari.
Her home should be with me.
Is that all? Will you think about this? I'm not in a position to move on this, Jason, do we have a deal or not? What's going on? I'll let him tell you.
I'll call you back.
Mark? All my utilities have been cut off.
Simon figured he owed me one so he's let me hot desk here for a while.
Hot desk? Hm.
Just until I'm solvent again.
Hang on, you're insolvent, what? Yeah, all gone going.
Home, office, you know.
Oh, Mark.
What happened? Hugely overexposed on two deals and they both tanked at the same time.
You never said anything.
I didn't want it to spoil things.
Oh, Mark.
It's not saying stuff that spoils things.
Are you ok? Not the greatest day of my life, no.
Hi.
Hi.
I hear you've put in for a transfer.
Hm.
I don't expect you'll be blocking that one.
No, but I'd like to help if I can.
Try and find you some place that deserves you.
That's really nice of you, Jack.
But I, um, I think we should steer clear, really.
There's a small do later.
I won't be there but Megan probably will.
It's for Dan, to see him on his way.
Seems he doesn't want to stick around so he's gonna take up the Sydney job a little early.
When's he going? Tomorrow.
Hm-mm.
It's in the scrubs room, fiveish.
I thought you should know.
David, could you keep the ball away from the tea? Will you run the three-legged race? Um, we'll see, we'll see, yeah.
We'll see.
Ok.
I saw him, this morning.
I'm sorry.
You weren't supposed to.
I didn't want To what? To find out? No.
Why not, Trudi, why don't you want me to? Well, because because Richard, pleeease! Go on, Dad.
What's going on? They want me in the three-legged race but I've only got two! Mum, why don't you run with him? I can't sweetie, I have to stay here.
What about Lucas? Yeah, Mum, let's ask Lucas.
Um, no, he looks pretty busy to me.
Will you help us, Lucas? Oh, God, I am so sorry.
It's not your fault.
Please! Please! Yes! Yes! Richard, try to stay in my rhythm! What do you mean?! You stay in mine! I'm going faster! Exactly! Whoah! Aargh! Are you all right? Yeah, yeah.
Fine, fine.
No hard feelings.
Yeah, right, of course.
You're doing it on purpose.
It's two sevens, now you have no excuse not to call me.
And you will call me.
Got your foot in the door, then? He's actually quite sweet.
So, you're bored of Mark now? More like the other way round.
It's been like that since Well, for a while now, and even then, it wasn't really the same.
It hasn't been since since you appeared.
Well, that's really sweet, Carrie, but come on, what's your point? It was why I was so pleased to hear about the baby.
The Mark I knew would have run a mile at that particular piece of news but not any more it seems.
Why are you telling me this? I want him to be happy, I suppose.
Ow! Keep saying that.
So do you.
I am, every minute.
You never wore a nurse's uniform for me.
I was just going to ask if you wanted a lift home.
I'm so sorry.
I've been so unfair to you, I mean, horribly unfair.
You are so gorgeous and kind.
I just wasn't prepared to admit that I haven't really moved on.
It's all right.
You don't really have to explain.
I guess I knew your heart really isn't free, is it? No.
Has his souffle collapsed? Don't.
Just don't! He is a kind, lovely, honest man, who I liked, and you just had to Had to what? Kiss me.
You kissed me! After everything that's happened, why would I do that? I dunno, Trudi, but you did.
And I'd know if I tried to kiss you because I think about it all the time.
See? You do this! You lie and you lie and you keep on lying and I try to do what is best for me to remove you from my life, and then you just stand there and you say something like that.
And I can't.
I want to, but I can't.
I'm sorry.
So you bloody should be! Oh, and don't you start! Can we go home now? Ok.
Oh, so close! Ok? Do you want to stay and give her her bath? No, I don't think I do.
I've been thinking about what you said.
About keys and coming and going and bath times and holidays.
And I can't do it.
Hari, please don't fight me on this.
No, don't worry, I'm I'm not gonna fight you.
I'm just not gonna be here.
I mean, it'd be fine for, for, um, a year or so maybe and then you'd meet someone.
No, Hari, that's not what I'm interested in.
No, not yet, but in time you will.
And when you do, I'm just going to be another man coming in and out of her life.
You would never be that.
I know what I said.
But you're her father.
No, no, Siobhan.
No, I'm not.
I'm not her father.
And that's the fact that would slowly destroy me.
I need to be at the heart of my own life, Siobhan, not on the fringe of someone else's.
So I'm, um I'm saying goodbye.
Now? Just like that? Now.
Just like that.
Goodbye, Siobhan.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, Elsa.
It's ok, I'm not gonna hang around.
I, um, I ordered this for you before Well, before everything.
And I just thought Well, I wanted you to have it.
Dan! Have some champagne.
Have some champers.
There you go.
Hey.
My God, have you been crying? What is it, the money thing? No, it's not the money thing, Jess, it's the you thing.
It's the everything I've thrown away thing.
Oh.
God.
I never thought we'd end up like this you pregnant and me, I'm not even able to help you when you go and you know.
Well, I'm not going through with it.
What? I'm gonna keep the baby.
So, we have a chance, I mean the three of us have a chance? I don't know.
Yeah, but there's a chance, right? There's a lack of certainty, an ambiguity there.
It didn't work.
The reasons were us, Mark.
Yeah, but me and you.
It'll be different, we're different.
You've gone all maternal and I'm skint.
So how would we live? On love and baked beans, who cares? We tried and we failed and you know that if we try again, it's not going to be me and you swinging from the chandeliers.
It'll be real.
Real.
Like my love for you.
I love you.
You say that again.
I love you, Jessica.
I love you, too.
See you.
Thank you.
Bye bye.
"Dear Dan, there are so many things I want to say to you.
I thought I'd have the rest of my life to do that.
But I don't think you'd listen to me now, and I don't blame you.
After what I've done, I wouldn't listen to me either.
It's amazing really, the way we humans behave.
The capacity we have to bring disaster to our lives.
The way I brought disaster to ours.
It's even more bewildering when you think that all any of us are really searching for is someone to stand beside someone to look at and say, yes, you make the difference.
You bring me peace.
I think some people have a gene for love, they know what it is.
Giving it and receiving it in return just comes naturally to them.
It seems I don't have that chromosome, because being loved by you was, I see now, all I ever wanted.
And for some reason, I took it and I broke it.
But I believe that love is strong, that love endures, and if it does, then so does hope.
"
What, he didn't tell you? Trudi, you know I'd do anything to change what's happened.
But you can't.
And I can't change the fact that I think of us and I see Natalie in that room with nothing.
I want a divorce.
No, Hari, no.
You can forgive, I know you can.
I'm coming with you.
No way! No way! I want to be someone new.
No, no, no! I've found a place.
What, already? I can't put it off, can I? After everything I've done for you, you come to my house and do this? Get out! Don't worry about the case.
But the photos They'll go away, I promise.
How can you be so sure? Trust me.
Jess, this is crazy.
You can't run out on me.
What's got into you? Such a good question.
Goodbye, my love.
We have been very lucky.
We only hurt ourselves.
What happened? I wanna know everything.
You and Jack part of me never let him go.
And it seems that a part of him had the same problem.
So you slept with my best friend for old time's sake? I said I was no good at this.
No, I'm serious, Dan, you should have listened.
No, you're right, I should have.
But you didn't tell me you were this twisted.
Dan, Dan! Wait, please, just wait.
When we were together were you thinking of him? Oh, no! No, please, no! What happened was it was a mistake, it was nothing.
It's never nothing.
Well, whatever it was, it wasn't the way I feel with you.
Oh, you mean when you told me you loved me? I did, I do, I do.
I You've no right to say that.
It's over, Katie.
Gone.
Ok, any time.
Absolutely any time, you just pick up the phone, ok? Bye bye, darling.
Ok, sweetheart? I know what I've done, Trudi.
And and even though I hope I've done the right thing now, some things just can't be fixed, can they? I've got no rights, I know, but, um can I ask, Lucas is? No look, it's fine, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have No, it's, um It's not What? Anything important, you know, so you shouldn't Ok.
So, bye.
Siobhan? You disappeared last night without an explanation.
You were really going to let us settle, weren't you? Let me carry on believing your wife's team were behind the photographs.
Let me feel indebted to your enormous sacrifice? I have no idea what you're talking about.
I found the photographs, Tom, in your room.
The ones you paid for that you had sent to my husband to my husband, to my colleague.
You've been trying to completely destroy my life.
I would never do anything to hurt you I'm your friend.
I'd like you to leave now.
Your marriage was dying How much longer were you going to let it torture you for? Six months? A year maybe, until Hari found out where you were going all those nights.
I spared you that, I put you out of your misery.
Oh, I see, so I suppose I should be grateful.
Is that it? I suppose I should also than you for exposing me to Dominic.
The love-struck boy who fathered your daughter? You're well rid of him.
You need to find yourself new lawyers, Mr McCormack.
You're forgetting I still have the photographs which I'm sure your boss would be interested in seeing.
I'll see you tomorrow.
And as you're now fully aware of my wife's complete lack of evidence, I expect you and your sidekick to nail her to the wall.
Do you think he'll tell Megan? How should I know? We're not exactly sharing right now.
But you have seen him? He popped round this morning to express his revulsion towards me.
So he didn't say anything about Megan? No, Jack, he didn't! I betrayed him with his best friend strangely enough, he didn't mention Megan.
I don't know how you can come in here and interrogate me when all of this is down to you.
What do you mean? We slept together, Katie! Everything was gonna be fine, it was just going to be this stupid little secret I was gonna forget about.
I was gonna move to Sydney and you had to bloody kiss me! I'm sorry.
Well, tell the bastard you're dumping his case for a start.
I tried.
If I refuse to represent him, he'll give the photos to Duggan.
Ok, we can't let that happen.
Oh, God, Anita McCormack has nothing and her lawyers know it.
So we grit our teeth and do the job.
Get him his divorce and usher him out of our lives for good.
Ok? Ok.
Ok.
Oh, Jess, I can't believe it, that's just awful.
I know, but life goes on.
Yeah, but, I mean, it's so soon! Is there really no way back? No.
I mean, we gave it a go and it didn't work, so we'll just agree to be nice about it and try and be friends and get on with our lives.
Ignore the fact that I'm pregnant.
What?! Wh Is it Mark's? Of course it's Mark's! Well, I mean that's that's amazing! But, um Oh, God, poor you! I'm trying to imagine what you'd look like eight and a half months pregnant.
Well keep trying, because your imagination is the only place it's gonna be happening.
Oh, stop it, Trudi, you know I've never wanted to be a mum.
I know, but just don't dismiss it, Jess.
I know that I would say this, but it is The best thing that's ever happened to you? You, yeah.
But not me and it is dismissed.
No, I am turning back the clock.
Just like you, in fact.
Yeah, we can make the world our own personal pleasure park, come on! Um Well, perhaps not quite yet.
Amy left this morning.
Oh, my God, I'm such an idiot, I'm sorry.
No, no, it's ok.
It's just the girls are sad.
I mean, Richard left a while ago now Yeah.
And I, erm kind of had sex with Lucas.
You did what? You heard.
Leave that with me.
Will you come with me for a minute? Actually, Megan, I'm I'm not taking no for an answer.
I want to talk to you in private.
Megan, what are you doing? I'm trying to stop you two doing something you'll regret.
I'm not letting you out until you've made up.
I've got a ward round.
Yeah, I It won't take very long.
You just need to talk.
Trust me, we have.
Whatever it was, it only happened last night.
It's been going on a while longer than that.
Dan, we don't have to do this now, please.
Yeah, we do.
What Katie doesn't want to tell you is that, um I slept with someone else.
So, now you know.
Maybe you can just leave us alone.
Katie, I'm so sorry.
In case you were wondering, the note says, "I can't believe what I've lost.
Forgive me.
" Which I though was brief, poetic, to the point.
Completely full of shit! New job for you.
Oh, no, Simon, please It's just one day.
No, Simon, I can't do a baby shower.
Not right now.
Why not? I just don't want to! I You know I hate babies and I particularly hate baby showers.
I mean, they're an American import designed to fool bored women into spending loads of money on something utterly pointless.
Like event planners? Jessica, why not? For God's sake, cos I'm pregnant, ok? Sorry.
Whose is it? Why does everybody? It's Mark's, my husband's! Ok.
I know you're hormonal, but we're still doing the baby shower.
Look, I'm sorry, what Jack, get out my way, I don't want to talk to you.
Dan, come on Just leave it, all right? You son of a bitch! Dan! Dan, what the hell's got into you? Dan, stop, Dan! Megan, wait.
Jack, what's going on? Dan's done nothing he should be ashamed of.
What do you mean? He's been unfaithful to Katie and he's just attacked you.
Maybe he had good reason.
What reasons could he have? You're his best friend.
And he loves you, I know he does.
Dan hasn't been unfaithful with anyone.
Oh, Megan, I'm so sorry.
Morning, Jess! Carrie.
Good to see you're back in the saddle.
Mark sent over your stuff.
I'll let you in.
Oh, no, no, these are supposed to go back to your boss.
Feel free to try them on.
You know, I suppose I actually respect you for this.
Oh, good, my year's complete.
It's best for everyone this way.
I know, that's why I did it.
You get your life back.
Mark and I get ours.
Look, if you're finished Jess, are you all right? My God, is that Marmite on your Weetabix? Well, well Yep.
And before you ask yeah, it is Mark's.
You do know that children really don't fit into his life plan.
Ok, who's first? Ok, darling, here's Daddy.
Hey.
Hi.
Hello, you.
Hi.
Hello.
Come on.
All right, just two ticks, I have her day bag here.
This is for you.
Elsa's going to be living with me, Siobhan.
You can't, you've no right.
How could you even say these things about me? Because they're true and I have every right, Siobhan.
Do you think I'm going to just let you take her? Hari, we would be going to war.
Have you any idea what you're letting yourself in for? This is about what's best for Elsa and that's not spending her life with a mother like you! So you'll take her to live in your bed-sit? I'm finding somewhere else.
And who'll pay for it? I'm going back to work.
And who's going to look after her when you're flipping burgers! You're not even her father Hari! See, this is what it will be like.
Are you ready for that? I'm ready for whatever it takes.
Hi! Hi, Amy.
Hi.
Hi.
They miss her.
She misses them.
Do you think? What? Do you think Amy would like to come over for tea this evening? I'm sure she would, but do you think that would be good for them? Don't you think they need a clean break? Richard, it's you and I that need a clean break.
They need to feel that they're not being punished for our mistakes.
Girls! Richard and I thought that Amy should come over for tea this evening.
Yesss! Is Richard coming too? Pleeease! Um Yeah, Dad, please! Yes! Yeah, of course he's coming.
Off you go.
Have a good day, girls.
Bye bye, love you.
Ok, see you later.
Are you all right? Is it McCormack? It's Hari.
He wants to take Elsa to live with him permanently.
Ok, listen.
Whatever went on with with McCormack or with me, you're her mother.
End of story.
The courts will never grant this.
You haven't read it properly.
It's not just him.
It wasn't just you.
If I were him, I'd want to take my child away, too.
This stuff doesn't change anything.
It doesn't It doesn't make you a monster.
So you're not gonna lose her, ok? Oh, God.
How can you do this? I behave the way I do and you're just always here.
Dom? What? Nothing you could do would change anything for me.
I know I have no right to be here.
But I wondered whether you could give me a couple of minutes.
Ah, maybe I should go.
No, I'd like you here.
You'd probably like to know what she's got to say as well.
I haven't come here looking for forgiveness and I'm sure you'll find this beyond the pale coming from me, but what happened, what I did, was pathetic.
Not worth this carnage, not worth the destruction of your life with Jack, your family life.
Are you here to plead for him? No, I'm pleading for everybody who has been damaged by the things that I've done.
Megan, please please.
Whatever happened, it happened because I pushed for it.
I pushed for it until I got what I wanted.
So my husband was entirely your victim? You're right about one thing, Katie.
You are beyond the pale.
Utterly.
I stood there and told you as my friend how we were trying for another child, and all the while, you The only thing you can do for us, the one thing that is in your power, is to disappear from our lives.
I hope that's clear.
Oh, hi, are you the entertainment? That's the entertainment.
Excuse me.
Sorry, Simon, can I have you for a moment? Oi, you seen Alien? Eh? Never mind.
Are you getting broody? Yeah, right, very funny.
Excuse me, excuse me.
Oh, no, you! You've got a friend! Will you deal with all this, please? Are you all right? She's a bit moody, isn't she? There you go.
And yours.
Enjoy.
You know tonight? I'm cooking you supper.
The girls have been really sad since Amy left and I've kind of invited her over for tea tonight.
So I'm not cooking you supper.
Do you mind? Honest answer, yes, enormously.
But I'm not allowed to say things like that.
Yes, you are.
Well, good, then I do mind.
But I'm already seeing a way to forgive you.
Oh, yeah? Mmm.
We'll just do it tomorrow instead.
Ok.
I thought it was supposed to be bottle of gin and a hot bath, not a champagne cocktail.
So Carrie told you? She did, yeah.
Carrie.
Last I checked, you'd fired her.
Carrie isn't the issue here, Jess.
No? No.
Baby.
Our baby, Jess.
Listen, I never thought I wanted to be a dad.
But now the idea of it just makes me feel like I never knew myself at all.
Mark.
You're not gonna be a dad.
Oh, come on, you don't want to be either, do you? Surely we should talk about this, about you and I and doing whatever happens next together.
There's nothing to talk about.
We are not gonna do anything because Well, we're not together any more.
Hello, you.
Hello.
Are you all right? Yeah.
What do you wanna do? Go on the swing.
Come on, then.
Higher? Yeah! No.
Higher! You can push me in a minute.
You're a terrible liar.
You're not so good yourself.
Well, I hope she believes you.
She's pregnant.
But the, the What, good news or bad news? It's good, good.
I hope so, too.
What you said to Megan yesterday, your lie, she's not going to hold it against you.
She Oh, I think she's got worse lies to worry about right now, don't you? Dan, can't? There's no compelling reason for our client to reconsider his offer.
At no stage during this process have you provided anything remotely resembling a case.
Mrs McCormack? I'm sorry I'm late.
Anita, my team was just about to explain that either you accept what I'm offering or we see each other in court.
I've no particular preference.
If you want to drag things out for the foreseeable future, I shan't object.
Could you give us a couple of minutes? Absolutely, yes.
Excuse me.
This can be an unpleasant business sometimes.
I'm sorry.
I've just instructed my lawyer to settle.
Well, I take no pleasure in any of this.
I'm sure you don't.
I'm afraid it's only my husband who does that.
Sometimes, I wonder if he didn't actually plan everything from the first moment he set eyes on me, to find myself here 20 years later and confirm that he's finally dismantled everything that ever made me who I was.
This figure will end everything here and now.
You're really pushing your luck.
Do you actually want to end up in court? I'm afraid my colleague's right.
You really have nothing to justify such a figure.
I mean, if you had something concrete, something more explicit, then obviously, you could name your price.
Something like this.
You're a fool.
Maybe I am.
You have no idea what you've just done.
You're wrong and you've been wrong about me from the beginning.
I know exactly what I've just done.
They wolfed that down.
How's the house? Yeah, good.
Look at them! She's mad! Careful! Hey! Hey, hey, hey.
What is it? Shush, shush, shush.
Can we, Mum, can we? Yes, Dad, can we? What? Can we what? Have a sleep-over! At Amy's? Please, Trudi? Is that ok? It's ok by me.
Well, then, that's a yes, then.
Go get your stuff.
Bye! Bye! What's this? It was supposed to be a present for somebody.
Now, I presume you are here for whisky? Oh, you know me so well.
Here you go.
Cheers.
Eurgh! Not for you? No.
I have the appetite of a scaffolder and the tolerance of a nine-year-old girl.
Yeah, you are not yourself.
No, I'm not.
God, 24 hours ago, I was a walk-in termination.
And now? And now I can't even book the appointment.
Tricky.
Yeah, it is tricky.
Anyway did you see Dan today? He won't even look at me, let alone talk to me.
Well, what is it you wanna say to him? A thousand things, Jess.
Then you find a way to say it.
Oh, I can't, I've tried.
Then try harder.
Oh, sod it! Ah, Lucas.
Hi, sorry I missed your call.
Um, how are you? Wine, DVDs, steak sandwich.
I'm not taking no for an answer this time.
You know, I think you're the most insane person I've ever met.
Sorry.
Hi.
Hi.
Thank you.
So what are you gonna do? I've absolutely no idea.
If you need anything you know you and Elsa will always have me.
I know.
Morning.
Breakfast.
Ooh! What are you doing? Is that the time? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
I can't be doing this.
Um That is lovely but my girls are gonna be here any minute and I can't have them finding you here in that gown.
I'm sorry, Lucas, you gotta go.
Are you telling me things? Are you telling me things? Are you? Oh, hey.
Hello.
Um, listen, before you take her, could we sit down and talk? What about? Well, I just think her parents don't hate each other.
I know, yes.
Bye-bye.
Quick, go! I'll see you at sports day.
Are you going? Yeah, I've got a food stall.
Hi, Lucas! Hiya.
Hello, girls.
What was Lucas doing here? He was just dropping something off.
I like Lucas.
He's nice.
Yes, he is, isn't he? I think we need to realise just how blessed we are to have her.
And you think I don't? But exposing her to all this bitterness, this division for the rest of her childhood, that can't be right, can it? I'd never do anything to hurt Elsa.
I know.
Neither would I.
And that's why she has to stay with me, Hari.
Without a legal battle.
Without any more poison.
Hari, you'll have a key, you can come and go as you please, baths and birthdays and holidays.
I'm her mother, Hari.
Her home should be with me.
Is that all? Will you think about this? I'm not in a position to move on this, Jason, do we have a deal or not? What's going on? I'll let him tell you.
I'll call you back.
Mark? All my utilities have been cut off.
Simon figured he owed me one so he's let me hot desk here for a while.
Hot desk? Hm.
Just until I'm solvent again.
Hang on, you're insolvent, what? Yeah, all gone going.
Home, office, you know.
Oh, Mark.
What happened? Hugely overexposed on two deals and they both tanked at the same time.
You never said anything.
I didn't want it to spoil things.
Oh, Mark.
It's not saying stuff that spoils things.
Are you ok? Not the greatest day of my life, no.
Hi.
Hi.
I hear you've put in for a transfer.
Hm.
I don't expect you'll be blocking that one.
No, but I'd like to help if I can.
Try and find you some place that deserves you.
That's really nice of you, Jack.
But I, um, I think we should steer clear, really.
There's a small do later.
I won't be there but Megan probably will.
It's for Dan, to see him on his way.
Seems he doesn't want to stick around so he's gonna take up the Sydney job a little early.
When's he going? Tomorrow.
Hm-mm.
It's in the scrubs room, fiveish.
I thought you should know.
David, could you keep the ball away from the tea? Will you run the three-legged race? Um, we'll see, we'll see, yeah.
We'll see.
Ok.
I saw him, this morning.
I'm sorry.
You weren't supposed to.
I didn't want To what? To find out? No.
Why not, Trudi, why don't you want me to? Well, because because Richard, pleeease! Go on, Dad.
What's going on? They want me in the three-legged race but I've only got two! Mum, why don't you run with him? I can't sweetie, I have to stay here.
What about Lucas? Yeah, Mum, let's ask Lucas.
Um, no, he looks pretty busy to me.
Will you help us, Lucas? Oh, God, I am so sorry.
It's not your fault.
Please! Please! Yes! Yes! Richard, try to stay in my rhythm! What do you mean?! You stay in mine! I'm going faster! Exactly! Whoah! Aargh! Are you all right? Yeah, yeah.
Fine, fine.
No hard feelings.
Yeah, right, of course.
You're doing it on purpose.
It's two sevens, now you have no excuse not to call me.
And you will call me.
Got your foot in the door, then? He's actually quite sweet.
So, you're bored of Mark now? More like the other way round.
It's been like that since Well, for a while now, and even then, it wasn't really the same.
It hasn't been since since you appeared.
Well, that's really sweet, Carrie, but come on, what's your point? It was why I was so pleased to hear about the baby.
The Mark I knew would have run a mile at that particular piece of news but not any more it seems.
Why are you telling me this? I want him to be happy, I suppose.
Ow! Keep saying that.
So do you.
I am, every minute.
You never wore a nurse's uniform for me.
I was just going to ask if you wanted a lift home.
I'm so sorry.
I've been so unfair to you, I mean, horribly unfair.
You are so gorgeous and kind.
I just wasn't prepared to admit that I haven't really moved on.
It's all right.
You don't really have to explain.
I guess I knew your heart really isn't free, is it? No.
Has his souffle collapsed? Don't.
Just don't! He is a kind, lovely, honest man, who I liked, and you just had to Had to what? Kiss me.
You kissed me! After everything that's happened, why would I do that? I dunno, Trudi, but you did.
And I'd know if I tried to kiss you because I think about it all the time.
See? You do this! You lie and you lie and you keep on lying and I try to do what is best for me to remove you from my life, and then you just stand there and you say something like that.
And I can't.
I want to, but I can't.
I'm sorry.
So you bloody should be! Oh, and don't you start! Can we go home now? Ok.
Oh, so close! Ok? Do you want to stay and give her her bath? No, I don't think I do.
I've been thinking about what you said.
About keys and coming and going and bath times and holidays.
And I can't do it.
Hari, please don't fight me on this.
No, don't worry, I'm I'm not gonna fight you.
I'm just not gonna be here.
I mean, it'd be fine for, for, um, a year or so maybe and then you'd meet someone.
No, Hari, that's not what I'm interested in.
No, not yet, but in time you will.
And when you do, I'm just going to be another man coming in and out of her life.
You would never be that.
I know what I said.
But you're her father.
No, no, Siobhan.
No, I'm not.
I'm not her father.
And that's the fact that would slowly destroy me.
I need to be at the heart of my own life, Siobhan, not on the fringe of someone else's.
So I'm, um I'm saying goodbye.
Now? Just like that? Now.
Just like that.
Goodbye, Siobhan.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, Elsa.
It's ok, I'm not gonna hang around.
I, um, I ordered this for you before Well, before everything.
And I just thought Well, I wanted you to have it.
Dan! Have some champagne.
Have some champers.
There you go.
Hey.
My God, have you been crying? What is it, the money thing? No, it's not the money thing, Jess, it's the you thing.
It's the everything I've thrown away thing.
Oh.
God.
I never thought we'd end up like this you pregnant and me, I'm not even able to help you when you go and you know.
Well, I'm not going through with it.
What? I'm gonna keep the baby.
So, we have a chance, I mean the three of us have a chance? I don't know.
Yeah, but there's a chance, right? There's a lack of certainty, an ambiguity there.
It didn't work.
The reasons were us, Mark.
Yeah, but me and you.
It'll be different, we're different.
You've gone all maternal and I'm skint.
So how would we live? On love and baked beans, who cares? We tried and we failed and you know that if we try again, it's not going to be me and you swinging from the chandeliers.
It'll be real.
Real.
Like my love for you.
I love you.
You say that again.
I love you, Jessica.
I love you, too.
See you.
Thank you.
Bye bye.
"Dear Dan, there are so many things I want to say to you.
I thought I'd have the rest of my life to do that.
But I don't think you'd listen to me now, and I don't blame you.
After what I've done, I wouldn't listen to me either.
It's amazing really, the way we humans behave.
The capacity we have to bring disaster to our lives.
The way I brought disaster to ours.
It's even more bewildering when you think that all any of us are really searching for is someone to stand beside someone to look at and say, yes, you make the difference.
You bring me peace.
I think some people have a gene for love, they know what it is.
Giving it and receiving it in return just comes naturally to them.
It seems I don't have that chromosome, because being loved by you was, I see now, all I ever wanted.
And for some reason, I took it and I broke it.
But I believe that love is strong, that love endures, and if it does, then so does hope.
"