Trying (2020) s03e05 Episode Script

1
I cannot believe that
he supports Arsenal.
- I support Tottenham, Nikki!
- Yes.
Jase, I have grasped the
complex nature of the problem.
Why wouldn't he tell me?
Well, because 'Cause
he's a people pleaser.
He probably thought you'd be upset,
which you won't be,
because it is only football.
It doesn't matter what team he likes.
He needs something to
share with other kids.
- Jason!
- It's a big deal, Nikki, okay?
When I was a kid, my
dad took me to Tottenham,
his dad took him, and
I wanted to take Tyler.
Now I've gotta spend the whole
day with flippin' Arsenal fans.
- Aw, I know, I know. It's really
- Okay.
- Sorry. I tried, but I just
- All right.
I really can't care about it.
And this is me. I care about
- Everyone.
- Who's that? What? Who is it?
- It's Jen.
- Have you fired her yet?
No! And if I don't by the
end of the week, Terry will.
But it's fine because I have a new plan.
- Oh, yeah? Go on, I'm listening.
- No, I have. Listen, listen.
I'm gonna take her out
for coffee this morning
and inspire her into quitting
by making her realize
that it is the job that
is holding her back.
- Okay, yeah. You're a pushover.
- Mmm.
No, I am not!
Are you doing Princess's
homework literally right now?
Oi.
Don't let her and her little friends
walk all over you today, all right?
It's easy for you to be strong with her
'cause she hasn't had
a dad before, right?
- She's got no one to compare you to.
- I know.
Dad! Can I have Cheerios?
Yeah. Please use a bowl this time!
Okay.
Jase, is that the first
time she's said "Dad"?
Yeah.
Nikki.
Okay, look, she started last week.
But listen to me, it is only
because I am with her more.
It's not a competition.
Oi, you, listen, don't panic
and buy her something
expensive to make her like you
or I don't know, let her
get a tattoo or something,
'cause you know she wants one.
She's nine. Where am I
getting her a tattoo from?
We live in Camden. I once
saw a dog with a tattoo.
Hmm.
- Hey, hey.
- Yeah?
We've got a couple of minutes.
No! They're up. What if they come in?
They're not gonna come in.
Listen, the best thing
about being adopted is
it's possible that your
parents have never had sex.
Okay? Let's not ruin it for them.
What's all What's all this?
Uh, measuring for a new carpet.
Helps sell the place, I think.
You know, for the people looking round.
Shh! Keep your voice
down a bit, will ya?
Jase, he's doing the flat up
so they can charge us more.
You did put that offer in, didn't you?
Uh, no, not quite.
- Jase.
- You know what my dad's like.
He's terrible with paperwork. He
can't even fill out a parking permit.
He still puts a fiver
underneath the windscreen wipers.
- I'll call him. It'll be fine.
- Okay.
Oh, the, uh the foster home
sent the rest of Tyler's stuff.
There's photos in there. I
think we should put them up.
Jase, I think that's a really good sign.
They know we've got the
court hearing in a few weeks.
They wouldn't send his stuff
if they didn't think he
They've sent his stuff because
they've sent his stuff. That's it.
- All right?
- Okay.
- I've gotta go meet Jen.
- All right, babe.
- Bye.
- Don't be a pushover.
What? Jase, why is that an insult?
Maybe the problem is with
the people pushing us over.
Ring your dad.
Ringing him.
Also, he wants you to put
these up in the kitchen.
Makes it look nicer, he says.
Is there anything else we can do
to help him to sell
the place from under us?
Maybe take the batteries
out the fruit bowl?
Right.
This is fun.
I prefer fun Jen and Nikki
to work Jen and Nikki.
Yeah. Yeah.
So, how is work going, do you think?
Oh, um Really good, actually.
Great.
And just for fun,
what would you say
your strong points are?
You know, if you had to.
I have a face that suits
literally every type of hat.
- Thank you.
- Ah, thank you.
Looks so expensive.
Shall I just have the top?
No, no. It's on me. It's fine.
Do you know, the person
that started this chain
now has eight cake shops?
- No way.
- Yes, yes.
And do you know what she said
the most important part of
setting up this business was?
The cakes.
Well, yes, but before that.
- The chairs?
- No, no.
The vision.
You have to envision
the life that you want.
And, Jen, it can be anything. It
can be absolutely anything you want.
Even if it's not exactly
where you are right now.
Isn't that Isn't that inspiring?
I know what you're trying to
do, and I really appreciate it.
But I don't want a promotion.
I'm happy where I am.
In fact, I'd say I've
never been happier.
And my parents are so proud.
I'm finally back in
the family newsletter.
Yeah, one of my cousins
thought I'd died.
Oh, that's great. Great.
Hey, hey.
I've got some postpartum gifts.
I got a new journal.
Uh, and I found us Shelley's
Ode to the West Wind.
I feel, um Well, I mean, one assumes
we'll be in a in
a Shelley place. Hmm?
And I know it's a little
bit early, but, um, oh!
Okay, okay, Scott.
Look.
Yeah.
If you really wanna
help me through this
- Yeah.
- then there is something I need.
Yeah.
I need you to be less modern.
Okay.
I need a tap fixer, not a
watery-eyed journaler, you know?
I need B6 supplements and
cavity wall insulation,
not tears on the toilet
'cause everything in the
world suddenly feels connected.
I cannot have you crying
more than the baby.
Yeah, I mean, that's
Um, you know I'm not an alpha male.
I mean, you knew that when you proposed.
I just don't like all that "hug it
out, I'll be there for you" stuff.
You know, I can cope
very well on my own.
And at the scan, no holding
my hand and stroking my hair.
Just get me a coffee,
sit in the waiting room,
and look over the top of your newspaper
every now and then. Like a Victorian.
Because, to be honest, it feels
like you might be a fainter.
Aw. Oh, that's cute, isn't
it? What do you think of that?
No.
No, it's gross, isn't it?
Can I get this?
Oh! Well, that's nice, isn't it?
Ooh, it's quite It's quite expensive.
But I really like it.
Yeah, no, I I
I know you do, but
Please?
No. No, I'm sorry
Princess, no. We can't.
Ah, that was fun, wasn't it?
Where do you fancy next, girls?
- Hans & Gretel ice cream!
- Yeah! Ice cream!
Oh, no, no, no, no,
isn't it a little bit early
for a novelty ice cream?
I'll just go get a chair.
Oh, uh, can you sit over there?
- What, there?
- No.
Over there.
Right.
Right, but that's a different
restaurant, isn't it?
Okay.
Yeah, sure.
Oi, I thought I said
no Adam today. Cheeky.
All right, well, be
careful with him, all right?
We don't want anyone tripping
over his cord, do we? No.
Okay. In you go.
Uh
Sorry, I'm just I'm
trying to watch those kids.
Oh!
Uh, hi. Are Are you eating here?
Yes, love.
With food from this café? Because
I think this area is customers only.
I've lost my left breast to
cancer. I'll eat where I like.
Don't tut at me, superfood salad.
I'm not your Polish builder.
Come on, boys. So sorry.
My family knew the Krays, so
no one tells me where I can sit.
- I'm Bev.
- Nikki.
Mmm.
- Cute kids.
- Yeah.
So, which one's yours?
None of them, really.
It's a long story, Bev.
Thanks for coming, mate.
Bat-Signal goes up and here I am.
Can only stay for the first half though.
This just feels so
wrong. It feels so wrong.
I shouldn't be here. They know.
They know that I don't belong here.
It's like when I'm
in a church, you know.
- Well, he's young. Switch him to Spurs.
- Shh.
I've tried and it's too
late. He's already set.
And anyway, I'd rather
he was an Arsenal fan
than someone who switches teams.
I mean, that's like
cheating on your wife.
Sorry, mate. No offense.
No, it's fine. I was having a breakdown.
I love it. I love how
you say that like you
It's like you declare yourself bankrupt
and it just clears
all your debt. It's
- No, look, I know I'm a bad person.
- Right.
But it's because of what happened to me.
- What do you mean?
- Nothing.
Nothing bad has ever happened to me.
Oh, my goodness, mate. I'm
so sorry. You should've said.
When When did this not happen?
No. Nothing bad happening
can be ruinous to a person.
- I went to this AA group.
- Yeah?
Everybody there,
they had reasons for their
mistakes, but I haven't got any.
I'm just an arsehole.
Feel free to interrupt.
- No, go on.
- Well, there you go.
So I started this.
Arseholes Anonymous.
I have created a safe space for
arseholes to come together and change.
- Right.
- 'Cause you see,
I've got a lot of good things
in my life that I don't deserve,
and I'm gonna start deserving them.
Yesterday I considered letting
a refugee stay in my spare room.
I mean, practically, it wouldn't work.
The kitchen island's tiny, and
I imagine it's a lot of forms.
- But I'm telling you
- Sure.
I'm gonna change people.
The man you are today need not
be the man you are tomorrow.
Are you running a cult?
- Time will tell, mate. Time will tell.
- Lacazette. Lacazette!
Shit.
So we go in front of a judge
and just hope that they
give us full custody,
but we just We're not sure which
way it's gonna go at the minute.
No?
I don't think that I've got
the relationship with Princess
that I would've hoped
to have had by now.
I just I-I feel like just
some random woman in her life.
I think that's why I find
it hard to be tough with her.
I-I'm so desperate for her to like me.
Yeah, my daughter had some problems,
and I'm telling you, tough
love is the only love.
Yeah, yeah. You're right, you're right.
- Family is everything.
- Yeah.
Look, if someone tried
to take mine away?
There'd be murders.
Literal murders.
- Sorry, I'm just gonna keep
- Oh, no, you keep an eye, love.
If I was going to grab
a kid, I'd do it here.
Yeah.
Oh, sorry, I just need to
- Hello?
- Hi.
Promise me you won't
panic. He's fine, okay?
Jase, what's happened?
He's tripped over and banged his head,
so I brought him to hospital
just to be on the safe side.
Hospital?
Yeah, look, he's Trust me, he's okay.
In the taxi, he was more
concerned with the football.
Weren't you, mate?
Jase, sorry, wha
Why are you in a taxi?
'Cause I've had a drink.
You're drunk?
Jase, what if what if
they call social services?
We're gonna be in and out, and no
one's calling anyone, all right?
Listen Look, I've got
I've gotta go, babe, all right?
No, J
Bloody hell.
- Everything all right?
- Sorry, yeah. I just
Gotta go. It's fine,
it's t totally fine.
- It was so nice to meet you, Bev.
- Yeah, you too.
And be strong, eh?
Kids need a strong woman in their lives.
Yes.
Okay, Princess, we need to go. Your
brother's had a little accident.
Okay. There's a small
bruise there, isn't there?
Well, he tripped over Adam.
Didn't Well, that's
his That's his lamp.
- Okay. Um, it looks fine.
- Yeah?
I'd like to give it half
an hour to make sure.
- Great, so should we wait here?
- Wait here.
All right. Fantastic. Thank you, Doctor.
Hi. Hi, welcome back.
Hi. Hi, come on in.
Welcome, welcome. Oh,
welcome. Um, take a seat.
So, uh, welcome to the other AA.
Before we start, I see that
once again I'm the only person
to bring biscuits.
Now, didn't mind doing it
for the first few sessions,
but we are entering
freeloader territory here,
so let's not forget
why we're here. Okay?
Now, um, well, I see
we have a new member.
So, uh, would you like to
start by introducing yourself?
Uh, yeah, um
I'm Lawrence, and, uh, I'm an arsehole.
And we all say hello back.
We spoke about this
last week. Come on, guys.
- Hello, Lawrence.
- Hi, Lawrence.
- Hello, Lawrence.
- Hi, Lawrence.
Oh, your your bag's open.
Why do you have this?
Princess, why do you have this?
Right. Okay, come on, we're going back.
- No!
- No! No argument.
Please!
Has to be their last
chance, you'd think.
And Spurs continue to
throw for the leveler.
Looking for Dier. Here is
Dier. And Moura at the far post.
Yes, and it's Lucas Moura.
Tottenham rescue the point. It's 1-1
Aw, are you okay, mate?
It's only football.
And it's Tottenham 1, Arsenal 1.
And I just lost it, you know.
And I I stood up, I
pushed him against the wall
and I'm screaming in his face,
"You call this an Admiral's Club?"
So, I'm thinking of, uh
volunteering in a soup kitchen.
I mean, it seems like
a good thing to do.
Uh, plus, they don't really
expect much, so, you know.
That's very brave.
Olivia, is there something
you'd like to contribute?
Sounds like a bad Admiral's
Club. I'd have shoved the guy.
Yes, but then where would that get us?
Well, eventually,
better Admiral's clubs.
I mean, what are we doing here?
We're trying to become better people.
Why? We're already the best ones.
- We're not soup kitchen volunteers. We're
- Lawyer.
- You?
- Small tech start-up.
Early days, but we expect to float
in the third quarter of next year.
- Yeah, I'm a surgeon.
- You?
Director of my own
sporting goods company.
Exactly. Arseholes run things.
Because running things is hard,
and we're the only ones
with the stomach for it.
Yes, but that doesn't give
us license to behave badly.
- 'Cause we live in a society.
- Oh, who cares about society?
Ants have a great society.
They still vomit into each
other's mouths to communicate.
If ants had egos, they'd
have smartphones by now.
Well, hard to do anything
other than speculate about that.
Human progress happens when
arseholes act like arseholes.
What human progress did me
cheating on my wife achieve?
Yours. Your human progress.
You were probably miserable.
- No, see, 'cause I'm miserable now.
- Well, that's because you're here.
No, I'm sorry.
I tried, but I can't do this.
I'm quitting my job at Oxfam.
It hasn't made me happier
like you said it would.
You can't run away from your true nature
like it's jury service or a cyclist
you just glance with your car.
Olivia, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna
need your two-week chip back.
Fine. I was going anyway.
You all should too.
Jonathan. Leonard. Come on.
Guys, seriously.
I mean, Dan, you were doing so well.
Guys?
Lawrence.
A little cold. But this just
helps the ultrasound waves go in
and gives us a clearer picture.
And this is the probe we're going
to use. It is a round probe and
Okay, okay.
Vanessa, I'm very comfortable with
the edited highlights of this. Okay?
Okay.
Just trying to see if
I can find a heartbeat.
- Can be a little tricky sometimes.
- Okay.
I'm just
gonna try a little bit more gel.
Um, sometimes people are
a bit off with the dates,
so they think they're
further along than they are.
Which might explain it.
- When was your last period?
- No, the dates
I I know they're right.
Okay.
Okay, you know what, I'm just
gonna pop and get a colleague.
- Okay.
- Okay. I won't be a moment.
Vanessa?
Can you do me a favor?
Scott?
I'll just be two minutes.
Okay, okay.
It's okay. I've got
you. Both of you. Okay?
- Is everything okay?
- Yeah.
You're fine. Keep an eye.
All right, fantastic.
Right, then, you, let's go.
Good boy.
Looking for Lacazette
with Saka in space.
Yes! We won! We won, Dad! We won!
Arsenal steal it at the death.
We love you, Arsenal ♪
We do ♪
Sing with me, Dad.
We love you, Arsenal, we do ♪
We love you, Arsenal, we do ♪
We love you, Arsenal, we do ♪
We love you, Arsenal, we do ♪
Oh, Arsenal, we love you ♪
We love you, Arsenal, we do ♪
There we go.
Little bit shy, that's all.
Make the most of that.
Princess?
No, Princess.
Princess?
Princess, will you let me in, please?
- No.
- I have to do tough love.
Why?
Oh, I don't know. People just
always say it, don't they?
So I think it must be true.
- Just come out.
- No.
Oh. Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry.
- Oi.
- Go away.
- Princess.
- Go away!
Will you just tell me why you took it?
Excuse me. Is there a problem?
Yes. Yes, actually,
these walls are too high.
Please don't look over the walls.
This is a private matter,
actually. Thank you very much.
- I have jurisdiction in the whole shop.
- Oh, please!
You're not even allowed to stop
shoplifters walking out with stuff.
It's health and safety.
I've read that. You're
basically a scarecrow.
I can I can ask
them to stop, actually.
No, okay, I'm sorry, that
was mean. That was mean.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry!
We don't have to do tough love.
Things are tough enough.
Will you come out?
Why did you take it?
Your birthmark?
They made fun of it.
Oh.
Well, it just makes you a
little different, that's all.
I don't want to be different.
Yeah, I get it.
I get it.
When you're young, you want to cover up
what's different about you.
When you get older,
it becomes the thing that
people like about you.
Right. You don't want to be different?
No? I know what we can do.
Let's have a look at yours.
You are insane.
You know, I've always wanted a tattoo.
I feel so edgy.
But I still want to be
taken seriously at work,
so I'm gonna put a watch over it
to cover it when I'm in client meetings.
So edgy, yeah.
Do you know, um, we had a moment.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
What, did you, uh, gaze
into each other's eyes?
- Yes. Yes.
- You did?
Well, no. I mean, she looked
in a mirror. But I saw, Jase.
Oh, we still need to unpack his stuff.
Oh! Jase, look.
Yeah.
- I'm gonna put these up for them.
- Hold on a sec.
Hmm?
- Can I have that?
- Yeah.
Unscrew the nut to release the
Bev!