[WATER DRIPPING]
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Now the final contestant,
Sam Woodford, representing Year 10.
[WOMAN SCREAMING DISTORTEDLY]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
OSCAR: You were brilliant, by the way.
If you keep practising and having lessons,
one day you might be up there with me.
Do you think so?
You can do anything if you put your mind to it.
When you stand up there, high above everyone,
nothing can touch you.
The buzz is incredible.
I'm sorry for what happened at the party.
What I said about your dad.
SAM: It's okay.
Forget it.
[GASPS] Fuck off, mate!
I'm sorry.
What are you doing?
I saw you watching me dive.
It was compulsory.
Oh, so you mean you weren't checking me out?
No, I wasn't.
SAM: Okay.
If you say so.
[CHUCKLING]
Shit dive, by the way.
I'm 5p short.
Thanks.
You all right, Jenny?
It's been a long time since anyone's asked me that. [CHUCKLES]
Really?
I owe you 5p.
Maybe we could get that coffee.
- How about a carrot cake? - [BOTH LAUGHING]
Maybe even dinner?
- That'd be nice. - BILL: Great.
- What's going on? - Mr Williams is dead.
They think it was an accidental overdose.
Something must've gone wrong with his morphine machine.
- That's not possible! - I know. It's a nightmare.
You know, I've been on all night
and now Jean wants me to write a report.
There's going to be an inquiry, and I've got to minute
all the comings and goings. And I can't find his watch anywhere.
You know, I'm exhausted and I can't remember anything.
It'll be fine. They'll get to the bottom of it.
CATHY: [SIGHS] All right. I need to speak to Sam.
- Why? - Well, he was here last night.
What? No, he told me he was at a party.
No, no. He was here. Wandering around as usual.
Can he come in today?
Yeah, I'll call him. We'll speak to him.
Okay.
MISS MAUDSLEY: We inherit through the egg of our mother
and the sperm of our father.
- [GIGGLING] - Er, there's nothing funny aboutthat.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Come in.
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
Er, Sam Woodford, your mum rang.
You need to go to the hospital straight after school.
Okay! Jason Watson and Francis Crick...
[DISTORTED] ...worked out the structure of DNA in 1953.
[LECTURE CONTINUES DISTORTEDLY]
[GRUNTS]
He passed away last night.
It was his heart?
It was a morphine overdose.
Did he finish Treasure Island?
- I'm gonna miss him, Mum. - JENNY: Mmm.
Jenny. We need to do this.
What were you doing here last night?
- I was looking for you. - Why did you lie to me?
You told me you were going to a party.
I didn't lie. I went to the party but it was boring,
so I left early and I came to find you.
Did you forget I was out with Lisa?
Mum, you weren't home. And I didn't want to be on my own.
But that's not the point. You shouldn't be here when I'mnot.
I keep saying the same thing. This is no place for a child.
JENNY: I think Cathy's right. I don't think you can come here any more.
Did you speak to Mr Williams?
No. I picked up my book, like I said.
But I didn't speak to him. He was asleep.
[STAMMERING] Was he making any noises?
Nope. He was quiet as a mouse.
CATHY: [SIGHS] Are you sure?
Sam?
Sam.
Yes, I told you. He was asleep.
I'm sorry, Cathy. But you need to come with us.
[STAMMERING] I haven't finished my report.
WOMAN: Don't worry about that now.
Can you cover for me?
JENNY: It'll be all right. You'll be back before you knowit.
[OSCAR GRUMBLING]
Stop!
You're not afraid of hurting a snail?
No.
What about a bee?
Well, bees are important for the environment.
You can't kill bees.
SAM: What about a rat?
[LAUGHING] I can't stand rats. Those long tails.
So you'd kill a rat, would you?
OSCAR: If I had to.
SAM: Maybe see you later.
Hey, Chrissy!
Where you going?
I'm going to see my grandma at the hospital.
I'll come with you.
- Weird. - It's my second home. I love it.
The old man at the hospital, the one I read to...
The guy died.
Shit.
I'm sorry.
He was a real gentleman.
I liked his company.
You sound like you were close to him.
One of the nurses gave him a morphine overdose.
At the hospital?
Yeah.
Can you imagine?
To do that to somebody.
That is massive.
It's meant to be a gentle death.
A bit like drowning.
Where'd you get that idea from?
I wouldn't have thought drowning was gentle.
I'd hate to die like that.
Why?
'Cause I'd just be panicking, knowing there was nothing I could do.
Maybe at first.
But then you'd be calm.
No way.
I'd much rather be shot in the head.
You coming or what?
I don't know what she looks like now.
SAM: That's her.
- Do you want me to come with you? -CHRISSY: No.
SAM: This is where the old man died.
- Oh, my God. Really? - SAM: Mmm.
I wonder if he was awake or asleep.
What do you mean?
Just wondering how it happened.
JENNY: Sam?
What are you doing?
I'm just showing her where Mr Williams died.
That is inappropriate. Get off the bed.
Now!
[CHRISSY CHUCKLES]
I told you not to come to the hospital any more.
I didn't mean anything by it.
JENNY: This is serious, Sam.
Cathy's been suspended. She's in a real state.
Well, she's always in a flap.
Maybe she made a mistake.
But I know her. She's a brilliant nurse.
Mmm. She does like a drink.
No more than anyone else.
Well, I smelt it on her breath the other day.
It could be to do with that.
What are you talking about?
I told you not to come back to the hospital. I really meanit.
You're starting to sound a lot like her.
And you're starting to sound like someone else's son.
Whatever.
JENNY: Sam?
Sarah?
It's Chrissy.
I... You look like her.
CHRISSY: Do you think so?
[MURMURS]
Oh. Come... Come and sit down.
Last time I saw you, you'd just learned to talk.
That was a long time ago.
BILL: What're you doing?
I didn't know you were coming here.
Look at her now, all grown up.
Yeah.
- They give you time off school? - Look, I was gonna say...
Dad made me start at Ripley Heath the day after we moved in.
Did he, now?
CHRISSY: Yeah.
He wouldn't let me have a day off.
Chrissy, go on. Wait for me outside.
- You're trying to get rid of me. - BILL: Chrissy.
Please.
So, she's at school here now, is she? Thinking of staying?
You have to put them in school now or you get fined.
You're not having my house.
I don't want your house, Mum. I'm just here to help.
It's not a man's job. What about work?
My transfer hasn't come through yet.
- Chrissy? - She's fine.
Look.
She doesn't know anything about what happened.
I'd like to keep it that way.
- I don't know what you're talking about. -Just...
Leave her mother out of it, okay?
[POWER SAW WHIRRING]
Oscar, can you get Dad from the garage? Dinner's ready.
I'll go.
Oh, okay.
[POWER SAW CONTINUES WHIRRING]
[GASPS]
Hi, Sam. I didn't see you there.
This is amazing. How do you know how to do this?
My dad taught me when I was little.
SAM: It's the kind of thing you pass on, isn't it?
Mmm.
Are you teaching Oscar?
MIKE: It's not really his sort of thing.
[LAUGHING] Yeah, I can see that.
You could teach me.
Well, when it's ready, you two could take it out together.
Nah, I don't know about that. Oscar's not a very good swimmer.
He's never been very sporty.
Yeah, nice way of putting it. [CHUCKLES]
I mean, come on, Mike. We both know he's weak.
Maybe we could go. Just the two of us.
I don't think so.
Why not?
Well, you're Oscar's friend.
You're not my son.
OSCAR: You guys coming or what?
Yeah.
When I found the caterpillar in one of these...
- In the green beans? - Now, look.
Yes, I do remember. And you blamed me for that.
Well, yeah. You put it in there.
[CONVERSATION CONTINUES DISTORTEDLY]
OSCAR: Yeah, it got stuck in my braces actually.
Nasty.
JENNY: I don't know what's going on with Sam.
He's started disobeying me,
and he doesn't seem to care. I was never like that.
Well, they all go through phases.
I put it down to hormones.
Do you ever wonder what they're doing when we're not there?
[LAUGHING] All the time!
I've started thinking about
searching his room, you know, checking his phone.
Every parent does that. And the ones that say they don't...
- They're lying. - JENNY: Really?
Well, I'm saying that I got up to all sorts.
And I still turned out all right.
I mean... Well I...
- I think I did. - [BOTH LAUGHING]
You didn't go to Ripley Heath, did you?
I definitely would've remembered you.
I don't know about that.
I had spots and no mates.
- BILL: That's my type. - [LAUGHING]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I'm, erm...
[SIGHS] I'm a bit out of practise.
Yeah. Me, too.
No, hold on.
[CAR DOOR CLOSING]
[CAR ENGINE STARTING]
[CHUCKLES]
Do you like him?
I don't know. We only just met. It's early days.
I know no one's ever gonna replace my dad.
I'm sorry it's just the two of us.
You never talk to me about him.
You know I find it really... Really hard.
What was he like?
Do I remind you of him?
No.
No, you're nothing like him.
You're more like me.
There's some...
- Sam. -Tell me again what happened, Mum.
How he died.
- When I was... - I remember I was at nursery.
You were in a car crash. A lorry came out of nowhere and hit you head-on
and that's when you got your scar.
That's right.
Dad scooped you up in his arms and he took you from the car.
Well, I never told you that. [LAUGHS]
SAM: But it was too late for him.
His injuries were fatal.
His heart was failing. He collapsed on the cold, wet tarmac,
and even though he could barely breathe, he still managed to tell you
how much he loved me.
To keep me safe.
That is not what happened.
- I'm going to bed. - No, Mum.
[YELLING] Mum, I want to hear about him!
JENNY: Night, Sam.
[GRUNTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
JENNY: Sam, don't forget your swimming kit.
[YELLING]
[DISTORTED SHOUTING]
OSCAR: [DISTORTED] I saw you come in.
I thought we could do some more diving practise.
I was doing this... Playing this game. This diving game.
[OSCAR CONTINUES DISTORTEDLY]
I feel like this game, it might help you.
I've been doing these exercises for my arms.
I can really feel... Feel the difference.
I think you should come to mine tonight. I'm having bangers and mash.
[OSCAR SHRIEKS]
[WHOOPING]
I don't even fucking like ya!
I pity you. I pity you.
I could snap your little fucking neck if I wanted to.
[OSCAR WHIMPERING]
Shit.
Excuse me? Hi, I'm Lauren.
I'm, erm... I'm Oscar's mum.
-Oh, hi. I'm Jenny.-Hi.
JENNY: I've been hearing a lot about him.
LAUREN: Er, I just wanted to have a word about Sam.
Er, Oscar came home from school today and he was freezing.
He was soaked to the skin
because Sam had pushed him into the showers in his uniform.
My God! Is Oscar okay?
No! No, he isn't.
Look, Oscar's younger than Sam. He's sensitive. He's impressionable.
Yeah, well, Sam's not really been himself recently,
and I... I will have a word with him.
You can tell Oscar it won't happen again.
Yeah, to be honest, I would rather they didn't hang out any more.
[CAR ALARM BEEPS]
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
BOY: Yeah, yeah...
JENNY: Oscar's mum came to see me today.
- Apparently, you've been bullying him. -Mmm. [EXHALES]
That's rubbish.
Tell me your side of it then.
He was getting on my nerves, so, I pushed him. That's all.
Did you not realise how upset he was?
You frightened him, Sam.
He didn't look frightened.
JENNY: What were you doing?
I don't want to talk about this any more.
I found it.
Go on. Where?
In the street.
Sam, I know it's Mr William's.
He gave it to me.
- You're lying. - No, I'm not!
It was the night he died.
But you said he was asleep.
It's ridiculous. I don't believe you.
Okay.
Okay, I took it.
I know I shouldn't have.
[SIGHS]
I was getting my book out of his bedside table...
[STAMMERS] I saw it, I just picked it up.
Why would you do that?
I know. I was gonna take it back.
You can't go back and say you stole a patient's watch.
The police are there. They'll interview you.
I could lose my job!
Sometimes, he just seems like, blank.
The other night, he was asking about his dad.
Does he, erm, see much of him?
No.
ANNOUNCER: Three and seven, 37.
I just...
I really feel like I fucked up.
BILL: [EXHALES] I know what you mean.
I wasn't there for Chrissy after her mum died.
I couldn't keep it together.
ANNOUNCER: ...eighty.
Lost my job.
I think you seem like a really good dad.
ANNOUNCER: Twenty-two.
[CHUCKLES]
Do you want to get out of here?
ANNOUNCER: ...eighty-eight.
- I'm still waiting on three numbers. -[LAUGHS]
[LAUGHS]
[ANNOUNCER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
Come on.
SAM: Hi.
What are you doing here?
I wanted to see you.
CHRISSY: Well, come in.
Excuse the house. It's...
Full of old lady shit.
Do you mind?
If I...
- You're lovely. - I'm not.
I've done something terrible.
You can tell me.
You can tell me. It's all right.
I told Sam his dad is dead.
And he's not.
Right.
So, where is he now?
Glenford Prison.
How long's he been inside?
JENNY: Twelve years.
And he's coming up for parole.
And Sam doesn't know anything about him?
I couldn't tell him.
He was only four when it happened.
I...
I had to try to protect him.
And now he thinks his dad is some kind of hero.
Look, erm...
Maybe we should do this another time.
- Is that what you want? - [CHUCKLES] No.
Oh, God. No. Look, I just, I...
Whoa.
[CHUCKLES]
How do I look?
Really unattractive.
Thank you.
How weird is it that our parents are out on a date?
Are they?
CHRISSY: They've gone for a drink.
I didn't know that.
CHRISSY: Your mum seems nice.
Where's your dad?
He died.
I'm sorry.
SAM: It's okay.
It's not though, is it?
My mum died.
People say it gets better, but...
It's just shit.
[CLATTERING]
I don't bite.
I know.
[SIGHS]
What is it about you?
I can't put my finger on it.
On what?
The reason I like you.
Can I just lie here?
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
Have you had sex before?
I said...
I just wanted to lie here.
[WHISPERS] That's okay.
Let me show you.
Are you okay?
- What's wrong? - Nothing.
Are you sure?
I've gotta go.
Sam, please don't go! I...
I didn't mean to just...
[GROANS]
OFFICER: Shelton. Let's go.
[ALARM BUZZES]
SAM: He used to put me up on his shoulders.
And he used to show me off proudly to everybody.
And everybody that could see us, they could just see in his eyes
how much he just...
Adored me.
SAM: [ON VIDEO] And everybody that could see us, they could just see
- in his eyes. - [MUMBLES] Mmm... His eyes.
- [MUMBLING] Fucking adored me. - SAM: [ON VIDEO] ...adored me.
I'm his son.
[EXHALES] Fuck.
- [PHONE RINGING] - SAM: [ON VIDEO] I'm his son.
Whatever.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
CATHY: [ON PHONE] Sam? It's Cathy.
Is your mum there?
No, she's not.
Oh, erm...
I wanted to talk to her. I'm...
I'm being re-interviewed by the police, and...
[SIGHS] Well, I've been going around in circles, and I...
Someone must have used my code on the morphine pump.
I just wanted to talk it through with your mum.
Mmm-hmm. I'll tell her you called.
CATHY: Okay, well, erm...
This is really important, Sam. Okay? So, don't forget.
I have to clear my name.
- I won't. Don't worry, Cathy. - CATHY: All right. Erm, bye.
Bye.
- Good luck. - Thanks.
[MUMBLING]
Meet my son.
I wanna meet my son. One day...
[MUMBLING] ...changed.
Thanks.
Hi, my name's Jenny Woodford. I'm here for a parole hearing.
[ALARM BUZZES]
OFFICER: ID, please.
Check your bag.
Just wait here.
[PHONE RINGING]
Have you done this before?
Many times.
I'm the prison psychologist.
[DISTORTED]
MAN: Look... Look at me.
JENNY: I've been pushed to get something.
I'm gonna go get a job.
JENNY: Peter Shelton is my ex-husband.
When I was married to him,
he violently abused me and my son, Sam.
Peter can be charming and charismatic.
[BREATH TREMBLING]
He'll say to you that he's sorry for what he did.
And that he's changed.
[SNIFFLING]
Until I met James,
I didn't know what it felt like to be loved.
He helped me to escape Peter.
[BREATH TREMBLING]
James was kind and...
And gentle and loving.
He was a father to Sam.
We were a family.
And Peter couldn't bear to see how happy we were.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Sam, what are you doing here?
SAM: Mum's at work. She's gonna find you when she finishes.
She wanted me to give you these.
Oh, that's kind of her.
SAM: I thought they might cheer you up.
So, do you want me to come in for a bit?
Erm, yeah.
Do you want some tea?
SAM: Yeah, yeah.
[TELEVISION PLAYING]
SAM: Thanks.
CHEF: [ON TELLY] ...breadcrumbs into a bowl. Add spring onions...
I was just watching some telly.
CHEF: ...some black pepper, and then combined together to ensure
that everything is mixed in well.
HOST: Can you use any type of cheese?
I like cheddar. Could I use that?
CHEF: Mmm. Most recipes use kefir cheese.
Don't suppose you've got a biscuit to go with the tea?
Yeah, sure.
CHEF: ...a Lancashire or a Gloucester cheese.
HOST: What do you do next?
CHEF: Now, next...
Erm...
I've only got Bourbon.
Oh, that's okay.
- CATHY: Is that cool? - Yeah.
HOST: And then what do you do?
CHEF: ...into the breadcrumbs...
...together to form a stiff dough.
HOST: It's really that simple? CHEF: Yeah! Once the dough...
I'm sorry you've been having such a hard time.
Mmm-hmm.
What do you think happened?
I really don't know, Sam.
SAM: Do you think he could have done it himself?
Well, it doesn't make sense.
Well...
We both know it wasn't you.
You'd never do anything like that.
You're right. I...
I wouldn't.
Who else could it have been?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SIGHS] I don't know.
SAM: Erm...
I was there.
Yes.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
You were.
SAM: Now, I come to think of it.
Mr Williams did seem a bit anxious.
What are you talking about?
- I thought you said he was asleep. -Mmm.
He grabbed hold of my arm. [CHUCKLES]
It was like this.
- And he was just... - [GASPING]
- ...digging his fingernails into me. -[WHIMPERING]
Mmm.
- Ooh, whee. - [GROANS]
Whoo-whee!
[LAUGHS]
Are you feeling all right, Cathy?
[GROANING]
Whew. It's strong.
[MURMURING]
[WHIMPERING]
- SAM: Nice. - [GASPS]
SAM: Now...
I'm gonna go run you a nice hot bath.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[CRYING]
PETER: I've had a lot of time to think about what I did.
That's something I'll always have to live with.
Jenny was right. I, er, I had trouble
managing my anger back then.
I'm a different person now.
I keep to myself.
Erm...
I study.
I read and write.
[SIGHS] Look.
I'd like to meet my son one day.
Show him I've changed.
That I'm not the monster
that I was.
I'm not a child.
[SIGHS]
[EXHALES]
You thought I didn't belong at the hospital.
[WHIMPERS]
I'm not a child.
[CATHY WHIMPERS]
5-6-7-3-9-3-2-8.
[WHIMPERS]
- Your code, Cathy. - [CATHY CRIES]
[MIMICS CATHY]
[CATHY CRIES]
[SAM GRUNTING]
[THUDDING]
[WATER RUNNING]
[CATHY WHIMPERING]
[SAM GROANS]
Come on. [GRUNTS]
Let's get this off you.
What do you want?
Please, can you give me another chance?
I shouldn't have run off last night.
I want to be honest with you.
Good.
It's difficult for me.
Show me what to do.
[KEYS JANGLING]
Oh...
[THUDDING ON DOOR]
[EXHALES]
Hi.
Hello. [LAUGHS]
What are you doing in the dark?
Nothing.
You look happy.
I'm very happy.
I want everything to be all right between us.
And from now on, it will be. I promise.
Mmm.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
I love you.
I love you too.
- Do you want a cup of tea? - Yeah, that would be great.
Did you have a good day?
Perfect.
[TELEVISION PLAYING]
JENNY: Have you done your homework?
No.
JENNY: I'm gonna check, you know.
MAN ON TV: ...been down the market to get a fake pair of UGG boots.
- SAM: There you go, Mum. - Oh, thank you.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON TELEVISION]
So, how was your day?
Yeah, it was good.
You were on the ward all day.
Uh-huh.
Rushed off my feet.
WOMAN ON TV: And then maybe like, "Oh, you've been to the monkey shop".
[CHUCKLES]