Original subtitles

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING] MOTHER: What are you eating?

R: [OVER PHONE] I am eating some "toona."

MOTHER: [LAUGHS] "Toona"? You mean "tuna."

You're gonna turn into a tuna.

R: [OVER PHONE] It's weird. She said she's got no mayo.

She said she'd run out, but... MOTHER: No mayo?

R: [OVER PHONE] I just... I refuse to believe that.

I think she's holding out on me.

MOTHER: That's disgusting. Look, when are you home?

R: [OVER PHONE] Yeah, er, later. What would you like for dinner?

What can I bring you back? MOTHER: Oh, anything.

I mean, not "toona," please.[WATER GUSHING]

R: [OVER PHONE] Not "toona."

- MOTHER: [LAUGHS] Tuna. - R: [OVER PHONE] Tuna. Love you.

MOTHER: [GROANS SOFTLY] He's wriggling.

R: [OVER PHONE] Good.

Getting that head all the way down there ready to...

MOTHER: Oh, God, not yet, I hope.

R: [OVER PHONE] Are you talking to me whilst having a wee?

MOTHER: What?

R: [OVER PHONE] A strong-sounding wee?

MOTHER: [SCOFFS] It's the bath. [LAUGHS]

R: [OVER PHONE] Yeah, that's a poor...

MOTHER: Oh, the people at Number 32 have left.

R: [OVER PHONE] Oh, good, good. MOTHER: I know. They got...

They got in this camper van with all their stuff.

The kids and that dog.

R: [OVER PHONE] I love the dog.

MOTHER: It was hanging out the window.

That dog is a nightmare.

R: [OVER PHONE] I love the dog.

Can we do that? MOTHER: No.

R: [OVER PHONE] Can we do that?

MOTHER: No. Wait, do what?

R: [OVER PHONE] Definitely get a camper van.

MOTHER: No.

No, thank you.

R: [OVER PHONE] Like a really nice camper van.

[WATER GURGLING][INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[WATER TAP SQUEAKING]

[WATER TRICKLING]

[MOTHER SIGHS DEEPLY]

[RAIN PATTERING][THUNDER RUMBLING]

Hello.

Hi.

Hello, you.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

[MOTHER GRUNTS]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[RAIN PATTERING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[LAUGHS]

COMEDIAN: [OVER TV] ...face of somebody who looked like

I like peeling potatoes.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING][CHUCKLES]

COMEDIAN: [OVER TV] I don't know. I mean,

do I look like I've got a potato for a face?

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING, CHEERING][LAUGHS]

[TV SHUTS DOWN][CAR ALARM BLARING IN DISTANCE]

[MOTHER GROANS SOFTLY]

[SIGHS]

[CLICKING LIGHT SWITCH]

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE]

[PLASTIC RUSTLING]

[MOTHER SIGHS]

[RAIN PATTERING]

Mm.

Fuck.

[GROANS]

Oh!

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[RAIN PATTERING][BROODING MUSIC PLAYING]

[DIAL TONE RINGING]

MOTHER: What's going on? [BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GROANS]

[BREATHING DEEPLY]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

R: [OVER PHONE] Hello. I'm not here. Leave a message.

[PHONE BEEPS]

[DIAL TONE RINGING][BREATHING HEAVILY]

OPERATOR: [OVER PHONE] I'm sorry, the ambulance service

is currently in heavy demand. We will respond as soon

as a call handler becomes available.

You're currently in the queue.

[MOTHER BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GROANS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY][AMBULANCE SIREN BLARING]

[MOTHER GROANING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[AMBULANCE SIREN BLARING]

[MOTHER GROANS]

[AMBULANCE SIREN WAILING][GROANS]

[GROANS]

[SOBS, GROANS]

[SCREAMS, BREATHES HEAVILY]

It's too soon. It's too soon. [BREATHES HEAVILY]

It's not supposed to be...

NURSE: Evacuate?

MIDWIFE: One more time.

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS] MIDWIFE: Push.

[RAIN PATTERING]

MOTHER: Hello.

Who are you?

[COUGHS] MOTHER: Mm. What is it?

[CRIES] MOTHER: Aw.

Hello.[CRIES]

MOTHER: There. Hey, hey.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MALE STAFF: We're on backup generators, er, everyone,

so please refrain from charging any mobile phones or devices.

FEMALE STAFF 1: Can you check on it?

It doesn't feel real, does it?

MALE STAFF: [OVER PA] Please refrain from charging

any mobile phones or devices.

- Did it hurt? - MOTHER: No.

FEMALE STAFF 2: We've got to get everybody off this floor now.

Why are you looking at me like that?

'Cause you're amazing.

DOCTOR: You need to squeeze the breast into a sort of burger shape.

- Right. - DOCTOR: You haven't peed yet?

- Not yet. - DOCTOR: Aim for the baby's nose...

[CROWD CLAMORING] Okay, yeah, got it.

DOCTOR: ...you need to bring baby to you,

otherwise you'll end up stuck in an uncomfortable position.

- Okay. - DOCTOR: Do you have somewhere to go?

Er...

DOCTOR: Out the city? Space for baby?

Yes.

What, we can't go home? No?

DOCTOR: And then you push him on, nose to mouth, okay?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- R: Thank you. - Do try and pee.

Yeah, sure, I'll try my best.

And, er, baby'll need a name before you go.

We're registering all births and deaths for now.

R: Okay.

MALE STAFF: [OVER PA] This department will be closing in 24 hours.

We can't go home.

[BABY WHIMPERS]

[GROANS SOFTLY, CHUCKLES] Noah.

[LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY]

- Bob. - No. You used to be funny.

I'm hilarious. You're still high.

I wish. Fuck. Oh, fuck.

- You okay? - Fuck. I'm pulp.

- Oh, my love. - I'm mush and fucking pulp.

We love you.

[FEMALE PATIENT SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]

MOTHER: [SIGHS] Can you turn the tap on, please?

[BABY CRIES]

[MOTHER SIGHS]

We love you.

[URINE SPLATTERING][SIGHS]

She did it. She did it![SIGHS]

[LAUGHS] I did it.[BABY WHIMPERS]

Whoop-a.

[INHALES DEEPLY] Ahem...

- Percy. - MOTHER: What, like the...

No, not Percy... pig?

- R: Woody. - Woody. Mm-mm. No.

- Zeb. - MOTHER: Zeb?

Zeb, Zeb, Zeb, Zeb, Zeb, Zeb, Zeb.

- Zeb. - Yeah.

MOTHER: Make sure he doesn't get wet.

- R: Right, yeah. - MOTHER: Have you got him?

- R: Yeah, I've got him. - MOTHER: Okay.

- Look, he's getting wet. - R: Oh, shit.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING][POLICE SIREN WAILING]

R: Careful with this bit.

[CROWD CLAMORING]

- MOTHER: Oh! - R: You okay?

- I've got you. You all right? - MOTHER: Yeah, I'm fine.

[THUNDER RUMBLING][INDISTINCT CHATTER]

NEWS REPORTER 1: [OVER RADIO] Extreme storms

which are battering the UK have left many parts

of the country submerged, and with reports...

G: [OVER PHONE] Hi. Please leave a message after the tone.

R: I can't get through. My phone's just not...

[PASSERBY 1 SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY] R: Jesus Christ.

[ZEB CRIES]

[DIAL TONE RINGING]

NEWS REPORTER 1: [OVER RADIO] ...the true scale of the disaster unfolds...

[CAR THUDS] PASSERBY 2: Come on!

[HORNS HONKING][ZEB CRIES]

[MOTHER SHUSHES]

[SHUSHES]

[CAR SIREN WAILING][BROODING MUSIC PLAYING]

[ZEB WHIMPERS][BREATHES DEEPLY]

- Does it hurt? - Yeah.

It feels like someone's, like, staple-gunning my nipples.

[LAUGHS]

Mm, mm, mm.

He looks fatter.[LAUGHS]

[ZEB COOS]

- That's not possible. - Well, he does.

NEWS REPORTER 2: [OVER RADIO] Overwhelmed by the influx

of people affected by the flooding,

many towns and villages on higher ground

are blocking entry and have made the decision

to only allow current residents with valid ID to re-enter.

This has caused a great deal of controversy.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] NEWS REPORTER 2: In a statement, Buxton Council said

that they had made the very difficult decision

because schools and gyms are full...

Get back in your vehicle, please, Sir.

- DRIVER 1: Come on. Bloody hell. - Thank you.

- What's going on? - POLICE OFFICER: Sorry, Sir. Calm down.

We have somewhere to go, I told you that.

- MWC: Somewhere specific? - Yes, somewhere specific.

My parents have lived here for 35 years.

You can see there's a lot of demand.

This is unprecedented.

My boy's two days old.

I went to school round here. I grew up round here.

You don't currently live round here.

- R: Fucking hell. - MWC: Sir...

Please.

[ZEB WHIMPERS]

Please.

DRIVER 2: Just go!

POLICE OFFICER: What are you doing, woman?

[ZEB WHIMPERS]

DRIVER 3: Been sitting here for ages.

DRIVER 3: Why are we still sitting here?

[WHIMPERS]

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING][BIRDS CHIRPING]

[CAR APPROACHING]

They're here. They're here. [LAUGHS]

- Hey. - R: [CHUCKLES] Hey.

- Oh, God. Goodness. - R: Hey, Dad.

- Hello, lad. - How are you?

You managed to get past the roadblock, then, hey?

- R: Yeah. - G: Oh, God.

We've been trying to call.

R: Well, the networks are down, Mom.

G: I know. I know. [LAUGHS][CHUCKLES]

- G: Hey. - N: Right.

R: We've got someone for you to meet.

- N: Oh, hello. - G: Oh! [CHUCKLES]

- R: Zeb. - G: Look.

- Left it a bit bloody late. - Yeah, everyone did, Dad.

Three months of drought and then this. I mean...

N: You were lucky to get out at all.

G: Stop that.

N: Well, the whole city's underwater.

They know that.

You must have had an awful time. We've been ever so worried.

Sweetheart, sit down. Have something to eat.

Oh, thank you. [CHUCKLES]

- G: He's beautiful. - MOTHER: I think so.

G: Go and help your son unpack the car.

No, it's fine, Mom. All done.

N: Should have got out ages ago.

Yeah, but we didn't know this was gonna happen, did we?

I did warn you.

R: We were a bit preoccupied, Dad.

N: Too preoccupied for the birth of your own son?

G: Oh, right, 'cause you were there as the bloody midwife

while I was having that one, were you?

- I was involved. - Oh, sorry.

Sweetheart, he was very involved, yeah.

- Oh, this looks delicious. - G: Well, you must be starving.

Eating for two. I used to be famished.

And meat. I used to just want to eat entire cows.

- Do you remember? - N: I do.

G: We've been keeping supplies for years now.

You lot kept calling me a hoarder.

Who's laughing now, eh?

Don't know how you townies managed to cope.

Can you give us a hand?

[LAUGHS] What did you just call us?

Well, stuck that long in London, what do you expect?

R: We can't do our jobs out of London, Dad.

N: What, engineer? Cutting hair?

Your mom's feeding the village, obviously.

Well, everyone's doing their bit. She doesn't cut hair.

[KNOCKS ON WINDOW] G: Come in!

- Well, I mean, I do. - Yeah, to the bloody stars.

Breakfast TV. [CHUCKLES] G: Yeah, to the bloody stars.

Erm, we just prep the boxes, and then this one delivers them all.

- Tea? - Oh, no. No, thanks.

NEWS REPORTER 3: [OVER TV] Severe flooding is expected

to cause loss of life.

- G: They just got here. - Hey.

I... I'll go and start this.[ZEB WHIMPERS]

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV][SOBS]

It's her son.

He's not back yet.

[SIGHS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

- MOTHER: How's the ark? - R: Er, pretty moldy.

But Dad says it has good bones, so...

MOTHER: What happened to our home?

The street was gone. But, but... we build a new home.

[KISSES]

Yeah?

[ZEB COOS] Yeah.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

R: Here we go.

[ZEB COOS]

What do you think? What do you think?

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[RAIN PATTERING]

[ZEB CRIES]

MOTHER: [SIGHS] Okay, okay, okay.

[ZEB CRIES] I know, I know, I know.

[GROANS SOFTLY]

Ow, Zeb, ow.

[SIGHS]

[ZEB WHIMPERS][SIGHS]

Baby. Baby. Mom.

Mom, mom, mom, mom, mom.

I'm sorry yours isn't here.

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Has the cork always been here?

[CHUCKLES] Where are your posters?

- Didn't have any posters. - Of course you didn't.

What, not even of maps? Or fish? The periodic table?

You're making me sound so sexy.[LAUGHS]

I don't remember it being like this last time.

We just fucked last time.

With our hands over each other's mouths.

[SNIFFS]

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

[COOS]

NEWS REPORTER 3: [OVER TV] Three months on since the last great flood,

the public is advised to take refuge at their local shelter,

but aid workers say vital supplies

are not reaching those most in need.

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

R: Is it hurting?

MOTHER: Go on. No, not at all. No, no.

[BOTH LAUGH]

NEWS REPORTER 3: [OVER TV] In an urgent appeal, they have warned people

not to attempt to return to their homes

and have pleaded for restraint

following outbreaks of violence and looting.

Leading aid agencies say they are already chronically short

of basic food and medicine, so in a bid to protect supplies,

armed police and military are now guarding food banks

as well as emergency accommodation.

A ration system will be established to buy more time

to find a solution to the deepening food crisis.

[RAIN PATTERING]

MOTHER: I don't understand why you all have to go.

- It's just safer that way. - G: Easier. He means easier.

N: No, I mean safer. She's not a child.

- Yes, all right. - G: It'll be fine.

I'll stay put in the car.

N: Supplies are low. Roads are blocked.

Ports are flooded. Runways are flooded.

- We live on an island. - On an island.

Yeah, I know, but... So, people get panicky.

I'm sorry. This...

I know this is awful for you.[ZEB GURGLES]

But I am so happy you're here.

I know.

[ZEB COOS] Hey.

- R: Won't be long, okay? - Hmm.

Bye.

Hmm.

G: Anyone seen the shopping bag?

No, wait, It's all right. Found it.

R: We should head up the high street.

N: No, no, no.

R: Love you!

[MOTHER CHUCKLES][ZEB GURGLES]

Hey.

[CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING OVER TV]

[WHIMPERS]

FEMALE PRESENTER: [OVER TV] ...Ninja Filipina

sister up there.

You're meant to be up there, like Lou-Lou said.

This is your now, because that's your stage

and you just took it...

[DISTORTION]

[RAIN PATTERING]

MOTHER: And they had this summer romance

and they, er, really like each other, and...

But she's supposed to go back to Australia,

but she ends up staying and...

[SIGHS]

And he's got this, like, this gang, the T-Birds.

[CHUCKLES]

And he needs to look, I guess, like, er, I don't know,

like really cool in front of them.

I mean, he's basically...

he's just being a dick at this point.

[ZEB COOS]

[SIGHS] Fuck.

[ZEB GURGLES]

[RAIN PATTERING]

Hmm.

Kick, kick, kick, kick. Where are you running to? Hmm?

[ZEB GURGLES]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR][MOTHER GASPS]

Yeah, they will be back soon.

I just... I... I wasn't expecting anyone.

Is your house...

Er, where will you...

Er, er, baby. I'm sorry.

I just, erm... We don't have any food.

S: Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

[ZEB CRIES] MOTHER: I know, I know, I know.

I know, I know. It's fucking awful. I know.

[ZEB CRYING] I know, I know. Where are they?

[MOTHER SIGHS]

[ZEB CRYING][MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[ZEB CRYING IN DISTANCE]

[SCOFFS]

[SIGHS]

[ZEB WHIMPERS]

I'm sorry.

We'll fix this.

We'll go home and you'll grow tall and strong and kind,

and you won't remember any of this.

This isn't how it's supposed to be.

[SIGHS DEEPLY] I'm sorry.

Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

[ZEB GURGLES]

[THUDDING]

[CAR APPROACHING]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[SOBS]

[BEES BUZZING]

MOTHER: I'm so sorry.

I will look after you like you looked after me.

[SOBS SOFTLY] I love you.

Do you wanna talk about it?

I can't.

It wasn't quick.

I'm so sorry. [KISSES]

[R SNIFFLES]

I'm so sorry.

[ZEB COOS]

[ZEB WHIMPERS][MOTHER SHUSHES]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[RAIN PATTERING][ZEB WHIMPERS]

[MOTHER HUMMING]

You're up. Are you...

Sorry. I was just...

Why don't you come in, let me make you a cup of tea?

- And you must be hungry. - N: I'm going for a walk.

Well, I don't think that's a good idea.

N: I'm going for a walk.

MOTHER: Okay. Grandad's going for a walk.

[ZEB CRIES][KNOCKS ON DOOR]

MOTHER: Babe?

Your dad, he's, er, he's... Look, something's not right.

I don't know where he's going.

- R: Huh? - Look, can you take the baby?

[GUNSHOT]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

R: No! [SOBBING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

R: We can't stay here.

There's no food anyway.

We need to leave.

They want people to join shelters.

No, I'm not joining a shelter.

[WATER TRICKLING]

[SNIFFLES] I'm sorry.

I just... I...

I... I just can't. Too many people.

I just...

I just can't do it.

MOTHER: I don't know what else there is.

R: I love you.

I love you.

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]

[CROWD CLAMORING] OFFICER 1: Stop pushing!

Get back!

People will be, er...

I don't know, calmer around us with having a baby.

They trampled on my mom's neck.

People are starving to death. They don't give a fuck.

- People give a fuck. - No.

- No, no, they don't. - I don't believe that.

Look, I'm not having an existential argument with you

about the inherent shittiness of people.

I'm telling you, they trampled on my mom's neck.

That's why I'm saying I'll go.

You stay in the car. I'll go.

No. You're his food. You're his whole ecosystem.

Just wait. I can do it. Just give me a minute.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING][CROWD CLAMORING]

[MAN STAMMERING INDISTINCTLY]

[CROWD CLAMORING]

[CROWD CLAMORING]

OFFICER 1: This is your last load![WOMAN SCREAMING]

OFFICER 1: Stop pushing!

OFFICER 2: Everyone just stay where you are.

- OFFICER 1: Move back. Move back. - OFFICER 2: Stay where you are.

Don't make me pull it. I will. It's a final warning.

[RAIN PATTERING]

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[MOTHER SIGHS]

We can't raise him in a fucking car.

We're not raising him in a car. We're trying to get through.

We're not in a shelter because of me,

and we need to do what's right for him and for you.

We have to do what is right for all of us.

Hmm?

[BROODING MUSIC PLAYING]

We need to go to a shelter. [BREATHES DEEPLY]

Okay.

[SIGHS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Ladies and gents, I can understand...[CROWD CLAMORING]

...you've been waiting many hours outside,

but unfortunately, there are no more places at this time.

We can only accept children and one primary carer.

ANNOUNCER 1: [OVER PA] We're taking children and one parent only.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] R: Look, it's okay.

I'll come back for you, er, when things are calmer.

There'll be food here.

It'll be good for you both, okay?

Okay, well, no, no, no, none of us'll go.

No, you have to.

No, we'll just... we'll just keep driving.

R: If you're here, you're safe.

[SNIFFLES] R: 'Cause...

[ZEB CRIES]

...I can't protect you.

I can't protect you or Zeb,

and... and it will feel good to just know that you're safe.

I don't give a fuck what will feel good.

- We have a baby. - I know.

No, you have a baby. [VOICE BREAKING] We're a family.

[VOICE BREAKING] I feel like I'm dying.

[MOTHER SOBS SOFTLY]

I will let you down.

We stay together.

We stay together. [SNIFFLES]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

ANNOUNCER 1: [OVER PA] Unknown vehicle arriving at the gate. Over.

V: So, it's shelter 26. It's breakfast at 7:00.

Er, we have a strict lights-out policy at 9:00.

Now, you need to check the rota for any laundry.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

And at the moment we don't have any hot water,

so it's cold showers only, I'm afraid.

And this is your bed. Okay?

Yeah.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[MOTHER SHUSHES]

[ZEB WHIMPERS][MOTHER SHUSHES]

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.[ZEB COOS]

[SIGHS]

[ZEB CRIES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] O: There we go.

- Come on. There we go. - REFUGEE 1: Please.

- O: Baby, baby. - REFUGEE 1: Just do it.

REFUGEE 2: I can't put... I can't...

Come on, baby boy.[C COOS]

[COOS]

[BROODING MUSIC PLAYING]

ANNOUNCER 1: [OVER PA] We would remind you,

that there is no smoking inside the building.

[TRUCK ENGINE RUMBLING]

You taking it all in? Hmm?

[KISSES] What you looking at?

ANNOUNCER 2: [OVER PA] Shelter 27, lunch is now postponed.

[SHELTER OFFICERS SHOUTING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MOTHER: Hey. Ooh!

[ZEB COOS][SIGHS]

REFUGEE 3: You think you're clever?

Have you taken my pillow?

Who the fuck do you think you are? Have you taken my pillow?

- REFUGEE 4: Hey! - REFUGEE 3: Have you taken my pillow?

REFUGEE 5: Will you pack it in?

REFUGEE 4: Sit down. It's all good.

REFUGEE 3: [SHOUTING] I can see that's my fucking pillow!

- REFUGEE 5: Pack it in. - REFUGEE 6: Behave yourselves.

[REFUGEES CLAMOR]

I'm telling you, you've got the wrong guy.

[REFUGEES CLAMOR]

Move your hands off. That's my fucking pillow!

- And you know full well. - REFUGEE 6: Lads!

- Enough! - REFUGEE 3: It's my pillow!

- Get the fuck off me. - It's just a pillow.

REFUGEE 3: Move back!

[REFUGEES CLAMOR]

REFUGEE 6: You two, behave yourselves.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] The whole city's gone under.

[SCOFFS] It's just sewage and dead animals.

And we almost left it too late.

I don't know why. I just thought we could...

I just thought we could sit it out or something, you know?

- Mm-hmm. - Everybody did.

- How old? - Er, he's three months.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] She's five.

- She's sweet. - O: She's all right.

I'm not gonna throw her out of a window,

but she's gotta stay cute.[MOTHER CHUCKLES]

Oh!

We've been here a month.

There are worse places.

Like, actually. I've been in them.

We were in one before here and a refuge before that.

That's a lot to cram in five months.

Oh, yeah. She's busy. Got plans.[C COOS]

[O SNIFFLES]

P: That woman, the woman in the bed next to me,

she had to leave. Raiders stole all her food.

Too slow. Oh! [LAUGHS]

[SNIFFLES] As soon as she was born, he bailed.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Took one look at the pair of us and said, "No, not having that."

I guess I should be in shock still.

But then all of this happened

and I genuinely couldn't give a shit.

[SNIFFLES]

[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT][CROWD CLAMORING IN DISTANCE]

O: He's probably dead.

Yeah, he would have panicked.

He can't swim.

[CHUCKLES]

He would have been terrified.

Absolutely shitting himself.[CHUCKLES]

I hope it was quick.

Where's your, er... Dead, probably.

I mean, maybe. I don't know.

I mean, I don't know. He isn't here.

You know what? You go.

I'll hold him and then we can switch. [SNIFFS]

- MOTHER: Are you sure? - Yeah.

ANNOUNCER 3: [OVER PA] Lights out at 9:00 p.m.

Thank you.

[SIGHS]

[EXHALES DEEPLY] Where is he?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[GRUNTS] Fuck!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Fuck's sake.

[SIGHS]

[ZEB CRYING]

MOTHER: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ZEB CRYING] REFUGEE 7: For God's sake.

[ZEB CRYING][REFUGEE 7 SHUSHES]

Come on. Come on.

O: Are you okay? He needs milk.[ZEB CRYING]

- REFUGEE 7: Shut the fuck up. - O: No, you shut up, dude.

Come here.

[ZEB WHIMPERS][O SHUSHES]

Yes![LAUGHS]

O: A little sheep sound. [IMITATES SHEEP]

[COOS] O: Ooh!

[GASPS] The trees![ZEB COOS]

What's that?

[COOS][GIGGLES]

It's so perfect.[BABIES GIGGLE]

She's coming to get you, Zeb. Here she comes.

[C GIGGLES][O CHUCKLES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] There's this commune on an island.

- MOTHER: Right, course. - O: I know.

Of course there's a fucking commune on an island

that's full of rich people making sourdough.

And my friend is there.

She's one of the founding members.

That's a thing. That's how she talks.

Okay.

O: She used to be in stocks and shares and...

I don't know what I'm talking about. Can you tell? [CHUCKLES]

I mean, I used to blow-dry politicians' hair

before they spoke about the economy on breakfast television.

- We're doomed. - Yeah.

O: She had some sort of epiphany one day.

Not like... like a religious thing.

More like, "Oh, fuck. What am I doing with my life?"

"Like, does this actually have meaning or..."

Mm. And so she just decides she's not fucking doing that any more,

and she has all this money,

so, well, she goes and she sets up this commune...

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

O: Just have to figure out how to get there.

[ZEB WHIMPERS] O: You should come.

What?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[PANTS] Can we go to sleep now, please?

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[GATE CLATTERING][SIREN BLARING]

[REFUGEES CLAMORING][RAIDERS CLAMORING]

REFUGEE 8: Keep moving! Just keep moving!

RAIDER: Move! Move! Move!

[SIREN BLARING]

[MOTHER PANTS]

- O: Come on. - Where are you going?

[REFUGEES CLAMORING]

- RAIDER 1: Oi, oi, look at this. - RAIDER 2: A few more over here.

- RAIDER 1: Bring that bag. - RAIDER 2: I've got this one.

RAIDER 1: Faster. Check in there, man.

Check in there.[REFUGEES SCREAMING]

MOTHER: Where are you going? [PANTING]

[ZEB SCREAMS]

- L: Hey! What are they doing? - Please, please!

- L: Get out! - D: They've got babies.

- O: Just drive. - D: Come on.

- L: Fuck. - O: Go, go, go!

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]

[SCREAMS]

O: Can you slow down? Please?

[C CRYING]

MOTHER: Actually, we can get out here.

O: Stop the fucking car.

[CAR ENGINE RUMBLING][TIRES SCREECHING]

MOTHER: [SHUSHES] I'm here. I'm here.

O: Cunts.[ZEB COOS]

MOTHER: He's gonna go back to the shelter

- and we won't be there. - O: Try not to think about it.

MOTHER: [GROANS] I feel sick.

O: Yeah, that's because you're starving.

MOTHER: Have we eaten everything?

O: We have these delicious babies.

[CHUCKLES][MOTHER CHUCKLES]

They are delicious.

[ZEB BLABBERS]

O: We'll find something. [SIGHS]

[C CRYING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

O: There's no food.

It's all right. Come on.

AB: Hello?

O: Hi.

AB: Hi.[ZEB CRIES]

AB: I have food.[ZEB WHIMPERS]

Here.

O: [SNIFFLES] Thank you.

[SPOON CLATTERING]

Mm.

I'll just... Mm. Thank you.

Where... where are you going?

AB: Not sure. [SIGHS]

- And you're traveling alone? - AB: I am.

O: We're heading to my friend's commune.

Do you know if we're near the coast?

Well, there are communes on all the islands,

so, you want to head to the northern pier.

That's where I got the boat from, at least.

But... [INHALES] ...she might have stopped.

I... I don't know.

- You've been to one? - AB: Yeah.

[O CHUCKLES] What?

[AB CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

No, it's... They're perfect.

It's exactly where you wanna be with your child.

Why did you leave, then?

[SIGHS]

Because they wanted to forget.

[CLICKS TONGUE] And...

I don't want to forget before, so...

[CLEARS THROAT][AB SIGHS]

[AB SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY][O LAUGHING]

[AB LAUGHING][O LAUGHING]

["CAN'T DO WITHOUT YOU" PLAYING]

♪ I can't do without you ♪

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you ♪

♪ I can't do without you

♪ Can't do without Can't do without ♪

♪ Can't do without Can't do without ♪

♪ I can't do without you ♪

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you

♪ I can't do without you

♪ And you're the only thing I think about ♪

♪ I can't do without you ♪

♪ It's over I can't tell you ♪

♪ I can't do without you ♪

♪ And you know you're the one I dream about ♪

♪ I can't do without you

[FIRE CRACKLING]

It was my fault.

I thought we'd be safer near a city,

but then we just didn't get out in time.

It was a bridge. Er...

It was strange. It was so...

simple, straightforward. Um...

I was...

at the end.

They were in the middle, all three of them.

She had both of them...

in her arms, and then they weren't there.

[SOBS]

[SOBS]

It was just... just dust.

Underneath them there was water. Water. [SIGHS] Rubble.

And then there were people running and screaming.

[SIGHS]

I'm, erm... I'm gonna go back. [SNIFFLES]

I'm going to go back to the city to where they were.

- I think it'll be sharper there. - Hmm.

Sharper?

[CHUCKLES]

It's fine. I don't speak to people for days on end.

And then...

when you were dancing just then...

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[SIGHS] Thank you.

Thank you.

Hmm.

Good night. [SNIFFLES] Good night.

AB: Oh.

[CHUCKLES]

[AB SIGHS][ZIPPER HISSING]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIGHS]

[ZEB COOING]

[SIGHS]

Good morning.

[ZEB COOS][SIGHS]

Why are you so awake?[ZEB COOS]

BOTH: ♪ I swear it's the truth And I owe it all to you ♪

♪ 'Cause I... ♪

Again? No? ♪ Had... ♪

BOTH: ♪ The time of my life ♪

♪ Hit it, baby! ♪

What's the part where they say "The passion"?

Oh, no, we did that?

BOTH: ♪ This could be love ♪

♪ Because I've had ♪

♪ The time of my life ♪

♪ No, I never... ♪

O: This is it. The northern pier.

[CHUCKLES]

MOTHER: [SIGHS] What's up here? Hmm? What's up this way?

O: He said wait here until she comes.

- Yeah. - And if she doesn't?

O: She will.

She will. Yeah, she will.

[BABIES COO]

She will come.

She will come.

Hey.

She will come.

[SIGHS]

[SHUDDERS]

[WIND WHOOSHING]

[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]

MOTHER: Fuck.

Hello!

[EXCLAIMS]

Hello! [SOBS]

Hello! We're here!

Something's coming! Something's coming.

Something's coming! [SCREAMS]

[CHEERING] Something's coming!

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

COMMUNE FEMALE 1: Hi!

COMMUNE FEMALE 2: Oh, you made it.

O: Hello. Oh, my God, you're here.

- COMMUNE FEMALE 2: My girls. - GIRL 2: How's your baby?

- GIRL 1: She's so cute. - COMMUNE FEMALE 2: How was your journey?

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

Do you want to go and have some dinner?

What?

Do you want to go and have some dinner?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Now?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think so. Don't you?

- Well, I don't know you. - I don't know you either.

It could be a disaster.

♪ Baby now let me hold you tight My love... ♪

COMMUNE FEMALE 2: Are you hungry? We've got food.

GIRL 1: You can eat some of my birthday cake.

- O: And this is my friend. - Hiya!

COMMUNE FEMALE 2: Is she coming?[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

GIRL 2: Mine looks better than yours.

COMMUNE MALE: Girls, make yourselves useful.

NEWS REPORTER 4: Meteorologists have today announced

the worst of the extreme storms have finally passed.

This long-awaited news has paved the way

for the launch of the official operation

to begin rebuilding our nation.

Bath and other low-lying cities least affected

are already allowing residents to return home.

The mayor of London has praised those who are working tirelessly

to make London safe enough for civilians

to join the big clean-up of our capital,

which he believes will be achievable in the coming weeks.

And, finally, in a bid to reunite families,

a missing network has been set up at every super shelter.

The hope is by creating a centralized list,

families will finally be reunited...

Can you turn that off, please?

...may also aid the identification of the...

COMMUNE FEMALE 4: Course.

Can you hand me your bowl, sweetie?

Thank you. Sorry.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- COMMUNE FEMALE 2: This is nice. - GIRL: Thank you.

I put leeks in to give it a wee bit...

MOTHER: When we first got together,

I had this breakdown, I guess.

Yeah, my parents had just died,

both very suddenly, like, very close together,

and I became terrified of death.

I mean, irrationally, completely,

overwhelmed by the fear of dying.

Doesn't sound irrational.[CHUCKLES]

[SNIFFLES] No, and emotionally,

I mean, of course, emotionally, it made complete sense.

But logically...

I mean, at that time, logically, the world,

it offered no real threat and...

God, I couldn't get out of bed.

He was so kind.

I mean, he looked after me so brilliantly.

We didn't even know each other that well. [CHUCKLES]

We hadn't known each other long enough to. Just...

O: I get it.

I went on this mad "I want a baby" quest.

- O: [CHUCKLES] Yeah. - No, I didn't stop. [CHUCKLES]

I mean, I didn't grieve properly.

Just head down, get pregnant.

Get through it. Get through it and...

But I think I only wanted one

so I could stop being so afraid of dying.

You know, so I could have something of my own

that I would die for in a heartbeat, in a second.

O: Sounds okay.

I don't think anyone has a baby for altruistic reasons.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

He was wanted.

A version of him was wanted.[CHUCKLES]

[INHALES DEEPLY] Hmm.

But the fear of death doesn't go away.

- O: No. - It spreads.

Pulls the baby in.

[SIGHS] And now look.

[SIGHS] What a world. [SCOFFS]

[BABIES COO]

O: Here, you have an eyelash on your face.

- Make a wish. - You do.

[INHALES, BLOWS AIR]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER][BABIES BABBLING]

[SIGHS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Yeah, so, work sort of sent me here.

I'm more of a, kind of, "Build your own hut, eat and kill some roadkill."

Thank you. What, eat and then kill?

Yeah, that doesn't... Yeah. Yeah, eat it to death.

- Normal. The normal way. - MOTHER: Yeah.

Uh, I... I think that's impressed you.

[LAUGHS][LAUGHS] Yeah.

- You've totally won me over. Hmm. - R: Yeah.

What about you? Do you like living here?

Uh, yeah, I love it. Mm. I, uh...

I really like being indoors.

Mm. Like going into shops, and ordering food from menus

that someone else has cooked...

R: Okay... in a cooker.

Or even a microwave. I'm not...

Okay... I'm not fussy.

Well, we're doomed, then, really, aren't we?

MOTHER: [LAUGHS] Yeah. Yeah, there's... there's no hope.

[CHUCKLES] It's a shame.

[WAVES CRASHING][OBJECT CLATTERING]

You're not here.

[CHUCKLES] Sorry.

Some people find it harder.

They have more to give up.

It is difficult, but this doesn't work.

It stops working for everybody if one person isn't present.

It isn't real any more.

What you miss doesn't exist.

I'm just... just, like, having a moment, you know?

- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

- F: We're lucky. - Yeah.

[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHIMPERS]

GIRL 1: Peekaboo!

F: Girls, come and eat your soup.

It's delicious.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

COMMUNE FEMALE 1: Thank you.

[WATER GURGLING]

[MOTHER BREATHES HEAVILY]

[SNIFFS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY, GRUNTS]

[GIGGLES][GIGGLES]

[SCREAMS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[SCREAMS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

No. Of course I'm not gonna leave the baby here.

What, are you fucking insane?

You can't take him with you.

You don't know what you're going back to.

- What if there's no food? - I'm his food.

- F: Not if you fucking starve. - No, no, this is not my place.

This isn't me.

I don't understand what this means.

This collective fucking rejection

of the world and everyone in it.

- F: That is not what we're doing. - No, I have to tell my son I tried.

That I didn't just hide from it or pretend nothing happened.

Okay.

Where are you going to go?

Home. I'm going home.[ZEB COOS]

O: Please don't go.[ZEB WHIMPERS]

Don't go.

You can't go alone.

- I'll be fine. - It's not about you.

This is a commune.

We exist for our community, for those who opt in,

who choose to be in our community

and not the individual, and we need the boat.

[ZEB COOS]

[SIGHS]

I'll take you first thing.

[ZEB WHIMPERS]

[SCREAMS][SCREAMS, GASPS] Fuck!

[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

I don't like goodbyes.

Sorry.

[SIGHS]

You might die.

So might you.

What a fucking horrible thing to say.

[MOTHER CHUCKLES]

You're a terrible person, like, maybe the worst.

It just doesn't feel right being here.

I mean, look at it. It...

it should.

O: Right, um... [SIGHS]

...can you go back inside now?

[SNIFFLES]

Okay.

Well, just say good night.[SIGHS]

- Good night. - O: Sleep well.

I love you.

MOTHER: [KISSES] I love you, too.

[KISSES]

[SOBS]

[HUMMING]

[ZEB WHIMPERING]

Hey. [HUMMING]

[SNIFFLES][ZEB CRIES]

MOTHER: Hey, hey, hey.

I know, I know. Time out, right?

Hey.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIGHS]

[HAWK SQUAWKS]

[SQUAWKS]

[SIGHS] Hello.

[SIGHS]

[PANTS]

Oh, Zeb, you stink. You stink!

[ZEB COOS, GIGGLES] MOTHER: Stinky-poo!

[GROANS]

[ZEB COOS]

Will you carry me now, please?

Huh?

[ZEB GIGGLES]

[MOTHER PANTS, GROANS]

Hey, hello.

Hello. [PANTS]

It's just... it's just me.

I mean, I'm... I'm on my own. It's just us.

[SIGHS] Can we...

Can we come with you? [PANTS][ZEB COOS]

No.

- Er, please. - M: No.

Well, I don't... I... I don't want anything.

I just... M: No.

I... I have a baby.

I'm... I'm actually trying to... to...

No. No!...to get back to the city.

My son, his name is Zeb. What's your name?

- M: No, no, no, no. - E: Shut up.

- M: No. No. - E: I'll sort it. It's okay.

- M: What you gonna do? - I get it.

- E: Right. Let me go. - M: No.

- I can walk. - E: Let go of me.

- M: No. What you gonna do? - I can, er, walk. We're walking.

It's fine. It's okay. We can walk.

E: Just let go.

[ZEB CRIES] E: Just let go.

She's getting in the fucking car!

[E SCREAMS] M: No!

E: Get out! Get out!

- Get out! - M: Get her out the fucking...

[SCREAMS] No!

You fucking idiot!

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]

MOTHER: You can't tell anyone I did that.

You look very unimpressed.

[CHUCKLES] You look very unimpressed.[ZEB COOS]

[SIGHS]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[COOS]

OM: [OVER SPEAKER] Coaches are for clean-up volunteers only.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] I repeat, volunteers only.

We can only accept healthy individuals

willing to work in exchange for food and shelter.

You need to have identification. Please have it ready.

MOTHER: Nearly there.

OFFICIAL: [OVER PA] Line up in single file along the barriers.

MOTHER: Here we go.[ZEB CRIES]

- MOTHER: Baby. - OFFICIAL 2: You're all set.

- Ready for departure. - MOTHER: Baby.

OM: If you have identification, please have it ready.

OFFICIAL 3: Quick as you can, please.

Thank you.[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

FEMALE: This way, please. Come along now.

OFFICIAL 4: Okay, ladies and gents,

I want you to move forward, please.

OFFICIAL 3: Quick as you can. Thank you, Sir.

[BROODING MUSIC PLAYING]

OFFICIAL 1: [OVER PA] No smoking inside the building.

[ZEB COOS]

What do you see?[ZEB COOS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MOTHER: Where am I?

There I am. Again? [GASPS] Where am I?

Where am I?

There I am. There I am.

Where am I? [GASPS]

[ZEB LAUGHS] MOTHER: Where am I, Zeb?

There I am.[LAUGHS]

[COOS] MOTHER: Again?

Where am I?

Where am I?

[ZEB LAUGHS] There I am.

There I am.

[SIGHS]

Where am I?

[SOBBING]

There I am, yes.

[ZEB LAUGHS, COOS]

[SNIFFLES, SOBS]

I don't know where I am.

Where am I, Zeb?

[ZEB COOS] I don't know.

I don't know.[ZEB COOS]

Mommy doesn't know.[ZEB LAUGHS]

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

- MOTHER: Hello. - Hi.

[SIGHS]

This is gonna be a big clean-up, Zeb.

I might need a hand with this.

[GASPS] This was yours. You're too big for that now.

[GASPS]

It's still beautiful.

[SIGHS] Right.[ZEB COOS]

MOTHER: Would you like to see the kitchen?

[BABBLES]

MOTHER: Oh, thank you. That's okay. You have it.

Are you just gonna watch me work?

I like your style.

I like your style.[ZEB GIGGLES]

[COOS]

[DOOR CREAKS, CLOSES]

R: Hello?

[SOBS SOFTLY]

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[ZEB COOING]

Oh, my...

Hello.

[COOS]

[COOS]