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What would you do if civilisation came to an end?

Hello?!

In a radical experiment...

Is anybody there?

...two groups of ordinary men and women...

I can't believe that we're doing this...

HE SIGNALS Woop-woop!

...are attempting to survive for 28 days

in an abandoned American town

used to train the military in urban warfare.

Good morning, Vietnam.

How will they cope in a battle for scarce resources?

It's been ransacked. Oh, my God. That's war.

They're coming up the wall!

Ooh! You OK?

Can they rebuild society from scratch...

No light, no food, no phone, no nothing.

That's it. We're desperate.

...and make it through the apocalypse?

THEY SHOUT - Hey! - Help!

Kelly! They're coming.

Do you guys have anyone else that can come and do your talking or not?

No. No. Yeah, the women in our group actually do things.

Then don't.

Are you gonna let them speak to me like that?

Argh!

You let them come here. Disrespect Kelly.

"Yap, yap, yap, yap, yap." You... You...

Oh, my gosh! That is so much better than I anticipated.

All right, gents? We go off in harmony.

Peace. And then it's done. Done. Good.

The survivors have now been living in Riverside

for more than two weeks.

THUNDER CLAPS Whoa!

Holy shit. That was quite close.

Overnight, conditions have turned treacherous across the town.

Wet here, like.

Our bedroom is flooded.

All our socks are wet.

We need two things. Importantly, we need food.

And secondly, we need...

Food.

We need to stock up on supplies.

All I've got left is bones

that I'm reusing for stocks and eventually that'll run out.

Remember, we were laughing in the days of two goats and five chickens,

and now it seems like a memory.

I don't know how long this rain will be,

although if we don't do much today, we don't need to eat much.

Mm. Love that.

Just sit down, guys. We'll wait for it to pass.

Hello?!

Hello?

Braving the elements... Oh, God.

...a new survivor is seeking shelter.

What about this place here?

Hi! Who is that?

I'm Bernie. 65.

I am a GLAM-ma, not a grandma.

Oh, God. No, no, no... This ain't happening.

I've still got it. I like to get dressed up and go out.

Freddie. Nice to meet you, Bernie. Oh, you're very posh.

SHE LAUGHS

Where will you be residing? Hopefully here.

Am I welcome? Look at Ioan's face.

I am a Mancunian with Irish roots.

We did have a bit of a hard upbringing.

I don't think I will have any trouble

surviving the end of the world.

Shall we grab a seat? Yeah.

I was married for 33 years until I lost my husband.

So I do know what it's like to start life over again.

I have still got a little bit of fire in my belly.

Well, obviously I've not got the same strength

as you've probably all got because you're all young.

But I've got a lot of life's experience.

"Life experience." But we don't need life experience.

We need survival experience.

I'm retired. I have worked for civil service.

Of late, I started up a TikTok

and I put a pair of leggings on and I got a million views.

Wow!

Sorry. Before we continue, shall we go next door?

Yes, let's. Right. OK. Just for a quick discussion.

I'm just trying to figure out what can she bring to the team.

In the past, she sold leggings on TikTok.

Well, there ain't no leggings or TikTok in the apocalypse.

This is massive. Huge, yeah.

As a team, I think we need to decide whether to keep Bernie.

Or do we leave her... In the cold. ...in the cold and wet to survive?

"Friendships blossom even in the darkest places."

What do you feel, Freddie?

Complete stranger's just walked into our house

and... Didn't even knock.

And that is an immediate red flag. It's a no from me.

I mean, that could be my mum.

I wouldn't want to leave her out there.

So I'm going to say yes.

Uh, no.

Feeding six, it's almost impossible.

Ration-wise, split between seven people...

...we're all going to starve to death.

I voted to throw an old lady out onto the streets.

I will live with that decision.

The least she could have done is broken into the school

and raided their pantry first. LAUGHTER

But... it's pissing down rain out there.

I'm gonna say accept.

I don't know. Um, I would abstain.

A bit of me wants to vote yes, because she's a woman.

But then I was just caught in between the devil and the blue sea.

Or is it the Red Sea? I don't know.

I'm very cautious.

I would rather, if I'm eating with the devil,

I like to use long spoon.

With the decision split, the casting vote rests with Ioan.

I will go with my heart and not my head.

I will go accept.

So it's 3-to-2. Yeah. She's accepted.

Shall we go and let her know?

Six mouths becomes seven.

I just can't help but feel it's a step backwards.

But time will tell.

Bernie, we've had a chat. We have had a chat.

And, um, we would like to welcome you into the gang.

Thank you very much.

I didn't know what they were going to say,

and I don't know, if they didn't want me in the group,

where I was going to go, and that was it.

So, yeah. They seem lovely.

Come on now, where's the roast dinner? Is it not on?

We're going to grow to like her. We're going to grow to like her.

Ooh. A sewing machine, though!

On the East Side...

Look at those trousers on the wall. Oh, yeah.

...the survivors have now been wearing the same clothes

for over two weeks.

Ooh! Bertie and Steven are looking for replacements.

This is what I want to try and fit into

by the end of the apocalypse.

I think it's going to be done. BERTIE LAUGHS

"Nothing beats a Jet2 apocalypse!

"And right now, you can save £50 per ration pack.

"That's starvation for the whole family."

BERTIE GIGGLES

While at the school...

I've never been so weak in all my life.

...the lack of basic resources is taking its toll.

I'm withering away.

I'm just going to disintegrate into this chair.

Can't even get up and go for a piss.

I am a single mum raising my daughter.

From the minute I wake up, I'll be up making breakfast, doing the ironing.

I'll be at work all day.

I'll do the dinner, do the washing.

There's always something to do.

All right, come on, let's go.

I am a glass-half-full kind of girl.

I try not to see the negative in anything

and I absolutely thrive on a challenge.

You and these slippers.

It literally looks like you're going to go and pick up the kids.

"I'm gonna go and take the bins out, bab!" You're taking...

BERTIE LAUGHS

Bertie is joining Louise...

I've just seen a rabbit.

...as they head out to reset their animal traps.

Lou is sort of a de-facto mum and she looks after us,

but also she just makes me giggle inside.

You love coming out with me, Bertie. Love coming out with Mum.

I know you do, with your mum. Love Mum.

I love spending time with my son. I know!

It's been wicked having her around.

Come on, little one. I hope you have a great day at school, Bertie.

Thank you, Mama. I hope you don't fall out with any teachers.

Get any detentions.

I'm gonna get spanked by the headmaster.

OK, we just expanded our last bit of energy.

Oh, I tell you, I'm knackered.

As shit as a situation can get,

I like to think I'm not a quitter. I kind of keep going.

Where should we put it? I think in here. Maybe here.

I always really respect people that put the work in.

This is just how we're going to deal with it.

Let's crack on.

If we put some straw over it, should we pull some of these things off?

That'll do. That's fine.

Little Woger Wabbit's gonna get eaten and in my belly!

In the heart of the town, also trying to find food...

...Alix has been on the hunt...

...with no success.

Hunting is frustrating me at the moment.

Everyone's tired and hungry.

I just feel a bit irritated that I haven't bought anything back.

I got it.

Oh, quite a big, fatty squirrel.

Man of the match today, me.

Guys... Squirrel!

CHEERING

Yes! I'm so happy for you. Look at her, just swinging it around.

Well done, Alix. Thanks, guys.

Look at this. Twerking.

KYRA LAUGHS

Can you stop holding it like that, you sicko?

OTHERS CHUCKLE

We haven't had any meat in days.

I mean, it's only a tiny little squirrel.

So I don't know why we're getting super excited.

Squirrels going in.

They don't smell good.

STEVEN RETCHES

I wouldn't give that to my worst enemy.

Now, it's what we've got there, isn't it?

Come get some meat. You can have mine.

It's a bit chewy.

Bloody jaw workout.

SHE RETCHES, BURPS

That squirrel tasted horrible and it stank.

That was absolutely revolting.

Where's the rotisserie chicken, huh?

Where's the T-bone steak?

Do you know what? I'm never going to look at a squirrel

in my local park the same way again.

It was too small and not enough meat, so I'm starving.

SCOTT BURPS LOUDLY

Is there a spare bed?

We'll show you the bedroom now.

This is where the boys sleep. Right.

You'll be sleeping over there.

In the laundry... Who am I next to then?

Nobody.

...the West Side are showing Bernie the lay of the land.

There is no blankets.

Go through some of the laundry bins

because you'll probably use clothes as blankets.

I found this blanket off a... in a trailer.

Right, OK, and we can't bid for that, no?

Uh, you can try, but I'll bite your head off.

OK. SHE LAUGHS

I'm just trying to find my feet, really.

Obviously, coming in a bit later,

they've all got their roles that they've adapted,

so it's just a bit difficult really to see where I actually fit in.

So this is our very cold kitchen. What are we having?

It's just going to be a light soup.

Soup?

There is a different aura in the air having, um, Bernie around.

This is like the old presses that you used to get years ago.

You won't remember all this, but they used to have an old press.

I can't understand a fucking word she says half the time.

And you put all your stuff in here. All your... All your...

What they used to call delf.

Your pots and your pans.

She said some words, I thought she was yawning.

I think I'd understand Spanish more than I understand her.

So this is your oven.

Right, can we have this space for ourselves, please?

OK. No worries.

If that's OK.

We were ushered out. Ushered out of the kitchen.

I get that they're cooking, but we're a group, you know?

The men seem to take total control.

Lads, it's dinner time. Hell, yeah, brother. Rock and roll.

The women are left out completely.

I thought, "Oh, my God."

Thank you, Dean, again for this beautiful meal.

Thank you for this lovely bowl of soup.

SHE LAUGHS

I do feel a bit uneasy around the men, but time will tell.

Peanut butter.

At the school,

Louise is raiding the few scraps of food they have left.

Hmm.

That tastes like Snickers.

SHE HUMS HAPPILY

I'm the worst person to leave in here on my own.

♪ Peanut butter jelly! ♪

Listen, I'm a foodie.

I need to eat.

I'm a growing girl.

All right, come on, let's go.

As part of their daily routine...

I need water ASAP.

...Louise and Steven are making

the 2km round trip to the lake...

Let's keep moving. ...to collect their supply of water.

We're all shattered.

Getting the water is an absolute ball ache.

And it's something we all dread.

What a pain in the arse this is!

Oh! Tell me about it, girl!

Urgh! I've had no energy.

Every minute of every day is a fight.

We've got to take these 36l now

up those hills we've just come down.

If we can figure out a way to make that a little bit easier,

it would be better.

There's lots of cars abandoned around the city.

I mean, in an ideal world, we'd go and repair one of them

to go and get the water.

I think that needs to be our priority.

Oh!

Come on, let's do this.

We found the keys to a car at the garage

just down the bottom of the road.

So we're going to go and take this battery down

and see if we can get it started.

From an early age, I've just been a petrolhead.

It's just... It's in my blood. I don't know.

I just... I enjoy it, I'm good at it.

It's probably the one thing that I am good at.

What do you reckon? All the loom is cut.

We'll have to just repair the wires as we go.

Cars comes from my dad.

I followed him around from an early age.

Carry spanners and all that sort of stuff,

so taught me everything I know.

I wish I was taller!

I've had to fight to be in the motor trade.

It's a male-dominated industry.

I have to prove myself every day.

Don't take well for being bossed around

by men that don't know what they're doing.

Are you ready? Yeah.

ENGINE SHUDDERS

ENGINE FAILS

Argh! Flat as a fart.

Seems like a bit of a waste of time.

You all right, girl?

Oh, I've fucking had enough, man. How'd it go?

I feel sick. You OK? Sit down.

Eurgh! I'm assuming it didn't start.

It turns over.

Oh. What are we gonna do with that?

Nothing now, I'm too tired.

Yeah? I've had enough.

Eurgh!

Pissed off. At home, I am really motivated.

Like, I'm up at six. I'm walking the dog.

I'm just nonstop.

But here, because you haven't got the energy,

it literally consumes you.

It's hard just to keep one foot in front of the other.

Not being able to get the car going,

I think obviously it's been a bit frustrating for her...

...and a bit more motivated

cos if she's feeling down,

it's going to have a negative effect on the team

and bring us all down.

It looks like you're having a really fun time.

I believe in you, Dean.

Across town...

Relax into it. Jeez!

...the men from the West Side are exploring a partially-submerged car...

Go on, Dean. ..to see if it contains any supplies.

Oh! A beer. Yeah!

I'm coming in, Dean, to help you.

This is now a two-man mission.

Um... The '70s called, they want their underwear back.

It's not as... It's not good.

Oh, that is an interesting angle.

12 pack of beer.

You legend, mate!

Woo!

So, all in all, a job well done.

We're the boys. We got the beers.

Back at the laundry...

I love coffee.

I don't actually drink coffee hardly, but needs must.

...Celia, Bernie and Kelly are making their coffees

using protein powder for milk.

CELIA SHOUTS, CARTON BANGS

Uh-oh!

I'm gonna have to scoop some up and use it.

We'll just put it in some of it.

Oh, my God!

Maybe the boys don't need to know.

Oh, here they come.

Hello?

Howdy.

Are you having coffee?

And then when we run out, then what?

Some people just aren't really cut out for this end-of-the-world shit.

Being a chef is just... Is just so intertwined in my personality now.

In the kitchen, I'm always in charge.

They call it being in the trenches for a reason.

HE WHISTLES

I think 95% of my staff would be like,

"Yeah, I'll take a bullet for him."

And that other 5% would be holding the gun.

Um, Dean, what happened to the protein powder?

What?

Taking all the protein powder. What was all that about?

I get it. They're lads and they've got that macho thing.

"I've got to go out, and I've got to shoot,

"and I've got to do this," and I get that.

But I get the impression that they think

that we just can't do anything.

We're one team,

so we should be looking out for one another.

The women, they're cleaning up around the place

and they're providing that home-caring role,

but if you took the females out of our group,

our survival situation wouldn't change.

You know, the guys do hard labour

and the girls do what they're good at.

At the moment, my feelings towards the men

is not good, to be honest.

I think it's so important to see us have our voice

and make sure that we get it heard,

because we all deserve to have a voice.

I think we're going to have to go out. Fresh air.

To discuss the tensions within the group... Oh, mate.

...Celia, Bernie and Kelly

are heading away from the West Side base.

They're treating us like children. Yeah.

We need to have a conversation about that.

We need to have a conversation about it.

And we need, you know... We need to be... We need to be adults.

I don't want to understand why he's done it.

I'm just trying... I'm going to tell him straight, "Don't do it."

Back in Nigeria, I grew up in a house

where there were loads of men.

If they don't want that atmosphere, then don't create it.

Yeah, exactly. I'm not scared

and I'm quite comfortable to hold my own.

Have we checked everything in this bloody mart?

Well, I haven't been. And let's check it again.

Passing the supermarket,

they decide to give it another thorough search.

LOUD BANG Jeez, Celia.

What are you doing? Well... Breaking down the house.

SHE CONTINUES BANGING

I'm searching with vengeance right now.

Guys. I'm very hungry. Guys, let's just shh.

Oh, my God. You're screaming, "Oh, my gosh."

But then, when I get food, I'm sure you're gonna like it.

SHE CONTINUES BANGING Celia!

CELIA SCOFFS AND LAUGHS

I'm hungry.

Hopefully we find something exciting.

Oh!

Oh, my God. What did you find? A box of cereal.

How did you find that? It was right underneath here.

CELIA SCREAMS Oh, my God!

We have rice!

We're not putting this in soup. I'm cooking this.

We can now say this to the boys, we're gonna cook.

I think we might have to have a conversation with them.

I can make really tasty food.

I'm hoping we can have, like, fried rice.

Could you imagine that?

I'm very excited to go back with this.

I'm trying to fight for equality for all of the women.

Maybe we should all crack open a beer right now.

Imagine. Just to enjoy the beer in sunshine.

Come back, we're all shit-faced.

That bag looks mighty full.

Food!

You found food? Yeah.

We decided to go through the mart

very, very carefully under shelves and that.

We found rice.

Wow! Raisin bran.

This is the difference between a man looking and a woman.

Yeah, like a man looks in the cupboard

and it's like, "It's not there."

And the woman goes in, "It's right there."

Yep.

And there we go.

My clothes stink. It's nasty.

I know. It's so gross.

At the school,

the lack of modern appliances is affecting the East Side's ability

to maintain basic hygiene.

I haven't washed my pants. I haven't changed my pants.

I really need to do it today though,

because it's disgusting.

I've now had the same pair of knickers on for five days.

It's gross, innit?

Everyone stinks. When people take off their shoe,

it's like Satan himself comes up into your nostrils.

Wash my socks. That's exciting.

Oh! I'm lactating out my titties.

We need to make our lives and make all the laborious tasks easier.

Advance ourselves a little bit.

Gross.

We can't just sit here.

I'd love to try and get the washing machine actually working.

Everyone else is sort of literally sat around all day.

Bertie is hoping to boost morale

by attempting to upgrade the East Side's washing facilities.

Because we don't have electricity,

the idea is to get this exercise bike,

which spins the washing machine drum round

and that's it really.

And then we chuck some water in,

chuck some clothes in, wham it round.

Hopefully it'll work.

I think people meet me and assume

that I'm going to be a sort of fabulous queen

when actually, um, I like a pint and I like fixing things.

I'm a ninja with a drill.

As a gay man, I grew up having to sort of fit in and, er, assimilate.

Now, being an adult, the lovely thing is

that I can take control and just be who I am.

While Bertie's project continues...

Today's been long.

...Louise and the others are still lacking motivation.

I'm just getting super frustrated at everyone's attitude at the moment.

It is just, I'm happy to call it laziness now.

It would be nice to have a little help and support.

I'm doing nothing today. I'm quite happy

just chilling outside in the sunshine.

I can't be fucked doing the washing machine today.

While the other East Siders enjoy the sun...

That goes "boof" and then that goes like that.

...Bertie is still unable to get the washing machine working.

Where is everyone else?

Hang on a minute.

If you want to crack on with the washing machine, Bertie,

you crack on with that washing machine.

You be the big hero.

You go on, you go. You go be a hero.

I can't believe you just said, "So that it looks like we're doing something."

No, you crack on, man. Crack on.

I think that's kind of disrespectful.

That's mental, that is.

Well, should I just...? Go on, crack on. I don't mind doing nothing.

Crack on, Bertie.

Knock yourself out.

That's pissed me off, that has.

Bertie, disappear.

Disappear! Fuck's sake!

People that don't pull their weight piss me off.

That was bang out of order.

Are you mad?

He's just very condescending. He's very patronising.

You know, "If you want to all sit around doing nothing

"and I'll do all the work."

I have lost all respect for him. Yeah.

Not a very nice way to speak to me.

I'm sure if someone was speaking to her like that,

she probably wouldn't have the same response as I would.

It's obviously been building up. He's now exploded.

He's really dug himself a massive hole here.

It really just feels like I'm in a group of teenagers at the moment.

He's really aggravating me

and he's lucky I don't see the washing machine

cos I'm going to throw it out the fucking window.

As night falls, Louise and Bertie are yet to reconcile.

Tonight, there has been a massive tension in the room.

You could cut it with a knife, to be honest.

You know, bringing up what's happened

which I know it was quite a lot of animosity

and all things going on.

I just wondered if there's a way that we can maybe chat

about it today and see what we can do to kind of move forward.

I'm more than happy to chat about it.

I just thought Lou wasn't wanting to chat about it.

I've got nothing to say, so...

Yeah, that's what I mean.

So it's sort of like, I don't really know what to do about that.

Earlier today, I did choose the phrasing improperly,

but it's been met with this huge sort of viciousness.

...let it go.

Bertie needs to apologise because Lou's done nothing wrong.

I know when I need to say sorry and I know when I don't.

I know when I need an apology.

I'm not going to have someone belittle me, talk to me like a kid.

Yeah. Fuck off.

As the West Side survivors settle for the night,

Freddie is left to guard the fire.

HELICOPTER WHIRS Shh.

What's happening? Guys. WHIRRING CONTINUES

It sounds like a helicopter.

WHIRRING CONTINUES Oh, my God.

What?! Come, come. Come, come.

Go, go!

You know, if there's some good shit out there...

Yeah, we want to find it.

Dean and Matty head out to investigate...

...along with Freddie and Ioan.

I'm just trying to scan.

We can't search efficiently in the dark.

We're going to have to get up early to scout the area.

We don't want to be second.

A parachute drop of supplies

has fallen into the locked off grounds of a building.

And with food levels critical for both groups,

getting to it first is imperative for their survival.

Everyone, up. Freddie, get up. Now!

At first light...

Open! Open! Open! Go, go.

...the West Siders head out to do a full search of the area.

Let's go!

The East Siders are also on the hunt.

I hope the guys find out what the hell that was.

And I hope it was some sort of supply drop.

We definitely need it.

Kyra, we're going to higher ground.

I'm just trying to get up high to see

if we can see anything that looks out of the ordinary.

You can see it all the way over there.

I don't even know what we're looking for. It's a problem, innit?

But whatever it is, we need to find it before the West do.

There's Dean. Look. On his bike.

Looking for something, isn't he?

There's a parachute!

Spotting the supply drop behind the walled building...

Guys! Come on.

I feel like Anneka Rice.

Get it! Bertie! Go!

...the East Siders race to find a way in.

Bertie!

Have you got it?

He's got it. He's got it.

I found it, so it's ours.

The East Siders may have beaten the West to the supply drop,

but with the crate dangling 12 feet off the ground,

they now need to figure out a way to get it down.

Can you go and get a knife?

I don't think that's gonna be tall enough.

There's another table.

They're in.

So we found this, though. I know you want it.

You'll probably be here when it comes down.

How the fuck you getting that down?

While the East Siders work on releasing the crates...

...the West Siders can only watch.

Fuck!

Yes! Yes! Yes, boys and girls! Come on.

They were so gutted.

It feels like a win.

It feels like we won something from them.

You know what I mean? Yeah.

It's one of them things, I suppose.

You legends.

Ooh! I'm so excited!

I was, like, you can't cut it cos I'm here.

I'm nervous.

Bertie, do the honours.

Come on! Open the box.

What is it? Oh, my God!

Ration packs.

Guys, can we go through the ration packs?

That's what I'm excited about. Let's see what's in there.

Veg, sausage, spicy tomato sauce.

Oh! Food!

I've got a penne with vegetable sausage crumble. Aww!

We're having breakfast, lunch and dinner!

CHEERING

Oh, my God, shut up! I love chocolate.

We can have half a bar each.

Oh, my God. Do we stuff our faces now? 100%.

I think we should just take out half each.

And you do what you want with it. Yeah. Agreed.

BAR SNAPS LOUDLY Oh! How was it?

Aw! Aw!

Let me smell it.

Don't eat it. No, I won't.

Oh! I haven't had this much flavour in ages.

Sweet victory!

Half a ration pack each.

Oh, it's so good.

I don't think I've ever been this happy in this place.

The spoils of war. What a great feeling!

That felt like sweet revenge.

That has cured my revenge

that I needed to get back from them stealing from us.

On the other side of town...

Eurgh!

...the West Siders are mulling over their failure

to beat the East Side to the supply drop.

I don't like being second.

I'm too competitive to be this nice about it so soon.

I'm still in the rage mode.

I can't shake it, I've got a rage in me,

not just losing against a rival and then coming home empty-handed.

CEREAL CRUNCHES

Oh, my God, that noise. I haven't heard that noise in so long.

Yeah. Do it again. I need to hear that bass.

Yeah.

Dean has divided up the Raisin Bran

found at the supermarket amongst the group.

It's delicious though. I bet it is, mate.

Sultanas. What's your normal cereal when you're at home?

What do you have for breakfast? Raisin Bran.

Why?

Have you spoke to them?

Yeah, same. I've just noticed,

since day one, since I've come in,

that there is a bit of a divide between the guys and the girls.

I just felt that I needed to say something.

Guys, can we have a little chat? Incoming, Freddie.

It's not just about the cereal.

It's about all aspects of stuff, you know?

"We need to have the protein

"because, you know, we're doing the work or whatever."

Well, I don't think that's a fair comment.

Right. There isn't a single anything in it except bloody bran flakes.

So is mine. So is Kelly's.

That's what cereal is.

I poured the box.

You think I picked it out on purpose?

I don't know. It seems a little conspiracy theorist, right?

Look at this. You can't just say conspiracy theory.

It's fact. Come on, guys.

Look at mine.

Celia, look at that, I got dust.

Do you see me complaining?

But if there's someone who is an alpha male,

I want to assert myself.

I'm not a shrinking violet.

I want to definitely be in your face.

In case you haven't seen me, you need to see me.

I'm fearless.

No. Hold on, hold on. Can I just count?

Look at this. "Count"?! One, two, three... This is insane.

...four, five... Look, we don't need to be having conflict like this.

We need to be working together.

You asked me to divide the food

and you're thinking I'm giving more to other people. Right.

You want even amount of cereal? Be my guest.

Go through each bag and count each individual grain.

I don't even want it any more. No, no...

You've come here and you're all angry about the cereal. No.

And it wasn't just... You're creating a divide.

It's a load of bullshit, really.

The whole, like, guy-girl divide.

There is no guy... There hasn't been...

There hasn't been a guy-girl divide.

The families like this.

Now we're creating a divide over fucking cereal.

We're just having a conversation. No, you're having an argument.

You're counting nuts in a bag? Yes.

Because actually... You think I did it on purpose? Hold it.

Say it! If you're gonna come here, say it!

I'm not sure why you're shouting.

Oh! That's not how adults behave.

Argh!

We have to act and react as adults,

not throwing our dummies out of the pram.

That's not what we're here to do.

It's hilarious that we're counting sultanas at this point.

I'm the Enemy Number One constantly when it comes to this shit.

As if we have enough food to last forever.

I don't understand what just happened.

How are you going to sort out the problem?

Because then the elephant is still in the room.

How are you going to sort it? It's just then going to build and build

and build and build,

and then it just becomes unmanageable.

That's pretty much... That's like roughly the same, isn't it? Yeah.

...pisses me off.

...I've seen it before multiple times.

You cannot play games when it comes to this kind of stuff.

...this is everything for women.

You get divorced on that.

Following the row about cereal,

Bernie's going for a walk to clear her head

and introduce herself to the East Side.

I feel a bit deflated, really.

It's difficult for me to slot in as an outsider,

you know, because I don't want to come across that

I've come in and I'm now going to cause World War III.

A newcomer.

Hiya. How are you doing?

The new lady's come over, by the looks of it. I'm gonna go out.

I'm Alex. I'm Bernie. Bernie. Nice to meet you.

Where are you from? Manchester. Where are you from?

Devon. Devon? Devon. Yeah. Yeah. Nice.

How are you getting on? All right, yeah. Settling down in the group?

Yeah? Yeah. Yeah? Doing fine, yeah. Yeah.

So you came in late like me as well, yeah? Yeah.

Mm. Yeah. It's like walking on eggshells.

And you're trying to, like, gain trust.

Yeah. It was nerve-racking. Yeah.

I just don't like any sort of conflict, you know?

And I do try to keep the peace.

Me and my daughter might have a bit of a row and...

And it does eat me because I just don't like the confrontation.

It really upsets me.

So I always have to put the olive branch out there

and try and make amends.

When I went in, I felt it was very much

a boy-girl divide and they didn't see it.

Who? The lads. They were, like,

making bowls of food at night and, like, filling theirs up

and giving us, like, little bits.

And there's a lot of that been going on.

So, this morning, I got up and I had to address it all... Yeah.

...which went very badly.

Can I just say?

Sadly shocking was the split between the men and the women

and how Bernie described it to me.

But then again, us women, we're used to it.

Bernie was telling me they had a massive discussion down there

and it was like World War III because she came in, was just, like,

"Boys, I don't think you realise that there's such a divide

"between the girls and the boys..."

Really?! "..down here, you know?"

Giving them less portions.

No! Like, there's lots of things going on.

It was like the boys had no idea.

That's unreal.

Sick and tired of people.

Yeah, me too.

I don't think there has been a boy-girl divide.

But there's been damage done now.

Keen to take some time away from the laundry,

Dean and Ioan are heading out to go fishing.

They can be as pissed off as they fucking like.

Trying to avoid the misogyny here, but...

...are we just keeping them as house cats?

For keeping the home clean?

They're not exactly offering up their services for much else.

Having discovered an abandoned canoe,

they plan to use it to help make a catch.

Oh, mate.

Nothing like some fishing after your wife yells in your face, right?

I might have got a little bit aggressive there.

Yeah.

I've lost my temper a few times in my life.

Do you reckon I went a little bit too far, Ioan?

Um... I think maybe we both did.

I want to be with people that want to work as a team,

that want to work together.

Like, I don't want anyone that's going to be nagging the whole time.

That's going to tick me over straight away.

The complainers are gonna kill me.

People that are like,

sitting down on their rock just crying about the day,

like we're not all doing this together.

Just get on with it.

Maybe there's a separation occurring here

between the boys and the girls

and we need to sort it out.

You've got to be able to hold your hands up

and apologise and admit you're wrong,

because if you don't, then everyone's like,

"Oh, wow, what a dick."

Of course, equality...

...is important, but from a male's point of view,

there is no "equality."

There is just "survive."

Yeah. We're not worrying about feelings.

I think we're neglecting that

the way that they feel their emotions differently to us.

Yeah...

Ooh...

Slow and steady.

Yeah. Nice and steady.

At the school, Bertie's upgraded washing facilities have come to fruition.

Yes! It's working!

A washing machine! Yeah! Yay!

We've got washing! Oh, my God. Your pants are going mental!

♪ Washing machine! Washing machine! ♪

Ah!

Oh, that smells nice.

Bertie got it going and it felt amazing.

I love it, it smells so clean. I feel like a new woman.

Mwah! Clean clothes. The possibilities are endless.

Here comes Dean and Ioan.

After falling out with the West Side women...

You look triumphant.

...Dean and Ioan have returned to the laundry.

How'd you go? Let's see. There's no fish.

I don't believe you guys.

Look at your new fit. Yeah, I look cool?

You've had your hair done. It's nice.

Thank you. You look like you've just started doing contemporary art

against your parents' will.

Celia, can you take a seat, please?

Is this good or bad? Look, I...

First, I apologise to Celia for my overreaction.

Maybe I should have taken more care in pouring it out of the box.

But I don't think the entire thing was about bran flakes and nuts.

There was subliminal messages in there

of how you women feel different.

I just wanted to apologise.

I'm really glad because I felt pretty sad this morning,

because I felt like it was as if I'd come in

and I've scuffled the apple cart,

and I don't want to feel like that.

I'll hold my hands up and say I am a male,

and I think male thoughts,

and don't realise that other people think differently.

I guess it's a learning process for everybody.

Somehow, from the rage I was having this morning,

I didn't expect to come back to such cool heads.

Realistically, that's probably worth a lot more than an apology.

So I'm thinking, would you let me cook for you all? Dean?

So you can actually have a day off?

Yes. Go for gold.

CELIA CHUCKLES Yeah.

Ah, what a day.

I have this special dish I want to share with people.

Jollof rice is a dish people of African heritage grew up eating.

It would be a disservice if I didn't share that with us.

Over at the East Side,

Bertie's rift with mechanic Louise is still ongoing.

Bertie's really pissed me off by saying we don't do anything.

I feel like I've contributed loads since we've been here.

So I'm going to show him what I can do and prove him wrong.

Having initially failed to fix an abandoned car,

she's decided to try again.

So I'm going to try and jump it using two batteries.

I can smell fuel!

Me and Lou haven't resolved our spat.

I think she's expecting an apology.

I'm feeling nervous because she's a really tough, tough woman,

but I just can't carry on the really horrible energy from yesterday.

It's not good for the group.

What are you doing here?

I've come to chat.

Say what you want to say.

Er... The things I'm sorry for

is just getting frustrated at everyone sitting around.

And I did say it in the wrong way

and then it was quite an explosion.

You did, sort of... Yeah, because it was out of order.

OK, I apologise, but unfortunately,

that's the way I articulate myself.

No. Yeah, yeah. And it's better than just throwing shit at you.

Yeah, 100%. Yeah, exactly. SHE LAUGHS

I'm glad you didn't.

And I appreciate you coming out, if I'm honest.

Thank you, mate. Thanks, Bertie. I'll see you soon.

I might even use your washing machine.

Yeah. Ooh! Now we're talking!

I'll wash me three-week-old pants.

SHE FAKE RETCHES Yeah. Delicious.

That's exactly what I was hoping for.

So I think we can move forward now and

help each other, rather than sort of niggling at each other.

Let's give it a whirl.

ENGINE SHUDDERS

Sometimes it's quite good to, sort of,

have a bit of a spat to maybe make things better.

Come on, battery. Come on.

Make it all worthwhile.

ENGINE REVS Yay!

I got my first truck!

CAR HORN HONKS Oh, my God!

At the East Side, with the car up and running...

HONKING CONTINUES ...Louise is taking it for a test drive.

- Go! - No way! HONKING CONTINUES

Is dinner done, darling? CHEERING

You've done it! I can't believe it!

We've got a car!

No hiking to get water.

Now, Lou can just jump in the truck. Can we get in the back? Yes!

This is more than just a car for us. This is determination.

This is resilience. This is hope.

And Lou did that.

I'm like, "Oh! I can't believe it!"

CHEERING

Today was an incredible day.

This is, like, the most genuine happy most of us have been in here.

East Side! East Side! East Side!

Absolutely bossed it. It was just awesome.

This is the best day. Oh, my God!

My weird little family, they were so chuffed.

I'm very proud of myself.

Lou. She's wicked. She's an incredible woman.

What's that? They're in a pick-up!

Oh, their faces! Mwah!

Oh, I love it so much.

Yeah, excuse me, there's no parking here.

Would you mind, er...? Are you gonna give me a ticket?

Would you mind moving on?

The East Side rocked up in a pick-up truck, it was like...

HE IMITATES ENGINE ROARING

It was pretty epic, to be fair.

Congratulations. That's so cool. Cool, innit?

Oh, my God, the other side, they were all loving it.

Obviously all of them sat at the back of the pick-up.

You'll be walking nowhere! I'm walking nowhere, honey.

When we had the lawnmower, some of the guys took it there to show off.

And then now, they've come to show off their own vehicle.

The difference is massive.

And what have you got? Half a tank? Yeah! Nice.

I'm so happy for them. Like, the car is just so fun.

I'm sure we'd run amuck if we ever had the opportunity.

Thank you for showing off your new toy. We love it.

Thank you. Ten out of ten.

Bye! Ta-ra! Bye!

We don't want no lawnmowers. We've got Lou!

SHE CACKLES

We can make it through this and anything is possible.

We just need to have the right mindset and a bit of hope.

East Side! East Side! East Side!

This dish is called jollof rice.

At the laundry,

Celia has finally got her wish to cook for the West Side.

It's like I'm orgasming.

Everybody's gonna like this.

Hopefully.

It smells good in here, chef.

On the ooh-la-la scale?

Ooh-la-la-la-la-la...

La-la-la-la!

LAUGHTER

Good God, that's phenomenal.

Right now, this pantry is Cece's kitchen.

So, Dean, when I cook and everybody likes it,

I don't think you're going to be cooking again.

Thank you very much. Ooh! Oh, thank you.

Oh, my God, Celia.

I'm loving this portion size, Celia.

Very happy. Um, so, Celia, thank you, chef.

APPLAUSE

I was worried she was going to pour the whole pantry into the pot.

Luckily, portions were perfect.

So good. Wonderful.

I really hope things just simmer down.

So... Steps forward.

That's the best thing I've eaten in days. No way!

Well done, Celia. Thank you, chef.

She nailed it. Like, oh, my God.

It was one of the best meals I've had, and I'm so proud of her.

And I haven't seen her smile like that

since she's really come in here.

Yeah. Is there any more left over?

Why didn't you use more rice?

Nah... LAUGHTER

I'm really, really, really happy.

Awesome.

We went from arguing and now we're going like this.

Look how strong that is. I can't pull that apart like, "Yow!"

We work together and we can build a great, great community.

We are heading to the abandoned hospital.

SCREAMING

I can't get out!

Eat Play-Doh? That's mad.

We have gone absolutely crazy.

Food is food.

I think that it would be good for a couple of us

to go down there, like a recon mission,

and try to find out different things.

Hello!

CREAKING

Oh, my God!

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