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♪ Shadows ♪

♪ Desire takes over ♪

♪ Lost all control ♪

♪ Break down our walls ♪

♪ Lost all control ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ It's a dangerous game ♪

Fuck yes.

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

You need a towel, miss.

I need a drink, Brian,
but I'd settle for a towel, thank you.

That closet is magic.

Oh, it's just the basics really, miss.

When the apocalypse comes,
I hope I'm with you.

It would be my pleasure.

Glad to hear
luck went your way in the Butler trial.

What do you mean "luck"?

I don't know how you do it, miss.

Anything decent come in?

There is something in your pigeonhole.

Next-level stuff, I'd say.

Intriguing. I'll take a look.

Shall I wait?

No. You should go.

Are you sure there's nothing I can do?

Yes, there is, Brian.

Have a glorious weekend.

There you go, madam.

- Champagne?
- Thank you.

- Hi, Sophie.
- Hello, darling. Hi.

- Mrs Whitehouse. How are you?
- Oh hello.

What could be bad on this beautiful day?

Hello.

- There she is.
- Hello, hello.

- Where's your handsome half?
- That is a very good question.

He promised he would leave
the constituency on time for once, but...

- How's the birthday boy?
- In denial.

- Thank you.
- Enjoy your night.

- Hello.
- I don't like the number 44.

Oh, but 44 is the luckiest number
in ancient Egypt.

- Highly associated with wealth and wisdom.
- Is that true?

No. I just made it up.

- Cheeky Sophie.
- Happy birthday.

You have half your whole life
ahead of you.

We are lucky.

- Where's James?
- Let me find out.

- Happy birthday, Mark.
- Excuse me. Sorry.

- Lucy.
- Ellie, darling.

- Hello.
- You've reached James Whitehouse.

Please leave your name and number.
I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

My darling man, where the fuck are you?

I counted.

I stood on the kerb, and I counted.

And the little green man flashed
for a mere five seconds.

- Well, that's not enough time, is it?
- No, it's not, Minister.

I mean, I think they decided
that pedestrian crossings

only needed a second per metre.

Now, I know that you do have
more important things to consider,

but show me an old bird
who could manage that.

First of all,
show me an old bird, Mrs Murray.

Oh...

And I take the safety
of my constituents personally.

What I want for my family is what I want
for Mrs Sibyl Murray of Thurlsdon.

We'll write a letter.

- Right away.
- Thank you very much indeed.

- Got everything? Okay.
- Yes, sir.

Straight home, please.

- Sure.
- Thank you.

- Would you go back?
- To Corsica?

In a heartbeat.

It was the most relaxing holiday
of my life.

James taught the kids how to sail,

and I sat on the beach
and remembered that I knew how to read.

Four novels. Heaven.

Oh. Speak of the devil.

I'd be happy to die in Corsica,
as a matter of fact.

I nearly did die in Corsica.

I didn't know about this thing
called anaphylactic shock.

Yes, it was before I knew
about my shellfish allergy.

Three bites of shrimp. My face...

Sorry. I have to go.

...it blew up like a balloon.
It was absolutely...

It was just enormous.

- My throat closed off, I got sick...
- Sophie?

What's going on?

James can't make it.
There's been some sort of emergency,

which usually means a debate
about noise pollution, but...

Is everything okay?

Absolutely. Yes.

- Well, then you should stay.
- I can't. I heard from Krystyna.

She's not feeling well,
so I have to take over with the kids.

This was so lovely. Thank you.

That was rather embarrassing.

I invented three separate excuses
in less than 30 seconds on your behalf.

James?

You owe me.

I've fucked up, big time.

Does she have a last name?

Lytton.

Olivia Lytton.

You've probably met her.
She's one of my aides.

- Administrative?
- Parliamentary researcher.

So she's new?

Relatively.

And young?

It had been going on
for about five months.

I broke it off two weeks ago,
right after the party conference.

It meant nothing.

I was flattered.

It was just sex.

Not that there's ever been anything wrong
with that part of us.

You know that.

I'm so sorry, Soph.

There's more.

You're not telling me just to tell me

to unburden yourself.

There's more.

- Is she pregnant?
- No. God, no.

The story is about to break.

- When?
- Tonight.

The Mail is splashing it tomorrow.
Online, late tonight.

Chris Clarke's on his way over.

He's coming here? Now?

We have to get ahead of this.

We have to figure out
how to protect our children from it.

We have to do both.

Can't believe I haven't started
my Christmas shopping yet.

Well, you can buy me a drink
and save on gift wrap.

Hello!

Called to see if you fancied a drink.

- It sounds like you did.
- Join us.

I'm not in the mood for a crowd.

Well, you should be.
I heard about the Butler result.

The truth won today.

No, no, no. Kate Woodcroft won today.

Not many lawyers
could've pulled that one off.

It's the Christmas season.
Come and join us.

I hate Christmas.

I would have had you over tonight,
but Felicity decided to stay in town.

Oh, how unfelicitous.

See you soon?

Of course.

Have fun.

"Top Tory cheats with aide,"
that's the headline.

I mean, it's not brilliant,
but could be worse.

God knows these knobheads are capable.

Um,

"PM's friend in trysts in the corridors
of power." Don't like that.

Oh for fuck's sake.

"Britain's most fanciable MP

had sex with his female aide
in a lift in the Commons."

Uh, "James Whitehouse,
a Home Office minister

and confidant of the prime minister,

uh, conducted his affair
with his parliamentary researcher

in the Palace of Westminster.

The married father of two
also shared a room

with stunning Olivia Lytton, 28,
during the party conference."

Well,
that was fucking stupid. Literally.

So she's
a classic woman scorned. Is that it?

I can't speak for her.

But did you speak to her
leading up to this?

- Did you know this was coming?
- No.

"He used her"...

Yay!

Oh!

Whoa!

Basically,
your priority from now on

is to rebuild trust all around.

The party conference
is not funded by taxpayers.

Think anyone's
making distinctions?

Johnny Public bankrolls your salary
as a minister in Her Majesty's government.

No one's paying you to bang the help
in a House of Commons lift.

- She has a brilliant mind.
- That'd make a better headline.

"Minister bangs brainy bombshell."

- Alliterative and to the point.
- Christ almighty, Chris.

I don't give a fuck
about Johnny Public.

Johnny Public's
gonna be reading this in the Daily Mail.

Do you want to have
a little chat about it?

Johnny Public
will support me. I'm sure of it.

I expect she'll be dubbed
"the ravishing researcher."

You're not gonna be springing
any surprises on us?

Such as?

Well, announcing that you're leaving.

Putting on your side of the story.

Do you need to ask?

- Of course I do.
- Of course she's not leaving.

- Sorry. I didn't mean to...
- Of course I'm not leaving.

We've been married for 12 years.
We share two children.

Why would I throw all that away
over a stupid mistake?

And there's no need
to offer my resignation?

The PM will make it clear
if he wants that,

but he doesn't abandon his old friends,

especially not his closest,
and you're one of those.

Says so right here.

Besides, sex doesn't have to kill
a career these days.

You might even gain some fans
amongst the older male voter.

I mean, they're hardly
gonna argue with some touchy-feely,

some fun on the side with a filly.

She's a woman, not a horse.

I'm trying to help your husband.

And you, for that matter.

Well, try not to reveal
too much of yourself in the process.

Someone's coming out punching.
That is very good.

That is exactly what we need right now.

Uh, so listen.
No details, but also no denials.

Denials have a way of coming back
to bite you on the arse.

Therefore, do not elaborate.

The sum of your script is this,
deep regret, brief affair,

prioritise your family and constituents,

deflect and dismiss,
but never deny. Got it?

- Who's there?
- Me.

Em?

- Were you sitting on the stairs?
- How long?

- Not long.
- You should be asleep, darling.

I heard voices.

- Hello, Emily.
- Remember Mr Clarke?

Let's get you
back to bed. Come on.

What's that Paul Newman quote?

"Why go out for hamburgers
when you've got steak at home?"

Listen to me, you little prick.
This isn't a fucking joke, it's my life.

I love her. Got it?

Oh, mate. I'm only here
because the PM told me to be.

Quite. So do your fucking job, mate,

and help me fix it.

Is it over?

Yes.

Yes.

Five months?

It was, as you said, a stupid mistake.

At the party conference?

Where else?

Work mostly.

Usually late at night.

What, on desks?

In the broom cupboard?

On the right honourable leather sofa?

Did the whole office know?

We were careful.

Apparently not.

Hotel rooms?

A few times.

- How many?
- Well, I didn't count.

I would like to have a number in mind.

- I would find that helpful.
- I don't know. 20, 30.

She doesn't mean anything to me.
It was just sex.

- Nothing's just sex.
- But it was, Soph.

It was.

I've been so stressed out at work
these past many months.

I'm honoured to have
the immigration portfolio,

but it is impossibly complex
and literally life and death.

I haven't even told you a fraction of it.

She... she was just there.

I was weak.

For the life of me,
it's a mystery how it even start...

That's enough.

I'm going to bed.

- Oh my God. I'm sorry.
- Sorry, James.

- Minister.
- Olivia.

Can I get you a cab?

Yes.

Or you could get me another drink.

Get me another drink.

I'll keep this simple.

Before you stands a man
who made a mistake.

My brief affair with a colleague

showed disrespect to my marriage,

to my family,
and to the trust of my constituents.

As I sometimes say to my children,

under vastly less serious circumstances,

"not okay."

Forgiveness and understanding
must be earned,

so I don't presume to ask for those yet,
but I do ask for patience

as I try to repair the damage done
to my beloved family

and my esteemed constituents.

Thank you all.

That's all for today!

- Hello there.
- Hi, Ellie.

Hi.

It's nice to see you.

It's nice
that it's not last week.

Apologies for bailing on Mark's birthday.

Oh, don't give it another thought.

We'll be fine.

Of course you will.

Sometimes, I think sex
is the root of all evil.

That's rubbish. Sex is great.

At least, our sex is great.
It's never been a problem for us.

You're lucky.

And a very forgiving person.

Not really.

Like the man said, he made a mistake.

A fling is just that.

Bye!

You're right.

If mere infidelity
were enough to ruin a marriage,

there wouldn't be an intact family
in this whole bloody school.

Wow!

It's an eyeball.

She can see that.

- Bye.
- Can't wait to show Daddy.

- Prime Minister.
- Afternoon.

- Prime Minister.
- Afternoon.

- Prime Minister.
- I believe he's in?

Yes, indeed. I'll...

- James.
- Tom.

Can we get you anything?

Does anyone have chocolate?

Chocolate?

Anything sweet. Just a nibble.

We've got Percy Pigs.

Oh cheers.

Still eating sweets, Mr Creosote?

Just a wafer-thin mint.

Thank you.

Thank you for not hanging me out.

Yet.

- Well, this is the worst of it?
- Yes.

I wish she hadn't been on your payroll.

I wish I had a time machine.

- How's Sophie?
- Pretty great.

Oh, she's always been that.

Forgiving.

I guess she's always been that too.

No.

This was the first time in 12 years
of marriage, I swear on my life.

Don't look so serious.

The past is the past
as far as I'm concerned.

- Prime Minister, your diary...
- I know. Thank you.

I was planning to introduce
the amendment to the immigration bill.

- With your blessing.
- Yes. Amend away.

Now listen. Be good to that wife of yours.

You might think
the public are looking to me,

but they'll be looking to her.

- Mummy, what's a Libertine?
- Beg your pardon?

It says here Daddy was a Libertine.

- What are you doing with that?
- It was in the study.

I told you to stay out of the study.
Don't be a snoop.

- Sorry. What would you like for dinner?
- Pizza?

Pizza?

Good idea. Let's do it.

- But, Mummy, what is a Libertine?
- Mmhmm?

Um, it was a club that Daddy was in
at Oxford with Uncle Tom.

But what does the word mean?

It means someone who likes
to have a good time.

Would you like a pepperoni
or plain cheese?

- Plain cheese, please.
- Okay. I'll call when it's ready.

Krystyna?

Wasn't she helping you with homework?

We finished.

I'm a Libertine.

No. You're not.

Why not?

Ask Daddy about it.
Go, go. I'll call you when it's pizza.

Emily?

Let's go! Libertines!

Go, Libertines!

Sophie!

Sophie!

Fuck's sake.

Please tell me that puddle I stepped in
was cider and not fresher piss.

More likely to be
second or third-year piss.

To making it
through our first week.

To escaping Mom and Dad.

- Sorry.
- Sorry, sorry.

She lives
outside of the library!

- Very funny, Alison.
- Oh, I didn't think you'd show.

- You told me not to be such a spod.
- And are you? A spod?

- Yes.
- Oh, Holly Berry, Sophie Greenaway.

Holly Berry?

I was conceived on Christmas Eve.

- Christ.
- Yeah. That was the other possibility.

Chug! Chug! Chug!

- What are they doing?
- They're anal chugging.

Anal what?

It's a drinking game
the rugby boys like to play.

Some of the club boys too.

I spot a trio of Libertines over there.

...and, while I will go to my grave

respecting the opinion of the honourable
member from Morewood and Barnsford,

I must dispute her objections
to this amendment.

The honourable lady
is concerned about fairness.

This proposed change
to the immigration bill

represents the most equitable approach
to both skilled and low-skilled workers

of any legislation in the past 50 years!

It is more inclusive, not less!

Esteemed colleagues,

if I have learned anything
in my 44 years on this Earth, it is this.

If it looks like a duck,
walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck,

vote aye for that duck.

And what about a duck
caught having an affair

with a duckling in his employ?

Yeah.

What does the honourable gentleman
think such a duck should do?

- Yeah.
- Yes.

Swim.

Order! Order!

So he acquitted himself well?

Oh, you mean other than having an affair
with a subordinate half his age

and fucking her in a Westminster lift
before elevenses?

I mean today, in the House.
And she's not half his age.

- Looks it.
- Plus, he's popular.

You're the one who told me he's number two
on sexymp.co.uk, or whatever it is.

He's moved to number one.

Well, that's surely a first
for a member of the Conservative Party.

Besides which,
he's the most naturally gifted politician

on our side of the Chamber.

Still, if he gets full on MeToo'd,

it could start to make
your loyalty look ill-advised.

It would make the public wonder
what it's based on, Prime Minister.

History. Nothing more complicated.

James Whitehouse's famous shepherd's pie.

- Isn't that Granny's recipe?
- Only better.

This is version 2.0.

We haven't had this in ages.

I make it all the time.

Really? Is that why you had Tuppence

walk you through the recipe
on three occasions?

Well, uh...

I suppose it has been quite a while.

Krystyna.

It's yummy, Daddy.

- Good.
- Napkins.

Mmm. Yes, James. Really good.

So yummy.

- Would you like some wine?
- Please.

- Krystyna, would you some?
- No. Thank you.

I'd like to propose a toast.

- To what?
- To Mummy.

No. Why?

'Cause she's
the most wonderful woman I know.

- To Mummy.
- To Mummy.

- Sorry.
- No.

So I read your draft proposal.

And?

I think it's cracking.

Too bad. The hardliners
are telling me it's too humane.

What do you think? Can I have some more?

Oh God, sorry. I'm sorry.

Oh, now it's empty.

Well, that explains
how you managed to take advantage of me.

Oh yes. Sorry about that.

Where are you?

At the office.

At this hour on a Friday?

That's bonkers. Come round for a drink.

I'd love to,
but I got pulled into something.

Oh, it's the holiday season.

For fuck's sake, live a little, Woodcroft.

I'm already sipping a Scotch,
you'll be happy to hear.

Good.

Well, you can chase it with some fizz.

A kid in my class's parents knew
just what I asked Father Christmas for.

- Where are Ed and your kids?
- He took them to a movie.

So I've, more or less, one more hour
of peace, quiet, and laundry.

Come on. Please?

We can get pleasantly pissed
while you watch me fold.

Look, I'll just be distracted
until I finish with these papers.

What is it?

The usual...

...but quite high-profile.

I'm not sure I should take this one.

Of course you should.

Look, I really shouldn't discuss it.

Oh don't be ridiculous.
You can certainly tell me.

Love you.

Thanks, Kenneth.
See you in a bit.

Yes.

Is that Mrs Whitehouse?

Isn't that James Whitehouse's wife?

- Sophie.
- Mrs Whitehouse.

Can you give us a comment
about your husband's affair?

Mrs Whitehouse.

Sophie!

James.

- Hi, it's Whitehouse.
- Hi.

- Can I take your coat?
- Thanks.

- Really?
- I know.

Hello.

- Hello.
- Hello, darling.

- You remember Lawrence Hughes-Davies?
- Of course.

- How are you?
- Very good.

- Good. Yeah.
- Listen, I was just saying to James.

I've witnessed every kind of weather

in the three and a half decades
I've been here.

This doesn't qualify as a squall.

Not even a disturbance.

Just a bit of rain, dear.

And look...

...it's passed.

Now, boys will be boys,

but I'm sure this one
has learned his lesson.

My wife always said,
"Once, okay. Twice, go away."

I left it at once.

Enjoy your tea. Hmm?

I'm sorry about that.

You know,
I thought I was, um, fine coming here,

but it's bringing it all back.

The affair?

No.

No. My fear.

About what?

I thought we were clear
all those years ago.

I am not my mother.

I will not live my mother's life.

I will not be the long-suffering spouse.

"Once, okay. Twice, go away." Fuck off.

I'm not interested.

And I can't do it, James.

Especially in the fishbowl of politics.

I always thought
that our marriage was, um...

...superior.

Immune.

Was that the lift?

What do you mean?

The one that I just came up in.

Was that one of the sites of your affair?

The one that made the headlines?

Jesus.

I'm so sorry.

I should have found another...

It was thoughtless.

Soph, as awful as this week has been,
and everything I put you through,

I am grateful for one thing.

The certainty that you are the person
I want to die with.

Would die for.

Making this right with you
is all I care about.

You and the kids.

If you tell me to...

I will give up all this.

I swear.

I will stand up right now and tell
this room full of MPs that I resign.

Right now.

If that's what you want.

If the future doesn't include you,
Sophie Whitehouse,

the future is shite.

You sure you don't want Kenneth
to take you back?

You'll get home earlier this way.

[indistinct chatter[

Come on, James!

Come on, James!

Bloody hell, they're fast.

They're unstoppable.

If only he were a bit dim,
it might seem fair.

But no, your boyfriend got dealt
all the best cards,

including a spot as an Oxford Blue.

Adonis.

What?

It comes
from the Canaanite word for "lord."

He's the god of beauty and desire.

Holly, James Whitehouse is taken.

I'm going to marry that boy one day.

You gonna tell him you're gonna marry him?

He knows.

He just doesn't know
that he knows.

Whoo!

Yes, mate.

Oh, James.

Nice to see Sophie here.

Thank you.

- Mr Whitehouse.
- Yes?

Detective Sergeant Willis.

This is my colleague,
Detective Constable Rydon.

We've been trying to contact you.

But your office seemed
to have lost track of you.

Well, I switched my mobile off
while I had tea with my wife.

Criminal behaviour, I know.

- May I ask what this is about?
- Olivia Lytton.

What about her?

We'd like to ask you a few questions
in connection with an allegation.

An allegation of what?

Rape, sir.

An allegation of rape.

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ It's a dangerous game ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ Burn down all the walls ♪

♪ We play for keeps when a tyrant reigns ♪

♪ Nobody wins, it's a poor man's game ♪

♪ Lost all control, break down our walls ♪

♪ Lost all control ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ It's a dangerous game ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ It's a dangerous game ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪

♪ We want it all ♪

♪ How the mighty fall ♪