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VEHICLE APPROACHES

HANDBRAKE CLICKS

ENGINE STOPS

DOORS OPEN

DOOR CLOSES

FOOTSTEPS

DOOR CLOSES

DALE: Whoa. How much is he on?

Probably about
four times as much as us.

Renegotiates every year
and is a man.

Right. DOG BARKS

GERRY: Hello. Hello. Hello.

LAUGHS Hello. Hi.

Can you handle an overexcited dog?
I'm sorry.

We do actually show him affection.

You'd never know it.
So lovely to see you.

You too. Thank you for the invite.

Nice to see you. Mwah!
You as well. And these are for you.

He loves you.
Oh, they're gorgeous! Thank you.

Hey! So you like Dale, yeah?
Hi, Dale. Nice to meet you.

You too. Dog loves you, Dale.

Dale's a country boy. Really?

Well, Bendigo.
Oh. Gerry is a farm boy.

Well, from a family
of horse breeders.

Carla might as well have been born

on the cocktail bar at the Hilton,
God bless her, but...

..somehow we managed
to find things in common.

Look, I appreciate the country, you
know,

just from the window
of a 5-star hotel room.

Who doesn't? Come in! Champagne?
Come in. Why are we standing around?

After you. Speaking of champagne,
we've got one open and ready.

Oh. Great.
Get in there.

The guests are here!
Helen, Dale, this is Alison.

Hi. Nice to meet you. Hi.
Hi. Hi. I'm Helen.

Hi. Alison.
Hello.

She absolutely adores you both.
Obsessed. Ah!

Oh! Don't you? She used to want
to be a teacher, now a newsreader.

Practises every day
in front of the mirror.

I did that once.
Twice.

Once. Well.

Well, you should come and visit
the news desk one day, Alison.

Have a go at the autocue.
Oh, that'd be amazing.

You know,
Helen's a very good teacher.

She would love that.

You would love that, wouldn't you?
Yeah. Yeah, I'd love that.

Say, "Yes, thank you."
Yes. Yes, thank you.

GERRY: Now, drinks. Come on.
And a vase.

Let's get started.

So, how did you two meet?

Uh, I was singing on a cruise ship.

Carla came on board and...

..I thought she was the
most dazzling person I'd ever met.

I spent an entire South Pacific
cruise trying to impress her.

Well, you succeeded, clearly.

Once we docked in Sydney,
we were basically married.

Carla told me...

..Australian audiences are
very receptive to Irish charm, so...

..I just tried my chances here.

Carla set up meetings,
introduced me to people.

It all kind of just happened.

Yeah, she's always seen
who I could be.

And she's always known who I was.

In case you were wondering.

No.

You need to improve your poker face,
Dale.

BOTH LAUGH

I think I would kill Gerry

if I had to work with him every day.

SHE LAUGHS

Mmm. Oh, um, I mean,
we have our moments, but...

..I mean,
it must be difficult for YOU,

having Gerry home so late
every night.

Oh. No, honestly, it suits me.

You know, I'm at the magazine by 7

and he's with Alison
in the mornings,

and then I'm home by 5.30.

Do you want kids?

Oh. Um...

Not sure. Not sure.

Mmm.
Yeah. I wasn't sure.

Gerry was. He's one of nine.

Mmm. I really...

..struggled at first.

Mmm. You know,
the whole first year, really.

I mean, the birth...
Mmm.

..split vagina
right to the anus, and...

Yeah, but Gerry really took to it,
you know.

He was just, like...

IRISH ACCENT "Just hold on.
Tings will get better."

And he was right.

And I healed. Down there.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH So...

Oh, Gerry,
can you help with the canapes?

Oh, yes. Absolutely.

Yes. Let's do it. Just a tick.

How you faring?

WHISPERS: I mean, look.

We haven't even had lunch.

WHISPERS: I know. I'm starving.

Now, if I could ask you to...

..place your keys in the bowl.

Oh! LAUGHS

Oh. THEY LAUGH

No, no, no. He's...he's serious.

Keys in the bowl.

Uh...

We're kidding! We're kidding!
Kidding!

We're thrilled you're here. Cheers.
We don't do that.

Cheers. Good health. PIANO MUSIC

# Say nighty-night and kiss me... #

Night-night, darling.
Night-night.

# Just hold me tight
and tell me you'll miss me

# While I'm alone and blue as can be

# Dream a little dream of me... #

INDISTINCT SHOUTING

MAN ON TV: Well, I think everyone's
waiting to see

what Wall Street does tonight.

If it's down again then,
could be a nervous day tomorrow.

VOICEOVER: Behind the frenzy of
activity,

all the analysts
are asking the same question.

Is this just another correction...
FRANK: We're back, in five, four...

..or the crash
everyone's been predicting?

Today's weather -
clear with a top of 18 degrees.

We'll be back with all the latest

news and analysis
from the stock exchange,

as well as the day's other
top stories, tonight at six.

And we're out. Hey, what...where's
the reference to Charles Tate?

Dunno. In the original, there
was a reference to Charles Tate.

I mean, he lost almost as much
as Holmes a Court,

more than John Elliott.

Well, we don't want to bite the
hand that feeds us, do we, Helen?

Now, I need you upstairs
for a phone call now.

With who?

That trollop from the Sun,
Donna Gillies, the gossip woman.

She's got something going to print,
she wants a response,

and Bev is having kittens.

There's, uh...

..nothing salacious I need to know,
is there?

Well, you know, no...kiddie
fiddlers, sheep shaggers,

Nazi war criminals
in the extended family?

Not that I know of, no.
Good.

Listen, I'd like Dale on that call
too, please. Of course.

BEEP Hello, Donna. Are you there?

Yes, I'm here.

I'm here with Helen now
as well as Dale Jennings

and news director
Lindsay Cunningham.

You want to discuss a column?
Uh, it's not a column.

It's a feature, actually.

Uh, Helen, thank you so much
for speaking with me.

I just want to get your comments
on a few things.

Firstly, is it true that your legal
name is actually Helen Karcic

and that Norville
is your mother's maiden name?

BEEP
We can decline to comment, yeah?

I don't care. We don't care.
Sure.

BEEP

Uh...Donna,
that's not really much of a story.

Um...look, I'm not pregnant.

Oh. Is there anything else? DONNA CHUCKLES

Uh, no, I actually
have a few more questions.

Um, is it true that you've been
estranged from your family

for nearly two decades now?

Oh. That's a no.
No comment.

And, uh, is it true
that you were committed

to the Larundel
psychiatric facility,

uh, when you were 16
and treated for schizophrenia?

CALL DISCONNECTS

We've got her.

Is there any truth to that?

We need legal advice right now.

Jean, upstairs. PHONE RINGS

PHONE RINGS What are you doing?!

It's Donna Gillies again.
Donna, that's completely inaccurate.

If you print
any of my personal medical history,

then we WILL be suing.

Listen, I understand
this is a very sensitive issue,

but I do have
a couple more questions.

Is it true that you didn't attend
your father's funeral last year?

No comment. Do you realise that your
sister

has approached News At Six several
times?

I have no comment.

If you even think about
approaching my family...

And they've already declined to
comment.

I'm assuming that you're also
declining to comment?

She's not gonna comment.

This is a bullshit story,
and it's not going to print!

Oh. Well, actually,
it's already been through legals.

And I've got sources

dating all the way back to
Thornbury High in the '60s.

So, um, Helen,
if you do change your mind,

Bev's got my number,

and, uh, this is gonna go to print

probably tomorrow,
otherwise Wednesday.

OK. Thank you. CALL DISCONNECTS

Well, we need to seek
some form of injunction.

I'll try and find an advance copy
of the article.

There's nothing worse, is there?
You need to call Charlie Tate.

No. We don't want to involve him.
He would know the owner of The Sun.

He's got his hands full,
getting gutted in the markets!

You go do the bulletin.
I'll do the lawyers.

Legals are in a meeting.
I've asked for them to be notified.

If a hospital worker leaked this,

then legally,
this cannot be printed.

Hey, Dale.

So this is not a beat-up?
This is all true?

Just...stop it going to print.

GEOFF: How long do you think
until it regains the value

lost this morning, Morris?

I'd say end of this week.
End of the week.

This might actually be good
for Australian stock.

If the situation worsens overseas,

more and more international
investors will start buying here.

One moment, Morris.

HUSHED: That's absurdly optimistic.

They expect another 5% drop on
Wall Street tomorrow, if not more!

Let's wait and see
what happens overnight.

Oh! By then, it'll be too late!

All right.

Let's sell half.

Where are you off to?
Oh. Kay needs to sell too.

And she's not answering.

That little batch
of birthday shares?

Well, those birthday shares
are now valued at over $15,000.

And she needs it.

Morris. Yep.

Decided to have a bet each way.

KNOCK AT DOOR EVELYN: Kay!

Kay, if you're there, please.

It's about your shares, darling,
and it's really quite crucial.

KEYS JINGLE

Kay?

FRANK: And in six, five, four...

NEWS THEME PLAYS

Tonight, share prices drop around
the world.

And stock markets are gripped
by frantic selling.

Good evening. I'm Helen Norville.
And I'm Dale Jennings.

A dramatic sell-off on Wall Street
on Friday

has resulted in $10 billion being
stripped from the Australian market

in just one day.

The world is now looking to Wall
Street, dearly hoping for a rally.

But if the fall continues overnight,

analysts fear very dark times
ahead for the global economy

after years of unprecedented growth.

VOICEOVER:
After the sensational collapse

of share prices across the board
on Wall Street on Friday,

everyone was expecting a drop on
the Australian Stock Exchange today.

The question was not
would prices fall, but by how much?

And brokers didn't have to wait long
to find out.

Within only 15 minutes of trading...
And we're back, in five, four...

..the All Ordinaries index
had dropped by 29 points.

Mark Elliott reporting
from the Melbourne Stock Exchange.

Hi. We're wanting to get one of you
on the market floor tomorrow

for the opening of trading,
maybe even a live cross.

Hey, Noelene,
can we discuss this in a bit?

PHONES RING

TYPEWRITERS CLACK

Update?

Uh...well,
I can tell you that our legal team

is about as useful
as a glass door in the dunny.

What are they gonna do?

Oh, they reckon they can't do
anything till they see the article.

Well, surely Bev's got a copy.
She is working on it,

but...it's likely we're
gonna see it when it's printed.

So we just have to wait?
Mmm. It seems so.

Listen, do you have any
idea who Donna's sources might be?

She claims
they're not from the hospital.

Could you give us a minute,
please, Jean?

I think someone from the office
is leaking information.

Well, Jean's a steel trap.

Look, Donna Gillies relies
on having access to network talent.

Gerry and Carla Carroll, they're
in the social pages every weekend.

I could ask him to... SHE SCOFFS

Look, we...we could make her feel
like if she publishes this article,

she'll be boycotted.
You know, actually, that is what

we should be asking Charlie to do.
He should go to the CEO directly.

Well, we are still on shaky ground
with little Chuck, Helen,

and I don't think hearing

that the lead newsreader's
been in the loony bin will help us.

DOOR OPENS

DOOR SLAMS

If they manage
to get an advance copy,

would you like it
faxed to your home or...

Oh. I don't want you to have
anything to do with it whatsoever.

Pardon? You were the only one
who had all that information.

If you're suggesting
I played any part in this...

HUSHED: If I were inclined
to leak gossip,

I promise you it'd be worse than
that.

Dale, that's a good idea.

Why don't you go
downstairs and see your mate Gerry?

DOOR OPENS

DENNIS: Vincent.

Surprised Lindsay let you out this
early.

Oh, well. He's got me back in at
6am.

Ouch.

DENNIS SIGHS So...you, uh...

..you heard from Charlie yet?

Yes, I got a message
from Charles Tate this morning

asking for a meeting tomorrow at 11.

Right. That's good.
Lindsay's in trouble, is he?

Yep.
Does he know that?

Nope.

I'm surprised you suggested me.

Why?
Well, we're the same age.

No-one knows that newsroom
better than you.

Why didn't you
go for the job yourself?

Oh, mate, no-one that looks like me
is gonna get that job.

Well, you know I'd love to work
with you again. OK.

But I'm on a pretty good wicket
where I am.

Right. Well, Charles Tate
would let you name your price.

Really? And I can tell you
absolutely everything

he wants to hear, if...

..you can guarantee me
at least a 25% pay rise.

Oh.
Now it makes sense.

15%. DENNIS SIGHS

Come on, man. 20.

What do I need to know?

Great. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

So...

..Charles is absolutely
obsessed with branding.

And for him, the network brand is,
don't laugh...

..backyard barbecue.

WOMAN: Kick, kick.

GERRY: Do these moves have
any relationship to the sun at all?

Of course they do. It's
choreography.

Danielle, these are the same moves
we've done

for the last eight numbers. They
feel like the same. Um...

They're slightly diff... What?!
Sorry. Someone here for you.

Dale, just...just give me five
minutes.

Just working something out. Sure.
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP ON SPEAKER

Just over there.
They do feel the same.

They do feel the same.
They're slightly different.

Danielle, if you're not hearing me,
if you're not seeing the problem...

Gerry. ..that's the problem.
Gerry. Gerry. Yeah?

Look, let...let's just take 15,
Danielle.

OK. Right. SONG STOPS

Is Helen OK?

Not really.

Look, Donna might seem like
a...a bubbly gossip columnist.

She's absolutely strategic.
Great.

Do you think you could have a word
with her?

She seems to fawn over you and Carla.

You must have
some sort of sway with her.

HE SIGHS
It's...it's the other way round.

Uh, uh, a couple of years ago,
someone was...

..was keen to sell a story to her
about me.

Right. We...we managed to persuade
her not to pursue it,

but she needed compensation,
so now we go to her

for every birthday,
every announcement.

We changed the date
of our anniversary

to accommodate her schedule.

My advice? Meet her in person,
kill her with kindness,

and have something to offer her.

Thanks.

OK. Hey, guys. How is everyone?

You ready for tonight?

BELL DINGS

I need to speak with Charles Tate.
Uh, that won't be possible tonight.

It's all right. I'm gonna tell
him that you did all that you could.

No, I can schedule. I'm sorry. No.

Yeah, we were hoping
for a stabilisation midweek.

There might be a bit of a dip
tomorrow, but there...

I'm terribly sorry for barging in,
but I need your help.

I need help pulling an article
from the Sun.

It's...it's a very invasive piece,
and if it...if it's published,

it's gonna be very bad for me
and very bad for your network.

Just...um, Ian,
let me call you back, mate.

Yeah, I did explain. Just give us
a minute, Di. Yeah.

You said
your door was always open, so...

You do realise
that the Sun is not my paper?

No, I know, but you spend an awful
lot of advertising in it.

Does not give me editorial control,
Helen.

But it could give you leverage?

Sounds to me like
you're talking about gossiping.

People do not care about what's...
It's more than a gossip column.

What's the name of this journalist?

Erm, her name is Donna Gillies.

It'll be printed when?

Tomorrow or the next day.

The Sun is Astley's paper.
Astley's my father's generation.

I don't really have
any relationship with him.

Don't like my chances
of getting through to him either.

Not right now.
It's fuckin' chaos out there.

All right. Well, maybe
you could ask your father.

HE CHUCKLES

I don't like my chances of
getting through to my father ever.

Let me see what I can do.

What time? I came by at 11
and again at two.

And I rang several times
during the day.

Did you leave a note?
Under your door.

SHE SIGHS

Could we...

..could we try and ring Morris
now, please?

It's not like he's gonna be asleep.

Oh! It's too late!

Darling. We can put in a call.

By the time the share market opens,

we'll be at the mercy
of whatever's happened overseas.

You told me that shares were
the safest place for my savings.

Those shares were a gift.
They started as a gift.

But I added to them.

Any money I had, I put in there.

Geoff? A hand, please.

HUSHED: I last spoke to Morris at
4pm

just to see if there was any way
to authorise the sale.

He told me Kay sold those shares
several months ago.

She's upset.
She's lost thousands of dollars.

She hasn't lost anything!

She's lying to our faces.

And it's not the first time.

I don't know what more I can do.

I need you to address it.

Not tonight.

Look at your daughter!

She's not herself.
You need to say something.

Say what?

Nothing, darling.

HE CLEARS THROAT

Darling?

Darling.

Listen.

If you...had troubles of...

..any description...

SHE SIGHS ..you would tell us?

Now, wouldn't you?

KAY BREATHES SHAKILY
Yes.

WHISPERS: I do.

My savings... SHE SIGHS

..that I was relying on, that I put
exactly where you told me to, Dad...

..they've been decimated!

All right.

It's all right. SHE SIGHS

It's all right.

I think you should stay here
tonight.

Oh...
Yes.

We'll call Morris first thing

and discuss our next steps.
OK?

Come on.

HE LAUGHS It'll be all right.

BIKE BELL DINGS

DOOR OPENS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

PAGES RUSTLE

OK, it's not in today's paper.

This is good.

This is good. It gives us more time.

So, Gerry felt our best option
was to see Donna face to face.

We'll just speak to her...

Um, I've...I've said everything
that I want to say to her.

Yeah, but if we take
a less confrontational approach,

appeal to her, get her to
empathise...

I'm not gonna grovel to her.

I can't even believe
that you would suggest that.

Just trying to help.

DOOR CLOSES

She nearly ready? Coming!
Ah.

Wait till you see her.

You're gonna love it.

JEN GASPS Oh!

Noels, what are you wearing?

I've got to go
to the stock exchange.

It's a big story.
London's plummeted.

The Dow's dropped 500 points.
New Zealand's about to open.

But, hey, you're still gonna
wear your skirts, though?

Aren't you?

Jen, can you give us a minute?
Yes.

CHUCKLES: All right.
What's brought this on?

I'm trying something new.

I tell you what,
I do like those shoes.

Let's just go.
All right.

Morning. Noelene!
You look great.

New Zealand's opened
and they've crashed too.

The drop on the Dow
is double the Great Depression.

There's already unconfirmed reports
of suicides on Wall Street.

We're wanting to get one of you

out on the market floor
for the opening of trading.

KNOCK ON DOOR Hi.

Um, do you have a minute?

Sorry. If we want to make opening,
we really need to leave soon.

Just five minutes.
Yeah, sure. Come in.

Take a...take a seat.

Is everything all right?

Um...

..I know there's been
some personal...

..details about you
that have spread, and...

..there's a chance
they might have come from me.

Not on purpose. I'm not a gossip.

Um, but...um, there...
there was a moment

where I wasn't thinking
and I might have told someone...

..about your surname.

Who?

Evelyn Walters.

Mrs Walters, um, she would

book me for special events,
just sometimes,

and...and she'd make me drinks,
and...and we'd talk, and I...

..I stopped going because I...
I realised that sh...

..she might not be that trustworthy.

What exactly did you say?

Uh.....well, once, she was
asking, um,

whether your families
would want you to get engaged,

and I didn't think anything of it,
so I just said,

"Helen's not that close
with her family."

And then I, um...

..yeah, said about your last name
and your sister...

Cheryl, can you call Evelyn Walters
right now and explain to her what...

I'm gonna go talk to her myself.

Sorry, but if we don't leave
pretty much right now...

You're gonna have to
take a reporter.

No! The other reporters have gone.
I'm really sorry.

PHONES RING

Ooh! Someone's been shopping at DJs.

Very fancy, Noelene.

CACKLING

What?

We should get some interviews here

while they're all heading
to and from the trading floor.

ROB: They all brokers?

Most of them.
Bit young, aren't they?

Yeah. They're really young.
That's part of the story.

These men have only ever
known the market to go up and up.

Excuse me! If I could just ask you
for a minute of your time.

We're from News At S...

Sir. Could I just ask you
for two minutes?

We are int...
Mate. Mate. Uh, Rob Rickards.

News At Six.
Are we good?

Um, are...are you worried about
what's gonna happen today?

Nah. I think the, uh, panic's
a bit overblown, to be honest.

Overblown? So you're not nervous

after what's happened on Wall
Street?

Oh, look, our fundamentals are
way better than Wall Street.

If I was an overseas investor,

I'd be wanting to buy
Australian gold right now, so, uh...

..I think we're gonna see
a huge day for gold.

Yeah, I've got
a lot of sell calls already,

so I do think
it's gonna be a choppy day.

And for a young bloke,
such as yourself,

you haven't ever really seen a
crash.

Oh, I've seen my share
of ups and downs.

Um, and I'm pretty sure
we're gonna end today on an up.

EXCHANGE BELLS RING RADIO: And there.

The commencement of trading

on what stands to be
the most consequential day

on the Australian Stock Exchange
possibly since the 1920s.

KNOCK AT DOOR
COMMOTION ON RADIO

As you can hear, there is an...
Oh. I'll go.

..immediate frenzy on the floor.
Stockbrokers are reporting

that most of their buying orders
have been cancelled

and instead the move is to sell.

HELEN: Evelyn.

You are a fucking bitch.

Helen.
I mean, I knew that you were low.

But I didn't think
even you would stoop this low.

I didn't think
that even you were capable of that.

I'm sorry. I don't know
what you're referring to.

You know exactly
what I'm referring to!

Your wife has taken the
most intimate and private details,

my psychiatric history, and she has
leaked them to a gossip columnist!

That's absurd. Deliberately.

You have done nothing with your life

except stand in the shadows
and try and tear everyone down,

and the fact that you both stand
on this moral high ground,

looking down your nose
and judging everyone!

I want you to know
that I know exactly who you are,

and I know exactly
what you both stand for.

If people are questioning
your psychiatric state, Helen,

it's hardly a surprise!

I'm...I'm sure you can appreciate
it's a very...

Now, Dale...
..distressing situation.

..it's time for you
to remove yourself from our property

and to control
that clearly unwell woman.

Thank you.

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

I've got one last idea.

I think we should go
see Donna alone.

Gerry said if we promise to
prioritise her for future stories...

I...I don't want her in our lives,
Dale.

But we could offer her a major
story.

What if we offer her...

..an engagement?

What about an exclusive
on our engagement?

Was that...was that...was
that your proposal?

Yeah! I'm sorry...it's not...

..this is not
how I wanted it to go, but...

..we could offer her
something really valuable.

Dale, there are some things that
I just would never want to trade.

DOOR CLOSES

ROB: Although the crisis
affects everyone on this floor,

it's the small investors
who claim they'll suffer the most.

The brokers are too worried about

looking after their
big institutional clients that...

..who wants to buy
my small amount of shares?

From a very demoralised
stock market trading floor...

And we're back in five...
..this has been Rob Rickards...

..four...
..News At Six.

Internationally, it's already being
called Black Monday,

as the catastrophic losses spread
from New York to London to Tokyo.

Steve Aldridge reports.
Yep.

Today's action
began last night in London.

HE SIGHS
STEVE: The FT index fell to 2...

How's little Chuck doing?

Oh, mate. It's worse than yesterday.

It's obliterated.

Him, Holmes a Court, John Elliott.

Highest-profile loser so far.
Oh, fuck.

HE SIGHS He's demanding a call.

When? Now. Both of us?
No, mate. Just with me.

Dennis, it's grim.

Lindsay, you don't know that, mate.

That means he's either gonna cut the
budget or he's gonna sack someone.

Thanks, Jean. TV REPORT CONTINUES

The news team will continue
to bring you full coverage

of the unfolding crisis with regular
updates and detailed analysis.

And we're out!

They want you to head right
back to the newsroom.

And, Helen, you've had a phone call
from Charlie Tate.

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

Is there a phone call for me?

Charles Tate rang about half an
hour ago. No message.

He's at his office.
Thank you.

I'd wait. Mr Tate's
on the phone to Lindsay right now.

How long's he been on the phone?

23 minutes.

Jean, um, I'd like to apologise...

..for the insinuation that...
that you had been indiscreet.

I'd say it was
more than an insinuation.

Well, I'm very sorry.

LINDSAY: Dennis!

That call had nothing to do
with our reporting today.

Little Chuck is sunk.
He's lost the banks.

He was calling to say
they're all abandoning ship.

The banks are gonna
take back the network!

Are we...are we...are we
in administration?

They haven't pulled the pin yet,
mate, but they will, because...

# Little Chuck, little Chuck,
little Chuck is fucked

# Little Chuck,
little Chuck, little Chuck is sunk

# Little Chuck, little Chuck,
little Chuck is fucked

# He's fucked

# He's fucked, fucked, fucked! #

Fuck off, backyard barbecues!
He's dead!

Uh...

..did he mention the article?

Sorry?
From The Sun.

The article from The Sun.
No, it didn't come up.

Are there gonna be, like,
cuts or something, Lindsay?

Yes, mate, we're gonna have to
say farewell to a few mates,

but that's OK, because you're gonna
put a tie and a jacket on,

and I'm taking you to Florentino's.
My shout!

We're gonna spend
what's left of his money.

Noelene, tomorrow,
I want you to do a very thorough,

a very detailed, story

on just how fucked little Chuck is.

HE LAUGHS

Yah!

Here he is!

Dale Jennings!

What did he say?
He did...he just left a message.

I'm gonna go in to his office.
Well, I'll drive you.

No, I am going to go!

DOOR OPENS

MAN SIGHS

SOMBRE CHATTER

Yeah.
Well, no, don't do that. No.

No, let...

Carl. See what...see what the
trend is on Thursday.

Right, but... Yes.

I agree. But there's got to be
some degree of bounce, right?

You c...

Don't...

Yes.

Yeah, all right. I appreciate that.

PHONE CLATTERS Am I interrupting?

So now we're being polite?
It's interesting.

Is all this as bad as it seems?

For me personally or for the world?

For you personally.

Well...

..half my backers have deserted me.

The other half...

..I'm promising there's gonna be
a rebound, which is bullshit,

and they know it.

So...

And are you still my boss?

HE LAUGHS

Yes. I believe I am, maybe for
the next 48 hours or so.

I don't know. Maybe less.

Oh, I did get hold of Astley for
you.

He doesn't like to intervene
editorially,

but what he has said is,

essentially, he's gonna make a
couple of calls,

and that's all I can get for
you now.

Sorry.

I actually think that my...

What would you call it,
my decimation?

..my decimation
sort of, uh, helped things...

..you know?

The only reason that Astley
called me back was cos. uh...

..I'm fucked.

Well, I appreciate it. THEY LAUGH

Yeah.

Well, we'll know soon after
midnight.

That's when the first print run
lands.

Help yourself to a drink.

Probably be reclaimed
in a couple of days anyhow.

You might want to fix me one too.

WOMAN: I'm definitely more a...
a Material Girl person...

GERRY: No.
..than a Live To Tell person.

Live to Tell's
a better-structured song.

No, but I do... Yeah, but I think
it's a better album than the last.

HE LAUGHS No. I...

What do you think? HE LAUGHS

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Erm, Cheryl,
could you just give us five?

Oh, yes.
Yeah. Thank you.

Well?

Did you get onto Donna?

Well...yeah, I suggested it to
Helen,

but it's not the strategy
that she went with.

Look, if you want me to put in a
call, I...I can. It's too late.

Are you OK?

Today wasn't my finest hour
with Helen.

We need you in two minutes, Gerry.

Yeah.

Can I give you a call later?

You're heading home, right? HE CLEARS THROAT

I don't know what I'm doing.

Well, why don't you
come see the show?

KNOCK AT DOOR

GEOFF: Darling?

We know it's late.
We got through to Morris.

I'm afraid it's not good news.
We need to discuss it.

HE SIGHS

Goodness sake! This is ridiculous!
We own the place.

Kay?

DOOR CLOSES Kay, darling?

Hello?

Kay?

Darling?

Darling, I'm coming in.

Jesus...

Kay!

Call an ambulance.

Darling... Call an ambulance!

Oh, no, no, no.
No! No, no.

Darling. Darling! Kay!

Kay!

Kay, it's Daddy.

It's Daddy, darling.
Come on, darling. Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Uh, ambulance.

SOBBING: Uh, it's my daughter.
I think she might have overdosed.

Darling.

Open your eyes. Open your eyes.

Look at me. Look, look, look, look.

How much do you think you'll have
left?

Personally.

Millions?

HE SIGHS SOFTLY

SHE CHUCKLES

Oh, I think you're gonna be fine.

Yeah, you too.

Well, you don't know what the
story's about.

Yeah, that's true.

You never asked.

You were the only one who didn't.

Well, if history's taught us
anything, Helen,

if you got something to say,

you do not wait for an invitation.

Do you want me to ask?

SHE INHALES I think it's gonna say...

..I was in...

..a mental institution.

And I was treated for schizophrenia.

Shit. Mmm.

Well, full credit to Donna.
I'd buy that paper.

Yeah, me too.

Is it true?

I was treated for schizophrenia.

I'm not schizophrenic.

I was treated for manic depression.

I was just...

..stuck in this borderland
of neurosis and psychosis.

Fuck me.

What 16-year-old isn't?

SHE SNIFFLES

It's still two hours.
I just checked too.

HE SIGHS

GERRY: Marriage ever been discussed
before?

Not specifically, no.

Does Helen want to get married?
Doesn't everyone?

Do you? Yeah.

Of course.

Well, I highly recommend it.

I love being married.

But you're not in a...
You don't...

Spit it out.

Your marriage is not conventional.
It's not a...

No, but it's much better for us.

I don't think marriage
should ever stop a person

exploring who they are.

Luckily, Carla thinks the same,
so...

She doesn't take issue
with you sleeping with men?

No.

Hm. Carla makes the most
out of this situation.

Don't you worry about that.

Helen and I are...

It's just us. Ye...yeah.
I...I kind of got that, yeah.

But... Yeah?

..last year...

..oh, something did happen
with a cameraman at work.

It was very brief, but...

Did you want it to be more?

I wanted to be with Helen.

You think I'm deluding myself.
No.

No. I see how much you love her.

I feel like the way I love
doesn't fit in anywhere.

And...

..I've been ashamed of that
for a really long time.

But I love Helen.

And I think that's all that matters.

But maybe if things were
different...

..maybe if I'd never met her... HE SIGHS

..it would be someone else.

But so much of what I feel

comes from how I feel about her,

so...I don't know.

I'm probably not making any sense.
No, no, you're making perfect sense.

And if that's how you feel,
I think...

..you need to correct
that God-awful proposal.

Apart from anything else, I make a
fantastic wedding MC if you need it.

BOTH LAUGH

I'm sorry.

OK. Page five.

Six and seven. BOTH LAUGH

Very...comprehensive.

Thank you.

POP MUSIC PLAYING

DOOR OPENS

SHE TURNS OFF MUSIC

Hey.

Hi.

It's not there.

That's good.

Sorry I'm so late.

Come on. Let's go to bed.

Helen.

I am so sorry..

for bringing up...marriage today
like it was a fix.

I know we have our complexities.

Maybe we're not like...

..everyone else.

But...

..but I love you.

I do love you too.