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-[slow dramatic music playing] -[waves crashing]

[Sian] You came into this world to a song,

a song about a bird.

And that's what you are, the little bird who flew away.

'Cause that's the thing with birds, you see.

They fly away.

But if you love them and you never forget,

they come back again.

[birds chirping]

[slow dramatic music playing]

[Jessica] Original materials, but, erm,

eventually we'll give the whole house a modern twist.

But it's fully damp-proof, no expense spared.

Er, the ad said no pets.

The thing is, I have a few cats.

How many is a few?

[sighs] Lunatic.

Ah.

Beggars can't be choosers, can they?

Hardly beggars, Nick.

Despite your best efforts.

[slow dramatic music continues]

[door knocking]

Gosh, that's a bit creepy.

Oh, Sausage.

[sighs] Don't call me "Sausage". It's vile.

I thought you liked it.

No. You like it.

Pardon me for not being a mind-reader.

I have a name, Mum.

You chose it, like everything else.

Look, I know it's not ideal,

but we're all in the same boat here.

I wanted us to do this together as a family.

Like we used to do things when you were little.

Yeah, well, it's a bit late for that now, isn't it?

[sighs] Alice, we're all getting

a little tired of the act. [sighs]

[Alice] This place reeks like cow shit!

Ooh. Trouble in paradise?

[Jessica sighing]

Christ, these bloody pipes again.

Oh, yeah. No, no, no.

It's all right. It's all right.

[Jessica sighing]

Yeah, I'll fix that. I'll fix it.

[sighs] What is it? Hm?

Has Alice said something?

No, it's not Alice.

It's just everything.

Hey, come here.

No, don't.

Jess. Jess, come on.

Let's, Let's talk.

Not now.

Why don't you go to the farmers' market

and get something for lunch?

Take Alice with you.

Seeing as it pains her so much

to be under the same roof as me.

[birds chirping]

[car beeping]

-Dad? -Yeah.

Can I drive?

Er, don't know. Can you?

May I drive, please?

No. No.

Come on. You showed me the gears.

No! No, no, no.

There's a bit more to it than that, Sausage. Come on.

You're not 17 just yet.

[slow music playing]

Nice try, though.

[car doors thudding]

[engine rumbling]

[slow music continues]

[Jessica sighing]

[knuckles rapping]

Hi. The doorbell isn't working.

I've come about the room.

[slow dramatic music playing]

♪ Oh, the cuckoo, she is a fine bird ♪

♪ Sings when she flies ♪

♪ She brings us good tidings ♪

♪ And tells us no lies ♪

♪ She sucks on birds eggs to make her voice clear ♪

♪ And never sings cuckoo till summer draws near ♪

Hi.

The doorbell's… Sorry, we're rewiring.

Am I expecting you?

No, I was passing, just thought I'd chance my arm.

Oh, I love those floorboards.

Are they original?

Oh, erm, sorry. Did you want to?

Thanks.

Oh, yeah.

It's gorgeous.

You know, most people would just stick a lick of paint

on a house like this and leave it at that, but,

yeah, I can see what you're doing.

I'm an artist, so I know when something's

got a bit of soul in it.

Oh, I'm not sure about the colours.

Still testing out a few.

This one, definitely.

[slow music playing]

Think so?

[Sian] Mm. You know, the way the light hits it.

I wasn't sure. It's a bit pricier.

Well, you can tell it's quality.

Sorry. God, what am I like?

It's not even my house.

[laughs] No, no. It's fine.

I appreciate it.

I like that one, too.

Sian.

Jessica.

-Sorry, the room. -Yeah.

You want to see the room.

[Sian] So have you just moved up from London, then?

Is it that obvious?

We wanted to do a gut renovation, but, erm,

we've had to do it in stages,

so it's taking longer than we thought.

Oh, the outbuildings, we might convert them.

A bit up in the air right now.

Oh, er, FYI, pipes have a mind of their own.

Country living.

This is my daughter's room.

Just the one?

Yeah. One's enough.

Alice is 16.

Say no more.

And this would be your room.

Beautiful.

Nothing like that in London, is there?

You said you were an artist?

Oh, yeah, but don't worry,

I'm not gonna be slopping paint around.

Oh, no, it's not that.

It's just, erm, Alice, my daughter, she's into art, too.

Well, she must get it from you.

Oh, I don't know about that.

I do. Like mother, like daughter.

Listen, I'm not gonna keep you, but

this is my reference.

If you think I'll fit in, just give me a call.

Erm, I'll have to talk to my husband.

[car rumbling]

[horn honking]

Oh, more visitors.

Looks like I've got some competition.

Sorry. Excuse me.

[door knocking]

Sorry. Can I help you?

My husband is Marius, your plumber.

Is this about the shower valve?

It's about paying your bills.

Right. My husband deals with all that.

He's not here right now, so.

Isn't that convenient?

He's been avoiding our calls for weeks.

Right. Look, sorry.

Er, let me just, erm, grab my purse.

It must have skipped his mind.

Erm, what do we owe you?

2,400 pounds plus VAT.

Right. Erm.

Maybe the best thing is if I get Nick

to give your husband a call.

Jessica.

Sorry, I don't wanna jump the gun, but

it was for the deposit.

It's three grand.

I mean, no pressure, but, you know, if it helps.

[car rumbling]

[slow music playing]

Ooh. Who's this here?

Hey, that's an old car, isn't it?

Al, listen, try not to be so hard on your mum, all right?

Let's all make a bit more of an effort.

Yeah?

Okay, if you teach me how to drive

so I can get out of this place.

Ah, we'll see, we'll see.

Come on.

I've been trying to call you.

[Nick] Oh, what have I done this time?

Er, Alice, this is Sian.

Hi, Alice.

Sian's taking the spare room.

Oh, I thought we were…

Sian, this is my husband, Nick.

Nick, Sian.

Nick.

You have a beautiful home.

[Nick] Thank you.

[dramatic music playing]

[birds chirping]

Something to say?

We already have one teenager in the house, Nick.

I don't particularly feel the need for another.

I'm just saying it's something we could have discussed, that's all.

It's not something you just do without consulting me or Alice.

You're one to talk.

[sighs] That's not fair.

No, it isn't. But here we are.

[pan sizzling]

Hey. Morning, Alice.

Didn't wake you, did I?

What are you doing?

Take a seat.

What's all this?

It's a thank you for having me.

Oh, Sian, you didn't have to.

I wanted to.

Oh.

Hey, Al.

I like this. Looks cool.

Is Nick joining us?

Yeah, I'm here. Good morning.

Just in time.

There you go.

Sorry, er, if this is an imposition.

No, not at all. Join us.

Yeah, I'm not hungry.

Alice.

Gotta go to school.

Sian's gone to all this trouble.

It's fine. I get it.

Dad?

Great, thanks.

Yep, yep. I'll take you.

No, I'll take her.

Sorry, Sian.

Mothers and daughters. It's, it's hard.

-Yeah. -Not my business?

Not really.

[slow dramatic music playing]

You know, Nick, the advance that I paid Jess,

I don't want it to be awkward.

You needed the money.

It's not a problem.

[gravel crunching]

Jess.

You took 3,000 pounds from her?

When were you gonna tell me

that we couldn't pay our bills?

Or was that something else

I was gonna have to find out on my own?

No, you don't take that kind of money

off a complete stranger in the street

and then move her into our home.

You don't want her here?

Start earning money to pay her back.

Have you any idea how humiliating it was

having some plumber's wife turn up here

shouting bloody murder at me?

I know what you're doing,

and you can't keep blaming me forever.

Let me get my violin.

How many times do I have to apologise?

I don't know. How many times can you fuck up?

[slow dramatic music playing]

[people chattering]

Alice, wait.

I know it's not easy having someone in the house

that you don't know.

But I'm used to it.

Because we're so close.

[Jessica sighing]

[birds chirping]

[slow music playing]

[door knocking]

[Sian] Hey, Nick.

Hi, erm,

right, erm, so, if you are gonna take the room,

I'll just get you to sign the tenancy agreement.

No problem.

[Nick] My wife wanted to give it to you.

We're making it official then?

Well, quick check of the references, and…

Great.

Yeah, it's just…

It's not what we had in mind, you know?

You won't even know I'm here.

I was actually thinking about taking a drive, get some air.

Right. Okay.

Thank you, Nick.

[birds chirping] [slow music playing]

[Sandra] Jessica.

Hi.

I'm sorry. I had no idea.

I ran into your friend,

and she told me what you've been going through.

What we've been going through?

Oh, yeah, what I've been going through.

Listen, if you need help with a shower valve,

there's no charge.

Wow. I, I don't know what to say.

Salmon.

Salmon?

What did you say to her?

Nothing.

Just how you've been going through it

with your autoimmune disease.

I don't have an autoimmune disease.

No, but you're gonna get your shower fixed for free.

[laughs] She's gonna find out.

As if she doesn't hate me enough already.

She won't find out. Look at her.

Daft cow.

She's going home to Marius thinking she's a saint.

Come on.

Let's go and get a real drink.

-[slow dramatic music playing] -[computer keys clacking]

Yeah, I just didn't think it would be so hard

to find my people, you know?

Or any people.

[Sian] What about your family?

They're your people.

Anyway, what about you? What's your story?

You're young, you're an artist.

Why are you renting a room in the back end of nowhere?

Erm, I just needed a space to figure some things out.

Like a break-up?

Yeah. Something like that.

Nick had an affair.

Too much information?

No. I just thought I could spot a rat a mile off.

He was having trouble at work, and attention of-

Mm, cry me a river.

Hope you made him crawl.

Yeah, but it's hard, isn't it?

I mean, there's the house, and,

and I do, I do believe him when he says that…

I just,

I can't get it out of my mind that he did this to us.

It was this woman at work.

So now there's no job, there's no…

[sighs] We bought the farm to flip it.

We were gonna, you know, flip it, move on.

But now we're stuck here.

And what about Alice?

Alice?

Yeah, you know.

Kids, they can, erm,

they can feel when something isn't right,

even if they don't know what it is.

[slow dramatic music playing]

[phone ringing]

[Nick] Hello?

[woman on phone] All right, all right, I hear you.

Hi. My name is Nick Haynes.

[woman on phone] Who?

Well, you're not selling something, are you?

No, no, I'm calling about Sian Gregson.

Hello?

[woman on phone] Go on.

Yes, erm, she's rented a room in my house, and-

[woman on phone] Yes. What would you like to know?

Well, you're her reference, so,

is she, is she reliable?

Does she pay the rent on time?

Does she-

[woman on phone] Ooh, Sian's very tidy.

She doesn't have parties, doesn't have men round,

if that's what you're worried about.

She said that she's an artist,

yet I can't seem to find any-

[woman on phone] Oh, yes. She's an art teacher.

Very good with children, that girl.

Right. And how is it you know her, Mrs?

[Miss Calder] Calder. Miss Calder.

Dad.

[Miss Calder] I'm her aunt.

Hey, what did you say your name was?

Listen, you've been very helpful.

Thanks ever so much.

Take care. Bye-bye.

You all right, Sausage?

I was, erm, pretty horrible to Mum this morning.

No, no. Come on.

She knows this is hard for you.

[slow music playing]

I don't know what it is.

It's just, like, I can't…

-Sorry. -No, no, no. Don't be sorry.

[door clicking]

[Sian and Jessica laughing]

Oh.

Jess?

I think we've had a bit too much to drink.

No. I'm fine.

-You all right? -Mm-hm.

Whoa, whoa, it's all right.

No, it's okay. I've got her.

[Jessica] Ah, my knight in shining armour.

[slow dramatic music playing]

[Nick] Oh, straight to bed. Come on.

Here you are. That's it.

[slow music playing]

[Nick sighing]

I wanna talk to you about that woman.

Oh, this woman, that woman.

Which woman do you mean, Nick?

There's so many in your life.

I mean your new best friend.

Oh. What now, I'm not allowed friends?

I mean, what kind of person

gives their aunt as a reference?

Do you ever think about what all this is doing to Alice?

Jess… [sighs] …look, I…

I don't know what it is that you're trying to prove.

[slow music playing]

Oh, Jess.

[rock music playing]

[door knocking]

What do you want?

Just thought I'd check in, see if you're all right.

Can I come in?

You're literally a stranger.

Well, I'd like to change that.

I used to listen to these.

Saw them live a couple of times as well.

Okay.

[Sian] I thought you might like to see

some of my drawings.

So you're really an artist then?

Well, as much as I can be.

Life gets in the way sometimes, doesn't it?

They're sketches, mainly, of people who inspire me.

These are really good.

No, no. You're good.

You really have something.

Mum says they're creepy.

I had a show last year at the Hope Grasmere.

Do you know it?

They show a lot of new artists, women,

people who don't get the representation that they should.

Do you ever think about showing your work?

They're just drawings.

They're not just anything.

Don't let me hear you do yourself down.

[slow music playing]

You're an artist, Alice.

Takes one to know one.

Is this me?

Like I said, people who inspire me.

You know, Alice, sometimes people

who make the least noise have the most to say.

I was like you once, believe it or not.

I had all this stuff inside me

and I didn't know how to get it out.

I didn't think anyone would care.

We make art because we want someone to see us.

We can feel that something's wrong.

We just, we don't know what it is.

We just know that we don't fit.

I see you, Alice.

I know, cringe.

But I do.

I see you.

Anyway, I'll let you get some sleep.

Thank you.

-Sian? -Mm?

Thank you.

Any time.

[Nick laughing]

It's been so long, hasn't it?

You know, that we've really been together.

I know.

Look, about what I did-

Oh, don't.

Nick, it's, it's all right.

No, it's not all right.

It's not, it was a betrayal of…

absolutely everything that matters to me, and,

and I just want you to understand that,

because if I thought that you didn't understand-

I just, I just needed time.

I know.

I love you.

I love you so much.

I love you too.

Mm.

What was it you wanted to say?

Hm?

About Sian?

You wanted to tell me something.

Don't worry about it.

Let's just get some sleep.

Mm.

Mm.

[slow dramatic music playing]

[birds chirping]

I'll take it.

[slow dramatic music playing]

[people chattering]

-Hey, Mum. -Mm.

Sian's cool, isn't she?

I mean, I know it's weird

to have someone live in our house, but, I like her.

I like her too. Go on.

I'll see you later.

Have a good day.

-Bye, Mum. -Bye.

[people chattering]

Oh, hi.

[slow music playing] [birds chirping]

[Nick clearing throat]

Hello, mate.

It's me, it's Nick. Nick Haynes.

Haynes.

[laughs] That's right.

I'm good. I'm great.

How are you?

Well, that's what they say. [laughs]

Yes, she's well. Jessica.

I will.

So, listen, the reason I'm calling

is I'm starting up a new client list.

It is one of those calls, I'm afraid. [laughs]

Yeah, yeah, six months ago now.

Well, it was just time to move on really. [laughs]

Absolutely.

Now, listen, it's just,

it's just a bit of a starter-upper at this stage.

Early doors.

We're looking 3K?

Yeah.

3K. Yeah, 3,000 pounds.

One-off loan, pay you back with interest.

With interest, of course.

I will. I will.

[slow dramatic music playing]

Thank you.

Yeah, listen, so,

I'm calling 'cause I'm building up a new client list.

It is one of those calls, I'm afraid. [laughs]

Yeah. That's right.

Yeah. What do you think?

Well, we have had good results, me and you, in the past,

and I just…

Yeah, well, we have had good results in the past,

you and me.

No, no, no. Go on, go on.

Not a problem at all.

That's-- no, I understand.

Will do. And you.

Take care. Bye-bye.

[slow dramatic music playing]

[pen scraping]

[Nick sighing]

[dramatic music playing]

[slow dramatic music playing]

[Nick sighing]

[safe beeping]

[Nick sighing]

[dramatic music playing]

Sian?

[dishwasher rumbling]

Sian?

Hey. Did you call me?

Is something the matter?

I loaded up the dishwasher.

It didn't seem to make much sense to just-

I'm just going out.

Okay, see you later.

[slow dramatic music playing]

[slow dramatic music continues]

[people chattering]

Oi, you!

Yeah, I'm talking to you.

What do you want, Audrey?

Give us a look then.

[Audrey laughing]

Give it back.

What is that even supposed to be?

It's art.

Art?

My little sister could do better than that.

It's all scribbles.

What would you know?

[slow dramatic music playing]

You really think you're it, don't you?

Don't you?

Because you're from London.

You're not it.

You're not it.

You're not it.

[slow dramatic music playing]

-Hey. -What?

Look.

Bye, Alice. See you tomorrow.

Friends?

Just girls.

I know it's tricky. You'll get there.

Okay, let's just go.

Sure.

Been anywhere nice?

Oh, how are you with enchiladas?

-Listen, Sian- -Hm?

We need you to leave.

Oh. Family dinner?

Yeah. Absolutely no problem.

No, I mean you can't stay here in this house anymore.

Why not, Nick?

[slow music playing]

-This is for you. -What's that?

It's 3,000 pounds.

It's the deposit you gave to my wife.

Where did you get that from?

You didn't have to sell something, did you, Nick?

Just take the money, please.

Look, my wife gave you that room

because she was pissed off with me

and she was trying to prove a point,

but now we need you out, so.

Well, I'd like to hear that from Jessica first,

and I did sign a tenancy-

Don't mess around.

Please, just take the money.

I don't know what you're talking about, Nick.

Have I done something wrong?

Just, please, just take the money.

Oh, whoa.

Okay, you're scaring me now.

[car rumbling]

Nick.

Look, I, erm,

I think I understand what's been going on.

Right.

I've seen the way you've looked at me.

Sorry?

You know, watching me put my clothes away,

my underwear, imagining what I'd look like.

No, don't flatter yourself.

We have had a lot of tension lately.

That is the word you used last time, isn't it?

Tension?

You see, I could go now,

but I'm just wondering how that's gonna look

for Jessica and Alice.

Women can tell.

[door clicking]

Are you getting a kick out of this?

-Nick? -Eh?

Are you trying to get into our heads?

Is that it?

[Jessica] You home?

You think you can just take whatever you want, don't you?

[items clattering]

What happened?

[Sian] Oh, careful. There's glass.

I'll just get a cloth.

The bottom fell out of my shopping bag.

I was gonna make enchiladas.

Why don't I order us a takeaway?

[slow dramatic music playing]

[TV chattering]

Right, bedtime.

-Night, Dad. -Night-night, Sausage.

-Night, Sian. -Good night, Alice.

See you tomorrow.

Right. I'm done in myself.

Thank you, Jess.

That was a treat.

[slow dramatic music playing]

-Hey, Sian. -Hey.

What's up? You all right?

Is something wrong with Dad?

Oh.

Nothing, I think I just, erm,

I think I just got on his wick a bit today.

He'd asked me to do some forms,

so I went into the office with them,

and then I think I interrupted him, about his safe.

You know, gave him a fright.

You know what blokes are like.

Man cave and all that.

Hey.

You just get some sleep, and don't be worrying, okay?

I'll see you tomorrow?

'Course you will.

[slow dramatic music playing]

[water rushing]

-[waves crashing] -[slow dramatic music playing]

[waves crashing]

[slow dramatic music continues]

[waves crashing]

[Sian] I found her, Aunty Fay.

I know it's her.

[slow dramatic music playing]

I'm gonna get my baby back.

♪ A cuckoo, she's a fine bird ♪

♪ She sings as she flies ♪

♪ She brings us good tidings ♪

♪ And tells us no lies ♪

♪ She sucks all the birds Eggs to make her voice clear ♪

♪ And never sings cuckoo Till the summer draws near ♪

[dramatic music playing]

[music fades out]