Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2021 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) INTERNALLY: Well, you seem to be alive, Jo. Just. What does a girl have to do to get an ambulance around here? Hm? Jo? RUNNING FOOTSTEPS Jo! Please, Jo. Please, don't leave me, darling. How long do you think she had been there? I don't know. It can't have been long. Come on, Jo. Please don't leave me. This is Jo. She's had a serious head injury and has lost consciousness. Let's get her into CT. Come on, Jo. Please don't leave me. Come on, Jo. Jo? She's losing consciousness. (JARRING MUSIC) How could she have hurt herself so badly just falling down the stairs? Do you think Mum could've...? You know... Don't let her hear you say that. What? I'm only saying what everyone's thinking. Shut up, Finn. I'm going to get a drink. Mum? It's Sash. Can you hear me? DOCTOR: She'd been drinking, which could explain the fall. What can we expect in terms of recovery? Difficult to say at this stage. After effects may include poor concentration, disinhibition... Finn... MACHINES BEEPING Finn... Hey. HE SNIFFS Hello. Hello. Is Finn all right? He's fine. You fell down the stairs, Jo. They put you in an induced coma to help you recover. You've been in hospital a week. Don't tell him to come back up. Not when he's only just started. Do you mean Finn? Mm-hm. He went to uni a year ago, love. What? I don't understand. It was last September. (SOBS) That's the last thing I remember. It's OK, it's all right. It's all right. It'll all come back. Promise. As I said, it is possible that your wife will never recover her memories from this past year. I can hear you! It's a curtain, not a fucking wall. Jo! Her disinhibition is completely normal, but be warned, it may last some time. Mrs Harding - look at you. Pouring your own drink. You're on fire. Yeah. This time tomorrow, I'll be doing your job. Oh, Rob... Rob, look at me. I'm a fucking mess. It's OK. Your motor skills are improving, Jo, which is great. Let's see how that memory's doing, shall we? Anything new coming back? No. The best way to get those memories back is being around familiar things at home, so I think you're good to go. We'll see you at your next appointment, but I've said to your husband, any change in your symptoms, he brings you straight back in. Are you all right, Mrs Harding? Do you need a hand in there? Mrs Harding? Unbelievable. He brought skinny jeans. (TRANQUIL MUSIC) Are you smoking again? Sorry. (MUSIC DARKENS) You OK? Yeah, I'm just really, really hot. Do you want me to stop? No, no, I just want to go home. I still can't believe I dyed my hair. It suits you. I just don't understand how I could be drunk. Why would I be drunk? I never get drunk. Pfft! That's not strictly true. You do sometimes. But not on my own. You were on your own when I found you. I can't find my phone. You look different. I'm getting used to you not remembering. And I've lost weight. I started swimming again with both kids gone. Swimming? And smoking? ROB CHUCKLES Clever. Yep. Where are your glasses? I wear contacts now. Are you having an affair? HE LAUGHS No. Am I having an affair? I hope not. Fuck, Jo-Bob. I thought you were dead. I walked in the house and you were just lying there. It was the worst moment of my life. Cos it's all about me (!) SHE CHUCKLES INTERNALLY: Jesus, Jo. Is this what you've become? A lone drunk who can't even manage a flight of stairs? Something doesn't feel right. What? Stop the car. Please, stop the car! What is it? WHISPERING: I can't go... I can't go in there. OK. We'll just sit here for a bit. Hm? OK? (KEYS JANGLE, DOOR UNLOCKS) (EERIE MUSIC) Come on. (THUDS) SHE SOBS Jo, I'm sorry. VOMITING Oh... Jo... FLUSHES TOILET Let's get this off. Thank you. OK. I'll get that. Yep. GASPING Fuck! Sorry, did I catch you? No. I'll... I'll just... Yeah. SHE SIGHS INTERNALLY: What the hell have you been up to, Jo? And who have you been up to it with? - Oi, see youse later, eh. (CHUCKLES) - Laters. (CHUCKLES) - Oh, OK, see ya. - I'll catch ya later. (CHATTER) (CAR ALARM CHIRPS) (INTRIGUING MUSIC) (LOCK THUDS) - Oh. (INTENSE MUSIC) (CAR THUDS) (HORN BLARES) (LIGHTS CLICK OFF) (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) (LIGHTS CLICK OFF) (METAL CRUNCHES) (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) - (GASPS) ` Oh no. Oh no. - (HORSE WHINNIES) (KEYS CLATTER) (LIGHTS CLICK OFF) (INTENSE MUSIC) (CHUCKLES) (EERIE MUSIC) What are you doing? The last thing I really remember... is Finn leaving for uni. I need something tangible. And I need you to help me. We could have done it with a bit of paper. I've lost a whole year, Rob. DOORBELL RINGS Look who's home! Holy shit, you've got a crutch. Ouch, darling. Cathy, we've just got back. I'm not stopping. I've got Ella in the car listening to her music, so I've literally got till the end of Do You Want To Build A Snowman? Here. You do remember who I am, don't you? I've lost 13 months, Cathy, not 25 years of annoyance. Just checking! Rob said you'd gone all Dory on us. Hey, I didn't say that. OK, I'm going to leave you to it. Don't stay too long. So did we get shit-faced together the night I fell? No. Because we haven't actually spoken to each other... for a while. Erm... We, erm... had an argument. What? When? I can't remember. It was, erm... Around May time, I think. May? But that's months ago. Wow. You must have really pissed me off. It was actually the other way around. But can we not talk about it now? Do you mind? And... can we be friends again? I've really missed you. I will remember, though, eventually. Doctors are not so sure, but... I'm going to remember. Please, she's tired. I just wanted to see you. And now I have, so, let me find a bit that's not bruised. I will, erm... pop back tomorrow, OK? So just... you call me. Like, if you need anything. Night. JO SIGHS I have to call my dad. Your dad is in bed with a cold which is where you should be. Call him tomorrow. Perhaps it fell down under the carpet when I fell down the stairs. You don't need your phone now. Come on, bed. Where's Bobbin? World Of Leather's looking after him, just until you get better. Come on, bed. Who? Wendy. Jenkins, our neighbour. New-ish. Well, new to you. She likes to sit out in the sun, so we call her... Anyway, she's a dog lady. Woman. She likes dogs. I'll fill you in in the morning, but let's get some rest. Is anything coming back? No. THUDDING Rob? Is that you? FLOORBOARD CREAKS SHE GASPS Rob! What is it? There's someone in the house. It's... It's just us. No, no, no, I saw someone. OK. OK. I'll go and look. (RAGGED BREATHING) I've been in every room. There's no sign of anyone. All the windows and doors are locked. There's no-one here. That doctor in ICU said you'd get confused, plus all the medication you're on. Am I going mad? No. You are not going mad. (BIRDS CHIRP) INTERNALLY: Yes, you should definitely stick to translating, Jo. No wonder you're hiding your face, Little Mermaid. I'll get you a new phone. I don't want a new one, I want my old one. What is all this stuff? Oh, women from your book group kept bringing it over while you were in hospital, worried I'd starve. Hm. That's Owen. DISTANTLY: I miss old Frank. You wouldn't remember, but we've had to put up with him gardening with his shirt off all summer. I'm sure I hated every minute of that (!) Oh, you really can't remember that? Really? I would have thought once you've seen that, you can't un-see it. Do you think we should make him a drink? No, he brings his own. Tears of a vegan unicorn in an environmentally friendly water pouch. LINE BUSY How are you doing? I can't get into my computer. The password doesn't work. Well, you might have changed it. And I can't get through to my dad. PHONE VIBRATES Hello? Sorry, Jo. Yeah, head injury. Erm... Some memory loss, but she'll be OK. (SCOFFS) INTERNALLY: OK? You're a long, long way from OK. (INTRIGUING MUSIC) Jo. Christ. How are you? I heard about your... I don't remember you. HE LAUGHS I don't remember much of... anything last year. Oh. Erm... That's... full-on. I look like my husband beat the shit out of me, don't I? I'm sorry, Rob told me your name, but I've forgotten it. It's Owen. Should you... be out? I'm going to see... I forgotten her name too, erm, but she lives down there and she's looking after my dog, so... You know what? I really think you should go inside, Jo. It's cold out and... I'll go get Rob, yeah? I'm fine. Jo! Look, Bobbin died. In January. You and I buried him together in the garden. I'm sorry. He's... Er... But... I'm going to fetch him now. He's with, er... Rob said... He's dead? What's going on? What's going on? SHE WEEPS Why did you say that lady was looking after my dog? Because you'd had a fall, you'd had a terrible fall. Stop saying I had a fall! It's what they say about old people. 'Oh, she had a fall.' I'm not old! Stop hiding things from me. You need to calm down. This isn't like you. Maybe I changed. Maybe this is the new me. Owen... where's he buried? He's over there. Come on, girl. You're such a liar. Thank you. (SNIFFS) Erm... Are we close, you and me? Well, erm, I have handled your lobelia. Jo. I was going to tell you. The doctor said to me you'd recover quicker if I didn't bombard you, if you weren't so stressed. I was going to tell you. I just want you to get better, Jo, because I love you. I really love you. It was stupid. It was stupid of me. I'm sorry I shouted at you. I embarrassed you in front of... What's his name. I'd have shouted at me as well. I'm sorry. RADIO: All that and more coming up after the news and this will take us to it... MUSIC: Boilermaker by Royal Blood Is this my coat? Well, it's not mine. TURNS VOLUME UP Can you turn that off, please? Did you just remember something? Not really. Erm... A trip to the vet. I think. How did Bobbin die? He was just too old. He had a problem with his liver and couldn't... I'm sorry. I know how much he meant to you. Jo, have I done something wrong? I feel like you're a bit... We haven't really talked about what happened the night I fell. I find that very strange. It was just a fucking awful accident. There isn't really much to talk about. What was I doing before it? I... I still don't understand why I would have been that drunk. You're home, that's the point. You're alive. And you will recover. That's what we've got to concentrate on. You will recover. OK. DOOR CLOSES Mum? Sash. Dad, hi. You're upright! JO LAUGHS I still can't... get used to that hair. Oh, I know, yeah, you have been telling me for months. I think it looks nice. No, no, it's... It's lovely. Yeah. It's... It's... just different, right? It's different. Yes. I got all your shopping. And I cooked. What?! I should hit my head more often. Well, yeah, when I say I cooked, I mean that I got us a pizza. Is Finn making an appearance? No, of course not. Finn's at uni. Oh, I'm really sorry, I can't actually stay too long. I've got to cover someone's shift at the bar. The bar? You're working at a bar now? Yeah. In April, you helped me move out of the dreaded bedsit. Do you remember? No more sticky carpets. OK. So put it up there. Really? OK. And in December... I introduced you to Thomas. It is so weird that you don't remember him at all. Here, I'll show you. So, erm... Hm... Oh. I really love him, Mum. So he's 32 and he works in a bar. SASH GIGGLES Yeah, he's... There, he's amazing. He's really nice. You like him. Yeah. He's everything we've ever wanted for you. Actually, he owns the bar that I work in. What's your code? It's 2048. Why, Mum? Maybe there's something that can help me... No. Can you give it back? Because there's stuff on there that I don't want you to see. Don't you have any pictures of me? I don't know. I don't know. I'll see what I can find and then just... I'll email them to you. Sorry. I feel like... the two of you are hiding things from me. No. No. That's not the case. I can't find my phone anywhere. Jo... My photos! My... My texts! I didn't back anything up! Mum... OK, look, here. There, there. That's a couple that I took of us. When we went to that open house, you know, the one with all the sculptures in the garden and we had a really lovely time? (TENDER MUSIC) FLY BUZZING Is it nice up there, Sash, on your high horse? I just don't like lying to her. Look, I told you - we're not lying to her. We're just... She doesn't need to know everything, all right? All right, OK, whatever. I've got to go. Bye. Bye, see ya. FLY BUZZING PHONE RINGS OUTSIDE Hi. No. No, none the wiser. Of course. Well, she was drunk. Well, yeah. And there's the fact that Dad... He's been really worried about her. FLIES BUZZING LOUDLY Thomas, don't say that! No. She's not mad enough to do that to herself. INTERNALLY: Did you hear that? I mean, come on... Do you really think you're still capable... of doing that sort of thing? (SOFT PIANO MUSIC) Bobbin. Come on. Come on! Sit. Good boy. (DARK MUSIC) (CLOCK TICKS LOUDLY) SHE GASPS PANTING AND MOANING You? What, having an affair? No, I think that's highly unlikely. Anyone shows you the slightest bit of interest and you run a mile. And I mean, you're not exactly much to look at. I know. I'm sorry. No, men definitely like you. And the thing is, I know you don't do anything to encourage them, but... it is hard to be around sometimes. Those family holidays we took when the kids were little, you in your bikini... I can't pretend I didn't get a knot in my stomach any time Jim suggested you two go for groceries or go get wood. LAUGHING: To coin a phrase! Is there anything else you want to tell me? No. (EERIE MUSIC) Oh, God... (PHONE BEEPS, LINE RINGS) Hello, Fairbridge Court. How can I help? Hello? Fairbridge Court Nursing Home. Can I help you? Yes, I am looking for my... My... Oh, hi. It's Mrs Harding, isn't it? Yeah. I'll put you through to your father's room. Thank you. I want you to stop calling me. Double-dipping bitch. Er, listen, some days he's really quite lucid and he can absolutely recognise us. But other days, he's... I'm so sorry. I was going to tell you. I was just waiting for the... This kicked in about ten, 11 months ago. It's dementia. No! We had to move him. No! No. No, you said... No, you said he had a cold! I had to say that. No, you said, 'He's not coming to visit you because he has a cold!' Liar. Liar... I'm sorry. Jo... (GENTLE MUSIC) SOBBING I think someone stole my phone. No, no. You left it somewhere in a shop or something. No. I'll get you a new one. I don't want a new one. OK, OK. I want my old phone back. I know, I'm sorry. I want my pink phone. Yeah. INTERNALLY: You put your dad in a home. You don't have a clue, do you? About what sort of person you've become. WHISPERS: I know I miss my dog. FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING You wore this when you buried Bobbin. Is none of this coming back to you? No. I... I think I saw someone in the garden earlier. Someone was watching me. Really? Maybe I just... imagined it. There you go. Thank you. PANTING AND MOANING SHE GASPS RUSTLING Finn? Finn? KNOCKING MORE KNOCKING KNOCKING CONTINUES Finn! What are you doing here? You've got to come and see this, Mum. Seriously, it's incredible. But it's in the middle of the night. Rob! Mum, if you don't come, you're going to totally regret it. Rob? Dad's already down there. He sent me back to fetch you, now, come on. They're all trying to save them. It's a whole pod or something. They've been swept up and they just can't get in without our help. Come on, let's get in the car. PEOPLE SHOUTING GUTTURAL CRIES Watch your step. Excuse me. Excuse me. Come on. Excuse me. Excuse me. Stand back. Stand back. STRANGE MOANING HEAVY RAIN OUTSIDE Rob? (GROANS) Rob? (UNSETTLING MUSIC) SOBBING Rob? 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