(SOMBRE MUSIC) Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2022 - (SPEAKS DANISH) GULLS CRY WAVES CRASH WATER FLOWS Jo? What are you doing? Come on, are you going to tell me what she said? You mean Rose? Mm-hm. JO SIGHS The girl who works where I work, doing the job that nobody told me I have. Right, er...the thing is, you don't actually have a job, and you don't actually work there. They let you go. That's not what she said. Just before your accident, after everything that you'd done for them. They treated you really badly, Jo. And that woman, Rose, is nuts! And Nick is so far up his own arsehole...! Screw 'em! They used you. Hasn't anyone mentioned that you have a new job? Don't you think that's a bit... That's the new...! And...and you really don't remember anything? GLASS SHATTERS You're still staring into a void, Jo. And you're totally at the mercy of whatever people are willing to tell you. So, what are they not telling you? MUTED You OK? No. No. Not really. What's up? I have to tell you something. There was somebody else in the house. What? When I fell down the stairs. I wasn't alone. I remembered when she, er...when Rose was here. I-I'm not sure if it was just before I fell, or... What?! Did we...have a row? Was it you? No! Have you slept on this? Was something stolen? Maybe...maybe somebody broke in and that's why I can't find my phone! Are you seriously suggesting to me that somebody else was in this house? I...was screaming at somebody. Well, you must have some idea who that was. I was thinking that maybe we... HE SIGHS And then I went and got drunk, or...or maybe we... I came home drunk and then we... It...it...it's all...so muddled, and... Why do you keep saying "we"? Get your coat. We need to tell the police about this! Get your coat, Jo! KEYS JANGLE WIND CHIMES VIBRATE Please, try and think. Think about who it was. I am! It's just...it's...it's hard to remember exactly... Anything about them! Fuck, Jo, why did you wait to tell me this?! I-I'm sorry. What were you thinking?! You said you were screaming at them. Do you remember what you were screaming? Shit! I think I said... "Get out of..." SHE SIGHS "Get out of my fucking house!" That doesn't sound like something you'd say to anybody we know, does it? But, hey, it's great that you're starting to... No, it's not! It's not great! They're going to have to check the house for DNA. Fingerprints, signs of a break-in. Too late for that. How do you know?! I can't believe somebody was in our house, you know... I keep seeing your boards everywhere. None of them have sold on them. You need to focus! Is anything else coming back to you?! I can't do this, OK?! I can't! What?! I can't do it! Don't be ridiculous! Stop! STOP! SHE GASPS Are you OK? SHE HYPERVENTILATES SOFTLY: OK, OK. Sh. It's OK. SHE SIGHS HEAVILY It's all right. WAVES CRASH GULLS CRY Maybe there wasn't anybody in the house. I-I don't know. I feel like someone broke into my head... ..and trashed the place, and now I can't find anything. It's... I don't feel...safe... ..inside my own head. I'm sorry. Oh, my God! Nom! Oh, come on! SHE LAUGHS You are such a dad! That's the first time I've seen you laugh, for ages. I love you with all my heart, and I'm so sorry for all this shit. Look at his head, so full of all the things you've lost. Don't you just want to cleave it open, like a coconut? Scrape out the bits you need. WIND GUSTS GULLS CRY AND WAVES CRASH Who was in the house, Dad? BIRDSONG DISTANT BARKING BIRDSONG INCOMING CALL Hey. I'm at my dad's. I took a taxi. I don't know how long, Rob. I'm fine. Please stop worrying. Bye. FAINT CHATTER GIRL LAUGHS Jo? Oh, hi! You're the dog lady. You were in my dream. What are you doing here? Er...yes, I have dogs. But I'm fully human. Heard about your accident, and your... Really awful. I'm...I'm really sorry. Er...Wendy, isn't it? Yeah. DOGS BARK Would it...would it be all right if I came over and we could talk and you might help me remember? I'm sorry you got hurt. # I'll never get enough # VOICE-OVER: Domino's Pizza and cheese toastie. # Now that Domino's made eyes # ..a deliciously cheesy duet. # With cheese toastie crust love # Cheese toastie crust, $2.50 extra at Domino's. DING! FAINT TELEVISION BROADCAST There she is! Mrs H! Look, Frederick, it's your daughter, Jo. Jo's come to see ya. No, no, no. No. Hey, Dad. It's your daughter - Jo. Where's Suzanne? This is Jo, Fred. Suzanne was my mother. JO SIGHS Dad, I'm really sorry I haven't been to see you in a while. I was in an accident, so I couldn't. But I've been desperate to come and see you. SHE SIGHS He didn't sleep too well last night. Did you, Fred? Eh? Yeah. Up all night partying. Yeah. Come on. There you go. Careful. Maybe I could tell him a story. What do you think, Dad? He loves stories. I'm sure he'd love that. Do you remember the one about the old Mer-King you used to tell me when I was little? I've been thinking about it lately. He found his queen with a sailor and he was furious. Used to send shivers down my spine. Danish stories are quite dark. Who are you? It's Jo, Dad. I'm a bit like you these days. I don't know which way is up. EMOTIONAL: I...I want to see Suzanne! Hi. Dad asked me to... SHE SOBS UNCONTROLLABLY Mum! I didn't get to say goodbye! He's still Grandpa. You know, he has better days than this. He's still there. JO SNIFFLES He is? WHISPERS: Yeah. Hey! Um...I've got some news that might cheer you up. Um...I'm pregnant. JO GASPS AND SASH LAUGHS What's...what's your boyfriend's name? Thomas. Wow! I-I didn't know about the baby before? No, no. You're...you're actually the first person we've told. It's about time you knew something that no-one else knows. Fuck! Mm. Huh! I'm about to be a grandma! Tick-tock! Oh, no! Oh, Mum! SOBS: No, this is a good cry. SASH LAUGHS Oh, my baby! I'm so happy for you! JO SNIFFLES AND EXHALES But you have to take care of yourself from now on. Mum... ..will you tell Dad, about the baby? Well, don't you want to? Um... ..he doesn't like Thomas. Oh. OK. But I do, right? Mm. Yeah. He, er...he makes you laugh. JO LAUGHS Yes! You just... You know what Dad can be like sometimes. WAVES CRASH FAINT CHATTER He's a wanker! Is he really that awful? Yes, he's really that awful. The minute he came into her life, we all disappeared. Everything's about him! All right, but we're going to be grandparents, Rob. Great! Years of hearing him talk about how successful his bar is! HE SIGHS I know you're waiting for me to sign those loan papers, Rob. How desperate is it? Honestly, I don't think we'll make it to Christmas. You know, Jo, I don't like asking you for money. I don't like begging you to save my life's work. SHE CHUCKLES You've got a small chain of estate agents, you're not finding the cure for cancer! How's the disinhibition going, Jo? Cos it's a real blast for the rest of us. SHE SIGHS Sash wanted me to tell you about the pregnancy because she says she knows what you can be like. Why is she so afraid of you? What? She isn't. You know what, Jo, I'd really appreciate it if you fucked off out of my office now. Go on! GULLS CRY RAUCOUS LAUGHTER EXCITED CHATTER Oh, my God! Um...can you take a picture of us? Smile! Everyone, OK. Smile! SHE PANTS SHE GASPS BIRD'S WINGS FLAP Oh, fuck! Oh, hi, Jo. I'm afraid we've just ended the session. I can see that. I've got a bit of time. Yep, that's great, thanks. I should probably just go. No, wait. Wait there. Stay there! I mean it. Don't move! Ask you...ask you something. Anything. OK. Um... What happened to you? HIGH-PITCHED: I was on my honeymoon. Skiing accident. And I crashed into a tree at 100mph. JO LAUGHS Oh, my God, you're mad! Do you know that that's actually really dangerous? REGULAR VOICE: I don't care! Don't you find that you're just not afraid of anything any more? You know, since cheating death. Nowadays, if I want to do something... HIGH-PITCHED: ..I just do it. Fuck the consequences! JO LAUGHS What about the guy you married, did he stick around? Nah. Fucker! Yeah. I'm afraid of everything. I don't know who to trust any more. It's like everyone around me... ..they know everything that happened last year... ..but I don't. And I think they're hiding things from me. But then I get these little clues. You need to listen to that voice in your head, Jo. Your intuition. Just...follow the breadcrumbs, see where they lead you. I, um... ..I think I may have been having sex with someone. Someone decidedly NOT my husband. My mother had affairs, and I swore I'd never, ever do anything like that. Part of me thinks... ..that maybe my husband knew. Wow! Maybe he's not saying anything because of what happened. I lost a baby 15 years ago. Nearly pushed me over the edge. Every year on his birthday... ..I wonder... ..what kind of boy he would have become. What was his name? Lucas. SHE GASPS Jo? I'm sorry to interrupt, but if you can spare a bit of time, there's something I'd like to say. HE SIGHS I'm sorry, Jo, that, er... ..that I get so knotted up. I'm an arsehole. There's somewhere I want to take you, if you'll come with me. One minute he's saying fuck off, and the next, he's inviting you away. What's going on, Rob? You ready? Where are you taking me? I'm not telling you. Where are you taking me, Rob? Do you remember when the kids were young? Whenever we went on holiday just before we drove off, you'd run back inside and, er...rearrange all their toys so it looked like they'd been on an adventure while we were away. I used to love seeing their little faces when we got back. No one's too old for a surprise, Jo. Come on, let me have this. PANTING You always wanted to come here, right? FREDERIK READING IN DANISH It's been a long time. I'm so glad we finally got here. Shh. FREDERIK IN DANISH SUSANNE IN DANISH CORK POPS I think I need some air. We've only just arrived. FREDERIK READING It's not that I don't want to. It's just... That's not why I brought you here. You know, I just miss being close to you. Actually, you know, I really need some air. I'm so sorry, it's not... I won't be long. SHE GASPS WOMAN SPEAKING DANISH DOOR SLAMS You bastard. What? It's...it's easier to go through the things you tell me than the things you don't. What are you talking about? I went home last year. I went to Denmark. You didn't think to put that up on the wall? I didn't put it on the wall because we didn't go to Denmark last year. We talked about it, but we didn't go, because... We looked and we didn't go to Denmark because the house isn't there. It's been knocked down. But that's just... I remember going. Every detail of it. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, but we didn't go. I get these vague bits of memories. These...tiny glimpses of things that actually happened. Then I get every single detail of a trip I never took. That's some crazy shit. I know. You do? Really? Yes. I just don't know what to believe. What are you saying? I don't know. JO PANTING # Moving on up # You're moving on out # Moving on up # Nothing can stop me # Moving... HE CLEARS THROAT You know what you need? Some new, cool kick-arse music. Owen. Hi. Hey. Do you, um, do you like tattoos? Do you have any? What? Why are you asking? Would...would you take those off? Just take the gloves off, please. I'm not sure what you're doing here, Jo. Take those ridiculous things off, please. I want to see your arms. OK, are we playing some weird form of strip poker or...? All right, I'm just going to come straight out and say it. Did we...? Just take the fucking gloves off, please. Oh, thank God. No, I... I feel so incredibly embarrassed right now. Why? I thought we'd had sex. Well, um... We haven't ever, ever. So... SHE SIGHS OK, slightly offended at how relieved you look, but, you know... You know, it's hard sometimes to know what's real up here or not, you know. God, someone shoot me right now. DOOR LATCH CLICKS, CREAKS OPEN Shh. DOOR LATCH CLICKING Who the fuck are you? Ah, if it isn't the woman who can't remember. The East-Bourne Identity. Hey, Mom. Hey, you, are you being nice? Course I am. Hi, Jo. I've just come back to get some clothes. Do you mind? I think they're in the loft. Of course I don't mind. Hi. Hi. Hi. Uh, nice to meet you. For the first time...again. Um, I hear you make me laugh. Well, for now, he's just going to play it safe and make us some tea. So I hear congratulations are in order. They are indeed. Although it's early days yet. Oh, dear. What? Just as I suspected, the drawer has gone back to its well-ordered self. Last time I was here, we had quite a heated discussion. About drawers - it was thrilling, obviously - and what they say about us. So you don't like me and you judge me? No. I think you're awesome. Spoiler alert. A bit less keen on your husband. THUMP OF DOOR ECHOES CREAKING ECHOING THUDS Do you still take milk? No, never. Is the right answer. Yeah, I think I put Rob on edge, just willy waving. Best forgotten about. You know, my friend's mother lit one cigarette after another, her whole life. Got Alzheimer's. Completely forgot she was a smoker. I'm still waiting for you to make me laugh. You don't remember the last time we met, do you? You don't remember what happened. Didn't think so. It's a shame. BOTH PANTING I have to... SOBS Oh, God! Mum? You all right? Yeah, I'm fine. Mum? Let me in. I'm OK, you guys go ahead home. Are you sure? Yeah. I'll call you tonight. OK, well, love you. I love you, baby. What if you're not the victim in all this? Do you ever think about that? What if you're the fucking problem? Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.