01x01 - Episode 1

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SEAGULLS CALL,
BOAT HORN BLARES

Oh, no. No, no, no.

Come on, let's go. Come on!

Come on!

Come on! Come on!
HE BANGS CONSOLE

ENGINE CHUGS

ENGINE STOPS

Josh? Josh?!

Hey, Josh. Oh, God, Josh!

JOSH!

SEAGULLS CALL

JOSH!

MAN: Ed!

You all right?

Yeah, fine, fine.

Let's, er... Let's get it in.

I can't believe
you wanna do this.

You're making me
feel worried now.

I'm sure it's gonna be fine!

SHE CHUCKLES

What?

They're gonna love you.

Even your dad?

He'll be out on the boat.
I'm saving him for later.

Anything I should avoid?

Any dark family secrets?

Like what? I dunno.

Every family has them,
don't they? SHE CHUCKLES

Let's do this.

DISTANT BOAT HORN

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I know it's all about price,
but it's not the point, innit?

What's going on? Been
undercut by the Pendricks.

What do you mean?

Selling to everyone
in town now. HE SIGHS

Restaurants no
longer want our fish.

Well, we're barely
breaking even.

Sod this. Hey!

Let me make a few
more calls, eh?

This is going to ruin us, Bob.

Mum, wait! I wish
you'd warned me.

You look great. Pfft!

He was dropping me home when I
asked if he wanted to meet you.

And he said yes? I
tried to warn him.

I thought you'd only just met.

It's four months tomorrow.

And he knows your
plans for Australia?

If I don't get the grant,
I haven't got any plans.

You've still not heard anything?
Only from the university.

They said if I don't confirm
by the end of the week,

they'll withdraw the offer.

I've spoken to your dad.
You two have done enough.

Nan's got some savings.
Yeah. You'll need those.

I'll be fine.

I can see why you've
not been home much.

Oh, Mum! THEY LAUGH

Abbie says you've lived
here most of your life.

Yes. And then they came...

..to look after me.

Lock me in, more like.

HE CHUCKLES And you?

Are you... Are you
moving in as well?

ABBIE: Ryan!

Shall we? I don't
understand what's going on.

Oh, come on, let's go see Abbie.

I've got something to show you.

Whew!

HE CHUCKLES

Did you draw these?

Mm-hm. When I was a kid.

Dad even had some
of them framed.

I remember seeing
these on the beach.

There's so many of them now.

Simply because there's
less fish eating them.

I know. You told me.

HE CHUCKLES

Did I tell you that
they don't have a brain?

HE LAUGHS Is that so?

But they're still
unbelievable predators.

Gosh, she doesn't let many
people in here, you know?

I'm honoured. THEY CHUCKLE

Is this the boat
your dad served on?

BOTH: It's a ship.

Ah. THEY LAUGH

And this must be Josh.

With Abbie. His tenth birthday.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

SEAGULLS CALL

They're gonna force
us out of business...

BOB STRAINS

..buy our boat on the
cheap, get our quota.

Hi, Dad! Bob. Abbie.

Coming out, Abs? Seems
like you've already been.

Well, we always catch
more with you on board.

Why is it still here?

Dad? We've, er...

We lost the restaurants,
the supply contracts.

All of them? Mm.
Are you joking?

What are you gonna do?

Well, I dunno. I was thinking
maybe, er, Australia.

HE CHUCKLES Could do an
MA in marine biology.

How'd you get on?
Let's put it like this.

There was quite a
few that got away.

THEY LAUGH

Have you told him
about Ryan? Who's Ryan?

Well... Abigail's
new boyfriend.

Mr Collier.

Smells of fish. SHE LAUGHS

THEY LAUGH

"Smells of fish"?

Oh, he's just nervous. Behave.

Oh, not another
word. Cub's honour.

Abs. Hi!

Where's lover boy, then?
Pissed off already? Cheeky cow.

You met him yet, Ed?

He's right up your street.

Here he is. All right, Ry?

Any chance of a table? Sure.

Ryan was in the army.

Technically, you should
address me as "Major", but...

THEY CHUCKLE And, er,
you were in the navy?

Yeah, I saw the photo of
the boat you served on.

Oh, er, sorry. Er,
ship. What rank?

I left before I
got promotion. Ah.

So, you live in a hotel?

Until I find somewhere local.

The company's paying, not me.

Over a grand a week.

Could buy a fishing
boat with that.

So, where were you brought
up? Cardiff, originally. Oh.

When I was a kid,
at the end of term,

we would drive to
Cerrig Point. Oh.

It was my dad's favourite place.
Just down the road from here.

And are your parents
still living there? No.

Er... car crash.

M4, coming home one night.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, it's a tragedy.

Gone, but not forgotten.

I guess you guys
know all about that.

WHISPERS: Where's the gents'?

Just over there. Excuse me.

Sorry to hear that.

I'll settle up.
No, no, no, no, no.

I haven't finished.

Also, Ryan said he was happy to.

No, no. It's all right.
I'm getting this.

Let him. Please.

Hey. Hey.

Oh. Oh, bloody hell.

The mark-up on these sea bass.

Will Abs change her
plans, do you think?

About us going to Australia?

What, because of
him? No. No way.

She's had her heart set
on going to Australia

ever since she was a
kid, as well you know.

Erm, just put it on the tab.

Sorry, Ed. The boss said
you've already gone over.

Er, OK. INDISTINCT CHATTER

Can I have the card? Sure.

SHE SIGHS

BEEP

Oh, no, no. I made it
clear, I'm paying for this.

It's all done. No problem.

It's great to finally meet you.

It's pretty clear you
don't like me, Ed,

but I've fallen
for your daughter,

and I think it's important
that we get along.

Don't you?

SEAGULLS CALL

ENGINE CHUGS

Oh, it's just the way he was.
I mean, you saw him yourself.

Flash car, flashing
his money about.

Oh, you got a free lunch.
Why are you complaining?

Well, it's Abbie I'm worried about.
If she sees the best in everyone,

they take advantage.

She'll be off soon. It's
not gonna last, is it?

What's happening here?

It's caught on something.

That's a knife's done that.

What are we doing here?

Do you like it?

Yes. It's gorgeous.

I've arranged to meet
the, er, agent at 12:00.

You can afford this?

Well, if it means you're
moving in with me,

be worth every penny.

HE CHUCKLES

Ed... You go on my boat
again... That old rust bucket?

Our net got cut. So what?

It's my f*cking livelihood!

Maybe it's time you gave
up, mate? Hey, hey, hey.

You be careful.

Reckon he's losing the
plot again. Leave it.

ABBIE: 'Are you kidding?'

You do know how much a
waitress earns, I take it?

When are you going away?

End of summer.

That's nearly six months
before your course starts.

We could have all that
time here together.

Oh, it's not about going away.

I know your mum relies on you.

It's not her. She's encouraging
me. Daddy doesn't approve.

He just wants
what's best for me.

And you don't think
living here with me...?

It's not about you.

It's about Josh.

MAN: Help! Quick,
quick! I need help!

WOMAN: Hold on! Quick!

Is he breathing? OK.
He's all right. He's OK.

OK. He's OK.

How long's he been
out of the water?

A couple of minutes.
What happened?

His boat capsized, and
he got pulled under.

Why did you let him out
there in the first place?!

I was just calling him
in. It's too bloody late!

You've gotta be careful out there.
There's undercurrents, riptides.

You know, you-you could've...
You could've... Hey.

You could've...

Breathe. Breathe.
That's it. Could've...

Ever since Josh died, he's
been incredibly protective.

I get it.

But you can't stop
living the life you want

because of what happened
in the past. I know, but...

And Josh wouldn't want that.

You've gotta do what
you feel is right.

HE GROANS

Where's Ed? Oh, he's gone
for a walk to cool off.

I heard there were
words. HE CHUCKLES

Handbags at dawn.

Ed thinks we were sabotaged.
And he blamed the Pendricks?

They've been out to
get us for years.

You keep him away from them.

Tell you what.

I'll tie him to the
boat. How about that?

No Phyllis today?

With my brother.

Oh. You deserve some
time to yourself.

HE SIGHS

I, erm...

I owe you an apology.
I got it wrong.

Paramedic reckoned you
saved that lad's life.

Come on, Ed.

George... George,
please. ED SIGHS

Why have you always
thought the worst of me?

Was I never good enough for
Abbie? I never said that.

But you lied about
me. I saw what I saw.

It was you and that girl.
Oh, nothing happened.

George... HE SIGHS

..you and Abbie...

..it's in the past.

She looks happy enough with
this new bloke of hers.

Maybe you can ruin that, too.

Have you met Ryan?

Why do you wanna know?

CLAIRE: You always said

you didn't want to make
the same mistakes I did.

You met Dad when you were 17.

You gave up going to college.

Think of all the fun
you could've had.

Oh, I had fun. CLAIRE CHUCKLES

What about your MA?

If I get the grant, I'm
still going. Ryan knows that.

I don't want to ask this...

I'm not pregnant, Mum.

Oh, we always knew
this day was coming,

and Ryan seems great.

Dad doesn't think so.

Ryan's convinced he
hates him. No, no.

He was just having a bad day.

You know what he's like. Well,
it's about time he changed.

Good luck with that.

I've been waiting over 30 years.

Well, apparently, he's done
two tours of Afghanistan,

where he got a
medal for bravery.

He's got a first-class
honours degree,

and he's recently just been
promoted to senior area manager

at Ethan Gillespie's.
Who are they?

One of the biggest recruitment
companies in Europe.

You must think he's Mr Perfect.

Sorry. I keep meaning
to change that.

There's just
something about him.

Well, I could find out
some more if you like.

ABBIE: Oh, hang on.
I've got too many cards.

Right, you start.

I did, pickle. Oh, no,
my turn. You're right.

Oh, I'll keep that.

OK, but if you keep it, throw
another one down. Oh, have I?

Yeah, yeah. I forgot
that. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Yes, I'll keep this.

And then you throw one down.

I know! OK. I know.

I'm just slower than
you. ABBIE CHUCKLES

Oh, what we celebrating?

Well, do we need an excuse?
Here you go, Phyllis. Thank you.

Go on, you pick
up. OK. Your turn.

I saw George earlier, you
know, on the beach. Mm.

Saved a boy's life.

Hm. You're so transparent, Dad.

HE CHUCKLES

Have I got enough cards? I've
only got five. That's OK.

Er, no, you should have seven.
Are you not seeing Ryan tonight?

Oh, he's a catch, that fella.

Dad'd throw him back in the sea.

No! No, I wouldn't.
PHONE RINGS

It's just... RINGING CONTINUES

I do trust you, you know? Mm.

SHE LAUGHS

Rummy! How about that?

I won't have it.

Come on. You can't beat me.

GEORGE: 'I'm telling you,
I've searched and searched.'

No.

No. You must have got it wrong.

I'll send you what I've found.

'If you don't believe me,
you can see for yourself.'

You should come with me.

You used to.

HE CHUCKLES Yeah. Mm.

Did Abbie tell you?

Ryan's asked her to
move in with him.

Well, she doesn't even know
him. We don't even know him.

Well, she knows she loves him.

Ryan Wilson is not
who he says he is.

What do you mean?
He's changed his name.

This Ryan Wilson didn't
exist before 2008.

How do you know he's
changed his name?!

It doesn't matter how I know.

What matter is Abbie's
been lied to. So have we.

Ryan might have all
sorts of reasons.

Could have been
to prison. Ed...

Or running away from something.

Or maybe you are. The truth?

Abbie has stayed here longer
than she should've done.

Four A♪s at A-level?

She was offered a place at Oxford.
Well, she wanted to stay close.

Not for her. For us.

I have lost one child. I don't
want to lose another one.

You did not lose him, Ed.

He was my son, too.

Look, you're under a lot of pressure
at the moment - work, money.

It's not about that.
I know you, Ed.

I've seen you like this before.

We need to let Abbie go.

Look, you know that I am happy
for Abbie to do what she likes,

but this Ryan...

The more you go in all g*ns blazing,
the more she'll just go to him.

She'll think you're just doing
what you did with George.

ABBIE: Mum, Dad!

What's happened?

It's nothing. It's all good.

Dad?

Just give him time.

SEAGULLS CALL

HAMMERING

HAMMERING CONTINUES

Argh! Bloody thing!

Oh! What's happened?

HE SIGHS Come and
see for yourself.

Yeah.

Oh, I know.

Can I help you there,
love? No, Mum, it's OK. OK.

I'm just happy that she's happy.

Well...

Yeah.

I know.

When she goes away, as
I'm sure she will...

Yeah.

Yeah. Well, Ed...

I don't know.

BOB: Argh! Argh!

Saltwater in the
diesel. More sabotage.

What, in the tank?

Turn it over again. Been
trying for the last half hour.

You said the Pendricks were
going out for three days.

I saw them leave!

Just give it another go.

BOB SIGHS, MOTOR WHIRRS

Oh, nothing's happening.

Come on! Come on!

MOTOR WHIRRS, THEN STOPS

Who the hell is
doing this to us?

Look... maybe this is
God's way of telling us

we need to get a new engine. How
much have we got in the account?

Not as much as I'd like.

And we're gonna need what's
in there to get us...

If we don't have an engine,

there's no point in us
getting through anything.

HE SIGHS

Mum?

Mum?

Where are you?

ED: I'd like to
withdraw all of it.

Erm... Oh, great.

Erm, when can I
come by and get it?

Oh. That's great.

Well, I'll, erm...

I'll see you shortly.

Yeah, yeah, I was thinking
about getting a personal loan.

Oh, it's home improvements.

Yes, I know. And I was
thinking of borrowing it

on the... on the
value of the house.

Mum?

Stop playing around, Mum.

Er, no, it's owned
by my mother-in-law,

but my wife, she has
power of attorney,

along with her brother.

Mum?

'Oh.'

Both signatures?

Right, well, I'll get back to you
on that, but I'll see you very soon.

Yeah, thank... Yeah, bye. Bye.

Mum!

Mum!

BEEP, DIAL TONE

Abbie... it's Mum.

She's gone missing again.

No. I looked.

You're gonna get me in trouble.

Best offer I've had all day.

WOMAN: Another one,
please, Katz. Coming up.

George?

Bloody hell.

Mum?

Mum!

PHONE RINGS

Ooh.

Abbie?

Nan?!

When did you last see her?

We were in the kitchen,
just doing some washing.

She wasn't here earlier.

Yeah, it's Ed Collier here.
We've got an emergency.

There she is. Oh!

Mum, no! Phyllis! Stop!

Phyllis. Hi. Hey. Hi.

I've got you, Phyllis.

Oh. Can you come with me?

Have I met you before?
We have met before.

Ryan? I know that
name. Yes, you do.

Mum! Oh, hello.

What did you think
you were doing?

Oh, we were worried about you.

PHYLLIS: Oh, darling, how are
you? What were you worried about?

Ta.

Thank you.

No problem.

She's all right. She's
just having a lie down.

ABBIE SIGHS She said
you came to the house.

No, I was on my way here

when I saw Phyllis
by the containers.

She said she was
looking for Josh.

Well, she's done it before
but not for a long while.

So, you were just passing?

Well, now that
I've found a house,

I thought I'd have
more of a look around.

But you've been here
before. With your dad.

First time I've been here
was when I met Abbie.

But you told us that your
dad took you to Cerrig Point.

It's not very far
away from here. Ed...

I'm just interested. Just
getting to know the guy.

You don't mind, do you, Ryan?
Sounds like you're interrogating.

It's fine. What do you
wanna know? Well...

..why did you change your
name when you were 18? Dad!

What you asking him that for?

Just...

His...

His parents didn't
die in a car crash.

Erm...

..my dad died when I was young.

I barely remember him.

My mother...

..she couldn't handle it.

And... well, me...

She k*lled herself.

I am so sorry, Ryan.

When I was 18, I decided
I needed a fresh start.

Oh, well, that must have
been very, er, difficult.

CLEARS HIS THROAT

Abbie was also looking
for a fresh start.

When you left... Australia.

Now, I know that you're
waiting for this grant,

so, er... I thought
that this might help.

Where did you get that
from? It's from the bank.

It's money that I put
aside for the boat.

Now... I want you to have it.

You can just buy
it all now and go.

I'm not going.

Ryan and I have made plans.

Australia's on hold.

It's what I want.

I know you don't like him.

You have all these
opportunities.

I've not lost anything, Dad.

Ryan just has to stay in
his job for another year,

and then we'll go out together.

Just give him a chance.

I've gotta get ready for work.

Abbie...

..does this mean we'll finally
get our dining room back?

Thank you.

I can easily drop you
off at the hotel. No, no.

You need to get back.

I've booked a taxi.

Let's go out tonight.
Let's celebrate.

I can't tonight - work.

I could come later. I think
it's gonna be a late one. Sorry.

I'll call you.

Bye. CLAIRE: Bye, love.

Another coffee, Ryan?

Er, no, thanks. I've
gotta make a few calls.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. Fine.

You know, you can
do that in here.

How did you know
I'd changed my name?

Abbie's been lied to before.

Not by me.

Hi. I'm free tonight.

'Any time. Whatever
works for you.'

Great. I'll pick you up.

I can't wait to see you.

Hi, mate.

SEAGULLS CALL

Did you get the
bank? Yeah, yeah.

Hey.

Is this it?

It doesn't look like enough.

I emptied the account.

Right. HE SIGHS

I'll make up the difference.
You can pay me back sometime.

Yeah. Erm, I'll need to use your
van. Have you got your keys there?

HORN

PHONE BEEPS

She used to wait for
you to come home.

All night, just waiting.

And then by the time you
hit the top of the stairs...

..she'd be fast asleep.

SEAGULLS CALL

HE MOANS

HE SIGHS

Lovely. Oh, that's lovely.

Oh, yes.

Sleep all right?
Yeah, not bad.

Is Abbie up yet?

Early bird catches the worm.

Ryan came over
and picked her up.

Do you remember when
she was a little girl

and she wanted to be a
fisherman like her father?

Do you remember? And I
told her that she was mad?

Ouch. Sorry.

Now, we're all going out
to lunch to celebrate.

You said you weren't coming.

I know it's hard that she's
going to live with Ryan,

but you have to accept
the decision she's made.

Excuse me. Would you go upstairs
and put a collar and tie on?

Look at the state of
you. You're a disgrace.

We're all getting changed.

And you, by the way,
what are you wearing?

That thing you've
on? Nothing, Mum.

What are you wearing?
I'm going to go naked (!)

You're not going to go
naked. Stop being silly.

What are you going to wear?
You're putting on weight recently.

Oh, really, Mum? I
wonder why that is.

Because you're eating too much.
Because I can't go swimming,

because I'm looking
after you, Mum.

ED: I'm surprised your
mum didn't wanna come.

CLAIRE: You know
what she's like.

Besides, you'd be better
off with my brother.

I'll be there in a minute. OK.

Mum.

Congratulations.
Thank you. Thanks.

That's your seat.

OK, thank you.

Oh, this is nice. Mm.

Have you been here before?

Last time I was here,
we had some scallops.

CONVERSATION FADES

I'm sure you are.

What's he up to?

INDISTINCT

I don't know. But I think
we're about to find out.

I followed you last night, Ryan.

Why would you follow Ryan?

This is Station Road.
It's a red-light district.

I knew from the moment I saw you
that there was something wrong.

Something deeply f*cking wrong!

This has nothing to do... It
has everything to do with him.

And you believe I could do that?

Are you saying that's
not you? Yeah, it is me.

We'll, who are you
with, then, Ryan?

Sergeant Rebecca Slater.

Last tour of Helmand,
Becks saved my life.

HE LAUGHS INCREDULOUSLY

When I found out that she
was working the streets,

I thought it was about
time that I saved hers.

I saw you offer her money.
I put her in a hotel.

I called her brother,
some of the regiment.

I heard you on the
phone at our house.

I don't know what you
think you heard, Ed,

but all I was trying to do
was help someone in need.

What do you want? You want
me to show you photographs

of me and Becs in
Afghanistan? Huh?

You really think I could
do something like that?

I mean, come on.

I told you he doesn't like
me, no matter what I do.

Ryan. No, Ryan. No. Don't...

Wait, Ryan. No.

Just talk to me.

How could you?

I know what I saw. Enough!

You've completely
humiliated her.

Abbie!

PHONE RINGS

RINGING CONTINUES

BEEP, RINGING STOPS

CREAKING

Claire's worried about you.

This was left here
as well last night.

That's you in the navy.
Someone's pushing your buttons.

It's like he's got
PTSD or something.

Ryan's medal seems
to be missing.

You took it, didn't you?

They're taking you to court.

Someone must have been
spying on me... tracking me.