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02x06 - Episode 6

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Couple Next Door". Aired: November 27, 2023.*
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A young couple move to an upscale neighbourhood to start a family, but soon find themselves entangled in a complex web of desire and betrayal with their new neighbours.

02x06 - Episode 6

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♪ Sto lat, sto lat,
niech zyje zyje nam!

♪ Sto lat... ♪

CRASHING

MAN SHOUTS

MAN'S VOICE DISTORTS

My name is Isak.

I'm a psychologist, and
I'm here to help you.

You're my therapist. It's OK.

You want me to be
more than that?

It's OK.

Mia Eldegard.

I'm here to help you.

And I'm here to help you.

I'm here to help you.
I'm here to help you.

I don't think they like you

very much here.

Well, you tried so hard

to hide from me.

I didn't mean to.

If I didn't see that picture

in the paper, I probably
wouldn't have found you.

Sorry. I'm just... I'm confused.

I don't know.

Yeah.

Are you happy to see me?

Goodnight, Kesha.

FLOORBOARDS CREAK, DOOR CLOSES

LOCK CLICKS

Morning, Charlotte. Hi, Alan.

Just wondering, have
either of you seen Mia?

No. But, er, I think
she's got a guest staying.

Have you met her fiance?

Fiance? Yeah.

He's a really nice
chap, actually.

Anyway, we better go. Yeah. Bye.

DOOR CLICKS

Hey.

Morning. Good morning.

DOORBELL

DOORBELL

It's OK.

It's OK.

POUNDING ON DOOR

I made some coffee.

Police, please. I want to report

a suspicious man in
my neighbour's house.

No, she's in there with him.

Er, he's her fiance.
Well, he says he is.

No, look, I haven't
heard or seen anything...

...you know, specific.
I just thought that...

My name?

Look...

Look, thanks anyway.

Thank you. Thank you.

Coffee?

Go on, then. I'll release
you if you make one.

PHONE BUZZES

Cancel that coffee. I
think we should get going.

Have we checked blood gases?

What's his lactate? I'm
warming the patient.

MONITORS BEEP Oxygen
saturation is 100%. PCO2 45.

Lactic acid 1.2.

All looks good here. But
that beeping is irritating.

I just reconnected the line. It
was tangled with the other lines.

Can I have three L-pro line,
and quad pacing wires, please?

Why are you ventilating my patient?
We haven't finished haemostasis.

Getting ready to
come off bypass.

I still need to repair
the grafting site

and remove the LV vent.

Yeah, I know.

Then why are you
in such a hurry?

Are you suggesting I don't
know how to do my job?

Of course not.

Suction.

So you got...

...tangled up with this couple.

And now you're in trouble.

That is OK...

...because I forgive you.

And I still want to marry you.

I found this beautiful, beautiful,
beautiful place with this,

er, church, this
little white church.

And, um, it's going to be a
little bit expensive, but...

SHE SCOFFS

That's why you're
really back, isn't it?

Money?

Well, I don't have it. Sorry.

You're still wearing the
key around your neck, Kesha.

It was a gift from
my parents, remember?

Oh, I remember.

You show me where it is...

...or I'll find it anyway.

But I will be
very, very upset...

...if you lie to me.

Where is it?

I told you. It's gone.

Go and visit your
friend in security.

See if you can check out CCTV.

I'm going to talk to a few
people, see what I can find out.

Yeah. All right. Ah, sh*t!
Oh, hey! So you are here.

Sorry. It's just I was looking for
you earlier, and I wanted to, um...

...um...um...

Sorry. You said you
weren't in yet, so.

No, I was tied up.

Right.

OK.

Er, the Nursing
Council rep's coming

in today to talk
about Miss Hildegard

so I need you in that
meeting. I'm quite busy today.

Really? What could you possibly be
doing that's more important than...?

Than being in that
meeting today?

OK.

OK. I'll see what I
can do. Thank you.

Stop it.

OK. Would you just
stop it, please?

Just tell me where it
is. I told you I lost it.

Oh.

I left it on the
train on the way here.

I tried to find it,

but someone must have taken
it because they tried.

But it's gone.

OK.

I'm sorry.

It's OK.

I'm sorry, too.

Are you? It's such a shame.

Mm.

Yeah.

Good thing, though, is that

you don't need this any more.

KNOCKING ON DOOR

Hi, Kelly. He's still
in theatre, I'm afraid.

I wanted to talk to
you, actually. OK.

We're in the middle
of an investigation,

and I need to ask some
difficult questions.

Confidentially. You understand.

Have you ever seen Dr Roberts

using prescription
drugs at work?

Or have you ever suspected he'd
taken anything during a shift?

If I answer, will this
be used against him?

No-one's asking you
to be a witness.

But, informally, I'd
appreciate an honest answer.

He's very good at his job.
He's very professional.

That wasn't the question.

Sometimes he's hyped up. Yeah.

But that could just
be the adrenaline.

Have you ever seen
him take anything?

Hey! A word.

How much poison did you pour
into dad's ear about me?

I genuinely have no idea
what you're talking about.

Solicitor hasn't rung you.

You've been back
here five minutes

and now you're running
the foundation.

What? Dad's will states we have
to run it together as equals.

I mean, I guess if that's what
Dad wanted, that's what we...

Don't play these
f*cking games with me.

We have to find a way
to make this work.

Yes. I want to
run things my way.

Yeah? If that's not on
the table, I'm walking.

Wow. So much for
honouring Dad's legacy.

This isn't a personal cash
cow for your own benefit.

You have no idea, mate. Really?

What about that dodgy holding
company you set up in your name?

I bet you told Dad
all about that.

I didn't, actually,
but I didn't have to.

He could see you weren't
up to it on your own.

f*ck you. You know, you seem
more upset about this than

you are about Dad dying.

There he is. Go on.

Hey, babe.

Hi. Look, that was weird
in theatre earlier.

Seems like everything's
getting to you.

Let's just take ten minutes
and go grab a coffee. Yeah?

Yeah. OK.

Mia! I know you're in there!

POUNDING ON DOOR

POUNDING CONTINUES

You OK?

POUNDING CONTINUES

Are you OK? I'm OK.

Hi.

My name is Alan. I'm
a friend of Mia's.

OK.

And I'm worried
about her safety.

OK. Yeah, well, there's, er,
there's nothing to worry about,

so that's, er...

Hi, Alan.

Hi.

I'd like to come in, please.
I don't think that's a good...

What are you doing?

Come on. I'll show
you something.

Is this who you were
running away from?

Who is this?

I wasn't talking to you.

I'm sorry. Who are you?

He's my friend.

OK.

What's going on here?
Yeah. What is going on?

Are you asking me? I don't...

I don't know. What
have you told him?

I didn't say anything.

Hmm.

She hasn't told
you her life story.

I can do it.

This will be the shiny new wing

if your ex puts his
money where his mouth is.

It will.

Remember an Antwerp
I told you about

the clinical director
job for this wing.

Well, they've... They've
offered it, and I've said yes.

Wow.

Well, congratulations.
That's, er, well-deserved.

So this could be a
new start for us.

If you want it to be.

But I don't know if you do.

You're angry and
you're suspicious.

The way you treated me
in theatre just then,

I've never seen it.

Where's your head at?

I don't know if I want to
get into this right now.

Lottie, please. It's k*lling me.

She has made a mess
of her entire life.

She ran away. Nobody likes
her where she came from.

Everybody hates her here.

Did you tell him
about the money?

Yeah. So she has an incredible
amount of stolen money

hidden away in this
house right now.

And what's your name?

Let's just say it's not Mia.

Is this true?

What's going on?

How can I make you happy again?

I don't think you can.

Then you need to tell me why.

If you ever really loved me, you
owe me an honest explanation.

I don't think you're going
to want to hear this.

I do. Whatever it is.

OK.

Then in return, can
you be honest with me?

I promise.

I think you made it look like

Mia caused one of
the patient deaths.

And I even wonder if you
were responsible instead.

What makes you think I did that?

Perhaps you weren't aware,

but there's a time stamp
when records are amended.

You always were
lousy with computers.

Well, I had a look
after she was accused.

And it wasn't her
who amended them.

How do you know?

Because she was with me.

This is the part

where you tell me I've got this
all wrong, and I'm hugely relieved.

So this is what she does -

she preys on people, and
now she's preying on you.

See those tears?

That's what she wants.

And you are perfect
for her. Yeah.

Older - lonely, probably - guy.

And she's this beautiful,
strange girl, you know.

Were you just using me?

No, I wasn't.

I really just wanted
to be your friend. OK!

Wow.

I got it. A camera in
the corridor was working.

Do you really want to see this?

I want to know who
did it. Yeah. OK.

Right.

Oh, his room's not visible.

Camera's facing the wrong way.

Oh. Look.

Let me zoom in.

Who have you shared this with?

No-one. Not yet.

Are you going to? I
don't know, Jacob.

So it's true.

But they still think it's Mia.

Yes, but it wasn't, was it?

Why would you do it?

I know you were
taking drugs on shift.

You promised me all those years ago
that this would never happen again.

Did you make a mistake?

It's because of Mia.

What actually happened?

I was on shift with her
the night Mr Green died,

and she was stupidly
flirting with me,

and then I made a mistake.

I forgot to
administer potassium,

and... Oh, Jesus! ..and
he went downhill. And...

So I injected the potassium,

even though it was too
late to cover my tracks.

But it was just... It
was a clinical error.

A very serious one!
I know, I know,

and I should have said
something, and I didn't.

Then Ben started investigating

and he asked me to help,
and I couldn't say anything.

And then Mr Arnold died
of natural causes...

Then why did you amend his record
to make it look suspicious?

So the deaths would
look connected.

So the investigation would
go away and so would Mia,

because she's pushed and
pushed her way into our lives

and she's destroyed everything,
including our marriage.

That's disgusting.
She's not a good person.

She's from a criminal family,

and she's working
under a false name.

That doesn't excuse
what you're doing.

Well, her career will be over

when they find out she's
not using her real name,

so why should I go
down for a mistake?

Because we're doctors!

Because we took an oath to be
honest and admit our mistakes

when we make them,

we don't try to cover them up
or frame someone else for them.

...happen again, I swear.

They could charge her with m*rder.
Have you completely lost your mind?

I took my only chance. No. No.

We have a chance to
rebuild our lives,

start again. To rebuild. But
we got to let her take the rap.

Not in a million years.

We are done.

But I guess it is all
true. I use people.

And I manipulate them.

And I ruin their lives.

So you think that you're

a bad person because bad
things happen to you?

I seem to have this
ability to draw people in

and get them to do
whatever I want.

I am a bad person.
I am a bad person.

I am a bad person!

Isak helped me understand
when I first met him.

He was my therapist
when I was in care.

I don't think you should
do that. But it's true.

In care? Yeah.

How old were you?



You seduced a teenager when
you were giving them therapy.

I have tried to
help her for years.

She's totally wrong. Mia,
you were a vulnerable child.

You're not a bad person.

He put that idea in your head.

OK. I think that...
And let me guess.

And I bet he told you it was the
only person who could save you.

You know what?

I think it's time
for you to leave. OK.

Just go and don't come back.

Are you scared of him?

Yes.

Shut up, you f*cking wh*re!

MOBILE RINGS

There could be a patient
emergency. Better answer it.

I'm going to go get some air.

RINGING CONTINUES

Hey, Kelly. What's up?

Have you had a chance to pick
up those meds for Mrs Thomas?

Yeah. Sorry. Um...

Can you ask Dr Leighton?

I'm... tied up in theatre.

I'm not leaving.

MOBILE RINGS

Don't touch it.

RINGING CONTINUES

Mia! Lottie!

You're innocent.
Everyone knows it.

I'm...

Lottie?

Still obsessed with her?

It's pathetic, Lottie.

You're not interested
in justice,

you just want me out of the
way so you can be with her.

That's not true.

I'm trying to stop you
from making a huge mistake.

It's not too late.

I don't think you have any
real evidence against me.

So as long as you don't
tell anyone else...

What do you mean by that?

Jacob...

...I think you need help.

I hate having to do this to you,
but I can't see another way.

Do what?

Er...

I feel dizzy.

I need to go back inside.

Is he all right? I don't know.

I think I might have k*lled him.

There's a pulse.

MOBILE RINGS

Jacob, please.

I don't feel right.

MOBILE CONTINUES RINGING

What have you given me?

She's not picking up. She told
me to come to the hospital.

I feel something might
have happened to her.

Then you must go. Yeah, but...

I can take care of him.

Are you sure?

Run! Go! OK.

This is morphine.

How much have I had?

Enough. It'll be over soon.

I didn't plan this, I swear. I
didn't want to give it to you.

You know who I am
and what I've done,

and I can't let you
walk out of here

and have everyone see
you hate me, Lottie.

You're having a breakdown.

Maybe I am.

Jacob, you love me.

It's not too late to stop this.

But you don't love me.

What do you think's going to
happen? They're going to arrest you.

You're going to lose everything.

I'll think of something.

LOTTIE SOBS

How could you do this to me?

We were happy together.

You used to believe that I was
never good enough for you, was I?

LOTTIE SOBS

HER BREATH SLOW AND SHALLOWS

Ambulance, please.

And, er, police, actually.

Yes. Alan Richardson,


Ugh.

Where is she?

Not here.

Police are on their way.

JACOB: Dear Jacob, I'm so
sorry I had to do this.

I feel so ashamed of
the way I treated you.

I lied for Mia.

It was her who
altered the records,

and now I know she was
guilty of the murders.

And having fallen
under her spell,

I have humiliated myself
professionally and personally,

and I just don't see
any way of coming back.

My career is ruined

and so is my marriage.

I hope you'll find it in your
heart to forgive me one day.

I still love you.

Lottie.

Oh, my...

Oh, my God!

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

Leo, I am so, so sorry.

We need to get Jacob off shift
and talk to him urgently.

But I don't understand.
What are we saying?

That he's behind everything?

Sorry to interrupt.

Charlotte's supposed to be in
theatre, but I can't find her

and she's not
picking up her phone.

Have you heard from her?

Amber!

Is Charlotte Roberts on
shift? You're suspended.

I can't help you. Get
out of this building,

or I will call security.

Go ahead, you bitter old prick!

Where is Charlotte?

Her name is Miss Roberts,
for a start. I'm serious.

We need to find her.

Call security. Oh, Brandon,
have you seen Charlotte?

Management's looking for her.

She must be in surgery,
but she's gone missing.

f*ck. What are you doing here?

Come help me find her
and I'll tell you.

Come on.

Leave that.

Sorry about that, Kelly. Got a
little tied up with my last case.

Mrs Dubrovsci, how
you doing today?

Quite nervous.

Well, nothing to be
nervous about. OK.

We'll take good care of you.

Kelly, can you prepare a
Propofol infusion, please?

DOG BARKS

Hi.

POLICE SIRENS WAIL

He went that way.

Thanks, love!

Mia, what the hell is going on?

Look, I didn't do anything.

I'm innocent. OK.
But somebody did,

and I think Charlotte
found out who it is.

KNOCKING ON DOOR

Can I help?

Well, have you spoken to Jacob?

Is he on shift today?

Er, yeah. He's downstairs.

Can I help? Yeah. We're
looking for Charlotte.

She's supposed to be in theatre.

Why? What's... what's wrong?

I think you know better than us.

What do you mean?

Kelly, can you keep an eye on
the patient for me, please?

I'll see if she's
been in contact.

She hasn't text or called.

She has emailed.

JACOB WHISPERS

Oh, my God!

What is it?

What is it? Oh, um...

It sounds like a suicide
note, but it can't be.

What? Why would she
have any reason to.

That doesn't make any
sense. No. It doesn't.

I don't believe a word of this.

What do you mean? I'm
as worried as you are.

Lottie wasn't suicidal,

but she was scared of you.

Where is she?

I don't know. You
k*lled my father.

We have the CCTV footage,

so you'll excuse me if I
don't believe your bullshit?

The hell are you doing
here? I'm innocent.

What? Lottie knows. She
called to tell me that.

Which is not what it
said in that email.

Which means she couldn't
have written it.

I don't know why...

I...

I didn't mean to...

Hey! No! Hey!

Where is she?

Where is she, you f*cking liar?

Leo! That's enough.
That's enough!

MIA: Where is she?

She's in the... in the old wing,

...but it's too late.

Come on, let's go.

It's too late.

QUIET, DISTORTED VOICES:
Come on. I... Let's go...

It looks like our
MO. Naloxone now!

...very shallow.

Charlotte, can you hear me?
Stay with us, Charlotte.

ETA to ITU two minutes.

We need to get there quicker
than that. Keep moving.

MUFFLED CHATTER

Give her 100% oxygen.

Prepare 400mcg.

How is she?

Her oxygenation is good.
She's breathing on her own.

Is she conscious? Not yet.

We're waiting.

I'll keep you posted.

Thanks, Mia. Thanks, guys.

MONITORS BEEP

Go home if you want, I can stay.

Not a chance.

I hope this doesn't give
Hari more ammunition

to use against the hospital.

He's gone.

I'm running the foundation now.

I never should
have doubted, Dad.

That's wonderful news.

It is.

But I also don't want to give
up my charity work abroad.

But you can't do both.

Well, this is hardly the
time or the place, but, um,

I was thinking, what if
I hired a senior manager?

Someone with a better
head for figures than me.

Someone... I don't know.

...really keen not to work
with her pig of an ex-husband.

Someone who understands

the importance of seeing through
the build of the new wing.

What? I do the hard stuff while
you swan around the globe.

No, no, we would work
together like a partnership.

I could be here half the time.

Or as much of me as you're
willing to put up with.

That sounds like a pretty
nice offer, Mr Pandian.

Let's discuss terms and
conditions sometime, shall we?

MONITORS BEEP SLOWLY

Hmm.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Lottie!

Hi. Hi.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't believe you.
Don't worry about that now.

You're back.

Are you my... guardian angel?

Just...

Just rest now, OK?

OK.

Hmm.

So that's it, then?



It's from Mia from Paris.

Hmm.

So she really has gone.
Like a thief in the night.

And what are your plans now?

Well, I've been offered
a bit of medical work

in Mozambique with my
friend Leo's charity.

Well, that sounds
exciting. Yeah.

But I can't leave Dad.

I've decided to bring him back
home to live with me again.

Oh, that's good news. Be
great to see more of Henry.

Yeah.

You know, I could look
after him while you're away.

Alan, that is such a kind
offer. I will think about it.

Thank you.

DOORBELL

Better um... Mm-hm.

Hello, Alan. Yvonne.

Hi, Yvonne.

I will leave you both to it.

I'll see myself out.

Yeah.

Bye.

Um,

I heard what you did for Mia.

You are ever so brave.
I'm not brave enough.

I didn't manage to
stop the bugger.

Shall you and I start again?

That's if you feel
that it's... Yes.

That would be very nice.

Is that from Mia?

I got one, too. From Paris.

Um, no. From Munich.

MIA: Dearest Lottie,

I'm sorry I had to
leave so suddenly.

I think I made enough mess
and it was time to move on.

I'm so glad we fell
into each other's lives,

and I'll never forget you.

Please just keep being the
new you. She was irresistible.

And if you ever wanted

to rekindle things, I think
you know where to find me.

Hey, Dad. Eyup.
You want a cuppa?

I wouldn't say no.

How was your walk?

Oh. Very good.

Yeah. It's cold out...

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