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01x04 - Choose Me

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Curfew". Aired: October 10, 2024.*
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A woman's body is discovered. She has been brutally m*rder*d during the night.

01x04 - Choose Me

Post by bunniefuu »

If a man wanted to hurt you,
he could.

You've been walking around
for eight days

with a tag that you can
take off.

Eddie, you haven't told that
detective about our...

It's just between you and me.

SARAH: And he went for my taser,
didn't he?

That's right,
he went to grab it.

He was reaching for his phone
to show her his log.

Hey!
- [laughter]

A man who's hurting
is a man who's dangerous.

I'm pregnant.

I bet you made her give up
on work, too, the stories.

What are you talking about?

She was a cam girl, weren't she?

I guess she didn't trust you
as much as you thought.

[tentative music]

HELEN: She changed everything.

It's not an exaggeration to say
that without Valarie Rashid,

there would be no curfew.

She campaigned tirelessly

to make this country
safe for women.

Not that everyone
appreciates it.

What do you mean?

HELEN: I've had angry
calls from parents

about that display already.

Saying it's prejudiced
against boys,

but it's not.

It's history.

Our history.

Do you think the renewal
vote'll pass?

HELEN: Yes.

I hope so.

Sometimes I worry the tide
is swinging against us.

[clock beeps]

Well, we better wrap this up.

It's six o'clock.
You need to head home.

Is that enough to make
a start on the essay?

Yeah.

HELEN: What is it?

Still getting used
to the curfew?

It's just so weird,

just seeing all the men,
heads down.

Rushing to get home
by some arbitrary hour.

HELEN: It's not
arbitrary, Max.

It's the dark.

Without curfew,
bad things happen at night.

[tense music building]

[man speaks indistinctly]
- WOMAN: Yeah. Yeah.

Fine.

[quiet hum of conversation]

WOMAN: All right.

[sighs]

[tense music continues]

[bicycle bell dings]

[tense music builds]

[Helen sighs]

JEREMY VINE: Now, should men
be made to stay at home at night

in order to keep women safe?

That's the issue being debated
in the House of Commons today.

REPORTER: The Women's Safety Act
is a law that protects women.

JEREMY VINE: Does this pit
women's rights to safety

against men's rights to freedom?

MAN: It's discrimination
against 50% of the population.

Well, that's it.
In a hugely significant vote,

Britain has become the first
country in the world

to introduce a curfew
on all men.

The tag is worn at all times,
and requires men

to remain at home between


WOMAN 1: If men learned
how to behave themselves,

then we wouldn't have to have
these extraordinary measures.

The crime statistics demonstrate
that the curfew is working.

MAN: We've lived through
a period of segregation.

WOMAN 2: No progress comes
without pain or reaction.

REPORTER 3: A group
who call themselves Alphas

is spreading online hate
and misogyny.

REPORTER 4: Huge protests have
sprung up across the country

calling for an end to curfew.

WOMAN 3: If we lift the curfew,

how do we protect women?

HELEN'S MUM: Oh, Helen. It's
hard to find someone these days.

Are you sure you're not lonely?

Of course not, Mum.
I've got friends.

HELEN'S MUM: But Patrick's
lovely.

Your father and I always hoped
you two might get married.

Is there someone else?

No, don't be silly.
There's no one else.

HELEN'S MUM: It's like they've
made romance ill*gal.

It's okay to want someone,
sweetheart.

It's okay to be vulnerable.
- [incoming message ping]

Helen? Helen?

Helen?

We do worry about you, you know.

Well, if you were
really worried,

you wouldn't have moved
to France.

HELEN'S MUM: Your dad
couldn't live under

those Draconian rules, Helen.

And he shouldn't have to.

Do you want to talk to him?

I know he misses you.

No.

He doesn't get to tell me
what to do anymore.

HELEN'S MUM: Helen, please...

[melancholy music]

[Helen exhales sharply]

[sighs]

[foreboding music]

[Helen sighs]

[rap music playing quietly
in background]

[indistinct lyrics]

Would bang.

Hmm! Would bang.

Oh, "How did the activist
Valarie Rashid contribute

to the establishment of curfew?"

Would bang.

Definitely would not bang.

James, you've got
the same essay, man.

Oh, Billy, listen.

The line between education

and brainwashing, very thin.

All right, now, shut up
about the essay.

Would bang.

Yeah, but would they
bang you, though?

Wow, you forget
who you're talking to.

But what about you
and Cass Jackson?

There's no banging there, eh?

Oh. Let me guess.

She's keeping you
tucked away for a rainy day?

You're friend-zoned, forever.

[Billy clucks tongue]

[rap song plays quietly
over computer]

[sighs] Billy,
when's it gonna occur to you,

that there must be a reason

that this is literally the only,
only class you're struggling in?

What do you mean?
- I mean, Ms. Jones.

Men's re-education.
It's not right!

She's sowing the seeds
of our subservience.

Wake up, man.
Do you not listen to The Duke?

[scoffs] Yeah, well, it sounds
like you've been on those

Alpha chat rooms, bro.

JAMES: And so what if I have?

The Duke is a serious
political thinker.

And he says that
this sh*t, Billy...

Yeah, okay.

...is there to build us
into compliance.

Yeah, and Ms. Jones is in on it.

In fact,
she's the front-f*cking line.

EDDIE: Well, listen, tell her
not to give those chancers

a penny, okay, and I can
come over Saturday.

EDDIE'S MUM: Oh, will you,
sweetheart?

Yeah, yeah, of course, Mum,
it's just the patio.

It's no bother. Honestly.

EDDIE'S MUM: How you haven't
found the right woman...

[both chuckle]

EDDIE: Well, I've got a date
tonight, actually.

EDDIE'S MUM: Ooh!
- Yeah,

She's coming over for dinner.

EDDIE'S MUM: But it's curfew.

You can't break the law, Eddie.

You're about to be a detective.

EDDIE: She won't be
coming inside.

We won't be breaking
any laws, Mum, okay?

I've put a table outside my
flat, and we can share

some Chicken Escalope,
and a nice bottle of wine.

Well, she can have the wine.
I can't. I'm on call.

It's all perfectly legal.
Romantic, even.

EDDIE'S MUM: Aww!
I'm sure she'll love it.

Yeah. Yeah, let's hope so.

Besides, I'm not a detective
until next week.

EDDIE'S MUM: Hmm,
did you find out

who your partner's going to be?

Yeah, yeah.
A... A DI Pamela Green.

I haven't met her yet,
but apparently

she's a tough nut to crack.

EDDIE'S MUM: You'll be
brilliant.

[romantic music]

[Eddie sighs]



[music stops]

[sighs] Okay.

Mum.

HELEN: It's ten to seven, James.

Oh, yeah, sorry, Ms. Caldrew,
I was just heading out.

I don't want to see
another "C", Billy,

or there will be no more
after school study sessions.

[rap music plays
quietly over computer]

[Billy grunts and sighs]

You know this is why Cass
ain't gonna shag you, eh?

You're a p*ssy.

What... wait, what do you mean?
- Because you buy into all this.

Billy, you just lie there,
and you take it.

Listen, women
want to put you in a box.

All right? Don't let 'em.

Watch this. You need it.
- [computer chimes]

[sighs]

[door latch clicks]

[rap music stops]

[Billy sighs]

THE DUKE: Why do women
friend-zone you?

The answer is easy.

Women have forgotten that
relationships are transactional.

They desire safety,
food, company,

which we men provide,

in return for having
our own needs met.

But if you give a woman
these things for free,

she'll give you nothing
in return.

Remember, women respond
to power.

You have to show them that
you can exert your own power.

[ominous music]

[ominous music building]

[sighs]

[keys clicking]



[buttons clicking]

[keys clicking]

["Wait For Me" by Tim Oliver]

♪ Oh, my darling

♪ My pretty angel

♪ I don't know

♪ Where I'm going to

♪ But I hope
that you're staying ♪

♪ So I know ♪

♪ I can find my way home

♪ Oh, my angel

♪ My sweet pretty darling ♪

♪ I could fall in love

♪ All over again

♪ But I won't be
lonely my dear ♪

♪ If you wait for me

♪ Won't you wait for me?

♪ We can wake up, shake up,
break up, make up ♪

♪ And everything
all under the moon ♪

♪ And the stars and the sun
- [computer chiming]

[sighs]

[mysterious music]

[music turns ominous]

AUTOMATED VOICE: Bluetooth
connected.

THE DUKE: Women
don't do charity.

Look at yourself.

Really look.

Are you everything you can be?

You're asking this woman
to accept you into her body.

You have to earn it.

You have to show them
you can be a man.

HELEN: It's a romantic
little spot.

All candles,
and twinkling lights.

It embraces the night,
like restaurants used to before.

But there's no curfew here,

and we are free to do
what we like.

You hold out my chair
for me like a gentleman.

And all throughout dinner,
you're flirting with me,

telling me how wonderful I look.

MAN: You really do.
- And then the bill comes.

I'll pay it.

Of course you do.
I like that you treat me well.

[incoming message pings]
- [sighs heavily]

[pings]

[keys clicking]

[eerie music playing]

[computer chimes]

[computer chimes]

[keys clicking]

[computer chimes]

[computer chimes]

[scoffs softly]

The dinner
is cooking in the oven,

the smell of roast meat
hanging in the air.

OLDER MAN: No.

No?

No, I'm not really,
interested in the food.

Um, tell me about
what you're doing.

What are you doing for me?

Um...

I'm...

washing the dishes...
- OLDER MAN: And what?

HELEN:...and, I'm leant

over the sink.
- Yes.

And you're moving in behind me.

No, not yet.

HELEN: Sir, do you want me
to tell you the story, or not?

I didn't come here to be
schooled by yet another woman.

Hey? This is my fantasy.

Okay.

Not yet.

[incoming message pings]

[eerie music]

THE DUKE: Don't take no
for an answer.

[laboured breathing]

THE DUKE: Perseverance is key.

[panting]

THE DUKE: Women can smell
weakness.

You have to exude strength.

[gasping breaths]

THE DUKE: Women don't want you
to be their puppy.

They want you to be a wolf.

They're your prey.

SARAH: We haven't
caught up in a while.

I know.
- SARAH: I don't know,

it feels like
you're keeping secrets from me.

HELEN: I've just been busy,
that's all.

I saw Ben Williams today.

He was in the supermarket
buying spinach and pineapple.

Apparently, he was gonna put
them both in an omelet.

Isn't that odd?

I think he's a little odd.

Is his wife still on at you
to change your testimony?

Yeah, she keeps putting her
business cards in my door.

God, she's persistent.

But I've told her
to leave me alone.

[incoming message pings]

[eerie music]

SARAH: What is it?
- Nothing.

Just men don't know
how to hear the word "no."

[sighs]

THE DUKE: She wants you
to be the hunter.

How will you catch her?

This is a world
that wants you c*ptive.

Wants you caged.

[grunts loudly]

THE DUKE: But you must resist.

You must break free.

You need to show them
that you're not their lackey.

Or their friend.

Or their toy.

And you won't allow
this oppression anymore.

You won't be complicit.

Yeah.
- THE DUKE: You'll take charge.

You'll demand her respect.

[keys clicking]

[mysterious music]

[Eddie sighs]

[phone ringing]

Hi, Mum.
- EDDIE'S MUM: Hi, Darling.

I'm not interrupting, am I?

Only, Bethany said,

could you come in the morning
to do the patio,

as she has a doctor's
appointment in the afternoon.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's fine.

EDDIE'S MUM: Uh, did she like
the Escalope?

[laughs]

It's not until nine, Mum.

[Eddie's Mum laughs]

EDDIE'S FATHER: Who's that?

EDDIE'S MUM: It's just Eddie,
darling. Do you want to say hi?

EDDIE'S FATHER: Why would I
want to say hi to that stupid...

EDDIE'S MUM: Oh.
Oh, he's wandered off.

How is he?

[Eddie's Mum sighs heavily]

EDDIE'S MUM: Oh, he's fine.

Mum.
- EDDIE'S MUM: It's Alzheimer's,

darling, you never know
from one day to the next.

[sensual music playing]

♪ I've been waiting so long

♪ For a chance
I could show you ♪

♪ I'm gonna
keep you in my arms ♪

[gasps]

[computer chimes]

EDDIE'S MUM: Are you still
there, darling?

Can you hear me okay?

Yeah, listen, I gotta go, Mum.
- EDDIE'S MUM: Uh,

because I wanted to...
- Bye.

[Eddie sighs]

[buttons clicking]

[keys clicking]

[computer chimes]

[knocking on door]

[gasps]

[tense music]

[Helen sighs shakily]

[Helen breathes shallowly]

[forceful knocking]

[chilling music]

[knocking continues]

[knocking gets louder]

SIAN: Come on, Helen.
Open up.

Helen.

What are you doing here?

I've been trying
to get hold of you for days.

You've been ignoring me.
- You can't just walk in here.

I just want to have
a proper conversation.

Has everyone lost their
understanding of the word no?

A man is dead, Helen.

HELEN: I don't have
to talk to you about that.

I'd like you to leave now.

All right, well, I didn't
want to have to do this, but...

What the hell?
Why would you show me this?

SIAN: His daughter
is in your class, Helen.

Don't you think she deserves
to know what happened?

Leave now.
- No, come on, Helen.

My son assures me
you're not made of stone.

[sighs slowly]

HELEN: Go.

SIAN: [sighs] Okay, fine.

But I'm sure you'll do
the right thing.

[tense music]

[sighs]

[incoming call ringing]

BILLY: Yo.
- JAMES: Bro,

you ain't gonna believe
what I've just found.

Listen, turns out Ms. Jones'
middle name's Ava.

I've been using that to dig up
all her nasty little secrets.

Good for you, James.

JAMES: Oh, all right, well,
that ain't the only thing

I've been digging up.
- [laptop chimes]

Oh, look at you.
You're best friends forever.

All right, leave it, man.

JAMES: Oh, and you're so nice.

Honestly, are there any other
chores you can do for her?

Or have you done
'em all already?

Oh, and pink.
It's your colour.

Why'd you let her
do this to you, man?

It's embarrassing.
- Oh, she...

she's just, um...

Yeah, got you whipped.

BILLY: No, I'm not whipped.
- Alright, mate.

Oh, and she says "Jump"
and you say,

"All right, how high, Cass?"

Look, she doesn't
tell me what to do.

I... I tell her, so...

Oh, she walks
all over you, mate.

You let 'em all
just walk all over you.

[mumbling] You know what?

I told her to take
my tag off, didn't I? Hmm?

Billy, holy sh*t.

BILLY: Yeah,
I'm not so whipped now.

JAMES: No way, man.

I mean, in the Kingdom
of the Blind,

the f*ck without a tag
is King Bill.

I mean, this is great,
you could be so cool

if you use this just right.

Use it for what?

What do you mean, harassing you?

HELEN: They just
won't leave me alone.

I keep blocking them and they...

they keep setting up
new accounts.

SARAH: But I don't understand,
new accounts on what?

Just... Instagram.

Just report them
and ignore them.

People love to be jerks.
- HELEN: Jerks?

Sorry.
Spending too much time with Ben.

You're not sleeping
with him, are you?

SARAH: No, of course not.

HELEN: He's married.
- I know that, Helen.

It's just that...

It's been ages
since I felt anything.

So, you are sleeping with him?

SARAH: No, I'm not.
But I want to.

[Sarah chuckles nervously]
Oh, Jesus.

I really want to.

HELEN: It'll end in tears,
Sarah.

[groans]

[computer chimes]

[Helen sighs]

I've got to go.
- SARAH: Wait, Helen...

HELEN: Huh.

[Helen sighs shakily]

[keys clicking]

[Helen laughs wryly]

[ominous music]

[Helen gasps]

[exhales sharply]

[panting]



Oh!

[ominous music builds]

[Helen gasps]

[sighs slowly]

[computer chimes]

[ragged breathing]

[keys clicking]
- [computer chiming]

[Helen sighs shakily]

[Helen whimpers]

[phone buzzing]

SARAH: What's happening?
Are they messaging you again?

Yes.

[Helen panting]

I don't know what I've done.

And I don't know
why they're doing this.

[phone ringing]

Mum?

[Eddie's father
muttering indistinctly]

[Eddie's father shouting
incomprehensibly]

EDDIE'S MUM: No!

Mum?
- [shouting continues]

EDDIE'S MUM: Don't shout at me!
Don't, please!

EDDIE'S FATHER:
I can't take it! For God's sake!

[Eddie's parents both
shouting at once]

Mum?

SARAH: What's they saying now?
- HELEN: Nothing.

SARAH: So, they've gone?

[tense music]

SARAH: Helen!

Helen, are you still there?

Helen, are you listening to me?

Helen!

EDDIE'S MUM: It's all right,
darling.

Look Mum, can you just tell me
what's going on, please?

[Eddie's father shouting
incomprehensibly]

EDDIE'S MUM: He's having a bit
of an episode.

May be worth you popping over.

[incoherent shouting]
- EDDIE'S MUM: No! Put it down!

Mum, I can't come over, okay?

The curfew...
- [shouting continues]

Uh, Mum, do you want me
to call the police?

EDDIE'S MUM: No,
don't call the police.

We are both...

[Eddie's parents shouting
at the same time]

EDDIE'S MUM: Stop!

[loud clattering over phone]
- [shouting continues]

EDDIE'S MUM: No!

Mum, is everything okay?
- [Eddie's mum sobbing]

Mum?
- [screaming over phone]

[phone signal distorts]

Mum?
- [bang over phone]

[Eddie's mum groans, gasps]

EDDIE'S MUM: He's gone.
He just ran out the door.

Oh! They'll arrest him!

EDDIE'S MUM: Don't you think
I know that?

I'm going after him.
- No, no, no.

Just you stay put, okay?

I'll... I'll...
- [phone disconnection beeps]

Mum?

[tense music]

[sighs heavily]

[forceful sigh]

[computer pings]



[Eddie sighs]

[gasps]

[tense music builds]

sh*t.

Oh!

[breathing shakily]

[phone buzzing]

[doorbell chimes]

[breathing shakily]

[ominous music]

[doorbell chiming repeatedly]

[loud knocking]

[repeated knocking]
- [doorbell chimes]

[Helen panting]

[forceful knocking continues]

[phone buttons beep]

OPERATOR: Hello, which service
do you require?

Police, please, there's, um...
- [knocking continues]

...a suspicious character
walking the streets.

OPERATOR: Do you suspect
a man of breaking curfew?

[whimpers]

I... I don't know.

OPERATOR: Well, can you
describe the nature

of their suspicious behaviour?

Um, they...
they're peering through

people's windows.

OPERATOR: What's your location?

Garland Road.
- OPERATOR: Okay.

We'll dispatch an officer
to meet you at your home.

Can I just check
the house number?

[Helen sighs]
- OPERATOR: Ma'am?

[loud knocking continues]

Are you there? I need to know
your house number.



OPERATOR: We'll be
with you shortly.

Stay away from the windows,
and call back

if anything changes.
- [knocking continues]

[phone buzzing]

f*ck!

[sighs]

[phone buzzing and chiming]

[tense music]

[phone continues buzzing]

[Helen whimpers]

[phone beeps]

Oh!

[sighs]

[crickets chirping]

[lock clicks]

[Helen chuckles softly]

Hmm.

[mysterious music]

[ragged breathing]

DISPATCH: Are you receiving,
PC Wilson?

Come in, PC Wilson.

Uh, Dispatch, this is PC Wilson.

DISPATCH: We need you to attend
a disturbance call in your area.

You tag will be remotely
deactivated in one minute.

Uh, what's the address?
- DISPATCH: 92 Garland Road.

Do you know it?
- Yep, I know it.

Heading there now.

[Helen gasps]

[mysterious music]

[phone buzzes]

[phone buzzes]

[sighs]

[ominous music]

[phone buzzes]

[breathing shakily]



[outgoing call ringing]

[computer chimes]

[incoming call ringing]

What are you doing calling me?

HELEN: I need to talk to you.

I'm with my wife and kids.

I'm sorry, I just...
Have you been messaging me?

What are you talking about?
- Did you send me

a sexy school teacher outfit?

OLDER MAN: I don't know
what you're on about.

Someone who knows
who I really am sent me this.

A bit of a coincidence,
considering you saw me tonight.

Yeah, well, I don't really care.

Okay? And I do not
appreciate this.

I'm not your boyfriend,
Ms. Jones.

Keep me out
of your self-inflicted drama,

and don't you ever
call me again.

I know who you are.

And I know who you are,
you old pig.

[scoffs and sighs]

[foreboding music]

[car engine humming]

[foreboding music builds]

[brakes squeak]



[phone buttons clicking]

[phone buzzes]

[Helen gasps]

[phone buzzing]

[tense music]

[ragged breathing]

[ominous music]

[knocking]

[door latch clicking]

Evening, Ma'am.

We've had a disturbance call
from this address.

Oh! Well, who are you?
- I'm PC Wilson, Ma'am.

I'm with the police.

We had a call about
some suspicious characters

wandering the streets.
- Oh, yeah.

They're still out there,
you know.

Who are, Ma'am?
- The men.

Oh!

Yeah, they said...

Yeah, they said
they'd locked them up.

But they lied.

EDDIE: So you've seen
a man outside, Ma'am?

I mean, not including myself.

No, they never
locked up Henry, you know.

And they should have done.
They should have done.

Oh! [sobs]

[woman whimpering quietly]

Listen, you've got
family inside, Ma'am.

Should we pop you back in

and I can... I can have
a wee wander about?

Yeah, but what if
it's Henry out there?

I'll... I'll sort it, Ma'am.
I'll check.

Don't worry.
- Thank you.

[door slams shut]

[lock clicks]

[suspenseful music]

[Helen breathes shakily]

Oh!

[gasps]

[whimpers]

[music intensifies]

[phone clicking]

[phone chimes]

[ominous music]

[phone chimes]

[phone buzzes]

[phone buzzes]

[gasps]

[Helen gasps
and breathing heavily]

[gasps]

[tense music builds]

[curtains rattle]

[phone buzzing]

[sighing deeply]

[tense music building]

[phone ringing]

[phone keeps ringing]

EDDIE: How's it going up there?

f*ck's sake, man.

Dispatch, this is PC Wilson.

The disturbance on Garland Road
was a confused elderly woman.

It was a false alarm.
- DISPATCH: Copy that.

EDDIE: I'm PC Wilson.
- All right.

And I'm in my own house,
PC Wilson, yeah?

This is still my perimeter,
so feel free to move on.

You don't look like
you're planning

on staying that way for long.

How come you're allowed outside?

EDDIE: I've got special
dispensation.

That's... Right, cool.

So, um,

well, you don't feel
like that makes you

complicit or whatever?

You... you've been
listening to The Duke?

I... I don't even know
who to listen to anymore, man.

DISPATCH: PC Wilson,
this is Dispatch.

Your call out has been
logged as complete.

You have 15 minutes
to return home

before your tag is reactivated.

Yep, copy that.

So you're just as controlled
as the rest of us, yeah?

What's your name?
- Billy.

I'm Eddie.

Wait, hold on,
what are you doing, man?

It's just easier
to talk this way, that's all.

So what's got you
so upset then, Billy?

Do girls like that you're a Fed?

S... Sorry?

Do girls like that you're a cop?

Well, I've actually got a...

[phone chimes]

Oh, sh*t.

What, what's wrong?

Uh...

I had a date, but I forgot.

[Billy snickers]
All right, so you forgot.

Uh...

Yeah, yeah, oddly busy night.

You know who doesn't like me
being a cop, Billy?

My mates.

Not that I have
many of them anymore.

They all think
that I'm complicit.

Hmm.

EDDIE: Where was it
you were thinking about going?

[sighs]

Um, do you know Valerie Rashid?

EDDIE: Yeah.
- BILLY: Well, um...

there's this display
of her at my school

and my mate wanted me
to tear it down,

mess it up or whatever,
I don't know.

And he wanted you
to break curfew to do it?

[sighs]
- BILLY: I don't know, man,

sometimes I just feel like
life's everyone telling me

how I'm supposed to be
a man, but...

none of it adds up.

Do you ever go
to the Alpha chat rooms, Billy?

No, not like that, okay?

But I do go there sometimes

to listen, and to...

I don't know, save them.

Give them someone to talk to,

someone who doesn't spout
bile back at them.

Sounds pretty lame
when I say it out loud.

But I've seen what happens,

you know, to men who nurse
their own resentments

until there's nothing
but to swallow them whole,

and I can promise you,
Billy, they're not happy.

I don't know if there's
a right way to be a man.

But I know that if it involves
tearing women down,

then it's probably not it.



You don't happen to have a phone
that I can borrow, do you?

It's just, um,
I need to call my mum.

[sighs]

[grunts softly] Thanks.

[line ringing]

MAN: Hello?

Who's this?

PC MCCOWAN: This is PC McCowan.
Curfew Enforcement.

EDDIE'S FATHER: Eddie,
is that you?

Uh, listen, he's got...
he's got dementia, okay?

I know he looks young,
but it's early onset, and...

PC MCCOWAN: Yeah, he's been
placed under arrest, I'm afraid.

[Eddie's father screams]

He's sick, okay?
He just needs help.

PC MCCOWAN: Your mother
seems to have received

a black eye.

EDDIE'S FATHER: That was
an accident, son!

PC MCCOWAN: Hold on just one
second, I'll pass you over.

EDDIE'S MUM: It's fine, darling,

don't listen to a word they say!

EDDIE'S FATHER: I didn't mean
it, Eddie, I swear!

EDDIE'S MUM: No,
leave him alone!

No, be gentle!

Do you need a doctor, Mum?

EDDIE'S MUM: No! They won't
let me go with him!

[Eddie's parents both sob]

Not if they're
arresting him now.

EDDIE'S MUM: I've got to go,
they're taking him.

[dial tone beeping]

Ah!

Thanks. [grunts]

BILLY: Um,
is everything all right?

Yeah, yeah, no, it's,
it's fine, it's just, uh...

No.

No, actually it's not.

I... I've got to go.

[panting]

You don't want to be listening
to The Duke, Billy.

Okay?

Or anyone who speaks about
women like they're not human.

[sighs heavily]

[footsteps shuffling]

[foreboding music]

[sighs]

[phone buzzes]

[Helen inhales deeply]

[phone buzzing]

[sighs]

[incoming call ringing]

So what, I don't get to see you?

DEEP VOICE:
Take the mask off.

Who are you?

DEEP VOICE: Take the mask off.

No.

DEEP VOICE: There's no secret
here, Helen.

I know who you are.

And I want you to take it off.

HELEN: I'm keeping it on.

DEEP VOICE: Then I best begin
my email.

Fine.

DEEP VOICE: Better.

I already know the story
I want to hear.

[Helen gasps]

I can't say that.
- DEEP VOICE: Yes, you can.

You can.

And you will.

[Helen sighs]

"You know I like to teach
young boys.

"I like the way they smell."

DEEP VOICE: Say it
like you mean it.



"You know I like
to teach young boys.

"I like the way they smell,

"like fresh-cut grass,
and innocence.

"I like the way
their cheeks flush red and hot,

"their hormones
racing in the air.

"I like the way they look at me,

"like I could teach them
how to please a woman."

[suspenseful music playing]

Oh! [gasps in fear]

Oh my God!

[sobs]
- [incoming message chimes]

[ragged breathing]

[keys clicking]

[ominous music]

Oh! [breathing deeply]

[sighs]

[sobbing]



[Billy grunts with effort]

[door bangs]

EDDIE: "Fine, then,
f*ck you too, I guess."

[sighs]

[tense music]

You know I like to teach
young boys.

I like the way they smell.



♪ My girl, my girl

♪ Don't lie to me

♪ Tell me where did you sleep
last night ♪

♪ In the pines, in the pines

♪ Where the sun
don't ever shine ♪

♪ I'll shiver the whole
night through ♪

♪ Hey girl, hey girl

♪ Where will you go?

♪ I'm going where
the cold wind blows ♪