01x01 - Episode 1

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[CROWS CAW]

[DOOR OPENS]

WOMAN: Run!

[SHE PANTS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

Liam!

Were you happy

with the room, sir?

Yes, it was very comfortable.

Thank you.

[SHE SIGHS]

[WHISPERS:] Liam, wake up.

What have I told you

about going in the lobby?

Sorry. It was so comfortable,

I fell asleep.

Tomorrow's my last early

for a few days.

Then you can have a lovely lie-in.

Sound good?

All right.

One more room, then school.

- Viet-Nam.

- Hanoi.

- Russia.

- Moscow. Too easy.

- Burma.

- It's called Myanmar now.

All right. What's the capital

of Myanmar, smart arse?

What's that? You don't know?

Liam.

I'm re-enacting

the Battle of Agincourt.

Yeah, well, you'll be

re-enacting me down

the bloody job centre at this rate.

- Help me put it back.

- [DOOR OPENS]

You put the queen

on the wrong square.

Make the share prices too high.

I'm gonna have to call you back.

Leave it with me.

Sorry, we didn't realise.

- Evidently.

- Liam.

We're done.

Nice necklace.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

- Are you trying to get me fired?

- Sorry.

It's her

you should be apologising to.

Come on.

[BEEP]

FEMALE LIFT VOICE: Going down.

Treat for your lunch.

Not that you deserve it.

[SHE GRUNTS]

Oh, my Who the heck are you?

- Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.

- Yeah, well this is private.

You shouldn't really be back here.

Mum.

- He's so tiny.

- He's a "she".

- You've been feeding her.

- Found her the other day.

Think she's been abandoned.

- Got an appetite on her.

- What's her name?

Called her Ginger.

[SHE LAUGHS]

Wow. Imaginative (!)

So, is this a regular haunt

of yours, then?

Known worse.

- Can we take her home?

- Yeah, right.

Cos we aren't already looking after

every creature under the sun (!)

sh*t, the 23. Come on.

Liam!

Bye, Ginger. Bye.

[HE SMACKS LIPS]

[WHISPERS:] Hey, we're here. Hey.

[WHISPERS:] See you later.

Have a good day, darling.

[MESSAGE TONE]

[SHE GRUNTS]

[CHILDREN SHOUT]

[BOY SHOUTS]

You're late.

I rang the agency.

I didn't think you were coming.

Oh, you do speak English, don't you?

I'm sorry. My last job run over.

If I'm paying for three hours,

I expect three hours' graft.

Otherwise,

I may as well do it myself.

You can make up the time at the end.

- My toy!

- That's my toy!

[CHILD SCREAMS],

[RANDOM PIANO NOTES]

- You in tomorrow?

- Yeah, late, though.

Oh, all right.

Bye, darling. Take care.

- Yo.

- Hiya.

- Wow! Nice nails, babe.

- Ah, thank you.

I had a pedicure, too.

I thought,

"Jasmine, you deserve it."

And do you know what? I was right.

[SHE CHUCKLES]

Nice.

It's this new guy, Matteo.

I'll give you his number.

Gave me a foot massage, too.

Seriously, what that guy can do

with his hands

Well, I haven't got time

for a mani-pedi or a massage,

let alone a guy.

You do look knackered.

Thanks (!)

- What time are we meeting tonight?

- No, I can't. I'm skint.

You never come out any more.

Please, just one little drink.

[SHE SIGHS]

Maybe.

Yes! How's the little fella?

Liam. Driving me insane.

Tell him I'm still waiting

for my ring.

Can't ask a girl to marry her

and not get her a ring. Idiot.

- See you later, babe.

- Bye, .

- Bye, girls.

- GIRL: Yeah, bye, love.

- See you, Jas.

- Yeah, see you later.

Yes, I appreciate you feel let down,

but as I've said before

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[HE SIGHS]

You here to bust my nuts and all?

I want nothing to do with your nuts.

I need more hours.

You're already doing more jobs

than anyone else.

Yeah, well, my bills are double.

I get half my food shop

for the same money.

- I can't make it stretch !

- Ooh! I'll tell you what.

I'm having lunch with the

Home Secretary in half an hour.

I'll get her to look into it.

- Come on, I'm serious.

- So am I.

Health and Safety'd tell me

I'm working you like a dog as it is.

I'm gonna lose my home, Geoff.

For God's sake!

My son goes to bed cold.

I go to bed hungry

so that he can eat.

This rate doesn't cut it any more.

You wanna leave? Be my guest.

I've got women literally queueing up

outside to take your place,

and believe you me,

they will give me half the aggro.

[HE SIGHS]

Look

I would hate to lose you. Really.

But I cannot do any more.

[SHE SIGHS]

[HE SIGHS]

Ugh. Well, anyway,

that's what I've said to him.

Bye, guys.

Are you in on Wednesday?

Right, I'll see you then.

What do you want?

I'll have

the double cheeseburger, please.

But can you put the cheese on

the side? It can't touch the meat.

And no gherkin, and no lettuce.

And no mayo.

Nothing for me, thanks.

What? I had a massive lunch at work.

That will be £3.09, darling.

Reception said to come

straight through. I'm Simone Hale.

I left you a message.

Oh, yes.

- Simone. Simone, please.

- No, thank you, this won't take long.

You manage the cleaning contract

for the Iveagh Garden Hotel?

We do.

I've been asked to contact you

regarding one of your employees,

Rachel Connor.

- There's not a problem, is there?

- The opposite.

The person I represent would like

to engage her on a private basis.

Private? To do what?

To clean.

You come here, all this way,

in person, to hire a cleaner?

He's very particular.

Requires the utmost discretion.

Well

the thing is, Simone,

that Rachel is a highly valued

member of our team.

And to replace her

at this late notice, well

that'd cost a fortune.

I see.

My employer will pay

whatever it takes.

You need to go on some dating sites,

get yourself out there.

I don't.

Anyway, they're mostly just

for people hooking up for sex.

Er, exactly.

I met this married couple, right?

Seemed dead boring,

I think the husband

does something with computers.

Anyway, next thing I know,

he asks me

if I'd like to have a threesome

with him and his wife.

Oh, my God. Did you?

Of course not.

Semi-final of Bake Off was on.

Hey, you know Adeel in accounts

fancies the pants off you?

- Yeah, all right.

- His tongue practically

rolls across the room

every time you walk past him.

- He does have a cute arse.

- [JASMINE GASPS]

- I'm texting him.

- Don't you dare!

- Why not?

- Because

it's not just about me, is it?

I'm not gonna put Liam

through all that again.

They won't all be like Kieron.

You deserve someone special.

We are fine as we are.

Oi, you dirty mare.

I thought you weren't interested?

- I can window shop.

- Oh

- He is fit.

- Oh, shut up. [LAUGHS]

Er, what are you still doing up?

Where's Edna?

That old biddy from next door?

Sent her back.

Off to bed now.

Hey. Don't I get a hug?

Good lad. Go on.

What do you want?

- What? I'm not allowed to see my kid?

- He's not your kid.

Anyway, it won't change

the habit of a lifetime.

Don't even think about asking, OK?

I can barely feed him as it is,

and the bailiffs have already

been round once this week.

But you can go out,

getting off your face?

Jasmine paid.

Look, you need to go.

I've got to be up early.

What's that? You want me to stay?

One more for old time's sake?

Careful.

You wouldn't want to lose Liam,

would you?

Mum.

It's all right, darling.

Kieron was just leaving.

- No. No. No!

- Get off.

Kieron, that's for his school trip.

You can have it back

next week, yeah?

[DOOR CLOSES]

[CHILDREN PLAYING]

I'm sorry about

your w*r museum trip.

I'll make it up to you, I promise.

I'll tell you what,

I'll ask the chefs at work

to put something by

for that little kitten.

- What was his name?

- Ginger.

[SHE CHUCKLES]

Yeah, Ginger, that's it.

- I love you.

- Love you, too.

Go on.

- Morning.

- Good morning.

Er, miss Connor.

- I really need to get to work.

- It will only take a second.

It's just we had a bit

of an incident yesterday in class.

Liam came in from the playground

with a dead bird.

Dead bird?

Yeah, a fox must have got it. A lot

of the children were distressed.

I'm not surprised. Those foxes

can be right little th*gs.

I mean about Liam bringing it in.

- Oh.

- It's just

it's not the first time

this sort of thing has happened.

He brought a mouse in last time.

Well, he loves animals.

He wants to be a vet one day.

He's just curious.

Well, the classroom really isn't

the place for that sort of thing.

- Learning ?

- Autopsies.

A lot of the other children

were frightened.

Look, I'm sorry to ask this, but

is there anything going on at home?

Excuse me?

Sometimes, this sort of behaviour

can be a sign of underlying anxiety.

Liam's a clever boy, OK?

Don't ask me where he gets it from,

but he is.

Maybe if he was more stimulated

at school.

Well, we have to consider the safety

of the other children.

Safety? Oh, my

Do you even know my son?

I'm sorry,

but if this happens again,

we may need to consider referring it

to our safeguarding team.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

- You wanted to see me ?

- Yeah, come in, come in.

I had an interesting visitor

yesterday.

Exec-type from a fancy company.

Says her boss has seen you work

around the Iveagh,

and you've made

quite the impression.

- Me ?

- Yeah.

So much so

that he wants to hire you.

Double your normal rate

and maybe even more.

- You're kidding, what for?

- Well, that's what I'm wondering.

You sure there's

nothing funny going on?

What?

Well, you said you were

desperate for money.

Are you actually serious?

You know what?

Stick your job up your arse.

What? Wait, no. Wait, Rachel.

Please.

Look, I'm sorry.

[SIGHS] Maybe I've got

the wrong end of the stick.

Yeah, you did.

Look, if you really don't know

anything about this,

then maybe today's your lucky day.

And by the sounds of it,

you can basically name your price.

Yeah, and what does this guy

want in return?

[SCOFFS]

A clean house, apparently.

Look go and see him.

If there is anything dodgy,

just forget I even asked.

When?

- Tomorrow, four thirty.

- What about my other jobs?

Oh, I'll deal with that.

Right, well,

you'll have to drive me.

- What?

- I won't go in there on my own.

[HE SIGHS]

Fine. But after that,

you're on your own.

[MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO]

No. No way.

You never said anything

about bringing the kid with you.

- Hello, Liam.

- Fine. In that case, I can't go.

May I remind you

I'm doing you a favour?

And I have an 11-year-old, Geoff,

and no-one to look after him.

So either he comes or I don't.

- Are you blackmailing me?

- Yeah.

[HE SIGHS]

All right, get in. You don't

spill anything on the upholstery.

Cor, blimey.

- f*ck me.

- Mum.

[GEOFF CHUCKLES]

What are you waiting for?

- You're not coming in?

- No, I'll wait here.

Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere.

Right, come on, then.

Good luck.

[UNEASY MUSIC]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[MUSIC STOPS]

Hello?

Hello-o?

- The greatest angler on the river

has got to be the Kingfisher. - Liam!

They're just master fishermen,

and they've got

[WHISPERS:] Would you stop it?

Sit down until I find someone.

Don't touch anything.

Oh, gosh! Sorry.

Nobody answered,

but the door was open.

- I'm Rachel.

- I know who you are.

That's my son, Liam.

Liam, say hello.

He's broken up for the holidays,

and childcare

isn't really an option,

so I had to bring him,

but he's as good as gold.

Sorry, but do I know you?

- I feel like we've

- At the hotel.

You were cleaning

my employer's suite.

Yes. Knew we'd met.

Wait, sorry, is

that why I'm here?

Is what why you're here?

Is that where you saw me?

It's just I'm wondering

why you picked me

out of all the other cleaners.

Oh, I didn't pick you.

That was my employer's decision.

- I'm just here to show you around.

- Oh, right.

Normally, you'd have been

fully vetted by now, but

my employer's decided to relax

some of our usual protocols.

"Protocols"? You've lost me.

Means I'm gonna go through your life

with a fine-tooth comb.

I hope for your sake

I don't find anything.

Is that right?

Well, what about

your boss's background?

- Excuse me?

- Maybe I should be vetting him.

I'm sorry.

Do you want this job or not?

I'll let you know

when you finish showing me about.

[SIGHS]

So, what exactly is it

your boss wants from me?

Like I said, to clean.

- That's all ?

- That's all.

Every day?

Is there a problem with that?

Well, it's just

the place is spotless.

Like I explained to your employer

he is very particular.

His money.

As a general rule,

if the door is shut,

it's off limits,

and you don't enter

this section of the property

under any circumstances.

[SHE LAUGHS]

Is it your boss's pain room?

Are we on the same page here,

Rachel?

We're on the same page.

Off limits, circle of trust.

[SIMONE SIGHS]

So, if I get the job,

when do you want me to start?

- Now.

- Now?

If you don't want it,

I can find someone else.

No.

- No, I take it.

- Good.

We'll call it

a two-week trial period.

I'll get you the code

to the alarm and the front gate.

- [PHONE RINGS]

- [SHE SIGHS]

Anything else,

my card is on the hallway table.

Simone? If you see Geoff outside,

you'd better tell him he can go.

[SHE TUTS]

Jerry, hello.

Thank you for calling me back.

When do I get to meet

this boss of yours?

[SIMONE LAUGHS ON THE PHONE]

I know.

Does he have a name, at least?

[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

This never happens again, OK?

The last thing we need

is that Simone throwing us out

on our ears.

- Why's she so miserable?

- She's not.

She's just not getting any.

I bumped into your teacher

yesterday.

She said you brought a dead bird

into class.

Darling,

what have we said about this?

You can't go freaking out

the other kids.

I know it was dead,

but I didn't wanna leave it

out there on its own.

[EXHALES]

I saw a purple emperor butterfly

in the garden.

A what?

It's a really rare type

of butterfly. I looked it up.

It's the second-largest butterfly

in the country.

Wow!

Well, don't go getting any

funny ideas about taking it home.

In fact, don't touch a thing.

[PIANO PLAYING]

Liam, what did I tell you?

I won't break it.

I'm serious,

I can't afford to lose this job.

Sorry.

[SIGHS]

Where did you learn that?

YouTube.

I borrowed your phone.

Cheeky bugger!

Go on.

Show me how it's done.

All right, so you start on this one.

- [UNINTELLIGIBLE]

- With this pinky here

and then this.

[BOTH PLAY NOTES]

[EXHALES]

It looks exactly the same

as it did before.

Does, doesn't it?

What is it?

Zero, three, two, nine

Hang on. Zero, three,

two, nine. Yeah?

Five, four.

Five, four.

Is that it?

[BEEPING]

f*ck, that's it, just cleaning?

Yeah.

No funny business,

not even a cheeky hand job?

- Oh my god, shut up, will you?

- I would.

What's five minutes

if a guy's minted?

I haven't even met him yet.

Just his evil sidekick, Simone.

- You can give her one, if you want.

- Oh, if it gets me a job!

Kieron was at the flat

when I got back the other night.

Took Liam's school trip money.

Are you joking?

What a prick!

Oh, little man.

Still, he'll be able to go on

all the school trips he wants now.

Right, I'd better rescue

the neighbour from him.

Hey, us three should go on holiday

you, me and Liam.

Hold up, I've only worked there

one afternoon.

Get them to give you

an advance, then.

Kieron doesn't know about this job,

does he?

No, thank God. Are you sure you're

all right to come over tomorrow?

When have I ever let you down?

Anyway, you're gonna put in a word

for me with your boss.

Oh, am I?!

Big house like that,

bound to need another cleaner.

Oh, go on,

let's look at some holidays.

Yes! Get in!

Teeth.

Then you can read, ten minutes.

Half an hour?

Ten. We've got an early start.

Liam, have you been

tidying up in here again?

No.

I swear I left some clothes

on the bed.

[SIREN OUTSIDE]

[UNEASY MUSIC]

[LOCKS CLICK]

[EXHALES SHAKILY]

♪

[BELL RINGS]

[BEEP]

Right, buddy, let's do this.

How long do you think it'll take us

to walk up this drive?

Too long.

♪

[GATE CLANGS]

Oh!

[EXHALES]

Mum! Someone's here!

[ENGINE PULLS UP OUTSIDE]

sh*t!

[DOOR OPENS]

You?

Hello again.

- Wait, you own this?

- Last time I checked.

You're not homeless.

Fortunately not.

Right, well, I've made

a complete tit of myself.

- I'm Rachel.

- Elliot.

Where's Liam?

Simone told me his name.

Well, he's about somewhere.

- I'm here.

- Hi.

You don't mind I brought him.

I explained to Simone

it's school holidays.

- So, it's impossible to

- I'm glad he's here.

Oh.

I saw a purple emperor butterfly

in your garden.

Well spotted. I'm impressed.

I have something else

that might interest you.

Go on.

Mum! Look!

[SHE LAUGHS]

Now that makes two of us

who aren't homeless.

[CAT MEOWS]

How are you at driving?

I don't have a licence.

Let's leave Ginger here

and follow me.

So, I restore them.

This is a Citroen Traction Avant,

one of the first cars

to ever use front-wheel drive.

Wow!

This is a 1959 Borgward.

You know it?

[SHE LAUGHS]

He's a walking Wikipedia.

Hop in.

- You can start it, if you like.

- Are you sure that's a good idea?

Oh, it's fine.

Doesn't have a gearbox yet.

OK.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Beautiful, isn't it?

I can take care of Liam

if you wanna finish up inside.

Oh, no, really, you don't need to.

- I'd like to show him round.

- Please, Mum.

OK. Be good. Thanks.

[BIRDS TWEETING]

plane or a helicopter

[SHE LAUGHS]

something else

and then we'd be there.

- Hey!

- Elliot gave me these overalls.

- [SHE LAUGHS]

- So he can help in the garage.

They should fit him.

- I don't know what to say.

- Don't say anything.

Liam, what do you say?

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Go on, then.

I have to say, it's nice having

someone young in the house again.

- Again?

- I was married before.

A while back. I had a stepson.

You probably saw his room upstairs.

Simone said

that was strictly out of bounds.

Yeah, well,

Simone is a stickler for the rules.

- I'd better let you go.

- Yeah. Back to reality.

Can I ask you something?

Why did you pick me?

I mean, you could've hired anyone

from the hotel.

Instinct.

After bumping into me once

by some bins.

Well, I have a bit of a confession.

That wasn't the first time

I saw you.

I stay there a lot

when I'm in town,

and I'd noticed you before.

You stalking me?

- Mum.

- We've gotta catch our bus.

- Thank you.

- Bye.

- Bye, Liam.

- Bye.

Are you sure about this?

Because I'm not.

Her ex is a junkie

with a string of convictions,

and there's something else

in her history.

Something she's hiding.

Then find it.

[SIREN]

- Oi! What the hell are you doing?

- Sorry?

Who gave you the right

to break into my flat?

Er, you've got it all wrong.

You know what? No.

Save it for the police.

We're not the bailiffs, love.

Just dropping something off.

Your mate let us in.

What's going on?

Oh, my

f*ck me!

- Liam!

- You said it.

You got that advance, then.

- It's the same model as Elliot's.

- "Elliot"?

- He's the guy I'm cleaning for.

- He bought you this?

It's got internet and everything.

I can even play games on it.

- No. No.

- Where do you want this?

Ginger!

[JASMINE LAUGHS]

♪

[STRANGE MUSIC CRESCENDO]

[♪]

[ AND STOPS]

I think my theory's right about him,

you know, though.

No fella just gives a woman

a great job, a telly and a puppy.

A kitten.

You need to get in there

and show him

just how grateful you are.

I have to host

this charity c*ck party tonight.

- Yeah, Simone said.

- Would you come?

- It was my mother's.

- It's beautiful.

Would you like to wear it?

[WHISPERS:] sh*t.

So, we make you feel good.

Like charity.

- I like helping people like

- People like me.

Mum.

- You can stay at mine.

- No.

Just a few days

till you get yourself sorted.

We can't stay here, babe.

It's not safe.