02x04 - Episode 4

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PHONE BEEPS

♪ Oh, let the pain

♪ Let the pain wash over you

♪ No way around it

♪ You gotta go
straight through it

♪ On the other side
On the other side

♪ You'll see.

♪ You'll see

♪ There's no way things are... ♪

GROANING

I've done the unpacking.

Oh, one of us needs
to pop to the shop.

There's nothing to eat.

Back to the domestic
grind with a bang.

Yeah, something like that.

You know. Uh, just thinking
about last night...

Not right now. Sorry. I'm
just tired from travelling.

DOORBELL

I saw you were back.
Good trip? Yes.

Thanks for keeping
an eye. Yeah, well,

no unwelcome visitors,
and nothing to report.

Well, uh...

...apart from this, your
picture's in the paper.

Is that what you
were worried about?

I know it's none of my business,
Mia, but is someone looking...?

Thanks. Night.

DOOR LOCKS

SAFE BEEPS

f*ck!

HE SNORES

SHE SIGHS

Sorry to interrupt your work.

Please, interrupt away. I'm
being defeated by spreadsheets.

And... sorry to add
to your work. Ouch.

I managed to get some financial
docs from the foundation's lawyers.

Take a look at this.

Those staffing costs.

These aren't normal, are they?

And have a look at
the small print.

Part of the foundation
is being administered by

a holding company
registered to Hari.

Well, that doesn't sound right.
Why would he have done it?

I mean, no idea.

God, these are dull.

Jacob's feed is so Boomer. Can't
take a photo to save his life.

No way.

What? Come here.

Is that Mia? It's
not. It is? No.

Is it really?
Morning. Morning.

What are you all looking at?

Your husband's holiday pics.
God, you must be bored.

We were just saying...

This woman behind you
looks just like Mia.

That's her. Right?

SHE SCOFFS

Well, obviously, it's not.

Right. See you in theatre.

See that reaction?

So if that was Mia, what
was she doing in Antwerp?

IMAGINED WHISPERED VOICES

WHISPERED: Jacob and
Mia and one other!

You can be honest with me.

My family can't accept it,
but I'm ready, you know?

I don't blame you for
wanting to die, Mr Pandian.

Hi.

Hi! Hello, Mr Pandian,
it's nice to see you.

I need you in theatre,
Miss Eldegard.

Sure.

All right? Hey. How
are you doing? Good.

How's Alyssa? Young
and full of energy.

Lust for life. Busting my ba*ls.

Not in a good way?
No, not in a good way.

You wanted to see me? I did.
Can you close the door, please?

And have a seat.

So, um, we've begun an
investigation into the

death of Mr Green, who, as you know,
died on 28th in cardiac ICU. Right.

And we need to establish
a timeline for that day.

So I was rather hoping that, um,
that you might be able to, uh...

You want a bit of help on
the down low? Exactly. Hmm.

You see, I just think if I
start throwing my weight around,

people get nervous. They're going to
start covering their tracks, and...

Well, we just, you know,

we won't get to the
truth, so. Yeah. Uh,

just leave it with me.
Really? Yeah. That'd be great.

Thank you. All right, well,
I'll catch you in a bit. Sure.

Oh. How was your, um,
romantic weekend away?

Do the trick?! Oh, yeah.

Have a valve tester, please.

And a 2-0 Ethibond suture.

MACHINE SUCTION

Pull the retractor so I can
see the annulus of tricuspid.

I need suction in the right
atrium, so I can see the leak.

Um, maybe we should
use the b*llet sucker,

Charlotte.

Could you please address me
by my title in theatre, Nurse?

Sorry... Miss Roberts.

Hey.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have
been so familiar in there.

It's just... We have enough people
gossiping about us as it is.

And what were you doing
in Mr Pandian's wardrobe?

He isn't a surgical case. I
know Leo's important to you.

And I wanted to make sure his
father was getting the right care.

My friendships have

no bearing on your
nursing decisions.

And stay out of my way. Can
we avoid each other at work?

I'll ask the rota team to keep
us apart if at all possible.

If that's what you think
is best. Yeah, I do.

For everyone's sake.

Well, perhaps I can...
Stay away from me!

How are you this
morning, Dr Roberts?

Oh, all the better
for seeing you. Amber.

I, uh, I wonder if you could
help me out on the sly?

Just cos it's you.

If I could see the ward
rota for cardiac ICU,

Monday, 28th of October.

Sure.

PHONE RINGS

Hello, Leeds Royal hospital.

I can't tell you that information
over the phone. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, but I
can't help you. Hello?

Hello?

Who's that? Someone who
keeps ringing for Mia.

You're a gem.

I thought it would be nice
for us to have a chat.

Away from Dad and
the hospital. Yeah.

No doubt you've invited me round

to offer the hand of
fraternal friendship.

Just getting my head
into the foundation.

How it all works. It's
all Dad wants, really,

isn't it? Just for us to
get along for five minutes.

Who are Grand Milan Holdings?

It's not a charitable
organisation.

OK? It's, um, a
smart financial way

to separate different parts
of the foundation's work.

By setting up a holding company
with you as sole director.

Dad asked me to run the foundation,
yeah, in the best way I see fit.

Does that include threatening to
pull funding from the new wing?

I wasn't being threatening.

We're just reassessing
our priorities.

And that might mean making
some difficult decisions.

This project is Dad's dying
wish. It's his legacy.

Yes, but it has to make
financial sense, Leo.

And right now, it doesn't.

I'm just trying to join the
dots. But it's not easy.

Then join the dots! You
can't do this to him.

You've been absent from Dad's life
for most of the last two decades?

Yes? And every time you
returned, you expected this,

this hero's welcome.
And he gave you one,

didn't he? Every time, even
though you didn't deserve it.

I put in the hard yards, mate.

So you don't get to tell
me how to do this job.

You weren't here to
do it. I'm here now.

Yeah? Too late.

You'll get your inheritance.
OK? And then you can f*ck off

back around the world, like
everyone knows you will.

What? What?

You can go and bleat
to Dad if you like.

And then you'll upset
him for nothing.

Or you know what,

better still, piss off out of
our lives, like you always do.

And let the grown-ups
run things. Yeah?

Hi, Dr Roberts.

Hey. Excuse me. Could
I borrow him for a sec?

See you later. Yeah.

Um, Charlotte's being
pretty cold to me.

I guess she's just
struggling with it all.

Yeah. So am I. So what do we do?

Have you had something
like this happen before?

Do you think I go around
Europe having threesomes?

I mean, I don't
know, but, I mean,

you've probably got more
experience than we do.

Look, in an ideal situation,
what do you want to happen next?

Well, I want what
Charlotte wants,

but we don't know what
that is right now, so...

What about me? What ABOUT you?

I mean, Mia, we've had
our moments... I mean,

there's nothing
between us. Sorry.

So, what, was I just
a way to get to her?

Oh, my God. Wounded
male pride. f*ck you.

f*ck you! She's my wife.

Yeah, and I wonder

what your wife would make
of your drug use at work?

So you're threatening me
now? I'm protecting myself.

That sounds like the
same thing. Maybe it is.

Got to go.

Hari came to see me.

That's good to hear.

He's a good lad at
heart, isn't he?

Yeah.

HE GROANS

It was 100% Mia. So weird.

She's literally standing
behind them in the photo.

And from what I just saw,

there's definitely something
going on between her and Jacob.

Hey.

Gemma. Hey. How are you doing?

I haven't seen you
in ages. Well, uh...

...let's see. I humiliated myself
in front of the whole hospital,

and my best mate's barely
checked on me since.

I'm really sorry. You
know we were away?

I expected a bit
more than a text.

I said I'm sorry!

What is up with
you? Something is.

I have to go.

I'm sorry, OK? Let's
have a drink soon.

OK. Um...

I heard Mr Arnold took
a turn for the worse.

Uh, yeah. I'm afraid
he passed away.

How are we doing
today, Mr Ashley?

It's Mr Arnold. Mr
Ashley's over there.

You could have OD'd a patient.

You need to get a grip.
I'm trying... I'm just...

Are they doing an autopsy?

Well, there was no reason
to do so. He was high risk.

Never gets any easier, does it?

He wasn't a very pleasant man.

I just think some people might find
that quite an unusual reaction.

Colleagues are often affected by

the death of a patient, no
matter how they behaved.

I did my job properly.
I have clear conscience.

Do you have a second, Doctor?
If you're heading this way.

We had a patient die
on Monday - Mr Arnold.

He was pretty high risk.

So there's no talk of a
postmortem. So, what's the problem?

Well, you were in
the ward last week

when Mia Eldegard nearly gave

a morphine dose to
the wrong patient.

Yeah, you intervened, I recall.

Well, that patient was
Mr Arnold. Huh. I just...

Did you find Mia's
behaviour odd that day?

Uh, I don't, I don't
remember, honestly.

In what way? Well, like,
perhaps she'd taken something.

I mean, I'm sure

she was just overworked
and a bit stressed.

Honestly, I didn't
notice anything. Yeah.

OK. Yeah, you're probably right.

There's just something about
that girl, though, isn't there?

Well, I'll let you
get to it, Doctor.

Have a good day.

Well, come on, then...

I saw them at the end of the

corridor, just flirting with
each other. Him and Mia?

His wife gave her a right
dressing down in theatre.

I think we can all
guess why that is.

Have a good evening, Doctor.

Don't encourage him.

Nurses should stick together. I
wasn't the one that slagged that

patient off after he died.

That's not what happened,
Jaden. It bloody is.

Ask Matron what she
thinks of her behaviour.

Do you want a coffee,
babe? No, I'm good,

thanks, Yvonne.

You know, it's rude to stare.

Hey. Hi.

Listen, um,

I don't

feel like I've really seen
you since I've been back.

I don't know if you fancy
a drink sometime, or...?

Oh, yeah. Sure.

Actually, my neighbourhood's having
a thing for Bonfire Night tomorrow.

And Jacob's on a
late, unfortunately.

He wouldn't mind?

God, no.

Yeah. That'd be great.
I'll, uh, I'll see you then.

OK.

I'd better go. Yeah.

Hey, babe. Hey.
Wow. How about we go

out on the town? Uh...

...I would love to.
I, um. I really would.

It's just I am nowhere
near done. I'm so sorry.

I just came in
especially to see you.

I know, and that was
incredibly sweet of you,

but if, um, if
you had just rung,

I would have told you
not to waste your time.

"Nice outfit. Alyssa,
you look gorgeous."

Come on. You do. Babe,
you look amazing.

It's just that I'm... You can.

Another time? It's
always another time.

Darling, what do you want me to tell
you? I'm really sorry that I have

a really stressful job
with stupidly long hours.

Forget it. I'm going to
hang out with some friends.

You know, people my age, who
still know how to have fun.

Alyssa, come on...

MUSIC BOX PLAYS

DOORBELL

I told you I'd come
and visit sometime!

Come on in. Thank you.

Just some silly gossip.
It'll blow over.

You don't have to put
on a brave face for me.

What am I supposed to do,
just sit here and sulk?

Um, there is one thing

that I've heard that
I wanted to ask.

Yes? Did you go to Antwerp?

OK. You know what? I
don't need to know.

It's your life.

But you do need to
play the game, Mia.

Which means you can't

just say anything that
comes into your head.

And you've got to
be nice to Annette.

Oh, come on. She's had it
in for me since day one.

She loves it.

Well, you do make it easy for
her. You're a charming girl,

Mia. You could have
charmed the socks off them.

All right, I'll try.
Good. Challenge accepted.

There's a bonfire down the
street. Do you want to come?

Please.

CHILDREN CHATTER

FIREWORKS BANG

On your own, Alan? Gloria.

I hope they're not having any
of these blasted fireworks.

Well, it is Bonfire Night.
It would seem quite likely.

Do you know how upset
Mr Snuffles gets?

I can hardly imagine.

That's Rob, who organised it. Why
don't you talk to him about it?

Oh, well,

my sister met her
husband online,

which she never tires
of telling me. Uh-huh.

I've been so disappointed.

So many men lie about their age.

I'm not an old woman.

I don't want to meet a pensioner.
There are good ones out there.

Let me write the
profile for you,

and I'll sell you as the
gorgeous queen that you are.

I might just let you do
that. Yeah, you should.

Who's that? That's
my friend, Alan.

What, is he single?

Yeah. He is. He's been on
his own since his wife left.

But, um...

Why did she leave?

It's... complicated.

Is he a m*rder*r
or a bank robber?

No, none of that.

Well, then, introduce me.

All right.

Hey, Alan. Hello, Mia. This
is my work friend Yvonne.

She's a nurse, too.
Nice to meet you,

Yvonne. Nice to meet you,
Alan. Yvonne was saying she's

been trying online dating, but
finds it very disappointing.

Well, now I know, you've
saved me the bother.

Better meet someone

the old-fashioned way, in
real life, wouldn't you say?

Yeah. Can I, um...

...can I get either of
you anything? I'm good.

I wouldn't mind
having another soup.

I'll be right back.

It's a nice neighbourhood
you live in.

It's your idea of
hell, isn't it?

I didn't say that.
You didn't have to.

Miss that, you know.

What?

Your cutting sarcasm.

Well, you need cutting down.
Or you did, back in the day.

Perhaps you're a more
humble soul these days.

Come on. Lottie, you
certainly cut me down to size.

So, how was your
romantic weekend?

Why? What have you heard?

Just making
conversation. It was...

...interesting.

God, you look lovely
in the firelight.

Everyone looks lovely
in the firelight, Leo.

LOUD BANGS

INAUDIBLE

What time do you finish
today? After your bedtime.

PHONE RINGS

Leeds Royal Hospital,
Amber speaking.

Uh, Mia's not here right now.

Do you want to leave a message?
As I've told you before,

we cannot give out
personal information.

Please, can you stop calling?

He's rung before?

We have a stab
injury in left chest.

Patient's tachycardic
and hypotensive.

Probably a cardiac injury. OK.

Hope Jacob doesn't
mind me being here.

Well, he's not here, so
it's not my problem, is it?

Cheers.

So, how is it,
really, being back?

Really? Yeah. Well...

...I tried to get involved
with my family's foundation,

because I thought it
might impress you.

What? Yeah. What an idiot.

And then I got tangled

up and found out something that
might break my dad's heart.

So, cheers. Sounds grim.

Why did you think
it would impress me?

I don't know.

I've always cared far too
much what you thought of me.

Anyway, I put on a front

and shook hands with a
lot of very dull people,

so I hope it was worth it.

I've been doing that
for the past 20 years.

What you do isn't a front.
You're a brilliant heart surgeon.

What you do is real. No, but

being Dr Charlotte Roberts,

all the rest of it.
Internal politics,

tedious sexism, expectation
as to how I behave.

All of that takes
such emotional energy.

I think I'm just realising it.

Kind of caught me having a bit
of a midlife crisis, I think.

I'm a bit of a f*cking
mess right now.

Aren't we all?

Well, I didn't think
so, until recently.

What changed?

It's kind of hard to explain.

My finger is on the
right ventricular stab.

Give 3-0 prolene with pledget.

Quickly.

Suction. The heart's empty.

He's lost a lot of blood. We
need six units O negative.

We have two units
here now. We need six.

I know that - four
are on the way.

I heard your wife had

a right go at your favourite
nurse the other day.

Here you go.

Blood is here.

Did I touch a nerve?

All right?

Don't ever f*cking speak to
me like that again in theatre.

I'll smash your teeth in.

It's a joke.

The hell is wrong
with you, nutter?

Jesus.

And then out of the blue.

There you are, reminding
me of a simpler life.

When we were young and
carefree. Oh, come on, Lottie.

We were a big old mess, too.

I'm sorry. You don't
have to say it.

Yes, I do. I'm sorry.

I chose the sensible option.

And I've always wondered
if it was the right one,

or whether we should
have been together.

Please don't do this to me.

I've still got the ticket.

Oh, f*ck off. I do.

I can't

imagine how hard it must have been
to get on the plane without me.

I'm sorry I stood you up.

Can you forgive me?

Wait. Wait.

I need to know what's
going on with you.

Oh, God. So you
have heard things.

Is Jacob having an
affair? I'm sorry.

Very personal question,
but you deserve to be

with someone who's
good enough for you.

And if... It's not that. It's...

There is someone else...

...that we've both...

I don't know, God. Um...

OK. Uh...

We had a threesome
with Mia in Antwerp,

and I think it
screwed everything up.

I swear, nothing like this
has ever happened before.

I've never even
been attracted to

a woman before, let
alone kissed one, and...

...I think she's quite into me.

And I also think
that she's crazy.

Jesus, listen to me. Wow!

I thought I was supposed
to be the wild one!

I know.

How has it screwed things
up? I don't know, I...

Suddenly Jacob's
just not enough.

Like, I need more than that. Why?
Why do I suddenly feel like this?

Hey, hey. Well, maybe you were bored
and you needed to shake things up.

And... and that's what this has
done. And now you're confused.

Yeah, that's it.

That's exactly it.

So... probably not

the best time to add
me to the mix, eh?

No. So...

...friends?

Friends.

CAR APPROACHES

Oh, sh*t. That's him.

Do you want me to let myself out the
back? Don't want to cause a scene.

Yeah. I'm sorry, yeah.

Take care, Lottie. Yeah.

Hey, how's the bonfire?

Yeah, it was fun. How
was work? Don't ask.

Had guests?

Just briefly.

Mia?

If you must know, it was Leo.
I invited him to the fireworks.

Was Mia there?

Why are you suddenly
being weird about Mia?

I'm not. I'm just asking. I
thought you were very much

in favour of Mia being
part of our lives.

Is that what you want?

No. I think it was

a f*cking stupid thing to do,
and I massively regret it.

Or is it that you just
want her all to yourself?

Is that the endgame?

I don't think it's me
she's interested in.

I thought you were on shift
today. I swapped with someone.

You're not avoiding
coming into work,

are you? No, it's just some
salad, cheese and bread.

Simple, really. Is
that OK? Oh, thank you.

That's very kind.

DOORBELL

Excuse me.

Hi. Come in.

Hello, Yvonne.

I didn't know you
were going to be here.

Sorry, I forgot to mention.

Guys, I got to pop
out for ten minutes.

But why don't you just tuck
in and I'll be right back?

I didn't know. either.

I think this is what
you call a stitch-up.

Well, it would be a shame to
let good food go to waste.

OK.

So, we didn't talk
much at the bonfire.

What is it that you do?

I'm a book-keeper. Mm.

Pretty dull, really.
Any hobbies? Um...

A bit of gardening.
That sort of thing.

Mm-hm.

I'm not very exciting,
I'm afraid. Sorry.

I'll be the judge of that.

Mia says that you've got
quite a complicated past.

But you seem like such a
gentle man. I can't imagine...

How did you get into nursing?

Is your secret that bad?

Look, I don't know what you
want me to say, I didn't...

This wasn't my idea, I...

I think I should go.
No, no. Please stay.

You've not even touched your
salad. I don't like salads.

I don't actually believe
anyone likes salad.

Do you like salad? I do.

Well, then, this was
doomed from the start.

Hey, guys.

Look who I found. Henry! I
think I got a little bit lost!

Hello, Henry, is
it? Please sit down.

Oh. Are you feeling
any dizziness, Henry?

Never felt better. Stop fussing.

PHONE VIBRATES

Mia.

Hi. I-I just found Henry
wandering on his street.

He's absolutely fine. God, um...

Oh, Christ. I'm just about
to go into another op.

Um, let me see if
I can cancel it.

No, no, don't worry, he's fine.

Um, I'm here with Alan and
Yvonne, and we can look after him.

We can take him back.

Tell Alan that's,
that's really kind.

OK, so I'll just text you when
we get him to the care home.

Thanks, Mia.

My pleasure.

Patient's ready, Miss Roberts.

Oh, Jacob. Jacob. I
just wanted to ask.

I wanted to ask you how the
investigation thing was going.

Uh, yeah, I don't want to alarm you,
but I might have found something.

Something or someone?

Look, I've got to
cross-reference

a few rotas, but I'll get
back to you. OK. OK, great.

But sooner rather
than later, yeah?

Yeah. Thanks.

Still here? A long day.
Yeah, tell me about it.

Look, uh, 'fraid I need
a new staffing rota.

Ward five? Monday the fourth?

SHE SIGHS

Thanks.

Look, while I'm here,

who is it that keeps
ringing for Mia?

Oh, some guy from Norway. He's
such a d*ck. He won't give up.

Give me his number.
Let me deal with it.

No, I shouldn't. I'll handle it.

Great.

Hi.

I wanted to thank you for everything
that you did for my dad today.

It's nothing.

No. The care home said that
you were so kind to him.

Yeah, he's a really
lovely man. He was fine.

He was just a bit confused.

I feel so guilty about it all.

Mum only died a year ago,

and now I'm losing Dad
as well, so it's...

I know that feeling.

I lost both my parents.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

It's all right.

Would you like to come in?

WHISPERS: Yeah.

OK.

Hi, my name is Dr Jacob Roberts.

I believe you've been
calling for Mia Eldegard.

Why? What's she done?

I should also apologise
for how I talked to you,

at theatre. Because they're

all gossiping about us, huh?

They know that you
were in Antwerp.

Which is why I need
to keep my distance.

Sorry.

OK.

So, what about us?
What do you mean, "us"?

What happened doesn't mean
what you think it means.

I told you, I am a boring
old married surgeon.

I don't believe you.
What do you want from me?

I find you impossible
to understand.

I don't know what you want.

I don't know why you feel the
need to do the things that you do.

Sorry, I just feel like you're
playing games. And I'm done with it.

I'm in love with you.

I'm scared.

Me too.

No, this isn't me.
I don't do this.

Then why is this happening?

I don't know.

It's like you've possessed me.

I can't just blow up my
life. But you want me.

You want me.

Don't do this to me.