01x04 - Episode Four

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A reading from the Holy Gospel.

Which one's ours?

She didn't send a photo. Her family
probably don't even own a camera.

She'll find Derry a bit
overwhelming at first,

just because of how
advanced everything is here.

All the cr*cker stuff we have.

They have some pretty cr*cker stuff
where she comes from, too, Erin.

Oh, really? Like what?

Disease? Poverty?

No. You can get this wee
woman made of wood, right?

You pull her apart

and inside her there's an
even wee-er wooden woman,

and you pull the wee-er
wooden woman apart...

Are you talking about Russian dolls?

What are you doing?

Taking my change.

Sarah, you don't get change.

I telt you, Gerry. I'm gonna
give them a whole fiver.

That's definitely happening.

Did you just wink?

- No.
- You did. You just winked.

Sure, winking's not in my notion, Mary.

- What would I have to be winking about?
- I don't know.

- I'll find out.
- This is the word of the Lord.

And today we welcome some
very special guests --

the weans from Chernobyl,

who've come over to give their
wee lungs a bit of a clear out,

because, ah, sure, there's
all sorts wafting about

in their neck of the woods.

Sister.

Lovely job so far, Seamus,
but, you know, keep it moving.

Raw Hide's on in 15 minutes. Now,

one might well question the wisdom
of sending you here, of all places.

Out of the frying pan into
the... Well, maybe not the fire,

but certainly a different
type of frying pan.

Or some sort of wok at the very least.

But please don't worry yourselves
too much about the whole civil w*r,

sectarian conflict carry on. There's
really only thing you need to know.

We're the goodies.

Welcome to Derry.

- It's class, isn't it?
- Hmm. It's much how I imagine.

Oh, because of my letters?

Well, descriptive narrative has
always been a strong point.

No, not your letters. I see on news.

What do you mean, you've seen on news?

You don't have news in the Ukraine.
You don't have televisions.

- Yes, we do. - No, you
don't. - We do. - Really?

- Of course.
- Erin, stop hogging the Russian.

Yeah, come on, Erin. Give Orla a go.

She's Ukrainian, actually.

Yeah, go on, love. Say something to Katya.

Your name sounds a bit like "cat".

God, aye, so it does.

Don't know a Jack McGinley, do you?

- Moved to Moscow, '88, '89, it
would have been. - Seriously? - No.

- Stocky fella.
- No.

Curly hair, bit of a lisp.

I do not know this person.

Ah, maybe just as well,
love. He's an awful prick.

So, Katya, I've done a bit
of an itinerary for your stay.

You should have received
a copy in my last letter.

I don't read your letters, Erin.

- I'm sorry? I don't follow.
- Your letters. They bore.

- They're boring. - Exactly. - That's
not what I... - I can smoke here, yes?

No. No, you can't.

Mammy's like a bloodhound.

Your ma said we could come up
and have a look at the Russian.

- Ukrainian.
- Is this her?

- Isn't she cr*cker? She's half mine.
- No, she's not, Orla.

Aye, she is. Mammy said so.

You're so lucky, Erin.

I begged my ma to let me have
one, but she said we've no room

now that my dickhead ballbag English
prick of a cousin has moved in.

Talking about you, James,
in case you're wondering.

Yeah, that much was clear,
thank you, Michelle.

Have you seen the one
Jenny Joyce got, the fella?

Massive, massive ride.

I've been thinking,

it might be time for me to
lose the rest of my virginity.

And he's definitely a contender.

You help me?

You put in good word
with your Cossack friend

so we can...?

Will you stop that?

I'm very sorry for all
your trouble, you know,

the whole hoo-ha at the power plant.

OK.

When you think about it, we've
actually got a lot in common,

cos we understand what it's
like to be a young person

from a troubled place.

Hm, it is not the same.

Chernobyl was terrible nuclear accident.

You people like to fight
each other and, to be honest,

what person really understands why?

Well, there's actually a
political element to it, Katya,

and there's a religious element.

But you're not two
different religions here,

you're different flavours
of same religion, no?

Well, yes... but...

It's a little bit more
complicated than that, Katya.

To me, is stupid.

Oh, my God...

It IS stupid.

It is so, so stupid.

- Who is this?
- Oh, that's just James.

You are handsome.

And also sexy.

Is her English not great?

What's happening?

Why would she do that? Why?

f*ck knows, he's mingin'.

She seems to be really enjoying it.

Is HE enjoying it?

It's hard to tell.

Well, if he's not enjoying it, isn't
that sort of sexual harassmenty?

- Yeah, we should put
a stop to it. - Aye.

Does anyone want a Fruit Pastille?

And when Erin finished
reading me her poetry,

she showed me some old walls.

I showed you THE walls.

I showed you the city walls.

And they are nothing short of spectacular.

Och, if she's not into walls,
she's not into walls, Erin, love.

Have you any news, Da?

- Not really, no.
- Right.

Shay Harkham was telling me

you were in Duggan's
Bakery yesterday lunchtime.

Well, that's hardly news.

Two buns, he said, you ordered.

Well, I often do.

An apple turnover and a cream horn.

A cream horn?

That's not like you, Granda.

Sure, you couldn't pay
you to eat a cream horn.

Cream finger, it was.

- Apple turnover and a cream finger.
- Cream horn, Shay said.

Horns, fingers, who cares?

He swore on it, said he
saw it being bagged up.

And big Shay has eyes
like a hawk, so he does.

Shay said when you left Duggan's,
you turned up Pump Street.

Pump Street?

Who do you know on Pump Street, Da?

What were you doing heading up
Pump Street with a cream horn, Da?

- I was visiting a friend of mine.
- What friend? - A new friend.

A male friend, was it?

Aye, I thought as much.

Buying cream horns for
his fancy woman, Sarah,

- what do you think of that?
- We met at the Stations of the Cross.

- Which station?
- Jesus falls for the second time.

I could do without the details, Da.

Mave and me, we're...

- We just get on well, that's all.
- Mave? That's her name, is it?

- Yes, that's right.
- Mave? That's what she's called, is she?

- She is, aye.
- Mave? Mave? Really? Mave?

Why does your mother make that sound?

- I cannot believe this.
- I think it's a good thing, love.

- Just keep out of it, you!
- And that's who you were winking at in mass?

Winking? At your age?

Christ, I feel sick.

It was only a friendly wink.

- There is no such thing as a
friendly wink! - Is there not?

Our poor mother is barely cold...

and you're straight back
out there, winking away.

Your mother's been dead ten years, Mary.

Look, I'll not tell you again!

I'm sorry. I seem to
have lost my appetite.

Are you happy now?!

♪ Young at heart... ♪

I don't know, I just find her a bit,

"I have a fringe and
cigarettes and opinions"

and she's also a bit, you know, "I
hate walls" and she's just not...

- Oh, the little peasant
girl you ordered? - Yeah. No.

I just don't trust her, OK?

And that thing she said about
my letters being boring,

I really think she's playing some sort of

twisted psychological mind game here.

Or maybe your letters are
just really f*ckin' dull, Erin.

My letters are a gripping read.

I'm not comfortable with you talking
about my girlfriend like this.

Aha! And she also fancies James.
You don't find that a bit weird?

Aye, that is a bit f*cked up, in fairness.

- I can't get my head around it.
- I'm telling you, she's up to something.

Even so, I need her to put a word
in with that big Russian ride.

And I really like the
fact she glows in the dark.

I'm sorry?

- Because of the radiation they
all glow in the dark. - Right.

She's also opened my eyes about
how we need to break down barriers

here, to no longer define
ourselves as Irish or British,

Catholic or Protestant,
but simply as human,

with human hearts and human heads

and human hands and...
other human qualities

because, at the end of
the day, we're all humans.

Hi.

Incoming ride. I repeat, incoming ride.

Hi, everyone. This is Artem.

Well, hello, Artem.

Go on, then.

~

He doesn't say much.

Is he... is he tied to you?

Yeah, he kept wandering off.

Listen, I've a feeling Artem
and a few of the others

are a bit homesick.

It would be nice for them
to spend some time together,

so I'm having a bit of a
soiree at my place tonight.

It's going to be great. I've got a
chocolate fountain and everything.

-- Well, chocolate fountain or not,

I'd actually prefer to keep
our Ukrainians separate, so...

Oh, Christ, David.

David Donnelly's just
came in. David's here.

Right, OK. Don't look. Nobody look.

Hi, do you have a
playlist for tonight, then?

I'll need the sound
system set up by seven.

-- Is your band playing
at this thing tonight?

Christ, no, no, I just do a wee
bit of deejaying on the side,

make a bit of extra cash.
Wakka-wakka-cha-ching!

My band, we don't really do
covers, do you know what I mean?

In this game, you need
a wee bit of integrity.

Now, whatever you do, don't
forget the Grease mega mix.

-- Actually, on second thoughts,

I think this party would
be really great for Katya.

It might help bring her
out of her shell a bit.

♪ Let's get ready, ready

♪ Let's get ready, ready

Oh, you look very...

.. boob-y.

Yes, I like.

We go now?

Katya!

Well, well, well.

Size of this m*therf*cking house!

Listen, I think James
might be in real trouble.

Right. Struggling to give
a sh*t, if I'm honest.

Where is Katya?

I don't know. Why?

I must... I must give.

Hi, girls.

Have you got a Union Jack
splashed across your tits, Clare?

- I'm making a point.
- Is the point, "I'd like to get beaten up"?

Me wearing this, it should be meaningless.

These are just colours and shapes.
This flag is not my identity.

We need to take the power
out of these symbols.

Genuine question -- why can't
you just be f*cking normal?

Enjoy the chocolate fountain, Orla?

Very much so.

Focus, girls.

Has anyone seen Artem?

I untied him for his toilet
privileges half an hour ago

and now I can't find him.

- What? - Listen, I know
this might be a bit shocking,

but I think Katya is planning on
taking James' virginity, tonight.

I found condoms in her
bag -- actual condoms.

Like, I don't even think
they're legal in Derry.

- Wise up, Erin.
- We have to stop her.

Yes! Yes!

Tune!

It's our song, girls. It's our song!

I've lost Katya.

- Good.
- Let's hit the floor, girls!

She doesn't love him.
She's just using him.

She just wants something to do.

But she can't do James.

He's not a pastime or a plaything!

Ach, Erin, if she wants to ride James,

just let her ride James!

Nobody else is ever gonna
wanna touch the poor fucker.

I mean, maybe it's just his time.

I mean, we're all gonna
have sex at some point.

You probably won't, Clare.

Aye, I can't see that,
either, to be honest, Clare.

There you are!

Oh, playing hard to get, are we, Artem?

Or he could be, you know,
just not interested.

f*ck off, toots.

sh*t!

James!

How could he bring another
woman into this house?

How could he bring her here,
into our mother's home?

Your mother never lived in this house.

Shut up, Gerry.

Right. Come on in there, Maeve.

Now, these are my daughters.
That's Mary, and this is Sarah.

Hello, Maeve.

Maeve.

I'm Mary's husband, Gerry.

We're Mary and Gerry and
we're living in Derry.

Hm.

I'll get the tea going.

Right, I'll just grab my
beads. Be back in a minute.

Just make yourself comfortable.

You'll not have to ask Maeve twice.

Sorry, love, did you say something?

Gerry's name is on the house, not my da's,

if that's what you were thinking.

- If what's what I'm thinking?
- Hobnob? Custard cream?

Wagon Wheel?

What age are you, Maeve?

Like, 30?

I'm 62.

Sugar daddy you're after, is it?

I just want to let you know,
Maeve, we'll never call you Mammy.

OK.

And I just want to say,

although I'm not happy about
this thing with me da,

I have to give it to you --
that is a cr*cker blow dry.

Great volume, lovely movement.

Come on, Artem.

You want me and I want you.
Let's stop playing these games.

Look, I don't want any
trouble! I'm begging you!

Just leave me alone, please!

Why are you suddenly Irish?

Queue to the right-hand side,
please. One Chupa Chup per person.

James. Listen, I have
something to tell you, and...

Ooh, Dib-Dab. OK. I'm just gonna say it.

I think Katya is planning on
having sex with you, tonight.

- I know.
- You know?

I'm meeting her upstairs in a bit.

She told me to have some food first.

Apparently, sex uses up a lot of energy.

You do not want to do this, James!

Yes, I do.

- You're not ready for it!
- I am.

She doesn't love you,
James. She's just using you.

Yeah, but, the thing is, I don't care.

I won't let you. I won't let you do it.

You can't stop me!

Fine. In that case,
I'll just come and watch.

- What?
- You heard me, James.

If you insist on going through with this,

well, I'm-I'm going to make
sure you don't enjoy it.

I'm skiving. Say nothing.

- Jenny's a bit of a hen
mother, isn't she? - What?!

Oh, yeah. Big time.

I've got some beers, if
you fancy a sneaky one.

Just give me one minute. I just
have to... I'll be right back.

Just... stay here. One minute.

Where's Katya?

I don't know. Up there somewhere,
trying to mount my friend.

I owe.

And the plot thickens!

Can you believe him? Flaunting
it in our faces like this.

I don't even know the man any more.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.

- Unbelievable.
- Jammy Dodger?

Blessed art thou and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

James?

James?

Is there any need for
the size of this place?

James?

- All right?
- What is going on?

Trying to sort Clive out.

Clive? Who's Clive?

Christ!

You dirty, dirty Brit!

I beg your pardon?

I know what you're up to.

I'm not up to anything.

I should be up to something, but I
can't find the person I'm supposed

to be up to it with, because this
place is like a f*cking maze.

Sh! You'll scare Clive!

Who's Clive?

Clive. Clive is a wee Prod from East
Belfast. Clive came back from Ibiza,

got on the wrong bus at Aldergrove
Airport, then fell asleep.

Clive woke up in Derry, surrounded
by Russians and Fenians.

Clive is absolutely sh1tting himself.

- So where's the real Artem?
- Giant's Causeway, probably.

- Foreigners f*cking love the Giant's Causeway.
- I just want to go home!

But she won't let me leave!
She won't let me leave.

I also think Clive may have had too
many disco biscuits on his holidays.

Here you are!

Thank God!

Whatever you do, don't slag off the Pope.

We're outnumbered.

For God's sake, Orla, you're
gonna make yourself boke.

I can handle it.

James, what is going
on? I wait a long time.

You no longer want to do sex?

No, no, no, I do want to do sex.
I really, really want to do sex.

Come.

You disgust me!

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Piss off, Erin!

I mean, I know you're desperate,
James, but paying for it?

What?!

You really thought I wouldn't work it out?

Work what out? What the actual
cock are you talking about?

I'm talking about the fact
that she's a prost*tute.

I am prost*tute?

Oh, come off it, James. She's
charging you for it, isn't she?

Just admit it.

No. I mean, I don't think so.

I mean, not that I wouldn't consider it.

Urgh! How dare you?

I am poor Ukrainian so
I must be prost*tute.

Hear me out.

First, she comes on to James here.

What would possess her?
Financial gain, that's what.

He attractive boy, Erin.

He's English, Katya.

I have no problem with this.

You should.

Secondly, she owns condoms.

They're in her bag. A whole packet.

I've seen them, people.

You are imbecile.

AN imbecile. And thirdly, all
night, wee Ukrainian fellas

have been coming up and
giving her money they owe her.

How the hell do you explain that?

I organise -- how you
say it? -- whip round.

We like to buy Jenny present
to thank her for nice party.

Oh, you guys!

Right. OK. Yeah, that
does sort of explain it.

- Dickhead.
- Really, Erin!

So not only you insult me,

but you've also spoiled Jenny's surprise.

I think you should leave.

Yeah.

But great evening, all the same,
Jenny. You're a credit to yourself.

Come on, Katya, love. Let's
talk about this, please.

I am finished talking. She
is r*cist, patronising bitch.

I am A r*cist, patronising bitch.

Now, come on, girls. Language, please.

Well, you don't really wanna go to
Jenny Joyce's house, do you, love?

Yes, I do.

Apart from anything, it has eight
bedrooms and a chocolate fountain.

I hope you're happy, Erin. You've
just done us out of your Russian.

Ukrainian.

Good for you, Mr Joe.

She is hot and you're not dead, yet.

Why not have some fun?

Tell me this. Does Jenny Joyce's
house really have eight bedrooms?

Aye.

And some of the bedrooms,
they have these wee,

tiny bathrooms attached to them.

- Imagine!
- Hm.

Your girls -- they're just not ready, Joe.

- Maybe see you in
Mass, then, eh? - Aye.

Here, give me your hand.

Tell Sarah this is the fella
that blow dries my hair.

He's an artist.

Take care.

- That Maeve away?
- Aye.

- Nice woman.
- Aye.

Mary and Sarah will come
round eventually, Joe.

It's just hard for them to see
you with somebody else, you know.

As far as they're concerned,
their mother was perfect.

Piss off, Gerry.

And they're right.

You were perfect.