"# Oh, I just don't know where to begin" "# Though he says he'll wait forever It's now or never" "# But she keeps him hanging on" "# The silly champion" "# She says she can't go home Without a chaperone" "# Accidents will happen We only hit and run" "# Used to be a victim Now you're not the only one" "# Accidents will happen We only hit and run" "# I don't want to hear it..." " What you lookin' at?" " Shut up!" "(Dog barks)" "Allow it, man." "You almost started a fight." "# There's so many fish in the sea... (Horn blares)" " (Man) Tyson!" " #..." "They say you're so young" "# Your mind is made up But your mouth is undone" " # Accidents will happen..." " (Shouting)" "(Brakes screech) #..." "He used to be your victim Now you're not the only one..." "First one, was it?" "Always a choker, first time out." "What did they give you?" "Let's have a look." "Sick leave, post-traumatic stress..." " Seven days only?" "!" " You saw the trauma team?" "Asked if I wanted counselling, or someone in the cab." "One of them counsellors is hot." " You should ask for her." " First one stays with you." "Never forget it." "Second one, maybe you remember, maybe not." "But the third one..." "The third one, what?" "What?" " D'you fancy a pint?" "Take your mind off things." " Nah... wouldn't seem right, thanks." "Oof!" "You know what, bruv?" "You wanna get out more." "# Somebody help me, yeah" "# Somebody help me now" "# Won't somebody tell me what I've done wrong?" "# I need someone..." " (Announcer) Mind the gap." " #..." "I need a girl to hold me tight" "# Someone who can make me feel" "# Make me feel all right-ight-ight-ight-ight... (Announcer) This train terminates at London Bridge." "#..." "Somebody help me, yeah" "# Somebody help me now" "# Somebody tell me what I've done wrong" " # Somebody help mel - # Somebody help me, yeah" " # Somebody help me - # Somebody help me now" " # Somebody help me, yeah - # All right" "# Somebody help me now" "# Won't somebody tell me what I've done wrong" "# What I've done wrong..." "(# Haunting Celtic pipes)" "# Accidents will happen" "# We only hit and run..." " (Man) Big issue!" " # Now you're not the only one" "# Accidents will happen" "# We'll only hit and run" "# I don't want to hear it 'Cause I know what I've done..." " (Man wheezes) - (Announcer) Train approaching." "Please stand behind the yellow line." "# There's so many fish in the sea" "(Brakes screech)" "(Sighs)" " Pauly..." " Pauly..." " What are we going to do with you?" " Second in a month?" "Becoming a habit." " Wasn't my fault." " Don't, don't, don't say that." "He was dead before I hit him." "I tried to stop..." "Course you did." "C'mon." "Just a bit of bad luck, that's all." "The psychological effect is still the same, innit?" " It all counts in the big game." " Shh." "What "big game"?" "The one nobody talks about." " So why are we talking about it?" " 'Cause we care about you, Pauly." "You all right, Paul." "See ya later, fellas." " See ya later, Rob." " Yeah, see ya later, Rob." " (Door closes)" " Three is the magic number." " The rule, man, the rule." " What rule?" "Three and out." "You hit three people in a month, they pay you off." "They retire you, 'cause they reckon you can't deal with it up top..." "Three is the charm." "It's three and out" " And we're talking ten years' salary." "Lump sum." "Thank you very much." " How much?" "!" " No-one's ever done it." "Not in a month." " Whoa..." " No, you nearly did in '98." "But I missed it by three days." "Ten years' wages." " So, how long did he get?" " Caught him at the biscuits." "Gave him six months." "Out in two with good behaviour." "Tell you what." "You wanna get yourself on the Central Line." " They is always at it." " Argh... (Both chuckle)" "When does your month run out?" "Erm... week today." "Monday." "What?" "Seven days." "That's pushing it." "When you on next?" "Monday." "They gave me the week off." "A week off?" "!" "That just gives you till, what?" "Monday?" "Bastards!" "You know why that is?" "That's so you ain't even got a chance." "Yeah." "Never mind, mate." "Another time, eh." "(Wheel squeaks)" "(Thumping bass)" "(Guitar-based indie plays)" "Oh, it's you..." "Landlord was here today." "He was looking for you." "Again." " Says you owe him two months' rent." " I've got it right here." "Whoa!" "Don't shoot the messenger." "I don't care whether you pay him or not." "Hey..." "Do you want to come up?" "Er..." "No, thanks." "I've got some work to do." "Well, if you change your mind... (Thumping music continues)" "(Boots up computer)" " (Man) The rule, man, the rule." " (Man #2) Ten years' wages." "(Man) Three is the charm." "It's three... (Man #2)... and out." " (Drilling) - (Man) You hit three people in a month, they retire you, 'cause they reckon you can't deal with it up top." "(Shouting, beeping horns, thumping music, blaring sirens)" "(He moans)" "(Noises crescendo)" " (Man) Three..." " (Man #2)... and out." " (Man on radio) Capital..." " (Woman on radio)... 95.8." "It's been a London landmark for over a hundred years, but after a rise in fatalities the bridge in Holborn is gaining a reputation for copycat incidents." "Now the authorities are increasingly concerned about the rising suicide rate." " (Tyres screech) - (Car horn blares)" " (Man on radio) Ten great songs." " (Woman on radio) London's music station." "Are you feeling tired, stressed or do you need a break?" "With Special Places..." "(Mutters) Fuckin' hell." "Yeah, hi, erm..." "I was wondering..." "I've got some time on my hands and I thought maybe I could... you know, volunteer, do the odd afternoon or... whatever." "A training course?" "Oh, right." "I couldn't just drop in and..." "No." "Oh, right." "Information pack?" "No, no, I'm fine." "No, I've changed my mind." "Bye." "(# Blondie:" "One Way Or Another)" "Excuse me, sir." "Erm... you're obviously on your last legs." " I was wondering..." " (Soundtrack drowns out speech)" "# I'm gonna find ya" "# I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha" "# One way or another I'm gonna win ya" "# I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha" "# One way or another I'm gonna see ya" "# I wanna meet ya, meet ya, meet ya, meet ya" "# One day, maybe next week I'm gonna meet ya" "# I'm gonna meet ya, I'll meet ya" "# I will drive past your house... (Excited chatter) #..." "And if the lights are all down" "# I'll see who's around" "# One way or another I'm gonna find ya" "# I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha" "# One way or another I'm gonna win ya" "# I'll getcha, I'll getcha" "# One way or another I'm gonna see ya" "# I'm gonna meet ya, meet ya, meet ya, meet ya One day, maybe next week" "# I'm gonna meet ya, I'll meet ya, I'll meet ya..." "Hello." "Are you Paul?" "Erm... yes." "Hello, I am Maurice." "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance." "Please." "Eat." "I made them myself." "My own recipe." "I am so pleased to meet you, Paul." "There are not many people who would do this." " Glad to help." " So, where will we do this thing?" "In your apartment?" "Well, no, on the underground." "Tube." "Ah, yes, but how is this possible?" "Well, I'll be driving the train and you can... you know... jump." "Jump!" "Are you crazy?" "I'd be killed." "Well, that's the general idea." " But what about the cooking?" " Cooking?" "Mais oui." "The cooking and the eating." "Sorry?" "What cooking?" "I wish to watch as you eat..." "Piece by piece." "Eat what?" "Me!" "First we cut off my penis." "Then we fry it, er... perhaps with onions." "Then we do the legs, and the arms, and so on, until I am all gone." "Don't worry, Paul." "Many people have done this before." "Don't you read the news?" "(Whispers) It tastes a little like pork." "How is your sausage?" "What?" "Is, er... too spicy?" "There's been a mistake." "I'm sorry." "# One way or another I'm gonna lose ya..." " (Speech drowned out by soundtrack) - #..." "I'm gonna give ya the slip" "# A slip of the lip, or another I'm gonna lose ya" " # I'm gonna give ya the slip..." " (Gasps)" " (Tyres screech)" " Hey!" "Shit!" " Wait!" "Don't do it!" " Oh!" "What the?" " (Paul) Hold onto me!" " Let me go, you fucking arsehole!" " (Paul) Jesus Christ!" "Grab my arm." " My fucking coat's caught on something." "Look... just... get me..." "Pull me up, come on!" "Pull me up!" "That's it." "You interfering little shite!" "Why can't you leave a man be, eh?" "You fucking do-gooders, you think you can just..." " Stop." "I can't breathe." " Good." " (Siren blares)" " Police!" "Police!" "Police!" "That's all I fucking need." "(Paul groans)" "Hey, get in!" " (Siren blares) - (Starts engine)" " How about I buy you a drink?" " I think you fucking owe me one." "Ah." " Didn't think I'd taste that again." " Cheers." "Never mind the "cheers"." "What's your fucking game, eh?" "What are you?" "One of these religious types?" " Waiting like a vulture to save a poor soul?" " I'm a tube driver." " You can forget about that." " I'm not religious." " I've done all the praying I'm gonna do." " (Shouts) I want you to kill yourself." "Keep it down will you, gobshite. (Sighs)" "You can shove that reverse psychology up your 'hole." "No, it's true." "I want you to kill yourself." "Well, you've done a bloody good job of stopping me up until now." "(Sniffs)" "What is it you're after?" "Me organs, is it?" "You're going blind, you want me eyes?" "Is that it?" "I was wondering... if you'd be interested in throwing yourself in front of my train." "I'd pay you, of course." "You'd pay me?" "Right, yeah?" "Pay to run me down?" "I was thinking in exchange for this... service," "I could give you, say, fifteen hundred quid." "Oh, right." "And I just throw myself under your train." " Presumably with a smile on my face?" " Yeah, basically." "And fifteen hundred quid in my cold, dead hand, eh?" "Jesus, that's a fantastic deal." "How could I refuse?" "!" "What the fuck am I supposed to do with fifteen hundred quid when I'm dead?" " Buy myself a fancy headstone?" " No, no, you won't be dead..." "I mean, you will be, but not until Monday morning." "So you've got a whole weekend to spend it on whatever you want." " A woman, lots of women." " What do you think I was doing last night?" "OK." "So... eat, drink and be merry one last time." "I'm already fat, my liver's shot and I don't feel like laughing." "Next." "There must be something you always wanted to do and never got the chance." "There is." "Excellent!" "What is it?" "We'll do that." "I want to swim with a great white shark." "No cage." "Just me and the beast." "Eyeball to eyeball." "There's a fella does it." "South African, saw him on the telly." "He just gets right in there with them, no worries." "He's never been bit yet." "I'd fucking love to do that." "Yeah, well, the thing is, we've only got this weekend." "It has to be Monday." "What about the London Aquarium?" "Have they got sharks?" " Are you taking the piss?" " Something else, then." "Give it to charity." "Isn't there somebody you know that could use some cash?" "What about your family?" "My family?" "They probably think I'm dead already." "There you go." "Be a nice surprise for them." " Maybe this isn't such a good idea." " Yeah, probably best not to involve family." "Always gets messy." "What about a day at the races?" "Just take the money and blow it." "Fuck." "It's been seven or eight years." "I can't go." "Not now." "Let sleeping dogs lie and all that." "I wanted to go, you know?" "I'm not a completely heartless bastard." "I wanted to say goodbye." "Make my peace." " Just didn't seem right, you know." " Definitely." "I think that's..." "How could I turn up looking like this?" "Like a knacker without a penny in my pocket?" "But that fifteen hundred, well..." "I'm not a religious man, but maybe... maybe this is God's way of giving me one last chance to make up for all the shite I've rained down on them." "Ah, fuck." "Carpe diem." "Seize the day, huh." "Now, listen, son." "If we do this thing, I have to make one thing clear." " What's that?" " A deal's a deal." "There's no backing out, no fucking around." "We shake on this, it's as good as done." "You'll do it?" "A deal's a deal." "Where's that cash?" "Live alone, do you?" "Yeah, why?" "Oh, nothing." "Just a wild guess." "What did you do?" "Rob a bookshop?" "That a computer?" "What's it for?" "Playing with yourself?" "No." "I'm a writer." "A writer that drives a tube train?" "Yeah, well, not for much longer, hopefully." "Grand chair, though." "Ohh." "So, where's this fifteen hundred quid?" "Well, hand it over." "This is my rent money." "How do I know you won't just take it and run?" "(Sighs) What did I say, uh?" "A deal's a deal." "That means you give me the money and I don't run away with it." "Understand?" "Give me fucking the money." " There's twenty quid over." " Call it a bonus." "No, let's call it fifteen hundred quid." "A deal's a deal." "Don't mind if I crash here, do you?" " Oh, by the way." "What's your name?" " Oh, God, yeah, of course." "Paul..." "Callow." "Tommy Cassidy." "Eh, Paul, turn off the lights now, when you're going out." "Get some kip." "(# Haunting Celtic pipes)" "(Birdsong)" "Shit." "Bollocks." "(Sighs)" "(Horn blares repeatedly)" "Thought you'd gone." "Thought I'd had it away with your money, did you?" "What did I say to you last night?" "What did I tell you?" "I dunno." "Deal's a deal?" "Right." "A deal's a fucking deal, and I don't want to have to say it again." "What's the story with the car?" "Well, I couldn't show up on a bus, could I?" "I've always wanted one of these." "Plus it's a rental, so I can batter the fuck out of it." "Come Monday, they can swing for their money." "Wait a second." "Eh, eh, I can't wait." "I don't want to hit the traffic." "#... all the time It's gonna happen, happen" "# Till you change your mind..." " What are you doing?" " I'm coming with you." "Like fuck you are." "I only came to say goodbye." "I'll see you Monday morning." "No way." "Look, I'm not having you around for my last weekend." "Your miserable face'll kill what little joy I have left." "You won't even notice me." "I'll keep quiet in the background." "Exactly." "Like the Grim Fucking Reaper." " You're staying here." " Come on." "I know a deal's a deal but I don't know you from Adam." "I just want to see this through." "All right, but if you piss on my parade I'll have your balls on a plate." "(Paul) Nice suit." "(Tommy) Rosemary always fancied me in a pinstripe." "# Everything goes when you're dead" "# Everything empties from what was in your head" "# No point in waiting today" "# Stupid revenge is what's making you stay... (Mobile)" " Hello?" " (Maurice) Paul, mon petit chou." "You are very naughty to run away." "Do I not look tasty?" "I'm sure I will be flavoursome." "Perhaps with a soupçon of raspberry jus." "I make you a very tasty jus..." "(Groans)" " You all right?" " Fine." "(Horns blaring)" "Fuck off." " (Paul) Never been to Liverpool." " (Tommy) I'll give you the grand tour, will I?" "!" "What now?" "I was married in this church." "Eh!" "That's sacrilege for a Protestant." "How do you know I'm a Protestant?" "You've all the spirit of a wet weekend in Blackpool." "What else could you be?" "Isn't it a sin to commit suicide..." "if you're a Catholic?" "Isn't it a sin to deliberately run someone down with your train... if you're a human being?" "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned..." "Hey!" "They're 20p each." "Isn't that just for Catholics?" "(Tommy) Callaghan!" "Bastard." "He must have paid off the whole council to get that contract." "But I knew him when he was digging ditches." "That fucker owes me big time." " (Paul) This where you used to live?" " Yeah, lovely, isn't it?" " What you doing?" " I can't show up empty-handed." "Not after all these years." "What are you looking for?" "Tell me what's going on." "That's a crowbar?" "I thought you wanted a present." "Shut the fuck up, or you'll be using it to get my foot out of your arse!" "What the hell are we doing here?" "It's none of your business." "I didn't ask you to tag along." "Oh, fuck." "Stop pushing." "Will you get off of me!" "Bloody hell, what are you doing?" "That's breaking and entering." "Shut up and hold that." "Ah, fuck." "Watch this." "(Paul) No, no, no, no, don't..." "Shit!" "Shit." "(Tommy chuckles)" "Get your hand off me arse." " Ow..." " (Crash)" "(Tommy moans)" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Paul!" "Come in." " Get in here, for fuck's sake!" " (Cat meows)" " (Paul gasps) - (Breaking glass)" "Can you stop?" "This is madness." "Let's go." "Will you shut up!" "This is mental." "What happens if we get caught?" "There's no-one here." "They won't be back for hours from the club." " Whose house is this?" " The Callaghans." "No!" "This could screw up everything." "Come on!" "You listen to me, you little fucker." "You've a choice to make." "Either do this my way or don't do it at all." " I can always get someone else." " Go ahead." "But you're not getting your money back, oh, no." "I'm doing this whether you want to or not, so if you want to fuck off, be my guest." " I thought so." "Are you done?" " Yes." "Shhh!" "(Door squeaks)" " Jesus!" " We've got to go!" "We've got to go!" "Listen." "They didn't hear me put the window in downstairs, they won't hear us now." "Fuck." "She must be wearing it." "What?" "(Whimpers)" "Shh..." "(She sighs)" "We'll have to use soap." "Should be some in there." "(Locks door)" " What the fuck?" " (Toilet flushes)" "Oh, Jesus!" " Uh." " If he moves, hit him." "(She gasps)" "(She coughs)" "Michael Callaghan!" "(Shouts) You dirty, old bastard!" "What the fuck?" "!" "Oh..." "What are you doing down there?" " Hit him!" "Hit him!" " (Woman) Fucking hell!" "(Paul) Uh..." "Oh, fuck, oh, shit..." " You..." " Oh, fuck, oh, shit, oh, fuck..." "That's enough now, Paul." "Turned to burglary, Cassidy?" "That all you got left?" "I just came for what's mine, Callaghan." "There's nothing here belonging to you, Cassidy." "Tommy Cassidy?" "Jesus." "What the bloody hell d'you think you're playing at?" "I'm sorry, Maureen." "I just came for me ring." " What ring?" " The sapphire." "What are you on about?" "Your ring?" "It were an anniversary present, that." " I've had it years." " I know." "You've had it nearly eight years." "I've heard enough." "I'm calling the police." " How do you know?" " He won it from me in a game of cards." "It was all I had left." "I'd just had it repaired for Rosemary." "Don't listen to him, Maureen, he's talking out of his arse." " Go on." " I said I'd give him the cash, but the fucker, he... took a shine to it." "Said he needed something for your anniversary." "I couldn't face Rose after that." "Bollocks, Cassidy." "You're a fucking liar and I've heard enough." "Cards?" "Gambling?" "Lying?" "Passing me off with your sordid winnings?" "I tell you, Maureen..." "He's a fucking liar." "I wouldn't, I swear." "I bought that." "You saw the shop where I bought it." "(Callaghan growls)" "Get it, Paul." "Leave it." "Put it away, you old fool." "It's not even loaded." "Michael Callaghan." "You lying, conniving, cheapskate little toerag." "I always knew you were a rat, but this is the lowest you have sunk!" " Or is it?" "What else don't I know?" " (Sirens wail)" " (Crash) - (Callaghan) Owl" " (Maureen) Come back." " Come on, mate." "You're nicked." "(Tommy) Wait a second, I can explain." "Look, I'm a friend..." "I'm a friend of the family." " Get in the car." " (Tommy) This is a miscarriage of justice." "(Choking)" "(Coughing and spluttering)" "(Siren whoops)" "Fuck." "Shit." "Oh, shit!" "(Boat horn blasts)" "(# Haunting Celtic pipes)" "(Paul) Back to square one." " Hello, good morning." " A single to London, please." " Right, that'll be £107.50." " (Mobile)" " Hello." " Paul, mon cher." "It is I, Maurice." " Just leave me alone." " Paul, it is your destiny to eat me." "Why not start with my ear?" "Listen, I don't want to eat you, neither your ear or your penis or any other part of you." "Do you understand?" " (Mobile)" " Just fuck off and leave me alone." "(Tommy) Charming." "Is that any way to speak to your father?" "(Man) OK, Paddy, your son's here." " Hello, son." " Hello, Dad." "You got two minutes, all right?" "Where the fuck did you get to?" "I hid." "Once they got you, they didn't seem bothered about me." "Never mind that now." "Have you got the ring?" "Yeah." " What does that mean?" " I..." "I thought I'd get caught." "It would be evidence." "It was kind of a mistake." " You didn't." " It hasn't... come out yet, but it shouldn't be too long, I'm pretty regular." "That's going to be lovely, isn't it?" "Don't strain yourself on my account." "The magistrates don't sit till Monday." "No, no, no, no." "Oh, God." "There must be some way of getting you out of here before Monday." "(Paul) You known Tommy and Callaghan a long time?" "They used to work on my gang on the railways." "Nothing but trouble." " What kind of trouble?" " With Tommy, it was usually the gambling." "Callaghan, well, he always had an eye for the ladies." " And still does." "Dirty fecker." " Does he now?" "You've got a fucking nerve coming here..." "I'm asking you nicely." "Will you drop the charges against Tommy?" "Save your breath for the law, son." "OK..." "We all know what you're saving your breath for, Mickey Callaghan." "Mary!" "Mary Loughlin." " How's your bollocks?" " (He gasps)" "That rash cleared up, has it?" "What are you doing here?" "That's a funny thing, I was talking to that lad there." " He says he knows you." " Knows me?" "He tried to fucking rob me." "Knows you and your wife." "Forgot to mention her on bonfire night, didn't ya?" "When you wanted to put your big, fat rocket in me flower-pot." "Went off with a right explosion, didn't it?" "Do you remember?" "No?" "Shall we ask your wife?" "All right, all right, all right." "Who'd have thunk, eh, you were so smart?" "It's not funny." "Jesus, Tommy." "What if I got nicked too?" "You're going to screw everything up." "This was part of the deal." "Let me sort things out." "With your family, not some bloke you used to play cards with." "Lighten up." "Isn't it about time you had a shite?" " It's all right." "I cleaned it." " I hope you washed your hands." "Shall we?" "(Tommy) I don't know." "I'm not sure this is such a good idea." "I should just leave them some money." "That'd be more use than my apologies." "What's the worst that can happen?" "She slams the door on you?" "You've obviously never met my Rose." "So what?" "!" "I haven't come all this way to watch you back out." "What happened to "seize the day'"?" "We're going." "And you're going to say whatever it is you've come to say." "Come on." "It'll be worth it." "How do I look?" " Ah... do... bu..." " What?" "(# Pop plays)" "Are you fucking my wife?" "I don't know." "Hang on a minute." "Eh, Sandra..." "You married to an old Irish bloke?" "(Sandra) No!" "Sandra?" "Sorry." "I..." "I must have the wrong place." " Who's it you're looking for?" " Rosemary and, er..." "Frances Cassidy." "Erm..." "Sheridan." "Used to live here, did they?" "You don't know where they might have gone, do you?" "(Sandra) Hurry up, Derek." "We can't hold this position much longer." "We'll let you get back to your, er..." "I'm really sorry but... it was a long-shot after all this time." " Let's go back to London." " You need to have a little faith." "You shouldn't be so defeatist." "Something'll turn up, you'll see." "Oi!" "I found this." "I think it's them." "(Tommy chuckles)" " No." " (Tommy) Ever been to the Lakes?" "(Tommy sighs) #... and I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer" "# And now I'm returning with gold in great store... (Tommy sings along) #... no more And it's no, nay, never" " # No, nay, never, no more..." " There." "# Will I play the wild rover?" "No, never, no more" "# I went into an ale-house I used to frequent..." "Well, it's not exactly the country cottage she dreamed of, but you can't have everything." "She'll be happy enough." "(Sniffs) OK?" "(Tommy) Oh, Jesus!" "She doesn't seem very pleased to see you, mate." "She'll run out of cups in a minute." "Hey, Rosemary." "Ah, Jesus!" "(Tommy sighs)" "Excuse me." " (Door opens and closes) - (Girl) Mam." "I got the afternoon off." " Mam, where are you?" " In here, love." "Have we got visitors?" "Whose is that fancy c?" "Frances..." "Wow, is that you?" "(Chuckles)" "Frankie!" "Now look what you've done." "What?" "All I did was say hello." "You can't turn up after eight years and expect her to welcome you back." " What was I supposed to do?" " You should have thought of that before you left." "Don't start in." "I've only just got here." "And you're lucky I let you over the frontstep!" ""Don't start in"?" "!" "Eight years without a bloody word and you think you can turn up here in a fancy suit telling me what to do?" "Start in?" "I'll bloody start in, all right." "Come on, Rose, I've driven all the way from London..." "Well, you can get back in your stolen car and drive back there." " It's not stolen, it's..." " I've heard it all before and I don't... (Mouths)" "(Mouths)" "Listen, I'm..." "I'm going to leave you to..." "I'll take a walk." "You'll want a cup of tea, I suppose?" "Yeah, that'd be... that'd be grand." "Oh, best china here, Rose?" "You're a guest." "Guests get china." " Anyway, the rest is broken." " (He chuckles)" "I thought you were dead, Tommy." "All the other times you always came back, maybe a week later, maybe months, but... you always came back to me." "And I was stupid enough to take you back." "I'm telling you, things are different now." "(She sobs gently) I'm different..." "So, what do you want, Tommy?" " Can't I just..." " No, Tommy, you can't." "You can't just waltz back in here, upset everyone, and disappear off again." "No." "Which is exactly what you're planning, isn't it?" " Well, I..." " So, it's business as usual?" "Well, I'm not having it, Tommy." "I'm not having Frankie upset like that again." "Ever." "'Cause you have no idea what that little girl was like when you left." " If I could talk to her..." " You're too late, Tommy." "She won't have anything to do with you." "And what about you, Rose?" "I'll hear you out..." "and that's as good as you'll get." "(Sighs) You'll want a sandwich, I suppose?" "(Sighs)" " So, how's she doing?" " She's fine." "Well, as fine as any young girl can be." "I feel like putting up a sign outside, "Beware of the Daughter"." "That's my fault." "Yeah." "Well..." "Not all of it." "Ninety five per cent." "But, erm... is she doing well at school, though?" "School?" "She's twenty-two, Tommy!" "I..." "I knew that." "I meant college or..." "She's working now." "Up at the Travel Lodge." "Oh, right you are." "Boyfriends?" "More than I know." "You've seen her." "She's a fine-looking girl." "Takes after her mother, huh." "Just as well." "(Tommy) What's with the fancy hairdryer, and stuff?" "It's mine." "You need all that for your hair?" "I'm a hairdresser." "You?" "A hairdresser?" "!" "Mm." "I found something I love doing and I'm bloody good at it." "Just locals, mind, but..." " Extra money comes in handy." " Well, I..." "Fair play." "I could do with a bit of a trim meself, huh?" "I could've done with a husband for the last eight years, but we don't always get what we want." "And your man?" "The chatty lad." "Who's he?" "Ah, just a fella I know." "Bit of a sad sack, really." "Not too much going on upstairs, you know?" "I just thought I'd take him out for a bit." "What do you think of the suit, Rose?" "You always liked me in a pinstripe, didn't you?" "I did that." "But a fancy suit aside, you look like five pound o' shite in a three-pound bag." "You don't look after yourself." "Where've you been?" "What've you been doing?" " I..." " No." "Don't answer." "I don't want to know." "That's enough about me, anyways." "How've you been?" "I mean, in yourself." "What, you mean after working at four jobs to pay off the debts you left behind?" "Struggling to put food on our daughter's table?" "Me?" "I'm grand." "Actually, I am." "I've made a new life for us up here, and for the first time in ages, I'm grand." "And I want to stay this way." "That my ring?" "It is, yeah." " You found it." "How?" " Oh, just..." "Don't ask." "I always wanted Frankie to have it." "Put it on." "It'll still fit you." "You haven't put on a pound since..." "You're a bastard, Tommy." "You are a bastard!" "Oh..." "Rose, Rose..." "Oh... (Shrieks)" " I was bored, all right?" " Bored?" "You listen to me, you little shit." "This is my time." "I've got 36 hours to do as I fucking please." "Go and be bored somewhere else." " Everything OK out here?" " Everything's grand." "Our Paul here was just wondering where the local hostelry is." "It's over by the lake." "I'm surprised you didn't see it." "Oh." "Thanks." "I'll go and take another walk, then." " Why did you bring him here?" " Eh?" "He's an arsehole." "If you're his mate you're an arsehole too." " I'm not..." " Take him back to the hole he crawled out of." " He's nothing to me." " Is he bothering you?" "No, I'm not." "No, leave him." "I want to hear what he's got to say for himself." "Yeah, well... if you need us, we're here." "I'm like a shark, yeah?" "And what does that mean?" "I think..." "like if..." "If I stop swimming..." "I'll die." "(Sniffs) Can you smell something?" " Come on, now, Rose." " I know what it is." " Bullshit, that's what." " (Sighs deeply) Well, what do you think I am?" "If a shark is cold-blooded, selfish and only concerned with its own needs," " well, then you're not far away." " Is that what you think I am?" "Me?" "No." "No, I think... you're a lying, cheating scumbag, who gambled away everything we had and more and then disappeared without a word." "Not once, not twice, but three times." "You're the lowest of the low, and I..." "(Sighs)" "I don't know why I have you in the house." "I guess that's not very good, then." "No, Tom, it's not." "If you don't really know him, what are you doing here?" "Research." "I'm a writer." "Well, I hope you're not writing about that shitbag." " Unless it's a tragedy." " No." "Nothing like that." "I'm just soaking up the atmosphere, really." "Looking for new ideas." "Only came along for the ride." " He's a fucker, so watch yourself." " He's all right." "I mean, no." "Obviously he's a complete shit, but..." "You must really hate him." "Did you never get on?" "I guess so." "He was brilliant when I was little." "Just filled up the place." "Like a big bear." "And then, when he left, there was like a big hole where he'd been." "So... a writer, eh?" "Anything I might've read?" "Erm... no." "Not yet." " One day." " Mm." "Ah." "Another?" " What the hell is that?" " Get it down you." "Is there no chance of them getting back together?" "Mum and Dad?" "No way!" "#... around me" "# Inside I'm feelin', oh, so cold" "# Oh, yes..." "So, tell me about London." "I don't see it." "Underground most of the time." "Underground?" "Er, yeah." "I'm a tube driver too." "A writer who also drives a tube train, eh?" "Very glamorous." "Research for your novel, I suppose." "Yeah." "That's right." "It's all about a tube driver." "Handsome, comes to the Lake District, meets this feisty, young girl who gives him a really fucking hard time, and they get drunk." "Oh, yeah?" "How does it end?" "Tragically." " Oh!" " (Mobile)" "Hello, Paul's phone." "No, I'm sorry, he can't get to the phone right now." "Can I take a message?" "Oh..." "OK." "Bye." "Some foreign bloke says he makes tasty crackling and you shouldn't be afraid." " What's that all about?" " It's... just... a mate." "He's a chef." "Wants me to try a new recipe." "See?" "I don't know any fancy foreign chefs." "Don't tell me it's not exciting living in London." "It's not exciting living in London." " Oh, come on." "It must be." " It's not." "It's like some huge ant hill where nothing works properly." "Millions of people just getting in each other's way." "No space, no air." "So, why don't you leave?" "I'm trying, but it's hard." "With money it's bearable, but if you're skint, you're trapped." "Try living here." "Everybody knows you, knows everything about you." "Nothing changes, nothing ever happens." "Their idea of a good time is getting shit-faced as quickly as possible and then shag anyone who'll let them, and then do it all again tomorrow." "Now, that's being trapped." "To escaping." "To escaping." "And a big, fat win on the lottery." "(Chuckles)" "(Chuckles)" " What?" " I was just thinking about Wicklow." "What about Wicklow?" "When you disgraced yourself running round half naked?" "No, not that." "The singing competition." "Oh, you were a star that night." "My Rosemary." "First prize." " Sing for me, Rose." " Hm?" " Sing for me." " Get away out of that." " Do you think I'm the Rose of feckin' Tralee?" " Go on." "Please." "I can't, Tommy." "Jesus, it's been years." "Course you can." "You've a gorgeous voice." "Please." "For me." "(Hums)" "Not like that." "Do it properly." "Like you did in Wicklow." "Now, go on." "You're a menace, Tommy Cassidy." "# Oh, please ne'er forget me... (Clears throat) #..." "Though the waves now lie o'er me" "# I was once young and pretty" "# And my spirit ran free" "# But destiny tore me from country and loved ones" "# And from the dear land" "# I was never to see" "# A poor immigrant's daughter" "# Too frightened to know" "# She was leaving forever" "# The land of her soul #" "Now, that's all you're getting." "It's more than you deserve." "Beautiful." " I can die a happy man now I've heard that." " (Snorts) You'll outlive us all." "Only the good die young." "(Laughs)" " Quiet, isn't it?" " It's the country." " It's always quiet." " Yeah, but... it's a bit creepy, really." "Yeah." "Where were you planning on staying tonight?" "Or weren't you?" "Ah..." "You know..." "I'll find somewhere." "I'll sleep in the car." "You know me." "I can sleep on a rope." "You're a feckin' torment, Tommy." "Well, look at that sky." "Look!" " There's a shooting star." " That's a satell..." "A satellite, yeah." "I know." "I was just checking." "# I saw two shooting stars last night." " # I wished on them..." " #... but they were only satellites" "# It's wrong to wish on space hardware" "# I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care" "# I don't want to change the world" "# I'm not looking for a new England" "# I'm just looking for another girl #" "Thanks." "Come on." "Let's get home." "No, Tommy." " You smell gorgeous." " I said no." "You know you love it." "A bit of the old Tommy magic." "It doesn't work anymore, Tom." " Shit." "Ooh, shit!" " (Breaking glass)" "(She sniggers)" "(#Juliette and The Licks:" "Hot Kiss)" "Wait..." "Why me?" " 'Cause you're different." " OK." "# My love, you got me spinning like a wind-up toy" "# Hot kiss, won't you tell me what you miss, boy?" "# My love, you got me spinning like a wind-up toy" "# Oh, Fatherl I pray to theel" "# I got a man, so blind I can't see" "# I'm his favourite toy Like a beach ball" "# Bang it up and down Or throw it against the wall" "# "Oh, Tallulah," he said "You're so dramaticl"" "# "What's all that shakin' goin' on in your attic?"... (She moans)" "#..." "My love, you got me spinning like a wind-up toy" "# Hot kiss, won't you tell me what you miss, boy?" "# My love, you got me spinning like a wind-up toy" "# You can't knock it, or rock it, or be-bop it" "# It's an itch you can't scratch Nothing's gonna stop it... (Moans)" "(Birdsong)" "Oh... you're up." "I thought I'd bring you a cup of tea." "(Rosemary) Er... come and sit down, Tom." "There's... something I'd better tell you." "I'm going to divorce you, Tommy 'cause I want to get married again." "He's..." "He's a good man." "He lives in the next village." "He's a plumber." "Oh, come on." "You didn't think I wanted to grow old on my own." "Well, speak to me, then." "I'll bring this in to Frances." "She'll probably be glad of a cuppa." " Frances, can I come in?" " No." "Go away." "Oh, please." "Hear me out, Frankie, will you?" "I brought a nice cup of..." " Did you listen?" "I said no." " Please." "I just want to talk." "Huh?" "Here..." "(Sighs) I don't know where to start." "Er..." "Maybe I should let you talk." "You tell me what you feel" " and... and... and how I let you down." " Please, not now." "Right, right." "It's not my call." "Er..." "Erm... the thing is, Frances..." "I hate meself for what I've done." "Much more than you ever could." "You know?" "I know that doesn't change anything or make it better..." "God, I'm terrible at this!" "(Groans)" " All I want to say is..." " (Muffled coughing)" " (Coughing continues)" " I've been... a terrible father... but... that doesn't mean I, er... don't care or... feel..." "What the fuck?" "Jesus!" "You..." "Get out!" "Get out!" " Get out of my room!" " (Rosemary) Stop it!" " Don't start!" " Get out!" "(Tommy) He was in the bed!" "I don't care, don't even..." " What do you mean?" " Paul!" "Bastard." "Oh... oh, fuck!" "Come back, you little bastard!" "I'll take a fucking bar to you!" "Good morning, Father." "I'm gaining on you, you little fucker!" "I'll rip your fucking head off, you little bollix." "(Groans) Oh!" "Jesus Christ!" "Tommy, let's just talk about this." " Be reasonable." " Oh, I'll be reasonable." "I'll be very reasonable." " Ha!" " (Cows low)" "I've got you now, you little shit." " You're the one that said "seize the day!"" " Seize the day... not me feckin' daughter!" "You weren't that bothered two days ago." "She won't even talk to you." "Jesus..." "I could kill you!" "(Paul cries out) Oh, fuck!" "Oh, shit!" "Oh, fuck!" "Don't drop me!" "Please, don't drop me!" "Me own fuckin' daughter!" "(Laughs hysterically)" "What's so fucking funny?" "You!" "Us!" "Life!" "Life... huh?" "Is that what you call it?" "Start leading one, instead of following one around." "You're the one who's topping himself." "Like you give a fuck." " You never even asked me why." " Because I don't care." "Think you're the only one who's ever screwed up?" "Well, boo-hoo-hoo, Tommy." "Life sometimes sucks and that's that, but not all of us have so much self-pity we need to kill ourselves." "How the fuck would you know?" "With your head stuck up your arse all day!" "How the fuck would I know?" "'Cause I'm standing on a bridge in the middle of fuck knows where, covered in cow shit, fighting a fat, old Irishman dressed in a kimono." "And all because his daughter hates him and seems to quite like me." "(Roars)" "(Boy) Come on." "Budge up." "Come on, now." "(Pants)" "(Boy) Come on." "Here." "For fuck's sake." "Hey!" "Where are you going?" "Eh, Paul, wait!" "Wait, you fucker." "Wait for me." " You can forget about tomorrow." " Good." " Find some other poor fucker." "I won't be there." " So?" " Fuck you!" " No, fuck you!" "(Groans)" "Tommy, you're an arsehole." "(Groaning continues)" "Tommy?" "That's so childish, mate." "That's..." "Tommy?" "Tommy, mate." "Tommy." "Oh, fuck." "Don't do this to me, Tommy." "Tommy!" "(Man) All up!" "Don't let them see me like this." "Rose and Frankie." " I'm serious." " All right." "OK, OK." "He's in the hospital." "(Knocking at door)" "I'm off to see him now." "Well, I'm not going." "OK." "If he thinks having a heart attack can make up for..." "Well, he can think again." "Maybe you should go and see him." " Why?" " I don't know." "You never know when you'll see him again." "Like I care." "What if something happens?" "What if it was the last time?" " I'll see you later." " No... you won't." " I will, I promise." " No." "I mean, I don't want to." "Oh..." " OK." " Just go, Paul." "Well." "I'd better get off." "You'll call and let us know how he is?" "You'll see that he's all right?" "Look out for him?" " I hardly know him, really." " Promise me." "So say it." "All right." "I promise." "Where the hell have you been?" " How's it going?" " Great." "You brought me gear." "You have to stay in overnight for observation." "I'm not staying here all night." "No, I've things to do." "You just had a suspected heart attack." "Lie down." "Heart attack, me arse." "Just a touch of angina." "More lively than usual." "You're staying here." "What's it to you?" "(Groans)" "Please don't leave me here, Paul." "Please." "(Tommy) You stay here." "OK." "That everything you wanted to say to her?" "Let's go." "(Starts engine)" " It's because you're ill, isn't it?" " What?" "That you agreed to..." "You know." "I never heard of someone killing themselves because they had angina." "But it's not, though, is it?" "It's not just angina." "So, what is it, then?" " What?" " All right, it's not just angina." "So, what, then?" "It's terminal." "That's all you need to know." "I don't want to die in some piss-stinking nursing home, surrounded by people dribbling and making farm noises." "Whether I've got six months or six years, it's not gonna be some fucking golden age." "It'll be shite." "Every day worse than the last." "I won't have it." "I'm going out when I say, not when they decide to pull the fucking plug." "I'm a stubborn, selfish bastard." "I wanna choose when I die." "(Man on radio) There are warnings of gales in Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger," "Fisher, German Bight..." " (Thumping rock music) - (Raucous laughter)" "Change of plan." "Oh, look, Paul... no." "Wait..." "listen..." " Eh!" "How are you?" " All right, yeah." "It's not too loud, is it?" "Not at all." "I just figured, you know, if you can't beat 'em I'm like a big shark." "Shark." "Yeah?" "I stop swimming and die." "Oi, come on!" "(# The Pogues:" "If I Should Fall from Grace with God)" "Hey!" "C'mon!" "# If I should fall from grace with God Where no doctor can relieve me" "# If I'm buried beneath the sod But the angels won't receive me" "# Let me go, boys Let me go, boys" "# Let me go down in the mud Where the rivers all run dry" "# This land was always ours Was the proud land of our fathers" "# It belongs to us and them Not to any of the others" "# Let them go, boys Let them go, boys" "# Let them go down in the mud Where the rivers all run dry" "(Whoops)" "I should've come up before." "Paul, have you got the keys?" " You're not going yet, are you?" " Yeah." "Better get some sleep." "We've both got a big day tomorrow." "Don't tell me you've forgotten our little arrangement." "I'll see you at six minutes past ten." "All right?" " Goodnight." "It was great." " Thank you." "Sweet dreams." "Tommy, wait." " I can't do it." " Course you can." " A deal's a deal." " No, Tommy." " I promised Rosemary." " What the fuck did you tell her?" "Nothing." "She asked me to look out for you." "That's all I'm asking you to do." "Look out for me." "And when you see me, don't stop." "That way, you're not breaking any promises to anybody." "Tell me, Paul..." "What?" "Why do you want me under your train?" "It's just..." "I've had... two people die under my train this month." "Jesus, you're a serial killer!" "No." "They weren't my fault." "They got this rule." "If you have three in a month, they pay you off." "Ten years' wages." "Lump sum." "Mm..." "What were you planning to do with this pay-off?" " Buy more books?" " Get out of London." "Go and live in Scotland, on an island." " Get away from everything." " (Sniggers) Really?" "Life in the fast lane get too much for you?" "Youth is wasted on the young." "(Groans)" "You know, somebody famous said that." " What were you planning to do on this island?" " Write, I guess." "Write?" "What about?" "You've had no life!" "Anyway, it doesn't matter." "I don't want it anymore." "I didn't know you before." "You were just some bloke." "But now..." "We're friends." "I think." "I don't want to do it." "The money's not important." "It might not be to you, but it is to me." "I want some of that to go to Frances." "Ten grand." "(Sighs deeply)" "Look, Paul, son." "If this weekend showed me anything, it's that I want some good to come of my passing." "Now, if I jump from that bridge, the only thing I would've left behind was a traffic jam all the way up to the Angel." "This way..." "I get to give something to me little girl." "That's something I wasn't able to do when I was alive." "And you'll get your money." "Everyone's a winner." " Now that's how I want it." " For fuck's sake, I don't want the money!" "I'm an idiot." "I didn't think things through." "It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it's not." "It's crazy." "I can't do it." "I won't." "Do you know how many nights I've stood on that bridge?" "How many times I've... climbed over and stood on the parapet and... wanted to jump, wanted to end it all?" "You want the truth?" "The truth is..." "I'm a coward." "I'm fucking scared." "I need your help." "I need you to be there for me." "The only way I can do this is if you help me." "You said we were friends." "Mm?" "Then help me to do this." "Please, Paul." "As my friend, all right?" "(TV) A man from North London is in intensive care following a bizarre attempt to cook and eat his own body parts." "Believed to be a native Frenchman... (TV off)" "(Tommy) My dearest Frances  I know you're angry and hurt." "You don't want to hear anything I have to say." "I don't want you to feel bad for not speaking to me." "I don't blame you at all." "And, of course, you're right." "I don't expect you to understand why I've done the things I've done." "I don't even understand them meself... though me pals Arthur Guinness and Jack Daniels might have an idea." "Anyway..." "I need you to know it was never my intention to hurt you." "I've been stupid, and selfish, and pig - headed." "I don't have much to show for me time..." "except you." "And I couldn't ask for more." "Look after your mother." "You don't need me to tell you she's one of life's good ones." "Far too good for someone like me." "Tell her I'm pleased about her and the plumber." "It's handy to have a man with a trade about the house." "She deserves a bit of happiness." "I know I was never the father you needed or deserved, but you will always be my beautiful girl  and I will always love you." "Always... always... always." "(Wracking sobs)" "He still had six weeks in solitary." "If people don't respect the law, what have you got?" "Anarchy, mob rule, and mice in your garibaldis." "What are you going on about?" "You think his mouse brothers come and busted him out?" "Mind you..." "I think I can see a tunnel." "Ooh..." "Back already?" "Ahh... there's your culprit." " A bleeding' heart liberal like Paul." " What?" "Yeah, that's it." "He's got the hump about that three-and-out thing, and he's come down here and he's let Mickey have it away on his toes." "That's your man, Victor." "He even looks guilty." "It was a joke." "We were having a laugh." "What you talking about?" "You know." "The rule, the big game, three and out." " What about it?" " You know what?" "I think he believed us." "(Victor) You knew it was a joke... a wind-up, didn't you?" "What?" "You actually fell for it?" "(Ash chuckles)" "If it was true, everybody'd be looking for somebody to run down." "You didn't believe us, did ya?" "No." "Course not." "(Ash) You know what?" "Maybe it wasn't him what let that mouse out." "(Both chuckle)" "(Announcer) This train is now ready to depart." "Stand clear of the doors, please." "(Whispers) Jesus, Tommy." "No." "Please!" "No!" "(Over radio) Train 208, is there a problem?" "(Mutters) Fuck." "Fuck, fuck, fuck." "(Shouts) A deal's a deal." "Come on, Paul." "For God's sake, hurry up." "(Over radio) Train 208..." "Come in, driver." "Driver 208." "Animal on track." "Line clear." "Proceeding now." "You stubborn, old bastard!" "Deal's a deal." ""I will arise and go now and go to Innisfree," ""And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;" ""Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee," ""And live alone in the bee-loud glade." ""I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow," ""Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;" " "There midnight's all a glimmer..." " (Screams) Nooooo!" ""And evening full of the linnet's wings..."" "# When you're down and troubled" "# And you need a helping hand" "# And nothing, oh, nothing is going right" "# Close your eyes" "# And think of me" "# And soon I will be there" "# To brighten up even your darkest nights" "# You just call out my name" "# And you know wherever I am" "# I'll come running" "# To see you again..." "Pack your bags." "There's something we've got to do." "#..." "If the sky above you" "# Should turn dark and full of clouds" "# And that old north wind should begin to blow" "# You just call out my name" "# And you know wherever I am" " # I'll come running - # Running, running" "# To see you again" "# You just call out my name" "# And I'll be there, yes, I will" "# You've got a friend" "# You've got a friend" "# You've got a friend" "# You've got a friend" "#Just call out my name" "# You've got a friend" "# You've got a friend" "# You've got a friend" "(# Lee Mead:" "Somebody Help Me)" "# Somebody help me, yeah" "# Somebody help me now" "# Won't somebody tell me what I've done wrong?" "# When I was just a little boy of seventeen" "# I had a girl She was my queen" "# She didn't love me like I loved her" "# Now I know" "# Now I'm so lonesome on my own" "# Somebody help me now Somebody help me" "# Somebody help me, yeah Somebody help me" "# Somebody help me now (What I've done wrong)" "# Somebody help me, yeah (All right)" "# Somebody help me now" "# Won't somebody tell me what I've done wrong?" "# What I've done wrong" "# All right... #"