Ordinary Lies Page #10

Season #1 Episode #1

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He glances down at his phone - a text has come through.

From GRACE.

‘Thinking of you on this difficult day. Love Grace xx’

Marty glances back up at the service.

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INT. JS MOTORS - OFFICE AREA - DAY 6 - 10.30 61

Kathy is busy attending to important paperwork, or at least

pretending to be. Mike breezes through

MIKE:

Kathy, invoice Sam Potts again -

and add interest for every day he

hasn’t paid us. That’ll jolt the

tardy Welsh bastard -

(she nods, will do)

Back in an hour.

And once he’s gone, Kathy shifts the ‘important paperwork’

to reveal that she is actually scanning through a

DOG MAGAZINE:

Her phone rings and she idly grabs it.

KATHY:

JS Motors, Kathy speaking

She’s distracted by a particularly dashing Daschund.

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KATHY (CONT'D)

I’m sorry, who’s this?

Reverend... oh I see.

(beat, she listens -)

Yes, from St Godfreys (

she listens)

Yes, I sent them -

(beat -)

Right, how strange - have I got

the wrong day?

She listens again and suddenly sits up straight. We stay

on Kathy’s face...

JUMP TO:

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES and DEATHS being typed into Google.

A scroll of results.

Kathy clicks on one and gets a phone number for a regional

office. She grabs a pen and starts to write it down.

62 INT. MARTY’S HOUSE - HALLWAY/STAIRS - DAY 6 - 18.10 62

Marty enters the house and immediately hears SEVERAL

VOICES. The lads have their mates around and they are

playing some computer game - loudly.

He sighs, peels his coat off, but as he does so, Kat

appears from the front room, arms folded.

KATRINA:

Good day

MARTY:

Nah - bit dead.

KATRINA:

Well, it ain’t gonna get better

MARTY:

How come?

KAT:

You’d better go and talk to your

daughter.

And that’s it, that’s all she says. Marty heavy-heartedly

treks up the stairs...

63 INT. MARTY’S HOUSE - HALLWAY/JESSIE’S ROOM - DAY 6 -63

18.11

Marty knocks on Jessie’s door. No answer.

MARTY:

Jessie.

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JESSIE:

Go to hell!

Marty tries the door, it’s locked.

MARTY:

Jessie, what is it? Open the

door.

No reply. He hammers on it.

MARTY (CONT'D)

OPEN THE DOOR.

Suddenly it flies open and a tear-stained Jessie yells at

him with fury

JESSIE:

He’s dumped me! I found texts,

flirting with someone else. And

it’s all YOUR fault.

Slam. Marty curses.

MARTY:

How is that MY fault?

Door opens again. She screams at him

JESSIE:

Why can’t you stay out of my

business. You’re a crap dad and

I hate you. I HATE you.

SLAM. Marty - hell in his eyes - hammers on her door.

MARTY:

Take that back. Take that back.

No reply. On Marty, clearly rattled by this... suddenly,

Katrina comes hurtling upstairs at considerable speed

KATRINA:

Out the way - toilet - urgent

She slams past him. We stay on Marty...

64 EXT. MARTY’S HOUSE - BACK GARDEN - EVENING 6 - 20.00 64

Marty standing in his back garden, with a bottle of beer.

We stay on his thoughtful face. Until... he produces his

mobile.

CLOSE ON the phone and we see him scroll through the names

until he reaches Grace. He waits a beat, glances over his

shoulder at the house. It seems to emanate a distaste for

him.

He presses call. It rings. Then answers...

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GRACE:

Hi Marty, how are you?

MARTY:

Having a wobble. Can we meet?

GRACE:

I thought you were in Milton

Keynes.

On Marty, playing a dangerous game now.

MARTY:

I came back... I wanted to see

you...

65 INT. GRACE’S FLAT - LOUNGE - NIGHT 6 - 21.15 65

Wine is poured into two glasses. Marty sitting in Grace’s

small and modest ground floor flat...

MARTY:

It was a fantastic service. The

priest gave this really poignant

speech, all about how each person

makes a vital contribution to the

world - even if sometimes we

might not realise the profound

effect we’re having...

GRACE:

That’s nice.

MARTY:

Then some hymns - I am the Bread

of Life, The Lord is My Shepherd.

GRACE:

The Lord is My Shepherd, that’s

such a wonderful hymn

MARTY:

It provoked a few tears. Sort of

happy tears though, that’s the

thing - it’s a release isn’t it,

a funeral... a letting go.

Grace nods in agreement.

MARTY (CONT'D)

To end they had Here Comes The

Sun, you know The Beatles.

GRACE:

‘They’

MARTY:

I’m sorry

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GRACE:

You said ‘they’.

MARTY:

(instantly corrects)

‘We’ - sorry, I meant they chose

it, the kids, it was one of their

mum’s favourite songs

Grace nods, then has a concerned face

GRACE:

How are the kids

MARTY:

Good, well, you know, as well as

can be expected

He takes a slug of wine to detract from that

GRACE:

(feels bad)

You should be with them Marty,

today of all days, I feel bad

that you’re here with me when

they need you so much more

MARTY:

They’re fine. We had a good talk

earlier, especially me and Jess -

dad to daughter. She loves me

and she wants me to be happy -

she actually said that - she’s

very mature for her age

Grace nods, but still has a nagging concern.

GRACE:

Even so... I think you should

drink this and go home.

Marty looks at her.

GRACE (CONT'D)

You’re grieving. You’re confused.

MARTY:

I want to be with you.

GRACE:

I know... and I want to be with

you but... it’s not right, Marty.

MARTY:

Says who?

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GRACE:

Says... anyone. Your wife is

barely in the ground - maybe

afterwards... you know... when

some time has passed...

And that just hangs there a moment, until... Marty suddenly

stands

MARTY:

You’re right. You are - totally.

I’ll go

He drinks down his wine in one huge gulp. Then turns to

her with a stoic smile

MARTY (CONT'D)

Thanks for being here...

Hold the look between them.

GRACE:

Come here

And Grace brings him into a tight embrace - but it is

loaded with repressed sexual tension. We play the moment on

both of them. The physical proximity.

Marty kisses her head, then her ear.

They look at one another. A beat... the moment is infused

with the sense of ‘we can’t do this’, but logic is out of

the window, the primal urge is taking over.

MARTY:

I should go...

And they suddenly start kissing, with passion.

66 INT. GRACE’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT 6 - 22.15 66

Later. Post-sex. Grace and Marty lying together. Grace

dozes, eyes closed. Marty stares at the ceiling...

His face tells us he shouldn’t be here.

67 INT. MARTY’S HOUSE - HALLWAY - NIGHT 6 - 23.20 67

House in darkness. Marty sneaks into his own house.

Everyone is in bed. He slides into the living room and

starts to take off his shoes and clothes...

But as he does so, he catches sight of the faces of his

family, smiling out from FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS - he looks at

the faces of his children, his wife...

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