Ordinary Lies Page #12

Season #1 Episode #1

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76 INT. JS MOTORS - OFFICE AREA/SHOWROOM - DAY 7 - 10.05 76

Kathy marches through the sales office (past Pete and Emma

at their desks speaking to potential online customers -

Emma looking up the price of a part ex car), her face set

to determined. She passes reception girls Tracy and Viv.

TRACY:

(nudges Viv)

Kathy’s out of her kennel

VIV:

Whatever she’s doing, hope she’s

not barking up the wrong tree

They start doing dog howls, then kill themselves laughing.

Just their way of relieving boredom and passing the day.

Kathy marches with purpose, almost taking out Marianne as

she charges her way towards the forecourt...

77 EXT. JS MOTORS - FORECOURT - DAY 7 - 10.10 77

She crashes outside to the forecourt and heads towards

Marty (Fat Jase in background with customer, oblivious to

what is about to happen), who sees her coming. He is mid-

sale

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MARTY:

...trust me, yellow cars are the

safest on the road, it stacks up

with statistics, if you don’t

believe me, Google it

(handing his blackberry

over)

Kathy arrives, face of fury -

KATHY:

I need to talk to you

MARTY:

Gimme twenty minutes.

KATHY:

Now.

MARTY:

(then realises)

Who needs me? You or Mike?

KATHY:

Me

MARTY:

(almost laughing it off)

Concerning what?

KATHY:

Your wife.

MARTY:

(slight anxiety)

My late wife?

KATHY:

No, Marty, your very much not

late wife.

On Marty, oh sh*t.

KATHY (CONT'D)

Now!

She walks away, insisting he follow. Marty gives big fake

smile to the customer -

MARTY:

Two minutes, mate

The customer has heard all that and is thinking WTF. But

Marty has no time for explanations, he is away, cantering

after a furiously departing Kathy...

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78 EXT. JS MOTORS - SERVICE AREA - DAY 7 - 10.15 78

Service area. Ziggy, Rick and Jez are lounging around

outside having crisps and brews. Kathy heads past them

into one of the few deserted places on site and stands

fuming. Marty appears

KATHY:

Start talking -

MARTY:

Look, Kathy, I don’t know what

you think you know

KATHY:

Don’t you tell me lies Marty

McLean, or I swear to God, I’ll

take your bloody head off - I

want the truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the truth or this

entire place hears about it -

Marty knows he is done for, treads carefully

MARTY:

How do you know?

KATHY:

The priest rang me, from St.

Godfreys - concerned I’d sent

hundreds of pounds worth of

flowers to the wrong venue

MARTY:

(scoffs wryly)

Right. It’s always the small

things innit

KATHY:

Why, Marty? Why would you do

something like that?

MARTY:

I thought I was gonna sacked -

okay - I was late again - after

my final warning... I’ve got

three kids, Kathy, a bloody great

mortgage - and I couldn’t let it

happen, I just couldn’t allow it

to happen

KATHY:

So you did THIS? How did you

think you’d get away with it?

MARTY:

I don’t know... I didn’t think -

that’s the point... the words

just came out of my mouth, but

once it was done... SH*T!

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Marty suddenly kicks out at an oil can, annoyed and

disgusted with his own stupidity. It crashes across the

room, leaving only silence...

MARTY (CONT'D)

(softer now, scared)

What are you gonna do? You’re

gonna have to tell people

KATHY:

Am I?

MARTY:

Kathy, you can’t keep a secret at

the best of times, I’d have to

sew your lips together to stop

summat like this getting out

KATHY:

(hits back hard)

You know nothing about me - I

understand lies Marty, I

understand wanting to protect

your family - I’ve been doing it

for twenty years - but this is

sick and wrong - and it can’t go

on a second longer -

Marty knows that, starts to crumble...

MARTY:

Please, I’m begging you -

KATHY:

You have to tell people, you have

to go and put it right

MARTY:

(the thought terrifies

him)

...and if I don’t.

She regards him with contempt.

KATHY:

You hand in your notice and never

darken our door again -

Hold the look between them.

KATHY (CONT'D)

This is your mess, Marty and

you’re gonna be the one to sort

it out -

Kathy goes, shooting him an almost pitying look. And we

stay with Marty, reeling - his world crashing in.

Rick comes bounding in, off his break

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RICK:

Alright Marty mate, how was thefuneral, did you have her burntor buried, I can’t remember?

Marty just turns and leaves.

79 EXT/INT. JS MOTORS - CAR PARK/SHOWROOM - DAY 7 - 10.30 79

Marty walks to his car, cutting a forlorn figure (we seeRick and Ziggy in the background). He gets in and drivesaway, saying nothing to no one.

ANGLE - On GRACE, quizzically watching him go.

ANGLE - at reception we find Emma and Tracy watching himleave through the sales office window.

EMMA:

(solemn)

It’s the grief.

(beat, turns to Tracy)

Do you find that attractive?

80 EXT. MARTY’S HOUSE - DAY 7 - 11.10 80

Marty arrives outside his house. He stares at his front

door. Dreading what he know has to do...

81 INT. MARTY’S HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY 7 - 11.15 81

Katrina is in the kitchen.

it from her pocket The

phone rings and she grabs

Hello KATRINA

It’s me MARTY

KATRINA:

Hiya, you alright?

Pause.

MARTY:

You know I love you, don’t you.

You and the kids, more than

anything in the world Suddenly

scared by this...

Marty KATRINA

Intercut with Marty sitting in the car outside.

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MARTY:

I’m ringing you so I can get my

words out, it’s important I

manage to get these words out...

KATRINA:

Marty - you’re scaring me - where

are you

MARTY:

I’ve always tried to be a good

husband, Kat, always tried to

keep the ship afloat, bring money

home, make sure we never went

without

KATRINA:

I know that

MARTY:

Year after year after year - I’ve

always done my best

On Katrina listening, anxiety ridden...

MARTY (CONT'D)

-but just lately it started to

become...

(he chokes slightly,

then blurts -)

Twenty cars a month, every single

month -targets, pressure from

above, and it just keeps coming -

on and on and on. It’s too

much...

On Katrina. On Marty. Fearful, emotional.

MARTY (CONT'D)

So I buried my head in the sand,

tried to pretend it wasn’t

happening... tried to pretend I

wasn’t failing... that I was

still as good as I used to be...

KATRINA:

(really scared now)

What is this, Marty - what are

you telling me...

Katrina has walked into the lounge now and she sees Marty’s

car parked in the street out front...

MARTY:

I was going off the rails. You

noticed it, they noticed it - I

was gonna get the sack -

Katrina heads to the front door...

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MARTY (CONT'D)

And I did something stupid,

something really stupid

Marty’s face has tears streaming down it.

MARTY (CONT'D)

I went crazy, I must have because

I did something unforgivable -

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