Ordinary Lies Page #3

Season #1 Episode #2

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Ordinary Lies Episode Two Yellow Amendments 12.

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On Beth, eyeing her, hating her.

18 INT. JS MOTORS - OFFICE AREA - DAY 11 - 16.05 18

Beth strides purposefully across the office, passing the

sales team (Marty, Pete and Emma all working) and reception -

where one of the young sales girls - AMELIE - is covering for

Tracy and Viv.

BETH:

Alright, Amelie, you coping?

AMELIE:

Shouldn’t I get paid double for

this, if I’m covering two jobs?

BETH:

No, Tracy and Viv only work half as

hard as you do

And Beth’s away before Amelie can question the logic of that.

Ziggy passes reception, doesn’t even glance at Amelie.

AMELIE:

Hi Ziggy

ZIGGY:

Oh, hi Emily

AMELIE:

Amelie.

(big smile)

Corrected, he’s away again. She exhales, gutted, he doesn’t

even remember her name...

Beth marches into Kathy’s office and is surprised to be met

by the sight of a GREAT DANE.

BETH:

Whoa

KATHY:

Titch, sit.

BETH:

Why is your dog here?

KATHY:

Long story. Well, short story. He’s

depressed - I couldn’t leave him on

his own...

BETH:

(looking at Titch, seems

fine)

Depressed?

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KATHY:

He’s lost his girlfriend, Cheryl,

BETH:

Cheryl?

KATHY:

She’s a Daschund.

BETH:

What, she died?

KATHY:

Moved away - she lived next door,

with Mark and Sally, but they’ve

gone, separated, he caught her

sleeping with the bloke from the

fish shop... so Cheryl’s moved to

Sussex - that’s the trouble with

adultery, it’s always the innocents

that suffer.

BETH:

Right.

And back in the real world...

BETH (CONT’D)

Is Mike in?

But before she can answer.

MIKE (O.S.)

For God’s sake.

Door flies open from the adjoining office.

MIKE (CONT’D)

(brandishing a letter)

How many times do I have to send

Customs and Excise the same

information - how many times. Tell

them we’ve sent it.

He flings the letter to Kathy and goes back in his office.

BETH:

(pulls face)

What’s up with him?

KATHY:

Hangover.

Then can’t resist adding the juicy bit.

KATHY (CONT'D)

His wife’s back.

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She pulls a theatrical grimace, and then turns back to hercomputer as if ‘I can’t spend all day gossiping’.

Beth beds that down, goes.

19 EXT. PLAYA DORADA - EVENING 11 - 20.00 19

MOPED cruising along the coast road, lights of the towntwinkle in the distance. Tracy and Viv ride pillion.

They shout the following in a sing song, joyful way, girlsfantasizing about what they can buy -

TRACY:

Kurt Geiger boots, Jill Sanderdress VIV

Gold necklace like Beyonce wears...

TRACY:

Juicy Couture tracksuit, Mulberryjacket -

VIV:

Louis Vuitton bag TRACY

Ipad, Iphone VIV

Hair extensions, boob job TRACY

We’re gonna have them all They

turn left, following a sign for a MIDNIGHT PARTY, readyfor their last night of fun and thrills...

20 EXT. PLAYA DORADA - BEACH PARTY - NIGHT 11 - 00.10 20

Nightclub or Beach party.

Chase & Status ‘Let You Go’ belts out - and they throw their

arms in the air and chant along, never felt more alive.

*

*

Mark this moment for Tracy - a moment of total abandon,

freedom, fun...

21 INT/EXT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY 12 - 07.30 21

Early morning.

Tracy wakes, with a hangover. She looks different, more

tanned, hair braided, traveller bracelet.

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She looks across to Viv, still out of it.

The room is a mess, evidence of a great last night party all

around them.

Tracy peels out of bed, grabs a bottle of water and heads out

onto the balcony.

She looks across the quiet pool area, then across the horizon

to the beaches and the sea beyond.

There is a stillness. No one around yet. The peace and

beauty of the place are amazing and it is one of those

perfect tranquil moments which holidays can provide.

We hold on Tracy’s face.

Hold and hold and hold... as she contemplates what is to

come...

22 INT/EXT. CAR/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STREETS - DAY 12 - 08.45 22

Looking through a dusty windscreen at sparse Dominican

Republic roads. There’s a ramshackle feel which suggests we

are a fair distance from a big city. Tracy and Viv sit

silently, nervously, in the back of the car as it goes deeper

and deeper into foreign (and therefore scary) territory.

Ahead a small village approaches. The girls peer to see where

they’re arriving.

ANGLE - POVERTY RIDDEN GHETTO. Every face they see is black.

Children look older than their years.

Viv and Tracy share a fearful look. To their western eyes,

there’s a palpable sense of danger here.

The CAR pulls up beside a LARGE DECREPIT BUILDING. Ronaldo

motions for them to get out of the car. They silently obey.

Fear written across their faces.

As they walk towards the building they are WATCHED BY LOCALS.

It unnerves them even more.

23 INT. DECREPIT BUILDING - DAY 12 - 09.00 23

Viv and Tracy are led through the building to a room at the

far end of a corridor. As they enter the room they come face

to face with THREE SERIOUS BLACK MEN.

The leader speaks, in good English.

LEADER:

Thank you for assisting us. We’ll

make this as easy as possible.

The girls nod.

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Theatrically, he lifts a drape from a table to reveal TWO

SMALL MOUNTAINS OF BAGGED COCAINE. Actually, they are rubber

pellets of cocaine in condom type wrapping, spherical, each

containing scores of pellets...

The girls stare at the drugs.

LEADER (CONT'D)

Drink this to lubricate the throat.

You look like girls who can

swallow.

Small laughter from around the room. This repels Viv and

Tracy. They are moved towards the bags of coke.

They are terrified.

And in a long dialogue free sequence, we watch as the girls

start the process of swallowing the bags.

Drink of liquid. Bag into mouth. Swallow.

Viv gags a bit on the first one, but manages to get it down

with a little liquid.

Tracy gets on with the task, almost on auto pilot, like she

has turned her mind off to where she is and what she is

doing, she’s a mule machine.

It’s a hideous process but the MEN stand watching

dispassionately, they have done this a hundred times. Their

only concern is that every single bag goes inside those two

bodies.

EXT. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STREETS - DAY 12 - 11.30 24

Tracy and Viv being driven to the airport by Bale and

Ronaldo. They pass ordinary life going on. People preparing

for another ordinary day...

It’s the longest, scariest journey of their entire life. And

the antithesis of their journey on arrival.

RONALDO:

You must check in separately, sit

separately, do not talk to each

other until you are on the plane.

They nod their understanding. And we move down from the

girls’ fearful faces to see that they are holding hands.

INT. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - DOMINICAN - DAY 12 - 13.00 25

Viv walks into the airport and immediately scans for

SECURITY. They carry machine guns.

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