Ordinary Lies Page #3

Season #2 Episode #1

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Ordinary Lies 2 Episode 1 Pink Amends 13.

14 INT. COOPERS. JENNA’S OFFICE - DAY 2 09.10 14

CCTV image playing on her computer. It’s the incident from

yesterday - Joe and Toke messing around and then they head

off screen and we know that’s when he got hurt.

Jenna and Holly are here with Toke and Joe.

JENNA:

Accident?

JOE:

Look, Jenna -

TOKE:

It was totally my fault.

JOE:

No, it was mine.

TOKE:

Mine.

JOE:

Mine.

TOKE:

Mine.

Jenna raises a hand.

JENNA:

Touching. Look, I’m not bothered

whose fault it was - and no one’s

getting disciplined, but you’re

managers, you’re supposed to be in

charge - and you’re fooling around

like kids in the playground...

They are suitably reprimanded.

JOE:

Sorry.

TOKE:

Sorry.

JENNA:

And please don’t lie to me. I could

have spent a fortune on a safety

review.

JOE looks at the CCTV image still on screen.

JOE:

Just as well you’ve got the eye in

the sky then isn’t it

Said with a hint of bitterness. She looks at him

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JENNA:

...you know what they say -

if you’ve got nothing to hide,

you’ve got nothing to fear.

She smiles, they all go.

15 INT. COOPERS. WAREHOUSE AREA - DAY 2 09.20 15

Joe walking through the warehouse looking up, and there they

are... cameras... one, two, three, four...

16 INT. COOPERS. JOE’S DESK - DAY 2 09.40 16

Joe sits at his desk, staring at his team. They are all hard

at work, sort of. Ally trying to get the attention of new

boy Ash. Karl is balancing desk items, they crash down...

Ray Finch sneaking in, late again. Trying to act as casual

as he can... but Jenna has seen him...

Joe’s eyes then go upwards... and he notices what he has

always known is there... but has never really thought about

before... CCTV moulds in the roof... his eyes go to one,

two, three, four of them...

17 INT. BAY SECURITY - DAY 2 13.30 17

Joe in a tech store - BAY SECURITY. It specialises in

security systems. Talking to the guy behind the counter.

JOE:

-we went on holiday, you know,

taxi to the airport... we’d not

even got on the plane and someone

was trying to break in the house.

Not even on the bloody plane...

Mister Security nods, couldn’t care less.

MISTER SECURITY:

People use home systems for all

sorts of reasons these days -

security; keep their eye on their

kids; document their sex lives...

He gives a cheeky laugh.

JOE:

What kind of money are we looking

at...

MISTER SECURITY:

How long’s a piece of string?

Joe eyes the various elaborate systems.

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Mister Security gives Joe the once over, can see he isn’t a

man that wants all the whistles and bells...

MISTER SECURITY (CONT’D)

If you go for visuals only, two or

three rooms of the house, we can

link it to a laptop... you’re

looking at - two fifty

On Joe, not too bad.

JOE:

And... what does it look like? I

mean, presumably it’s discreet.

Mister security points to the SMOKE ALARM on the ceiling.

MISTER SECURITY:

Can you see a camera in there?

JOE:

(with a smile)

No.

MISTER SECURITY:

We can fit them in under an hour.

At a time of your convenience.

He smiles. On Joe, sudden pang of doubt.

JOE:

Tell you what, let me think about

it...

18 EXT. JOE’S HOUSE - DAY 2 17.30 18

Belinda and the kids peel out. They prepare to leave...

BELINDA:

Sure you don’t wanna come

JOE:

Another bloody Superhero movie - it

makes the gym seem appealing.

Fair enough.

JOE (CONT’D)

I’ll meet you after - text me

And he waves goodbye as his family head towards the cinema on

a small family outing. He watches them go... he nods at the

neighbours, mother and daughter - the daughter, Hayley, 13,

has a really distinctive haircut...

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19 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - DAY 2 18.00 19

Joe watches, anxiously, as a workman, tool belt on, stands up

a ladder in his living room... he is fixing the camera inside

the smoke alarm... or the alarm sensor...

20 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. HALLWAY - DAY 2 18.15 20

And another gets fitted in the hallway.

21 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. JOE’S BEDROOM - DAY 2 18.40 21

And in his bedroom.

Joe feels dirty.

22 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 2 19.01 22

Joe and the workman with a brew...

JOE:

(attempts self

reassurance)

Suppose this is quite common these

days is it - suppose you do this

all the time...

WORKMAN:

Yep.

JOE:

It’s not that I don’t trust anyone

Workman sips at his drink.

WORKMAN:

Relationships are all about trust.

Day I met my girlfriend I said to

her - sweetheart, you ever cheat on

me, I’ll cut your cheek off - she

never has.

Hold on Joe, horrified...

23 EXT. MERMAID QUAY. RESTAURANTS - NIGHT 2 20.45 23

Joe waiting. Belinda and the kids appear. Joe gives them a

big smile... the loving husband and father.

JOE:

Hey, how was it?

Positive reactions. He drags his daughter into a hug.

Protective dad. We might just notice this...

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JOE (CONT’D)

Who fancies Nando’s? Your mum’s

paying They

smile, they’re happy. On Joe...

24 OMITTED 24

25 OMITTED 25

26 INT. THE FEATHERS - NIGHT 3 20.00 26

Thursday night, Ally’s divorce drinks do, bar near work...

(see that freedom poster in background). Some of the gang are

here. Ally centre of attention.

*

*

New boy Ash is at the bar with Karl. They get drinks...

KARL:

Ashton isn’t it?

Ash ASH

KARL:

(offers hand)

Karl.

(and totally deadpanlaunches straight into)

We used to have an ice cream man

called Ash - when I was a kid -

whenever he appeared it was bedlam,

kids scrapping, screaming theirorders, and one day he refused toserve me for pushing, so I yelledat him, ‘suck me plonker’. And you

know what Ash said?

Ash just shakes his head.

KARL (CONT’D)

He said, ‘I will and I’ll chew it

off an all.’ That’s stayed with methat has...

Ash just stares at him - who the hell is this guy? ALLY

bounds over. With a drink in her hand she is Miss Confident. *

ALLY:

(to Ash, super flirty)

You came - I’m a free woman, it’s

official. Karl, leave him alone,

sorry, I should have warned you -

he’s like weirdo central, and avoid

Dean too, he’s a close talker *

*

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She points to SALES REP Dean Devine, who - comically - is

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