Ordinary Lies Page #6

Season #2 Episode #1

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EXT. SCOUT CAMP. CAMPSITE - NIGHT 5 23.16 51

Joe exits his tent and goes towards the tent that Carly went

into, he heads towards it...

He stands outside Carly’s tent, considers knocking/coughing,

making his presence known...

But he can’t do it...

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INT. TENT - DAY 6 05.40 52

First light over the camp ground. Very early. Joe wakes,

looks at his watch/phone - 5.40am. He lies there a moment...

we hold on his face... his eyes turn to his laptop.

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EXT. SCOUT CAMP. CAMPSITE - DAY 6 05.45 53

Joe, with rucksack, exits his tent and making sure not to be

heard, sneaks off as stealthily as he can...

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EXT. WOODS - DAY 6 06.02 54

Joe treading through woods.

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EXT. VILLAGE STREET - DAY 6 06.32 55

Joe walking along the main street of a small village. It is

deserted because of the early hour. He finally finds what he

is looking for... a pub with a sign outside.

FREE WI-FI.

He takes a seat outside the pub and opens his laptop. He

glances around, knowing this is insane...

Logs in - Connected.

Jump to

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His family... just hanging around... doing normal stuff...

Finn lying on his stomach playing on the ipad, his daughter

giving out about some drama to her mum.

Fast forward... whizz whizz...

Finn and Zoe having a play fight, quite rough.

Fast forward... whizz whizz...

INT/EXT. JOE’S HOUSE. VILLAGE STREET - DAY 6 CCTV VIEW 06.33

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And here they are again, all eating together... and Belinda

is holding court, telling a story... and they are all

laughing... REALLY laughing.

Joe smiles. Feels a warmth for his family.

Whizz whizz...

Later, Finn going out for the day - bye. Whizz, whizz...

Belinda and Zoe heading out for the day together...

Zoe waits for her mum... just listening to her music,

mouthing the words to herself... Joe watches her beautiful

young face... still the face of a young girl...

Belinda reappears. They chat, mum and daughter.

And as he watches them, there is an innocence to his

family... and ordinary-ness... something beautiful when seen

as a voyeur... there is LOVE here.

On Joe, heart sinks, he almost cries.

An early morning dog walker passes.

DOG WALKER:

Morning JOE

Morning.

Dog walker clearly thinks he’s insane. Laptop out, sitting

outside a closed pub...

On Joe, what am I doing?

57 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. HALLWAY - DAY 6 16.00 57

Joe arrives home. Calls out JOE

Hello family -

Belinda appears.

BELINDA:

Hi. Good trip?

JOE:

Great. Come here you He

motions her towards him and pulls her into a tight

embrace. Kisses her - on the lips.

JOE (CONT’D)

I’ve missed you.

She smiles, likes this, but

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BELINDA:

You go away for the night then come

back all affectionate... it’s lucky

I’m not the suspicious sort.

She smiles.

JOE:

Where are the kids?

BELINDA:

Out. And before you get any ideas,

back any minute...

He grabs her hand.

JOE:

I’m VERY quick.

He drags her by the hand towards the stairs. She screams.

BELINDA:

Hang on, I’ve gotta turn the gas

down...

And we see that they ARE good together.

58 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. JOE’S BEDROOM - DAY 6 16.15 58

Post sex, lying together after a very hasty jump.

BELINDA:

That was nice.

JOE:

Nice. A cup of tea’s nice, a

shower’s nice, that was...

BELINDA:

Oh, cup of tea great, are you

making

They laugh. But...

BELINDA (CONT’D)

Listen, before he comes back. I

think you were right about Finn.

JOE:

Really - why?

BELINDA:

You know how he was supposed to be

going over to Ryan’s - staying the

night, when me and Zoe got back

from our day out - he was here...

acting all strange... all kinds of

excuses why he hadn’t gone...

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JOE:

Like what?

BELINDA:

Just crap, you know... change of

plans, blah. Feeble. So when he was

in the bath I searched his room

JOE:

You searched

BELINDA:

And not only did I find some weed,

I also found -

(can barely say it)

Johnnies.

On Joe.

JOE:

Right. So he’s...

BELINDA:

Is he? Who with? Did you know

anything about this

JOE:

No. I didn’t...

On Joe. On Belinda.

JOE (CONT’D)

At least he’s being careful.

59 INT/EXT. JOE’S HOUSE. SHED - DAY 6 17.55 59

Shed. Joe in his shed, Wi-Fi patchy down here. CCTV playing

but keeps buffering...

JOE:

Come on, come on.

Whizz, whizz... no one in the house. Nothing, nothing,

nothing... it buffers again...

JOE (CONT’D)

God’s sake.

He glances to the house to make sure no one is coming. And

then finally... on the screen...

His son enters the house. With a girl. And at first he

can’t tell who she is...

And then to his horror, he realises...

It is Hayley, from next door. And she is YOUNG.

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On Joe.

Whizz, whizz...

Things get playful between the young couple, he flops her

onto the couch and starts kissing her hard.

On Joe, can he watch this...

And then, he peels her top off.

On Joe... f*** f***...

It buffers. From outside he hears his name called

BELINDA:

Joe. Joe?

Sh*t. He whizzes slightly... and sees more clothes coming

off his son and the girl...

BELINDA (CONT’D)

Joe? Dinner.

He slams the laptop lid down, hides it, and dashes out.

JOE:

I’m here.

BELINDA:

What you doing?

JOE:

Nothing. Just... nothing.

But he is shaken by what he has seen.

60 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 6 20.30 60

Night, family watching TV. Comedy show on. Laughing. Zoe

loving it, really laughing. But Joe just stares at his son.

Nursing the knowledge he now has and what to do about it...

61 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. STAIRS. FINN’S BEDROOM - NIGHT 6 22.56 61

Bedtime. Joe heads upstairs... his son’s door ajar, music

coming from inside. Joe lightly knocks, enters.

JOE:

Finn - can I have a word FINN

Yeh, and your word is - privacy.

Joe shocked.

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JOE:

What?

FINN:

You didn’t even knock.

Oh. Joe’s relief.

JOE:

I did a half knock. God it stinks

in here... open a window

occasionally.

He enters, sits on the bed.

JOE (CONT’D)

Listen, me and your mum were

talking and I know you’re at that

age where you don’t want to tell us

anything anymore but

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