Ordinary Lies Page #9

Season #2 Episode #1

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BELINDA:

So you haven’t been texting and

messaging someone you believe to be

called Gaby to arrange to meet in

this exact spot to then go inside

The Brookfield Hotel for sex.

GREY HAIR MAN:

No - I’m here to meet a friend.

This is excruciating. This man’s life is falling apart

before our very eyes. Joe watching.

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BELINDA:

I’ve got messages here in front of

me, would you like me to read them

GREY HAIR MAN:

No, no... I’m not here for sex.

BELINDA:

(she reads)

‘You’re 14, you’re a virgin, you’re

a very sexy girl... and we’re not

gonna just hold hands and kiss...

when I get you in that hotel room

I’m gonna take off your bra, take

off your knickers...’

GREY HAIR MAN:

(scared, trying to make

light)

It’s just chat

BELINDA:

(appalled, angry)

You’re a teacher - a teacher. What

the hell were you/ thinking?

GREY HAIR MAN:

(at / he starts babbling

over her)

No, no, come on, it’s just - this

is the first time I’ve ever... I

would never have actually

BELINDA:

(cuts in)

Your school will be told about

this, you’ll lose your job, you’ll

never stand in a classroom ever

again -

The man’s world has just fallen apart. On Joe, watching.

BELINDA (CONT’D)

-you can look upset, but why on

earth are you trying to lure

fourteen-year-old girls to a hotel

for sex?

GREY HAIR MAN:

I was... look, it’s... you’re

online, it’s excitement... I

wouldn’t have gone through with

it... if she’d turned up, I

wouldn’t...

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BELINDA:

You’re talking utter filth to what

you think is a fourteen-year-old

girl, sending naked photos of

yourself, you’re the worst, the

very worst - I’m glad you turned

up, I’m really glad you turned

up...

Her emotion makes the guy realise something

GREY HAIR MAN:

Can I see your warrant card please

BELINDA:

I didn’t say I was police.

GREY HAIR MAN:

Then what are you?

Man One takes over...

MAN ONE:

Paedophile Hunters, we report our

findings to the police... this

video goes online... everyone you

know will see this...

GREY HAIR MAN:

So... you can’t arrest me?

MAN ONE:

No, but - we’ll be taking all this

to / the police

At / the man turns and immediately walks away. But they have

caught it all on camera.

(N.B. THE REAL VIDEOS OF THIS ARE STAGGERING TO WATCH, groups

like Letz Go Hunting...available on YouTube).

Belinda is shaking. As the man departs she looks at Man One

and they embrace. Another scalp. A victory in their fight.

But as she parts from him she glances around and sees...

Joe, standing there, amazed. Furious, bewildered. The pieces

now fallen into place.

BELINDA:

Joe...

JOE:

So this is your revenge is it? This

is your revenge.

He walks away, angry.

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INT. JOE’S CAR - DAY 8 15.15

Joe punching the steering wheel. Belinda in the passenger

seat. He burns off his anger. Long pause. And then...

BELINDA:

I couldn’t tell you

JOE:

Why not

BELINDA:

Because I knew you’d disapprove

JOE:

Because you blame me

BELINDA:

I don’t blame you -

JOE:

- you BLAME me for not doing more -

not smashing his face in - not...

doing whatever you think I should

have done

BELINDA:

I don’t blame you.

JOE:

We reported him. We went through

the proper channels. But he got

away with it. What more could we

have done... Those men aren’t him,

Bel. No matter how many of those

you get, they won’t ever be him.

BELINDA:

No, but I’m stopping them doing

*

what he did to my daughter. Those

bastards, those filthy, disgusting

bastards...

(tears arrive)

She’s my little girl.

On Joe, the pain of it all rising to the surface.

JOE:

And she’s mine too. How do you

think that feels, I’m her father,

her protector...

He looks away, fighting big emotions.

JOE (CONT’D)

Yeah, okay, I could have beat him

senseless, got myself sent down -

would that have helped... what good

would that have done...

(MORE)

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JOE (CONT’D)

what kind of father would that have

made me...

BELINDA:

So you just drank it all away -

what good did that do - what kind

of father did THAT make you - at

least I’m doing something

JOE:

I’m doing something - working with

kids - making sure they get someone

genuine - someone who wants to help

them -that’s doing something - but

this - entrapment, what if that guy

goes home and tops himself - is

that what you want... blood on your

hands...

BELINDA:

(tough now)

If they can’t live with

themselves...

Joe despairs.

BELINDA (CONT’D)

-they need locking up - out of

harms way, they need their balls

cutting off, they’re lower than

murderers - in prison, lower than

rapists - why, because ten minutes

of their life, ten minutes of their

miserable life and it stays with

those kids forever. Stays with our

daughter forever. And we did

nothing... we couldn’t even get the

bastard sent to prison...

Joe just stares at her.

JOE:

How would you feel if it was Finn?

BELINDA:

(staggered, appalled)

What?

JOE:

How would you feel if someone did

what you’ve done to Finn?

She doesn’t understand his questioning.

BELINDA:

Well, if Finn was trying to shag a

thirteen-year-old girl...

*

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JOE:

He has been. He has been... I’ve

seen him. But he’s only sixteen so

that’s alright.

BELINDA:

What are you... Joe... what do

you... WHO?

JOE:

Hayley. From next door. Him and

her. I’ve seen them.

BELINDA:

- what do you mean you’ve seen him?

What’s going on? How have you seen

them?

On Joe. The time for lies is over.

89 INT. JOE’S HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 8 15.45 89

Smoke alarm removed, camera inside. It sits on the table.

Joe’s LAPTOP shows the image of Finn and Hayley.

Joe and Belinda stare at it. Belinda horrified.

Silence.

She literally doesn’t know which betrayal to be most appalled

by, her world has shifted on its axis.

JOE:

I wasn’t meaning to spy on the

kids, I was just

BELINDA:

Spying on me.

He accepts that, but offers.

JOE:

Trying to find reassurance.

BELINDA:

(sickened)

What kind of man does this...

JOE:

(hits back -)

One that’s hurt. One whose wife

betrayed him.

She knows what he means.

BELINDA:

Oh, so it’s MY fault.

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JOE:

Yes.

BELINDA:

I told you time and time again...

Nothing. Happened.

JOE:

Nothing meaning what.. sex. Don’t

insult my intelligence... people

don’t send each other messages like

that without...

He tails off... anger consumes him.

Belinda is suddenly overwhelmed by the revelation.

BELINDA:

Okay, okay fine... hate me. You

were a mess. You were a bloody mess

Joe - and I wanted the old you...

the fun you - before all this SH*T

landed in our lives. And he

offered a bit of that...

JOE:

Did he?

BELINDA:

Yes.

JOE:

So did you screw him - truth now

Belinda... no more lies... did you

screw him?

On Belinda. On Joe. On Belinda.

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