The Circuit

63. 65. Is this our area?

I mean, would you still call

this where we live?

Gabe, are you all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Look, are we doing this? What?

I don't even know these people.

They've asked us to dinner.

We're new, we don't know anyone.

It's nice.

Yeah, but are they our kind of

people? I don't know.

We're going to find that out, aren't

we? Yeah, but then we're trapped

over dinner, coffees, cocktails,

then we have to ask them back.

And then what?

And then we're friends, friends with

people who aren't our friends.

What?

Is this about the Chinese lady?

I watched them take her away, Nat.

Yeah, kind of awkward.

They dragged her off the train just

because she had the wrong ticket.

I mean, she doesn't know.

She doesn't speak English.

She's obviously here illegally.

I think this is the house.

I mean, she's halfway back

to God knows what.

Interrogation, waterboarding?

Do they even do that in China? No!

I don't know, maybe. Don't let it

spoil your evening though.

Are you going to bring that in?

What? The coffee. Yeah, of course.

I mean, are you going to do

the thing where you tell them

it came out of something's arse?

It did.

It did come out of something's

arse. That's the point.

OK, well, if they're not interested,

don't start sulking.

Are you going to drink tonight?

What? No, nothing.

It's just you said you might not

want to drink, that's all.

All right. I'll...

say I'm on antibiotics. Yeah...

Tell you what, let's have a safe

word so if one of us wants to go,

we say it and

we can get the f*** out.

Oh, sh*t, that's a great idea.

WOMAN SHOUTS ..try and make them feel

comfortable in this f***ing house.

Welcome. Come in, come in.

Wow, such a beautiful...

Yes, yes, this is the hallway.

We're going to knock this

all through. Come through.

It's all going to be

one big living space. Come through.

We brought you some...

Sasha! Give me your coats.

I'll hang them.

Come through.

Come through. Sasha!

So glad you made it.

Such a beautiful area,

so many people moving in like you.

Sasha, for f***'s sake!

Coffee, we brought you some coffee.

Something smells nice.

Yes, yes, it's goulash.

It's Hungarian dish.

Traditional. It's pronounced

goulash. Oh, goulash.

Goulash.

It's called civet coffee.

Yes, yes. This is Marty.

This is Angie.

Sasha, please, for f***'s sake!

Civet's a type of weed. Yes, yes.

Sasha will be here in a minute.

He's my f***ing husband.

What do you want me

to do with the...?

What is wrong?

They're just having a little barney.

There's a bit of tension.

There was some shouting and

then I think Helene was crying.

I don't think she was crying.

Well, maybe we should...

No, I don't think it's a big deal.

I'm Marty. Nat. This is Gabe.

Hey.

Hi, I'm Angie. Hi.

So, a bit of tension, then.

Yeah.

I understand you have some coffee...

or something.

Yeah, well, it's just...

It's no big deal.

It's just that this is civet coffee.

It's actually a delicacy.

The civet is a kind of weasel.

So the civet eats the fruit.

What fruit?

The coffee fruit. So the civet

eats the coffee fruit,

leaving the bean which doesn't get

digested in its stomach acid

which it then excretes and... Shits?

Yeah, it's all clean.

It's traditional.

They've been harvesting it

for years in Indonesia.

So this is a bag of weasel

sh*t beans?

I'm not explaining

what this is properly.

Because we drink Illy here.

It's a delicacy. Yeah, I get it.

It cost 27.50 a lb.

So you just moved to the area?

Yes, yeah.

We used to live in Strood.

We moved here about a month ago.

What's Strood like? Oh, it's great.

We loved it. Yeah, we loved it.

We had a lot of friends. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, and it was just one

of those areas, really.

It was beautiful.

Yeah, kind of had everything.

So why did you move?

So here we all are.

We just have one more guest to come.

His name is Danny.

He's a very good friend.

A lovely, lovely man.

He's had a little bit of

a difficult time lately

so I hope you will be very kind to

him.

He is a keen rock climber, Gabe,

so you will have very much to talk

to him about. I don't...

Marty and Angie are our very best

friends in the area.

They really are lovely,

lovely people.

Until you get to know us.

Adult rock club?

She's joking. Of course,

she really is so funny.

Ah, she used to be in a rock group.

Do you know Barananama? Bananarama?

You were in Bananarama?

Yeah, for a bit, yeah.

Whoa. You're kidding? You know

this rock band? Barananama.

When were you in?

What, after Jacquie or after

Siobhan? After Jacquie and Siobhan.

This was a long time ago.

Oh, that is mad. Do you miss it?

Do you miss the biz? No,

it's full of backstabbing c*nts.

Good times though.

Would you like to see the

rest of the house?

Sasha, will you give them the tour,

please?

I've just got a drink.

F***'s sake. We've done the tour.

You've seen the new bathroom?

This is the utility room.

It's where the washer dryer

goes and the combi boiler.

That's the washer dryer.

And that's the combi boiler.

This is the kitchen.

This is Italian marble.

The cooker's German.

And there's this.

I like that.

'There's storage there,

'storage there, some storage there,

'that's storage.'

Bedroom one.

Bedroom two.

'Storage.'

What the f*** is going on?

They've had an argument, it's fine.

What's the safe word? What?

The safe word.

Oh, all right, look, if I say...

What are you doing?

She was...

Nothing.

That's a two-person shower.

That's the toilet, or, as is known

in Gabe's house, the coffee machine.

It's traditional,

it's an Indonesian tradition.

It's delicious.

You have a lovely house.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Yes, this is a lovely house which is

why we don't need another one.

But that is another matter and

I'm not going to talk about that

and embarrass you with

our personal problems.

We're going to have a lovely,

lovely evening.

Danny will be here soon. He has had

a bit of a difficult time.

He is a suicide.

Excuse me? Yes, he tried to kill

himself but only a little bit.

It is all in the past.

Gabe, you can talk to him about

mountains and rocks and suchlike.

But I don't...

Let me give you some alcohol so we

can all get a little bit pissed.

Oh, not for me, thank you. Oh.

Will you be able to relax

without alcohol?

I'm on antibiotics, I'm afraid.

So I better not.

My uncle used to always say he was

on antibiotics any time

anyone offered him booze but

he was just trying to stop drinking.

I mean, he was an massive alcoholic.

He always drank in the end.

Mmm. Well, this is delicious. Yes,

they are really delicious prawns.

Are these king prawns

or tiger prawns

or just normal prawns but big?

They're just prawns.

There's no need to get excited.

They're just ordinary prawns.

He's just asking a question,

Helene, OK?

He's just asking

about the f***ing prawns

because he doesn't know what to say.

I'm glad you like the prawns.

Thank you for asking about them.

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