The Redeeming

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(film projector whirring)

(siren wailing)

(bell ringing)

(heavy breathing)

(boat horn wailing)

(suspenseful music)

[Radio Announcer] It's

also extremely grim out there

so please do take care on

the roads this evening.

Gale force winds are forecast

throughout the rest of the night

and severe weather

warnings remain in place

across The Southwest

and surrounding areas.

It's really not very

pleasant at all.

Stay with us for updates

on the weather situation

every 15 minutes.

And the headlines once

again for The Southwest.

The search continues

for a missing patient

who escaped from the Seaview

secure unit earlier today.

The resident, who

should not be approached

is described as being -

(electrical buzz)

(radio off)

(wind howling)

(wind howling)

(eerie music)

(footsteps approaching)

(suspenseful music)

(door knocks)

[Man] Hello,

can you let me in?

No, go away!

[Man] Please, I need help!

Well, who are you?

[Man] I'm hurt, please!

Can I just use your phone or

anything, just for a minute.

Please!

(bolt opens)

What do you want?

Do you know what time

it is, for God sake,

what are you doing here?

[Man] Please, let me in.

I fell, I think

I've busted my arm.

Please.

Okay, well hurry before

we both freeze to death.

(door clacking shut)

Here, put that down.

Sit down there.

You're freezing, you poor thing.

I'm sorry there's no electric.

The lights went out

with the storm earlier.

And they've been flickering

on and off for ages

but I think they finally

given up the ghost.

Oh, I don't mind.

It's better than

being out there.

What the devil are you doing

out in a night like this?

You're lucky you didn't

catch your death.

Thanks for opening the door.

It's f***ing freezing out there.

Yeah, precisely.

I'll find you another blanket.

(yawning)

It's fine, it's

all fine, I'm fine.

Found a towel, this

will do won't it?

(eerie music)

Do I know you?

(grunting)

What have you done to yourself?

Let me see.

Don't be a baby, I

used to be a nurse.

Well, I wanted to be.

I helped the nurses.

Anyway, let me see.

Well, do you think it's broken?

When you fell did you feel

it break or hear it snap?

F*** knows.

I heard something but

it could have been

the bits of wood

or twigs I fell on.

I really need to.

Ow!

Yeah.

There.

F***.

Hmm, can you move it

at all, your fingers?

I don't think you'd be

able to move your fingers

if it was broken.

I remember when my

little boy broke his arm.

And I think you'd be

in a lot more pain.

More pain?

It hurts like a bastard already.

How did you fall?

I was running

and, I don't know,

I tripped over a

f***ing tree stump

and bam down I f***ing went.

Look, I know you're in pain

but I really would appreciate it

if you wouldn't

swear quite so much.

My husband always

swore and I hated it.

I'm sure it's not

that necessary.

But it hurts like...

Like?

Like...

A lot.

There, that's better.

Let's start again.

So we're looking at

just about the elbow.

I think you need to take the

weight off it for a start.

There's a scarf I saw somewhere,

can use it as a sling.

Uh.

Sorry, can't see

a flaming thing.

(eerie piano music)

(grunting)

[Man] Hello?

Hello!

Why are you shouting?

I'm just here.

Found a scarf.

Now, let's pop this off.

Right, just lift your

arm up a little bit.

Pop this through there.

That's it.

(humming)

Put on our clothes

Put on our clothes

(humming)

So early in the morning

(humming)

There, how's that, better?

Yeah, much better, thanks.

See?

Told you I used to be a nurse.

(laughing)

I would phone for a doctor but

I'm afraid the phone is dead.

What's silver and doesn't work?

This telephone.

(chuckles)

Not that it would

make much difference.

The lane is bad

enough in the daytime.

Far too dangerous at night.

I doubt you'd be able to

get a signal either my love,

middle of nowhere,

hadn't you noticed?

I've got no

battery left anyway.

It's okay, just let

me warm up a bit

and rest and I'll

get out of your way.

You wanna go back

out there again?

In this?

You wanna break

your neck as well?

(light zaps)

And then there was light.

Yay!

(laughing)

Oh thank goodness.

(chuckles)

(creepy echoes)

You okay?

(electrical buzz)

Oh!

Oh, what a bugger.

Or as you might want to

say, what a f***ing bugger.

(laughing)

Oh well, looks like you're

stuck here for the night.

And if that's the case I for one

would like to know your name.

I'm Joyce.

Oh.

I'm John.

John?

That's a lovely name.

Always liked it.

It's nice to meet you John.

I'd also prefer more

candles if I can find any.

(eerie chime)

[John] So how far

from town are we?

(comic country accent)

Ooh, many many miles, John.

Many many miles.

'Tis a very lonely

house you found here.

Very lonely and very dark.

(normal accent) I'd

say it was about 10, 11

miles to the village.

Although, it's easy to go

round and round in circles

at night in the dark so you

could end up walking 20.

I've been lost loads of times

walking out there in

the middle of the night.

What?

Why were you out walking

in the middle of the night?

Well, you know.

Well it's nice to

go walking at night.

It's peaceful.

There's lots of reasons

to go walking at night.

Walking the dog?

They always need walking.

That's enough reasons to go

walking at night, isn't it?

Have you got a dog?

No, of course I

haven't got a dog.

Do you see a dog?

I'm just saying that

if you had a dog

it would need walking at night.

Besides I can walk

anywhere anytime.

I don't need permission,

I am allowed.

Young John with

the 20 questions.

Huh, who's in charge here?

I'm sorry, I didn't

mean to upset you.

I just think I may need a

doctor for my arm, that's all.

Yes I know, your

arm, your arm.

You poor thing.

I'm sorry.

It's so late and

I've hardly slept with

this blooming weather and

what with the lights

flickering on and off it's,

it's enough to drive anyone

up, up the wall, isn't it?

You must be tired.

Yes, I am very.

Just have to make

the best of it.

Sit it out 'til morning.

(wind howling)

It looks freezing out there.

Not much better in here.

(John chuckles)

Used to love watching storms,

as a child, from the window.

How old are you?

When I was 11 there

was a storm, huge.

Hellish.

I'm 19.

No one would let me watch

it though, I was too little.

Stay away from the window

girl, it's dangerous.

They were all at the

bloody window though,

both my parents and

my older brother.

(creepy piano music)

There was a massive

bolt of lightning

and the window was struck.

My father was killed instantly

and my mother lost an eye.

My brother was cut

badly but nothing more.

Hey, it's fine.

My mother, she wears a pretty

diamante eye patch now.

And my brother, well, he recovered

with only a few scars so.

Oh, my father,

didn't like him much anyway.

So it's all good.

Now I can do what I like.

I can watch any storm

I want from the window.

Though frankly there's

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