White Van Man Page #6

Season #2 Episode #12

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'WHITE VAN MAN 2' Episode 2 Blue Script 07/10/11 32A

ANDRZEJ:

The house where we’re working.

Tonight, we sleep here.

DARREN:

Oh. Okay. Well - I’ll see you in the

morning.

He starts to leave when JAN stops him.

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JAN:

Where you going? Tonight, we sleep

here ready for early start tomorrow.

(Holds out a bottle of

vodka)

Here. Drink more.

DARREN:

I’ve got a new flat. I only live a

couple of roads away...

JAN:

And tomorrow’s big day. We must be

on site at 5am tomorrow, so we stay.

Not lose time in the morning.

DARREN:

It really is like, just two roads.

ANDRZEJ:

Darren - if you’re part of this

family - you sleep in the tent.

Long pause as JAN stares at DARREN, never blinking.

DARREN:

(Scared)

Okay - I’ll stay in the tent. Can’t

see why I wouldn’t.

A RUMBLE OF THUNDER as DARREN stares at the TENT, worried.

DARREN (CONT’D)

How many people’s that meant to

hold?

CUT TO:

223 INT. TENT - NIGHT 6 - 23:00 223

Later. DARREN, JAN and ANDRZEJ are all squashed in the tent

with hardly any room to move. But still, somehow JAN is

downing a bottle of VODKA. He shoves it towards DARREN,

much to DARREN’S distress.

JAN:

There. Drink more. It will help you

numb the pain.

DARREN swigs from the bottle. Hardly able to stay

conscious.

DARREN:

The pain...?

ANDRZEJ pulls out a TATTOO GUN attached to a car battery.

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ANDRZEJ:

Yes. The pain. It is time to

properly make you one of us!

JAN and ANDRZEJ pull up their sleeves to reveal ANDRZEJ’S

LOGO tattooed on their upper arms.

DARREN:

Erm... No. Listen... I want to go

sleep at mine. It’ll give ya more

room and I’ll be much fresher in the

morning.

ANDRZEJ:

Darren. You are family now. You must

get tattoo. Prove you are family for

life.

DARREN:

I really don’t think

JAN pushes the bottle to DARREN’S lips, makes him drink,

then holds him while he pulls up his sleeve.

DARREN (CONT’D)

What the hell are you doing?

JAN:

Seeing your commitment to the

family!

ANDRZEJ turns on the TATTOO GUN and starts to approach

DARREN.

ANDRZEJ:

Relax my friend. I have done this to

all my men. It will only hurt a bit.

JAN places his hand over DARREN’S mouth as his eyes quite

clearly scream.

CUT TO:

224 EXT. HOUSE (OLLIE’S JOB 2) - DAY 7 - 12:15 224

Establishing. OLLIE’S VAN pulls up outside. LIZ driving.

CUT TO:

225 INT. HOUSE (OLLIE’S JOB 2)/ KITCHEN - DAY 7 - 12:25 225

OLLIE (wearing the WHITE OVERALLS again) struggling to

carry everything through the door as LIZ stands looking at

the boiler. Instructions, puzzled. OLLIE drops a couple of

items. LIZ turns to look at him.

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OLLIE:

(Sarcastic)

Oh I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.

Totally in control.

LIZ:

I’m trying to work out what’s wrong

with this. I can’t get it to work.

OLLIE:

Have you tried whacking it with a

hammer?

LIZ:

What? No.

OLLIE:

Darren’s tip. Sometimes there’s a

problem with these boilers and their

pipes on installation. Darren said

the best thing to do - whack it with

a hammer.

LIZ:

I’m not doing that...

OLLIE steps forward and whacks it with a HAMMER. SFX: A

judder then the sound of it working perfectly.

OLLIE:

See. You’re not the best at

everything. Darren had lots and lots

of experience. Sometimes you’ve just

got to whack it with a hammer.

LIZ looks a little embarrassed. OLLIE looks a little sad.

Suddenly OLLIE’S PHONE RINGS. He looks at the screen.

OLLIE (CONT’D)

Speak of the devil...

(Into phone)

Alright?

CUT TO:

226 INT. TENT/ HOUSE (OLLIE’S JOB 2)/ KITCHEN - DAY 7 - 12:30 226

It’s DARREN in the TENT. He’s still swigging from the vodka

and is really, really pissed.

DARREN:

No.

OLLIE:

Okay...

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DARREN:

I didn’t even wanna stay in the tent

Ollie. I didn’t wanna stay...

OLLIE:

Are you pissed?

DARREN:

Yeah... yes I am... it really helps

with the pain?

OLLIE:

Pain?

DARREN:

(Trying to get up and out)

I’m so pissed I can barely stand up.

He laughs a little to himself. A pained, tragic, drunken

laugh - then falls on his arse like a toddler trying to

walk.

OLLIE:

Darren. Why are you in pain?

DARREN:

(Pulling up sleeve)

‘Cos they branded me Ollie. They

tattooed their logo on my arm.

OLLIE looks shocked. He really doesn’t know what to say.

Silence.

DARREN (CONT’D)

(Childlike)

Ollie... Please come and get me.

Beat. OLLIE looks at LIZ, removing the phone from his ear.

OLLIE:

(Confused)

Andrzej and Jan... they’ve tattooed

Darren.

LIZ:

What?

OLLIE:

They’ve tattooed him.

LIZ:

That’s it, Ollie - time to fight.

OLLIE:

What?

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LIZ:

Go and fight for him.

OLLIE:

What are you talking about? He left

me.

LIZ:

Are you blind? Whether you realise

it or not, you guys work well

together.

(Beat)

Ollie - you need him more than you

need me.

OLLIE thinks for a moment. Then suddenly he’s dashing out

the door. LIZ can’t help but smile.

CUT TO:

227 EXT. HOUSE (ANDRZEJ’S JOB) - DAY 7 - 13.30 227

ANDRZEJ and JAN stand smoking. DARREN’S nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly OLLIE’S VAN pulls up outside. OLLIE leaps out.

ANDRZEJ:

(Stepping forward)

Hey. What you doing? You not take

this job. We get it fair and square.

OLLIE:

I’m not here for the job... I’m here

for Darren.

ANDRZEJ:

Err, what?

DARREN (O.S.)

What?

OLLIE:

I want my man back.

JAN and ANDRZEJ piss themselves laughing.

JAN:

Did he just say “I want my man

back”?

ANDRZEJ:

(Looking to the tent)

Don’t you worry about this, Darren.

He is leaving soon.

OLLIE:

Not without him, I wont.

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ANDRZEJ:

(Sinister to Ollie)

Try it.

OLLIE:

Why? What you going to do?

DARREN, pissed and holding the newly tattooed arm crawls

from out of the tent.

DARREN:

Ollie...

OLLIE:

I’m here.

DARREN tries to stand but his knees tremble and he can’t.

OLLIE rushes over.

ANDRZEJ:

Step away from him, Curry. He is

mine.

OLLIE:

No. He’s not. He’s his own man. And

he can do what he wants.

DARREN:

I want to go home.

OLLIE:

And he wants to go home.

A beat of tension as ANDRZEJ and JAN stare at OLLIE, nobody

sure what to do now.

ANDRZEJ:

Darren... the question has been asked.

What do you want to do? Stay with us,

your family or go back to Mr Boyband?

DARREN:

(Pointing at OLLIE)

Mr Boyband...

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