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00:00Oh, you all right, all right, you're just waiting for someone. Yes, I was gonna say actually
00:29thanks for, er, clearing up the, well, clearing some of the stuff up from the frontier.
00:35Yeah, did Bev have a word? I don't think so. Oh, right, okay, well, she said she was gonna have a word, so...
00:41Oh. Yeah, just about clearing the frontier. I have. Yes, no, I know. Brilliant. Yeah, fantastic, just, er...
00:52I just thought I saw a rat, you know. I thought you saw one. No, I did. Well, I did, you know,
00:59it was a... well, it was either a rat or a big mouse. Big mouse, probably.
01:07Oh. That oil slick's a bit annoying, isn't it? Yes. Yeah.
01:16Looks like a rabbit from my house, if you can believe it.
01:20Yeah. It's a big black rabbit at the end of my drive.
01:24Oh.
01:25Oh.
01:29Oh.
01:42What's this for?
02:01Soil conditioner.
02:03Compost.
02:12Soil conditioner.
02:42Soil conditioner.
03:12Soil conditioner.
03:34Hello, Michael.
03:52Oh, hello, Bev.
03:53Was that your daughter came round yesterday?
03:56I haven't got any kids, Bev.
03:57Oh.
03:58Who was that, then?
04:00She looked nice.
04:01That was, er, Casey.
04:03She was just helping me with something.
04:06I could help.
04:07Oh.
04:08Thanks, Bev.
04:09I mean, if you needed help, I could help.
04:12I'm just stuck here all day.
04:14Don't know what to do with myself half the time.
04:19See you later, Bev.
04:20Bye, Michael.
04:33Oh, Mike.
04:43Michael!
04:44Michael!
04:46Michael!
04:46Morning, Brigham.
04:49Long bike?
04:51Yes.
04:52Tandem.
04:53For two people.
04:55For two people.
04:56See you later.
04:58Michael!
04:59Michael!
04:59Mike!
04:59Mike!
05:00Mike!
05:00Yes.
05:01Can I have a go?
05:04Oh.
05:06Oh, my.
05:10All right?
05:11Yep.
05:12Late.
05:13As you noticed.
05:14Can I come round tonight and see the things?
05:17What things?
05:18What things?
05:19The little fucking people you've got growing in jars.
05:23Shh.
05:24God's sake.
05:26They're not people.
05:27They're called homunculi.
05:29And I don't want anyone knowing about them.
05:31Thank you very much.
05:36Good morning, shoppers.
05:38Michael Sleep is growing three homunculi at home in the shed.
05:43That's Michael Sleep.
05:46Three homunculi in jars in his shed.
06:06Michael.
06:07Why are you...
06:08Shh.
06:10Michael, it's Roy.
06:11Give us the ring back when we get this message.
06:13Listen, mate.
06:13It wasn't me that came to visit you down at home.
06:16I don't know who it was, but it wasn't me.
06:18So, you need to find out who's saying they're me.
06:21Who's Roy?
06:22I've got to go.
06:23You've only just got here.
06:24I've got to go to the nursing home.
06:27Well, don't bother coming back.
06:29Oh, cheers, Gordon.
06:30I really appreciate that.
06:50Brigham!
07:04Brigham!
07:04here he is hello son all right dad you out of breath yeah the the car's out of action i had
07:32to cycle bloody hell what have you got there is that a competition win remote controlled cars
07:39six of them well you know what they say you can't have too many remote controlled cars but i'm running
07:45out of space here will you take them yeah you can give them to a charity shop or uh you might want
07:50to hold on to them yourself yeah okay um here dad hillary said that you had a visitor do you remember
07:57did she yes dad have a think someone came to see you to say hello can you remember who that might
08:05have been when was that you say it must have been the day before yesterday was it roy was it clear's
08:12brother roy oh so it was yeah i didn't recognize him pretended i did though fine bit of acting
08:21have i ever met roy yes yes you you will have done years ago you say you didn't recognize him
08:28no have you got any idea what he wanted uh can't say that i have uh he was wittering on about something
08:36or skirting around something or other only connect was on so i wasn't really paying attention
08:42anyway how are the profits have you buried them yet no not yet the manure was delivered this morning
08:50there's a ton of the stuff i don't think the neighbors are very happy sod them is everything
08:56okay
08:56what'll be a second dad all right
09:02hillary is he all right you said my dad had a visitor yeah roy wasn't it now do you remember
09:12what he looked like oh um here now that's an old photograph but did he look anything like that
09:22oh no i wouldn't say that was him
09:26do you remember what he did look like
09:30yeah he was slight fair hair small round glasses are you sure yeah he was wearing a flat cap
09:41is everything okay
09:44hi hi hello sorry i'm late do you want anything just a coffee please a black coffee
10:02how are you yeah i was just wondering if you uh had a chance to pass on my number to clear's partner
10:11apish isn't it because i haven't heard anything yeah no i haven't passed it on oh okay it's just
10:19that um since we spoke i've been thinking about that lock-up that clear and i shared and i remembered
10:24that there was a couple of things that belonged to me that i'd really like to get back
10:28it's b isn't it yeah is it though
10:39what do you mean well i know you didn't know my sister so i'm wondering what else you're
10:43bullshitting about and i'm also wondering who your friend is trying to be inconspicuous sat
10:48the table behind me my name's bob what the fuck's going on your sister clear she was fencing stolen
11:04items for the man who owned the antiques market she traded at and who are you the police we represent
11:13the people from whom the items were stolen well i don't believe your name is bob and i don't
11:20believe your name is b and i don't believe that either of you represent the people from whom items
11:25were stolen
11:28but that's actually beside the point isn't it what do you want from me
11:32we want to find something that um we believe clear was in possession of when she went missing
11:40okay well now we're getting somewhere
12:10give us your phone
12:30what's in the bag nothing toys what's in it toys toys uh cars take it it's yours yours
12:41presents maybe yeah before i don't know children
12:53what's your name
12:58are you
12:58what are you doing around here just uh you know delivering presents
13:19is it christmas no not yet i'm i'm just you know i'm starting early because there's lots to do when
13:25the time comes where's your red suit that's at home i don't put that on until nearer the time in case
13:31i get spotted you know it wouldn't do would it for me to get recognized too early
13:37i recognized you didn't i you did
13:39i knew you were uh don't tell anyone will you i won't tell anyone thank you
13:47i am i i don't usually do this i know mate i know i was just desperate
13:56i wasn't gonna work you i would know i know i know i know it's all right
13:59you see i i i know who's been naughty or nice and i know that you're not normally naughty i'm not
14:06i know usually a good lad aren't you yeah i'm
14:11i just hey hey don't worry um can i oh that's for you i'm sorry it's not wrapped
14:32could i um would it be all right to get me phone back yeah yeah sorry cheers
14:41um you are rupert rupert rupert little rupert well um well cheerio then
14:59thank you merry christmas ho ho ho
15:13a book a bird book what's it called the birds of america birds of america yes
15:24should we look on the internet
15:30ah i got it it has been estimated that five out of the ten highest prices ever paid for a book
15:37adjusted for inflation were for john james older bonds the birds of america the most recently
15:45discovered copy was sold at auction in 2019 for 6.6 million dollars
15:56so that's quite a lot then isn't it
15:59right let's be honest with each other don't pretend to me that you're a keen ornithologist
16:06now that i know what you're looking for i'll find it then when i sell it i'll give you some of the money
16:12how much do you know what bob that's a bloody good point we should discuss that
16:29all right you didn't come back to work no gordon gave me the rest of the day off
16:40are you sure yeah he said don't bother coming back
16:45oh i don't think he was trying to be helpful mate i think i got the wrong end of the stick
16:50well he told me to tell you that you better come in tomorrow or you're fired right out shoveling
16:56shit do you need some help yeah go on then
17:04hello are you okay i'm casey
17:18michael what are we doing have to bury the jars in shit yes why because that's what it says in the
17:39instructions is to grow them on to the state of divination to keep them warm partly can't we just
17:47put them in the airing cupboard airing cupboard what century are you from yeah says the alchemist
18:13evening your majesties
18:14god they've grown since last time what's this one that's a seraph it's a type of angel the highest rank
18:24of angel i don't know angels had different ranks yeah seraphim they're right at the top just below
18:30god according to wikipedia one of their jobs is to fly around god's throne crying holy holy holy
18:38that could get annoying couldn't it though no wonder he's so angry so much of the time
18:42it says we've got to wear robes those are dressing gowns they're robes bathrobes are you serious casey i
18:50don't make the rules
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21:26i'm just wondering what i was wondering what he's up to
21:29in there
21:30yeah
21:32anyways i'd better be off uh it was lovely to meet you
21:35oh sorry
21:36bev beverly
21:37bev lovely to meet you bev have a good night
21:39see you
21:40see ya
21:41that kid
21:52who cycles round and round your road
21:55elliot
21:55what's his story
21:57well he's just a teenager
22:00you ever talk to him
22:03nah not for years
22:05he used to be a cute kid
22:10you should speak to him
22:13why
22:15because
22:16i mean he's obviously struggling with summer
22:19he's like a caged animal riding round and round like that it's
22:23it's sad
22:25i wouldn't know what to say
22:27well you could start with hello
22:30right
22:35how is your loo
22:37what for
22:39what do you mean what for
22:40what do you think
22:41well didn't you go before you came
22:43are you serious
22:45it's just i don't usually
22:46you don't usually what
22:47i don't usually let people go in the house
22:49right
22:50well i need the loo so
22:55is it a number one or a number two
22:57they'll be a prick michael
22:58yes okay thank you
23:01it's upstairs but don't
23:02don't what
23:03i don't know but don't look around
23:28all right
23:48all right did you find it all right yeah top of the stairs like you said
23:57what's in the boxes so you had a look around
24:04i didn't go rifling through your stuff i just went to the loo and saw a
24:07shit ton of boxes
24:16hey you know what i told you the other day about wanting to be a neighbors
24:21what have you got an audition
24:21what would yours be a dream job ah i'd live on an island you do live on an island a tiny
24:32island and i would count seagulls is that a job yeah i used to do conservation work as a volunteer
24:41that's where clear and i met one summer on a trip monitoring birds on this
24:47little island off the welsh coast a couple of years later we applied to be the wardens of
24:52this place up in scotland we were accepted but uh
24:59but what well it didn't happen clear wasn't well enough she had
25:04she was fragile
25:15they're not mine
25:18the boxes it's all clear
25:23she had a stall at an antiques fair it's all her stuff stock secondhand books
25:29how big was this stall well a couple of years after she went i got a call from this storage place
25:38they said there's unpaid bills so i went along there were three lock-ups full
25:43i couldn't afford the payment so i brought it all here
25:47that's a lot to unpack i'm not going to unpack it it's not mine i meant like emotionally so did i
25:54it's not mine
25:57sorry you obviously don't want to talk about it no no casey i do want to talk about her
26:05i don't ever get to talk about her and i miss her so much
26:17when did she go christmas eve
26:20it was nearly seven years ago she just didn't come home they found a car on the seven bridge
26:35i'd prepared this surprise for her it was a trip back in time to her best ever christmas
26:43for a week she was banned from going in the lounge while i set it all up from a photo
26:47but she didn't get to see it what happened to it all it's still there it's waiting for her to come home
27:06can i see it
27:07oh my god
27:33this is incredible
27:37michael this is brilliant
27:51ow
27:56bye elliott
28:07i'm
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28:34I know
29:03We're older now
29:06And lost again
29:11Down at the cul-de-sac
29:16You left my friend
29:20I put the kettle on
29:24The wise man's song for you
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