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First broadcast 10th April 2025.
Confectionary whizz kid Maria is unnerved when her former schoolmate Verity joins the company she works at - because there's something altogether odd about Verity, something only Maria seems to notice.
Siena Kelly - Maria
Rosy McEwen - Verity
Michael Workeye - Kae (as Michael Workéyè)
Hannah Griffiths - Luisa
Ben Ashenden - Nick
Amber Grappy - Yudy
Elena Sanz - Camille
Alice Brittain - Group Member #2
Kieran Smith - Group Member #1
Reba Ayi-Sobsa - Group Member #3
Ben Bailey Smith - Gabe
Ravi Aujla - Mr. Ditta
Jonny Lavelle - Security Guard
Andy Apollo - AFO Bilton
Kwame Agyei - AFO West
Confectionary whizz kid Maria is unnerved when her former schoolmate Verity joins the company she works at - because there's something altogether odd about Verity, something only Maria seems to notice.
Siena Kelly - Maria
Rosy McEwen - Verity
Michael Workeye - Kae (as Michael Workéyè)
Hannah Griffiths - Luisa
Ben Ashenden - Nick
Amber Grappy - Yudy
Elena Sanz - Camille
Alice Brittain - Group Member #2
Kieran Smith - Group Member #1
Reba Ayi-Sobsa - Group Member #3
Ben Bailey Smith - Gabe
Ravi Aujla - Mr. Ditta
Jonny Lavelle - Security Guard
Andy Apollo - AFO Bilton
Kwame Agyei - AFO West
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00:01A woman who jumped from the roof of a multi-story building in Camberwell yesterday
00:05has been pronounced dead.
00:07Okay, I found the place.
00:10Five star, swanky the whole thing.
00:13And I've never been to Spain before, so...
00:16Portugal.
00:17Hmm?
00:17Sagres is in Portugal, babe.
00:19Okay, who cares?
00:20Look, they look so nice.
00:22Oh, and you know all about looking nice.
00:25Now I've got hat hair.
00:26Yeah, I like it like that.
00:27Yeah, try this.
00:29What is it?
00:30My new creation.
00:31It's folkscripts day, sir.
00:33Ooh, sneak preview.
00:35Lucky me.
00:39Mm.
00:39Mm-hmm.
00:40Yeah.
00:40Yeah?
00:41It's great.
00:42What is it?
00:43It's miso drum.
00:45Hmm?
00:45Miso drum.
00:46You said what?
00:48Oh, you're such a dick.
00:49You're so pretty.
00:50Oh.
00:51You're so tasty.
00:54Miso won a holiday.
00:58Okay.
01:10Yeah, people may say that they're not ready for those textures and biscuits, but I mean,
01:14our taste tests have rated the charts, so...
01:16That's my almond milk.
01:18I was only going to have a little bit.
01:19Well, you can have any milk.
01:21That's the only vegan one.
01:22Oh, my God.
01:22Are you serious?
01:23Okay.
01:24No fascist.
01:25I don't have to see.
01:26Ow!
01:27Maria?
01:27My kidneys.
01:28We're ready, isn't it?
01:29Yeah?
01:29Yeah.
01:29Um, guys, sorry.
01:30I'm going to have to wrap up on this.
01:32Looking like a regular huckleback.
01:34Yes, boss.
01:34Made him just like you said.
01:35Well, there's no nuts, no nougat, right?
01:37No, just sugar and egg whites.
01:39Okay, good.
01:39Because my EpiPen is way over there, and I can't be as to run.
01:45I mean, I think you've done it again.
01:46I mean, it's another one of your mental ideas that annoyingly works.
01:50Hey, I got my guinea pigs at reception all set.
01:53Yeah.
01:53You want to try one?
01:57Come on in.
01:58Take a seat around the table.
02:01Hi.
02:04Okay.
02:07First thing I'm going to get you guys to do is you can...
02:09Guys, Captain Jack Sparrow at the end.
02:11Sign it.
02:12That guy.
02:13Look at him.
02:13Pass it on.
02:14Okay, that's it.
02:16Does anyone want a coffee?
02:18Oh, yeah.
02:18Can I get a double espresso, please?
02:20Yeah, just black for me.
02:21Can I get a latte?
02:22Okay, well...
02:23Thank you all so much for being here.
02:25Um, I'm Camille.
02:26I'll be running today's session...
02:28Hi.
02:29Sorry.
02:29Um, is this the right room for the tasting thing?
02:32Oh.
02:34Oh, sorry.
02:35I don't think you're in today.
02:37Is that...?
02:38Oh.
02:39No, I can't be.
02:40Uh, I should be on your list.
02:42Verity Green.
02:43Christ, that is her.
02:44Verity Green.
02:46Um...
02:47Oh, yes.
02:47You are down here.
02:48Um, come on through.
02:49We haven't got going yet.
02:50Sorry.
02:50Do you know her?
02:51Uh, grab my seat.
02:52Yeah, she went to my school.
02:53Okay.
02:53Sorry.
02:54Sorry.
02:54I don't bother.
02:55Hey.
02:56Oh, that's a mankler vicious ass.
02:59Oh, yeah?
03:00Okay.
03:01Guys, time to dig in.
03:03Our head of flavor has dreamt up a fresh take on our famous hucklepuck, and you lucky people
03:08get to try it first.
03:09So, have a taste, and let's talk about how it makes you feel.
03:20Yeah, do take a moment to sit with the flavor if you're not sure.
03:23I'm sorry, but that's rank.
03:25Okay.
03:26I mean, I like the normal hucklepuck, but these are just, I mean...
03:33I liked it.
03:34Okay.
03:35What did you say the flavor group was?
03:37Uh, miso.
03:38It's a sort of, uh, umami.
03:40Why?
03:41Why would you do that?
03:42Can I have another one?
03:43Yeah, of course.
03:44Take as many as you like.
03:46All right.
03:50Maybe it just means that it definitely grows on you.
03:54Okay.
03:54But on the second one, it's like ten times better.
03:58Honest.
04:00You should try.
04:12Hmm.
04:13Actually, now I've gotten used to it, it's not bad.
04:19I like the saltiness.
04:20Okay, saltiness.
04:21It really complements the chocolate, the contrast.
04:24Yeah, yeah, that's what I felt.
04:26Great.
04:26Thank Dr. Berity, yeah?
04:27We're going to talk a little bit about the packaging now, so we'll have a little thing for that.
04:38Punchy.
04:40Well done, boss.
04:42That was my design.
04:43Great.
04:48Maria.
04:50Maria.
04:50Yeah, it's Maria, isn't it?
04:51Berity Green.
04:52Do you remember me?
04:53Colworth Manor High.
04:54Oh, my God.
04:55Yes.
04:55Yeah.
04:56Of course.
04:57God.
04:57Hi.
04:58Wow.
04:58It's been, like, ten years?
05:01Crazy.
05:01Yeah, I'm one of the chances.
05:03Wow.
05:04Are you here for the tasting thing?
05:06Oh, no, no, no.
05:07No, I work here.
05:08You work here?
05:09Yeah, in the R&D division.
05:10In the R&D.
05:12Oh, yeah, I'm just doing the focus group thing.
05:14I really enjoyed it.
05:15It was so interesting.
05:16All the new fillings.
05:18I mean, all the science of it.
05:19Yeah.
05:19Yeah, I think I'm definitely going to apply for the job.
05:24Right, sorry, the job.
05:25Yeah, the research assistant in R&D.
05:28I don't think there is a job going right now.
05:30Oh.
05:31It said on the website there was a vacancy.
05:34I'm quite...
05:35I mean, I'd know.
05:37And, yeah, I don't think there is a job going right now.
05:39Oh.
05:40Sorry.
05:41Yeah, I could have sworn.
05:42Oh, that's a pity.
05:47Like, if you remember anything about me,
05:48I'll note that I love a lab.
05:51Yes.
05:52I was such a geek at school, wasn't I?
05:54Well, I, like, lived in the computer room.
05:57Yeah, you were...
05:58I'm amazed you remember me at all
06:00because you were definitely popular.
06:02I mean, I don't know about that.
06:03Oh, yeah.
06:04No, no.
06:04Especially compared to me.
06:06Like, what was I?
06:11Um, look, I...
06:14I actually...
06:14I have to go.
06:15Oh, God, sorry.
06:16Yeah, sorry.
06:18Yeah.
06:19Yeah, um...
06:20Yeah, it was good to see you.
06:21Yeah, you too.
06:44Hey, Gab.
06:45Hey.
06:46Hey.
06:46Oh, nice one on the miso jam Hucklebuck.
06:49Oh.
06:49Camille said they were hesitant at first,
06:51and then...
06:51Yeah, it's a...
06:52It's a grower.
06:53Big grower.
06:53They asked for takeaways.
06:55So I just saw we've got an advert
06:56for a research assistant.
06:57Oh, yeah?
06:58Yeah, went up a few days ago.
06:59Which is that we hired Louisa in March.
07:02Well, expanding the team.
07:04I mean, we're doing well.
07:05You are doing well.
07:07Ditta's really into your mallow concept.
07:09Might lodge it globally, if he likes it.
07:11Mr. Ditta said that.
07:12Ask him if you don't believe me.
07:13He'll be here Thursday.
07:15Here?
07:15Yeah.
07:16Gonna get myself a new shirt.
07:22She's this girl that I went to school with.
07:24I haven't seen her in years,
07:25and then today, bam,
07:26she's in one of the focus groups,
07:28and then she's after a job in our office.
07:30In your office?
07:31My office.
07:32Is there a job going?
07:33Well, yeah, but not for her.
07:34She was like the school freak.
07:35Is that her official title then?
07:36She was clever, like brain box clever,
07:40to the point where she was sort of off.
07:43Zero social skills.
07:45She had this mad hair.
07:46She was always scribbling,
07:48like, these weird little diagrams
07:50on, like, computers that she wanted to build.
07:53She sounds kind of cool.
07:55No, she definitely was not cool.
07:57But I found it off.
08:02And there was this rumour about her.
08:05Spicey rumour.
08:06That she wanked off Mr Kendrick
08:08in the computer room.
08:09Oh, what, Mr Kendrick?
08:11What, like a teacher?
08:12Yeah.
08:12But look, it probably wasn't even true.
08:14That is.
08:15You know, teenagers love to gossip,
08:16even if it's bullshit.
08:17This is you saying that you gossiped about Verity, then?
08:19Everyone gossiped about Verity.
08:21Okay.
08:22It was just...
08:22She was just...
08:24An easy target.
08:25Not for me.
08:28This one girl, Natalie Kane,
08:31when she heard about the Mr Kendrick stuff,
08:32she was ruthless.
08:34She kept calling Verity Milkmaid.
08:36Like, over and over till it's stuck,
08:38and then that was just her name.
08:40Like, look at Milkmaid's hair.
08:42Look at Milkmaid sitting on her own.
08:45Kids can be vicious.
08:47Mm.
08:48But she was just always this big computer genius at school,
08:51and this says that she's been working at a travel agent.
08:53Wait, are you stalking her?
08:55No.
08:56But to go from that to food research, I mean, why?
08:59Maybe she's got the qualifications.
09:01She won't have the qualifications.
09:13After that, then, I took molecular biochemistry at Cambridge.
09:18Yeah, I was quite proud of myself, I have to say,
09:20because I got a first.
09:21So, I see.
09:21And then around the same time,
09:22I just got fascinated by food,
09:24so I enrolled in a catering course at Oxford Brookes.
09:27You've been scuba diving since you were 12.
09:41That's your mate, isn't it?
09:43Hmm.
09:43Oh, who's been at these?
09:45Don't look at me.
09:47I'll write my name on it.
09:48Do you need help with the spelling?
09:49Begins with an L.
09:50Yeah.
09:50Uh, guys, hello, everyone.
09:54Um, this is Verity.
09:56She's going to be joining us as our new research assistant.
09:59Please make her feel welcome.
10:01Uh, Nick, could you, uh, find Verity at your desk?
10:04Yeah, definitely, yeah.
10:07Hi.
10:08Enjoy.
10:09Hi.
10:09Hi.
10:10Do you want to come this way?
10:11Yeah.
10:11I'm a lady.
10:12Uh, great.
10:13Well, welcome.
10:14Hi.
10:15How are you doing?
10:16Uh, how about, right here?
10:18Oh.
10:18Pre-warm chair.
10:19Oh, yes.
10:20Slide you in.
10:22Gabe, just go.
10:23Hey.
10:24Um, that's quite the fast track.
10:27Yeah?
10:27Oh, yeah, well, I just thought, why not?
10:29She's overqualified, if anything.
10:31Right, and that's, that's all legit.
10:34Well, I mean, I haven't rung Cambridge to ask if she's a fantasist,
10:37if that's what you mean.
10:39I'm just saying, because, um, I went to school with her.
10:42Yeah, you, you said, did you not get on?
10:45No, no, no, it wasn't that, it wasn't that.
10:46She was just a bit...
10:48A bit?
10:49You know.
10:52Odd.
10:54Well, we're all a bit odd.
10:56I'm just saying, maybe kick the tyres a bit more.
10:59I'll call around.
11:01Better?
11:01Yeah.
11:02Look, it's probably all fine.
11:04Yeah, it probably is.
11:05It's a great place to work.
11:07It's a great place to work.
11:08It's a great place to work.
11:10So, you know, internal data will be allowed,
11:13which is far undefined.
11:14So, you can somehow...
11:15It will add you to, um...
11:16It will add you to the WhatsApp group.
11:18And there's a really funny WhatsApp group
11:20between me and me...
11:21So, do you know what...
11:25Hey, babes.
11:27Go to hide her.
11:28Huh?
11:29She's fucking green.
11:31So, she was qualified.
11:33Yeah, on paper.
11:34Qualifications are on paper.
11:39have you got beef with her no well it sounds like you've got beef with her go back to your
11:46game
12:11morning morning morning so i checked verity out uh-huh clean bill of health they all said
12:20super attentive okay really smart okay plays well with others i get it yeah so um all okay
12:28all okay great because i told verity she can conduit between you and you can do it
12:35but you know liaise wait you've got what i meant so we don't need a conduit it's just so you
12:41know
12:41she can watch your process learn the ropes right and maybe maybe even break the ice
12:47sure help yourself this is so good you should work for a food company yeah yeah yeah you should
13:01so this is my new mallow concept the doubloon hmm i want to eat it already always a good sign
13:08uh so for ud she's the kitchen head we compile the full list of ingredients obviously right
13:15yes so that's where i come in for today yeah so for the enrobing chocolate that is 70 dark
13:22with fine salt crystals 70 dark chalk fine salt crystals yeah um and the um marshmallow it's just
13:33mallow yeah right non-pork gelatin for the mallow non-pork gelatin actually do you know what i can't
13:41remember if it's pork misted it doesn't eat better to go totally plant-based um carrageenan
13:46uh uh it's made from it's made from a sort of seaweed oh seriously again cara who's had me
13:55almond milk just carrageenan not i so the little redhead car how do i spell that
13:58i don't know why you're looking at it uh cara carrageenan is c a uh no i know it was
14:04you because
14:05it wasn't honestly i went for the cow's milk this time um do you know do you know what i'm
14:08just
14:09going to email you with the full spelling yeah yeah great great great that's great
14:14seriously this stuff costs like 450 a car
14:19yeah i actually lived above a greg's in wandsworth once yeah my my waistline's still not forgiving me
14:24i used to be hooked on their state bait it's that heroin and pastry for me but now i've gone
14:28vegan
14:29did you do a chicken one yeah but it had this weird white sauce in it the only chicken thing
14:33i
14:33actually miss is the morley's burger oh i love morley's oh well if we're talking fast food chicken
14:38the absolute winner for me is bernie's bernie's yeah bernie's chicken they used to have branches
14:43everywhere until they went bust whoever bernie was he was shit with money it was barney's
14:51chicken the chicken chain it was um barney's with an a not bernie's with an e yeah no it's
14:57definitely bernie's b-e-r b-a-r-n-i-e-s but barney with an ie at the ending
15:02that's not how you spell
15:03barney no i think i a barney meant like an animal that lives in a barn like a chicken
15:09they live in coops honestly yeah it's funny it was the chain bernie's they were all over south
15:16yeah sorry i've got to say i think it was bernie's it was like bernie's chicken okay i
15:21know for a fact that she's getting a strap on yeah nick because my boyfriend used to work
15:27at a barney's and he still wears a baseball cap from there so i see the logo every single
15:30day so i know it is barney's come on guys bernie's barney's does it matter it matters
15:39that she's wrong oh my god okay okay let's google it let's google it yeah okay let's do it let's
15:44google it yep barney's chicken oh dear no oh no oh no no no no no look oh dearie me
15:57no no it was not that oh it wasn't that no it's the internet is the whole internet wrong
16:03today oh that's annoying isn't it troubleshoot that if you can feel the burn
16:08oh
16:10Oh, look at this.
16:29What about it?
16:29Han.
16:35Mm-hmm?
16:36Look at this.
16:38What about it?
16:39It's changed.
16:40From what?
16:41You just read it.
16:44Bernie's.
16:47You used to say Barney's.
16:50Why?
16:50It's Bernie's chicken.
16:58You okay?
16:59It was Barney's.
17:00Babes.
17:01Don't babes me, it was Barney's.
17:02I was the one who worked at a Bernie's chicken for like a year.
17:05Okay, it's always been Bernie's.
17:07I swear to God it's changed.
17:08Maybe you just think it has.
17:10Maybe it's like the Mandela effect where people misremember things.
17:13Like the Monopoly man wearing a monocle.
17:15That was a big one.
17:22God, I made a dick up myself at work.
17:24Because of Bernie's chicken?
17:25No, because of fucking Verity.
17:27Okay, what's she got to do with that?
17:29She's just really getting on my nerves.
17:31Like everyone's fawning all over her, kissing her ass.
17:33She's allowed to be popular.
17:34Why are you taking her outside?
17:35Outside, I'm just saying she's allowed to be popular.
17:37Yeah, I didn't say that she wasn't.
17:38It doesn't make her a threat.
17:41I didn't call her a threat.
17:43Okay, well.
17:43So what, now I'm threatened by popular people, is that it?
17:46No, I'm just saying that you like to be top-dodge.
17:48Oh, fuck off.
17:49You do.
17:50You love it when everyone's sucking your dick.
17:51But the moment they gloss to someone else and...
17:53I expect people to suck my dick.
17:54I didn't say expect.
17:55Oh, sorry.
17:56I ask them to?
17:57Which would be a bit difficult, wouldn't it?
17:58Since I don't actually have a fucking dick.
18:00Oh, well you can relate to that, can't you?
18:02Dave.
18:07Bernie's chicken!
18:32Who knows.
19:00By this message, he is coming up.
19:23Oh, just through here, Mr. Ditter.
19:25This is where the magic happens.
19:28This is Nick.
19:33Of course, of chili flake bat noir fame, our chief wizard, Maria.
19:38Oh, technically a female wizard is a witch.
19:41Either way, I'm impressed by your country.
19:44Ah, the famous miso jam hucklebuck.
19:49I've heard good things.
19:55There is a bit of a learning curve to it.
20:00Very good.
20:03This is the doubloon.
20:05It's a new concept.
20:07It's made from...
20:08Please, please, no spoilers.
20:09Let me guess.
20:16That's good.
20:18That's great.
20:20Okay, so it's a dark, salted chocolate.
20:23Yes.
20:24And kind of a marshmallow.
20:26Just mallow.
20:27But what's this texture?
20:29It's very interesting.
20:30Well, it's bound with a plant-based gelatin, which is derived from seaweed.
20:35Seaweed?
20:37The things that we can do, eh?
20:39May I?
20:40Yeah.
20:41Oh, yeah, you're the boss.
20:47Thai chip, you're running here, Gabe.
20:48I'll see you in Berlin.
20:49Yes.
20:50Of course.
20:50Good.
20:51And I think you should join us.
20:53I...
20:54Yeah.
20:55Yes.
20:55Good.
20:56Okay.
20:57All right.
20:59What is up with you?
21:00It's beef gelatin in the mallows.
21:02Oh, boy.
21:03Ditto is Hindu.
21:04Just fed him beef.
21:06Carrageenan.
21:10I said carrageenan.
21:11That wasn't on the list.
21:12I was specific.
21:12Well, it wasn't on Verity's list.
21:14Verity's list.
21:17Verity's list.
21:18Oh.
21:21Sorry, what did you call it?
21:23Carrageenan.
21:25I've never heard that word before.
21:27You wrote it down.
21:28You even asked how to spell it.
21:30She just said non-pork gelatin.
21:32I didn't.
21:32Louisa was complaining about her almond milk.
21:34Maybe you were distracted.
21:37Honestly, non-pork was all she said.
21:39So, it's a verbal instruction.
21:41Maybe some things get misheard.
21:42I wrote it in an email to her.
21:44Listed every ingredient.
21:45Sorry, Maria, but in the email you sent me,
21:46it just says non-pork gelatin.
21:49I know what I wrote.
21:50What?
21:51Please stop shouting at me.
21:55I am not shouting.
21:56You've been raising your voice.
21:59What?
21:59When?
21:59I think you need to calm down.
22:01I am calm.
22:03I'm...
22:04I am...
22:07I am calm.
22:11Gabe, I remember what I wrote and how I wrote it.
22:15I am saying that very tea is mistaken.
22:25Let's see that email.
22:45I think you owe Verity an apology.
22:47That is not what I wrote.
22:48Just apologise.
22:51I'm sorry.
22:53Can I go now?
23:09She altered it somehow.
23:10Whoa, whoa.
23:10I don't know how or why, but she must have...
23:12Gabe, please, come on.
23:13You have known me for years.
23:15Will you please just listen to me?
23:16I am listening.
23:19You sound quite emotional.
23:20I know what I wrote.
23:26Look, you have some personal issues with Verity.
23:30I can see that.
23:31But from my perspective, she's hardworking.
23:34You know, she's well-liked.
23:35She's done nothing wrong.
23:36Yeah, she's doing this.
23:37No one is doing anything.
23:43Look, is everything all right at home?
23:44Don't fucking patronise me, please.
23:45I'm just asking because if you want to take some time off...
23:47Please, I am fine.
23:49Right, well, if that ever changes, I'm always here to talk.
23:54Oh, and Maria?
23:56In the meantime, get our Verity's back, okay?
24:01Because you're starting to look vindictive.
24:13What I don't understand is how she changed the fucking email.
24:16Like, how?
24:16Maybe she didn't.
24:18Okay, I know what I wrote.
24:20Maybe you sent it to draw up by mistake.
24:21I checked the draw up.
24:22Hold on, fucking hell.
24:23Have you...
24:24Have you listened to anything I fucking said?
24:26Every word since you came in, okay?
24:28Verity has orchestrated some high-tech conspiracy.
24:31She has always been good with computers, okay?
24:33Like, mad genius level.
24:34She is doing this.
24:35I think you're working too hard.
24:37Oh, don't you fucking start.
24:38I do. I think you're sounding...
24:39I think you're so stressed and obsessed.
24:41Shh, Natalie takes me back.
24:43Who's Natalie?
24:44Nat from school.
24:51It's not from her.
24:56Hi, this is Dan, Nat's husband.
24:57No easy way to say this, but Nat passed away a few days ago.
25:02Sorry, it took a while to reply, but it's been tough, as I'm sure you understand.
25:06Shit.
25:08Sorry.
25:09Was she a close friend, or...
25:13Maybe just send him a text, you know?
25:14Poor guy.
25:16Sorry for your loss.
25:17Don't...
25:18Babes, don't call him.
25:19What are you doing?
25:19The man just said he was grieving.
25:20Hey, hi.
25:22Hi, sorry.
25:23This is...
25:23This is Maria, from Nat's school.
25:26You just texted me.
25:27Yeah, your name was on the thing.
25:29Honey, stop.
25:30Sorry to break it in a text.
25:32It's just been rough, you know, with the kids.
25:34And it was such a shock.
25:36Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure, I'm sure.
25:37Um, God, yeah.
25:39How did she?
25:40Was she ill?
25:42Maria.
25:42Or...
25:43How did she die?
25:45Yeah.
25:46She...
25:47She took her own life.
25:49As in she killed herself?
25:51Yeah.
25:51But why?
25:52I mean...
25:52I don't know.
25:53Some kind of breakdown.
25:54In the weeks leading up, she wasn't really rational.
25:57How so?
25:59Like paranoid, accusing everyone of lying about stuff, stupid things.
26:03The grip on reality wasn't.
26:04We know the best.
26:06Sorry, why...
26:07Why do you want to know this?
26:08Had she been in touch with anyone from school?
26:10What do you mean?
26:11Had she bumped into anyone from Colworth Manor High?
26:14What does that have to do with anything?
26:15Did she mention Verity Green?
26:17For fuck's sake.
26:18Fucking hell.
26:19Maria.
26:19Are you sure?
26:20I'm sure.
26:21Verity Green.
26:22Listen, I have to go and I've got to put my kids in the bed.
26:23Oh, I'm sorry.
26:24I'm so sorry.
26:25Um, it's just, if you can try to remember...
26:27Don't call this number again.
26:28I'm so sorry.
26:29I'm so sorry.
27:04Morning.
27:05Morning.
27:07Are you sitting the meeting out?
27:09Sorry?
27:11There was a team meeting this morning.
27:13The rest of them are still down there.
27:14I'm early.
27:15Uh, it was at eight.
27:17No one said.
27:18I think Gabe sent an email yesterday.
27:19I did not see that.
27:25I mean, it's probably in your junk.
27:27Oh, I bet it is.
27:34Do you have a problem with me?
27:38What?
27:40Does it seem like you have a problem with me?
27:43And what might that be?
27:46I don't know.
27:48You can't think of any reason.
27:51I mean, I know you didn't think much of me at school.
27:53I didn't think anything of you at school, Verity.
27:56I hardly even noticed you.
27:57You even said yourself you were always in the computer room.
28:00I'm sorry, but you didn't really cross my mind very often.
28:02People said stuff about me.
28:04I don't know, did they?
28:05About me and Mr. Kendrick.
28:11I never believed any of that.
28:15The whole time I was at school, he was, like, the only one who was nice to me.
28:20He didn't care that I had mad hair or whatever.
28:23He just, like, told me I was clever and he looked out for me.
28:27That computer room, like, I lived for it.
28:32Those lunchtimes, because it was, like, the only place that I wasn't on my own.
28:36So when he was transferred, I had nothing.
28:38Because everything outside of that was, like...
28:43You know.
28:46Kids can be fucking awful.
28:50They're just kids, they're not thinking.
28:54Yeah, I know.
28:57I never had a problem with you, Verity.
29:01And I am really sorry that you had such a hard time.
30:19What changed that slogan by the end of the day?
30:20Crunchy surprise is not going to claim...
30:22Oh!
30:23What's with the no-show at the meeting?
30:26Hello?
30:27Maria, we had an emergency recall.
30:29A YouTuber found a toenail in a caramel cove.
30:31Did you not get my email?
30:33Maria, my email?
30:34Uh, I bet it's in my spam.
30:37Oh, you guys are taking the piss.
30:40Okay, sorry, everyone.
30:42Uh, this keeps happening, and it's not on.
30:44All right?
30:45One of you's been at my almond milk, again.
30:47And it was full this morning, so...
30:50I know it's just happened.
30:52So who was it?
30:54I was in the meeting with you, so...
31:15Oh, my God, it was her, okay?
31:18It was Verity.
31:18Maria, you drank the whole thing right in front of me.
31:20Why are you doing this?
31:21Because you are a fucking freak.
31:24Okay, enough.
31:24I don't know why she's doing this.
31:26I don't know why you're doing this.
31:27Look, I didn't want to say anything, because I find her so intimidating.
31:31But it was Maria who drank your milk.
31:35Really?
31:38I drank almond milk.
31:39Yeah.
31:41Which I'm allergic to.
31:44I mean, I only know what I saw.
31:46You lunatic fucking liar.
31:48I said enough.
31:51We can just check the camera.
31:56The security camera?
32:00Okay?
32:02Uh-huh.
32:03Yeah.
32:04Let's do it.
32:05All right.
32:12Okay.
32:14Kitchen area.
32:15Mm-hmm.
32:16Clear from Mia?
32:17Yeah.
32:20Honestly, it wasn't me.
32:21It was her.
32:22Let's just watch the tape.
32:34Jesus Christ, Maria.
32:36I didn't do that.
32:39That...
32:40That is not even possible.
32:42I've got a nut allergy.
32:43There's no such thing as a nut allergy.
32:44What's nut allergy?
32:47A nut allergy.
32:48What?
32:51Nut...
32:52Nut allergy?
32:59I have had a serious nut allergy my whole life.
33:07I've always had to read ingredients and study labels.
33:10It's how I got into food because of my nut allergy.
33:12Oh, nut allergy.
33:13Nut allergy.
33:13You keep saying it like it's supposed to mean something.
33:15Nut allergy.
33:16What does it mean?
33:16Do you know what it means?
33:17No.
33:18No.
33:21Oh, now we're Googling it.
33:22Okay.
33:31How are you doing this?
33:33Okay, look, Maria, look, just...
33:35It's that...
33:35It's that pendant thing.
33:37Maria.
33:37Oh, my God.
33:38Look.
33:39She's changing things.
33:39Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa.
33:40Hey, hey, hey.
33:40With that thing around me.
33:42Let her off of me.
33:43You need to calm down.
33:44I am calm.
33:46All right, so why don't we just sit down?
33:52Your actions leave me with no choice but to let you go.
33:55Maybe you're struggling with your mental health.
34:03Whatever nut allergy is, I don't know.
34:05But now you need to take a break and focus on yourself.
34:08You need to get well.
34:11This is not coming from me as a boss, but as a friend, one human being to another.
34:19Please, speak to someone.
34:22Get some help.
34:23Oh, shut up.
34:23You can't.
34:25No?
34:32I don't.
34:34I don't know.
34:53See you tomorrow, Dorothy.
34:55See you tomorrow, Nick.
35:36See you tomorrow, Nick.
35:57What the fuck?
36:36No.
36:37No.
36:43No.
36:44No.
36:44No.
39:52Come out.
40:08Yeah, I thought it might be you.
40:40I mean, it really is just a remote.
40:42I've got loads of them.
40:44Technically, it's not really changing anything.
40:46It just retunes our corporal frequency to one of the parallel realities where whatever I've said has always been true.
40:54There's infinite timelines, so I just picked the one where you're the only one who knows what's going on.
41:00So you feel really special.
41:03How did you?
41:04I built the system.
41:06I built the system.
41:07Computer lab, nerdo.
41:08Look, I can change little things like so you chose a red top this morning instead of yellow.
41:19I built the system.
41:21I built the system.
41:22What's going on?
41:23You built the room.
41:25I built it.
41:38How did I put it together?
41:42I don't care if you understand it.
41:46I'm doing it to hurt you.
41:49That's the main thing.
41:51Why?
41:54You know why.
41:55I don't know.
41:57Who started that rumour?
42:02About me and Mr. Kendrick.
42:04What?
42:05Who started the lie.
42:08I... I don't know.
42:10And you're still lying now.
42:14Natalie Kane told me it was you.
42:17Just before she jumped.
42:18She said it was you.
42:20Was she lying?
42:23No.
42:25Then why?
42:30I don't know.
42:34Maybe I was jealous.
42:37Maybe I wanted Natalie to get off of my...
42:39I mean, it wasn't my fault.
42:41I just said it as a joke.
42:43She ran with it and, like,
42:45and everyone else just went along with it.
42:47Yeah, and then it became a reality
42:48and weirdo milkmaid
42:51couldn't fight back.
42:52And she was stuck there.
42:54Just like everyone calling her mad.
42:59Lonely old place, isn't it?
43:03You...
43:03You could use that.
43:05You could use that to do anything.
43:08You could make it so that none of that matters.
43:12You could be like...
43:13Empress of the universe.
43:14Yeah.
43:15But make it so I'm...
43:16Empress of the universe.
43:18Worshipped by acolytes.
43:20Yeah.
43:21Yeah, that was the first thing I did.
43:23Don't get me wrong, it was amazing.
43:25For a while.
43:27I've done everything.
43:34I've been everything.
43:37But whatever I do,
43:39all that stuff,
43:41it's just...
43:42It's just still there.
43:47Just aching away.
43:51So here I am.
43:53Fixing a hole.
43:55Seeking closure.
44:00Took me five weeks to break, Natalie.
44:01You've been, what, like...
44:05Five days.
44:08How do you think you'll do it?
44:11She was a jumper,
44:12but you're not a jumper.
44:15Maybe like wrists.
44:16Or, um...
44:28Oh, my God.
44:57The police are here, the armed police.
44:58Fuck you!
44:59Your boyfriend called the police and said you've gone berserk.
45:01You've broken into my house with a knife.
45:08Police! Drop it!
45:10Oh, thank God you're here.
45:12Don't let her hurt me.
45:13Drop the knife.
45:20Hands on your head. Now.
45:24Turn around.
46:07Drop it!
46:09Move!
46:10Get your hands up!
46:25Stop!
46:29The pendant works for me!
46:30The pendant works for me!
46:32Drop it! No, no, no!
46:33She shot herself. It wasn't me. You saw the whole thing.
46:37I know. Who is she?
46:40Um, I-I-I-I've never seen her before in my life. I don't know who she is.
46:44So why'd she shoot herself?
46:47What's going on here?
46:48We're gonna need to take you down to the station to ask some questions.
46:51No, you won't.
46:52How so?
46:54You work for me.
46:55Both of you.
46:57Yes, both.
47:02You worship me.
47:04Yes, yes, ma'am.
47:05Because...
47:07Because...
47:10I am...
47:12I am the Empress...
47:15Of...
47:16The Universe.
47:19Hail Maria!
47:24The Universe!
47:26Oh my God!
47:28The Universe!
47:31The Universe!
47:33For...
47:34The Universe!
47:36The Universe!
47:36The Universe!
47:36The Universe!
47:37And the Universe!
47:37Why'd have been so nice and bit of a collaboratively?
47:38Well, thanks for that!
47:38The Universe!
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