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Half Man - Season 1 - Episode 05
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00:02:31is felt.
00:02:32I'll have a phantom relationship if you keep talking.
00:02:35No, rest assured, Mr. Kennedy, this is very real.
00:02:39It's something you need to plan for,
00:02:41regardless of what you decide to do.
00:02:45I'll leave you guys to chat.
00:02:50It's bad luck, at least.
00:02:52We have sex like once in six months and I get pregnant.
00:02:56Just think about it now.
00:02:57All the crying and screaming and mood swings.
00:03:01And then there's the baby to think about.
00:03:09It can be honest with me, you know.
00:03:13About what?
00:03:14About whether you want this.
00:03:16Go on, free pass.
00:03:18No judgment.
00:03:20God, I don't know.
00:03:21I mean, are you saying you want to do it?
00:03:25I think so.
00:03:27I'm 42.
00:03:29I've been told I could never have kids.
00:03:31This genuinely might be my last chance to be unhappy.
00:03:37But hey, Niall, silver linings.
00:03:40At least it's a short commute to work for me today.
00:03:43I'll see you later on.
00:03:50Oh, wait.
00:03:51Are you still on for dinner with Reuben and Mona later?
00:03:54That's today, is it?
00:03:55Christ.
00:03:56They're not going to be all over each other again like last time, are they?
00:03:59No, I don't think so.
00:04:01I've spoken to them about that.
00:04:03Then fine, I'll be there.
00:04:05Bye, Niall.
00:04:06Or should I say...
00:04:08Daddy?
00:04:20Oh, you're fucking gorgeous, aren't you?
00:04:24This neck.
00:04:25I can fucking eat this neck.
00:04:27Just for your fucking head.
00:04:28And some shoulders.
00:04:38Sorry, what were you saying?
00:04:41Well, I was just talking about Greece potentially heading out the Eurozone and going back to the
00:04:44track, man.
00:04:46Right, yeah.
00:04:48Shite.
00:04:49Look, uh, should we call it here?
00:04:50It's getting dark soon.
00:04:52Hey, you know, we haven't asked Niall about his new book yet.
00:04:54Oh, fuck me.
00:04:55Yeah, let's call it here, Reuben.
00:04:56I'll load you guys a taxi.
00:04:58Go ahead, Niall, I'm listening.
00:04:59What's this one about?
00:05:00Well, it's a semi-autobiographical story about a young boy.
00:05:04Good Lord, he's starting.
00:05:05Hurry up, Reuben.
00:05:06Texting as quick as I can, don't worry.
00:05:08Yeah, brilliant.
00:05:09Oh, stop.
00:05:10We're just having banter.
00:05:11You know, one day I'll have a partner that respects me.
00:05:14Wow, can't wait to meet her.
00:05:17Fucking love this girl.
00:05:22Right, Triber says he's five minutes away.
00:05:25I'll walk you out.
00:05:30Can you believe it?
00:05:31Drinking fucking wine out of the garden like a couple of posh guns.
00:05:35Where we've come from.
00:05:36Fuck me.
00:05:37Oh, man, look.
00:05:39I know I joke, but I just wanted to say, proud of you.
00:05:43I remember when we met back up, you were fucking rock bottom, man.
00:05:46Now look at you.
00:05:47Good girl.
00:05:48Nice house.
00:05:49New book.
00:05:50Massive cock.
00:05:51That's always a constant.
00:05:55When do you think you'll be done by?
00:05:57With the writing?
00:05:58Oh, not long, I wouldn't say.
00:05:59It's the final push.
00:06:02Just figuring out the ending.
00:06:04Oh, yeah.
00:06:04Well, the book's going to need an ending, isn't it?
00:06:10Why do you ask?
00:06:13Well, look, I hate to do this, but I'm going to need that money back I lent you.
00:06:22What, all of it?
00:06:23Yeah, fucking all of it.
00:06:24Jesus, Reuben, it's 30 grand.
00:06:26Can't we just wait six months until the launch bonus comes through?
00:06:28No chance.
00:06:29Just write the ending and get the book done.
00:06:31Any ending will do.
00:06:32Oh, come on, Reuben.
00:06:34Wouldn't nobody compromise my artistic integrity?
00:06:36You'll feel a lot better about it when I'm compromising your health.
00:06:44Okay, that was harsh.
00:06:45Don't need to apologize.
00:06:46I didn't.
00:06:52Look, can we chat about this another time?
00:06:58I don't want to even to hear.
00:06:59How?
00:07:00She knows you owe me this money.
00:07:01Yeah.
00:07:02It's just, she thinks I paid you back already.
00:07:06But you didn't pay me back.
00:07:08I know.
00:07:11Fuck me.
00:07:12You stole 30k from your girlfriend.
00:07:14Stole it from her dad.
00:07:15Still, that's fucking insane.
00:07:17What enough did you spend it on?
00:07:19It doesn't matter.
00:07:20It's nothing important.
00:07:21Well, clearly more important than paying me back.
00:07:25Are you seriously telling me that you had my money and kept it all for yourself?
00:07:31Yeah.
00:07:34I'm sorry.
00:07:37You shouldn't have told me that, Lowell.
00:07:40You really shouldn't have told me that.
00:08:00It's just weird.
00:08:02It's just weird.
00:08:12Brilliant.
00:08:12Brilliant.
00:08:12To get me back for prison by asking it back at a pivotal career moment.
00:08:16Oh, please.
00:08:17He gets you back for screwing him over by giving you the equivalent of a semi-detached.
00:08:21I didn't screw him over.
00:08:22We've been through this.
00:08:23We screwed each other over.
00:08:25That's what we settled on.
00:08:26Still pretty long, arduous, expensive fucking with you, isn't it?
00:08:30Lending you money, I know, and he will never get it back.
00:08:33When breaking your fingers is so cheap.
00:08:35Yeah, I'm telling you, this is what he does.
00:08:37Niall, he's done more for you than anyone these past few years.
00:08:40He kept you going financially after you practically cleared me out of house and home with your nonsense.
00:08:47I think your problem is you still think of him as the boy you grew up with.
00:08:52Just talk to him.
00:08:54Take him somewhere he enjoys.
00:08:55Catch him at a good moment.
00:08:56He'll be fine.
00:08:58He'll wait another six months.
00:08:59I promise you.
00:09:03He's big and fluffy underneath it all.
00:09:05Really.
00:09:11Motherfucker!
00:09:12I just find it fucking ridiculous.
00:09:13Get this.
00:09:15Mona said last night she wants to start teaching dance classes.
00:09:17Have you ever heard of anything so fucking stupid?
00:09:20I asked her what she'd get from it.
00:09:23You know what she said?
00:09:24Self-empowerment.
00:09:26It's pathetic.
00:09:27She's my wife.
00:09:28She should take all the power from me.
00:09:31I spoiled her rotten.
00:09:32And now she's telling me she needs a life when I've given her the best one around.
00:09:35It's fucking rude, is what it is.
00:09:37And I don't trust the cunt that's asking her either.
00:09:39Benji.
00:09:40Fucking Uncle Rico twat.
00:09:41He has ill intentions.
00:09:43And it pisses me off.
00:09:44I want to go down there and crack his head open.
00:09:46Dance on his fucking brains.
00:09:53Anyway, what do you want to speak to me about?
00:09:56Oh.
00:09:57Just this money business.
00:09:59Oh, fuck me.
00:10:00Is that why we're here?
00:10:00Soften me with soft toys.
00:10:02I thought it would be nice.
00:10:04Yeah.
00:10:04You're paying me back now.
00:10:05That's not fair.
00:10:06Not fair?
00:10:07You know, you're the only cunt in the world who could borrow 30k and then make the other
00:10:10cunt feel unreasonable for asking it back.
00:10:12Yeah, but can't we come up with some sort of system instead?
00:10:15Sure.
00:10:16You can pay me back 800 a month.
00:10:17Impossible.
00:10:19I mean, I could do 200 at a press.
00:10:21No, it's not enough.
00:10:22Well, then I might have options, Riven.
00:10:24Short of giving up on my dreams, and I'm not willing to do that.
00:10:27Come on now.
00:10:28They've given up on you.
00:10:34Okay, that was harsh.
00:10:35Don't need to apologise.
00:10:36I fucking didn't.
00:10:42Look, I'm not a monster, all right?
00:10:44There are other ways of doing this.
00:10:46What other ways?
00:10:47Well, I pay a gardener and a cleaner £15 an hour.
00:10:50I can let them go.
00:10:51You can pick up the slack.
00:10:52Deduct it from the total.
00:10:55You want me to be your bitch?
00:10:57Hey, Mr. Redeemer's nobody's bitch.
00:11:00That's one way of doing it.
00:11:01A couple of times a week, we can call it 200 a month.
00:11:04Add it to the 200, that's 400 total.
00:11:05I can stop at that for now.
00:11:07Yeah, but Riven, Jesus, I'm not sure I feel comfortable with that.
00:11:12I mean, do you feel comfortable with that?
00:11:17Yeah.
00:11:18I think I can live with it.
00:11:33I think I can live with it.
00:11:48I think I can live with it.
00:11:51Aye. Care to join?
00:11:57Sure.
00:12:11I hate that he's making you do this.
00:12:16So is he. God knows.
00:12:19Stalking through the night.
00:12:22I take it you suggested these dance classes again?
00:12:25Is that right?
00:12:27Yep.
00:12:29He storms straight out.
00:12:31I see.
00:12:33Are you gonna defy him?
00:12:37Can't start World War III over a few twirls.
00:12:44Maybe you could write a chapter in your book about me going...
00:12:47I can read it and it'll be like I'm there.
00:12:50That wouldn't be what you're looking for.
00:12:52I haven't danced in my life.
00:12:53Oh, come on now. Scottish country dancing at school.
00:12:56Oh, piss off.
00:12:57Most embarrassing experience of my life. Nobody would dance for me.
00:13:01Meanwhile, Reuben had about five women hanging off of her.
00:13:03Yeah.
00:13:06That's her boy.
00:13:09Yeah.
00:13:13I miss that Reuben, you know?
00:13:18Yeah.
00:13:19Me too.
00:13:23What do you think happened?
00:13:27Just men.
00:13:29They always fall away with time.
00:13:40Look, I'd better head off, actually.
00:13:44Eva will be wondering.
00:13:46You gotta take her.
00:14:01Oh, I forgot to say.
00:14:04I remember you dancing.
00:14:07Back at school.
00:14:10It's hard to describe, but...
00:14:14I remember you just being so...
00:14:19free.
00:14:48Reuben?
00:14:49What'd you say to her?
00:14:50Excuse me?
00:14:51She's taking her first class tonight.
00:14:53Something about how she looked dancing back at school.
00:14:55Oh.
00:14:56It's just a comment.
00:14:58But what are you doing commenting?
00:14:59She's just about to back up the whole fucking thing.
00:15:01Reuben, I really don't think this is a big deal.
00:15:03Yes, it is. You fucked me.
00:15:04Because now, instead of stopping her hobby, I'm stifling her freedom.
00:15:07I don't see what the problem is here.
00:15:09The problem is, is she used to stay at home all day and wait for me.
00:15:12Now I get back and she's out there throwing her fucking body about.
00:15:15So? There's nothing wrong with enjoying a bit of attention.
00:15:17I mean, if you've got it, flaunt it, that's wise.
00:15:19Hey, hey, hey.
00:15:19She hasn't got it.
00:15:20We're married.
00:15:22I've fucking got it.
00:15:23It's not hers to flaunt, it's mine to keep.
00:15:26Are you taking your meds, Reuben?
00:15:28I'll fucking take all of them if you don't sort this out.
00:15:30Well, what do you want me to do?
00:15:33I want you to go down to Dan's class and keep an eye on her.
00:15:37You want me to stalk your wife?
00:15:39No, I don't want you to stalk my wife now.
00:15:40Jesus Christ.
00:15:43Just stay close to her.
00:15:44Trace her movements.
00:15:45Follow her around the place a bit.
00:15:46But don't stalk her.
00:15:50I don't know, Reuben, this all feels a bit...
00:15:53Off to me.
00:15:54Oh, I don't know you've done worse than this before, have you not?
00:15:57I mean, maybe we can go upstairs to Ava and let her decide.
00:16:01Or her father.
00:16:04But what, you expect me to, like, join in?
00:16:08Yeah, why not?
00:16:10If you're so pro it, maybe you'll find freedom in it too.
00:16:14And stop her drinking.
00:16:16She always spills her guts when she drinks.
00:16:21Thanks.
00:16:25Thanks.
00:16:39Look sick.
00:16:42Christ.
00:16:49Okay, guys, shall we begin?
00:16:58Okay, we're going deep squat.
00:16:59Ready?
00:17:01Three.
00:17:01Three.
00:17:02Two.
00:17:02One.
00:17:13Everyone's moving out so much right now.
00:17:16Me too, otherwise.
00:17:18It was great.
00:17:18Well done.
00:17:19Thank you, Jack.
00:17:20Well done.
00:17:22Thank you, Jack.
00:17:34Well done.
00:17:41I'm sorry.
00:17:44You know what Ruben's like when he gets persuasive.
00:17:47Yeah, I do, actually, which is why I'm not giving in to it this time.
00:17:50I'll get to 60 and realise I've spent my life in his pockets.
00:17:55I mean, this is really all about dancing?
00:17:57No.
00:17:58It goes a lot deeper than that.
00:18:02Well, go on, you can see.
00:18:03No, I can't.
00:18:06I'll destroy him.
00:18:11Well, how about a drink instead?
00:18:15What?
00:18:16He asked him all to her.
00:18:18This random dude told me it's great to see me going for it at my age.
00:18:23That's insane.
00:18:23What did you see?
00:18:24I told him I was 30.
00:18:27That's nuts now.
00:18:28You look like a prisoner of war.
00:18:30I feel like a prisoner of war.
00:18:31You fucking will be if you turn up at my dance classes again, I tell you.
00:18:35I'm sorry, Mona.
00:18:37I'll stay away.
00:18:39I need to anyway.
00:18:40Eva's starting to think I'm avoiding her.
00:18:42Why would you be avoiding her?
00:18:47Well, she's pregnant, as it happens.
00:18:51Wow.
00:18:53Congrats, that was quick.
00:18:55Yeah.
00:18:56What's wrong?
00:18:57You down it?
00:19:01We've been together a year.
00:19:03We barely know each other.
00:19:05I would say that's better than knowing everything about someone.
00:19:08Yeah, maybe.
00:19:09Just makes me question if it's real, you know?
00:19:12Hmm.
00:19:17Ruben is going to go rag when he finds out Eva's pregnant.
00:19:21Oh, yeah? Why's that?
00:19:27He's infertile.
00:19:32What?
00:19:33Well, low fertility, but it's pretty much the same thing.
00:19:37Is this why he's being so jealous?
00:19:39Yeah.
00:19:40He thinks I'm going to leave him for a man that can give me all he can.
00:19:44Wow.
00:19:45Ruben.
00:19:46Why is this so shocking?
00:19:47That's just for a man that leaves with his balls.
00:19:51That's not funny.
00:19:53No.
00:19:54Sorry.
00:20:00Have you talked about adopting?
00:20:02Once, but Ruben tore the kitchen sink off the wall.
00:20:05I don't think you realise how bad it is.
00:20:08It's like...
00:20:09He's lost his mind to the whole thing.
00:20:13He gets drunk and talks about how...
00:20:15Having a kid is God's plan for him, so he can break the cycle.
00:20:22What do you think he means by that?
00:20:24Christ knows.
00:20:25I just think he wants a kid he can care for because his dad didn't treat him so nice.
00:20:34But anyway, let's change the subject. This is to...
00:20:37Yeah.
00:20:39To our fucked up relationships.
00:20:41To our...
00:20:43Fucked up lives.
00:20:47Oh, I love it.
00:21:09Jesus, Niall.
00:21:15Where on earth have you been?
00:21:20I think we should do it.
00:21:25I think we should have a baby together.
00:21:28Oh, yeah.
00:21:33Oh, yeah.
00:21:49Ava's pregnant.
00:21:50We're going to make a go of it.
00:21:51Oh, yeah.
00:21:53Is that it?
00:21:54Oh, yeah.
00:21:55I was just waiting for the caveat.
00:21:57No, there's no caveat. We're doing this.
00:21:59I told her last night.
00:22:00When did she get pregnant?
00:22:02We found out a week ago.
00:22:03Well, that doesn't sound very certain to me.
00:22:05Well, I was just thinking it through.
00:22:07Ava and I are still very new and it's a big thing to put at the centre of things.
00:22:12You can say that again.
00:22:14I mean, it's hard enough without everything else.
00:22:17Everything else is in...
00:22:19Your sexuality.
00:22:23That's over, Mum. I've told you this.
00:22:25Is it, though?
00:22:26I find it very convenient.
00:22:27You find your straight side the second Reuben is back in your life.
00:22:30How many times? It was a phase.
00:22:32It wasn't a phase, Niall. It was a serious problem.
00:22:35Well, then how come it stopped?
00:22:36Because you enlisted the services of a priest.
00:22:39Nobody pays that much money to get themselves out of a bloody phase.
00:22:42He wasn't a priest.
00:22:44He was a...
00:22:46spiritual figure.
00:22:47He was a charlatan and you were a div.
00:22:55Well, it worked, didn't it?
00:22:57Oh, bollocks, did it?
00:22:59Do you really think your sexuality can be done away with a few cups of poison?
00:23:03Don't be daft, Niall. Jesus.
00:23:05Well, then how come I haven't done anything since then?
00:23:07Because you haven't been tested yet.
00:23:09Trust me.
00:23:09It will creep upon you in your darkest hour.
00:23:12These things always do.
00:23:13Jesus Christ, just stop it, will you?
00:23:14You should be happy for me.
00:23:16I am happy, love.
00:23:18I'm just trying to make you see the full picture.
00:23:20Can you honestly look me in the eye and say you're certain you want a child?
00:23:23Yes, Mum. Yes, I can.
00:23:26Well, then do it.
00:23:31I'm certain.
00:23:43The thing to forget is anything the books tell you.
00:23:47Truth is, it can take a while for that bond to form.
00:23:51Particularly for the dads.
00:23:55Excuse me.
00:23:57It's Niall, isn't it?
00:24:00Yeah.
00:24:01What did I just say?
00:24:05Uh, something to do with the dads?
00:24:08Yes.
00:24:09Very nearly a full sentence.
00:24:13Just that it is natural for the dad to take longer to connect to the baby.
00:24:19Fucking twat.
00:24:21What did I just say?
00:24:24Like I'm some school kid.
00:24:26He just wants to make sure everyone's moving at the same pace.
00:24:29Yeah, he always looks at me when he makes the negative points, though.
00:24:31Well, you get off the vibe of an absent father, to be fair.
00:24:33How do I?
00:24:34Runs in the family.
00:24:35Your father was an absent father, was he not?
00:24:37He died.
00:24:38Exactly.
00:24:39You don't get much more absent than that, do you?
00:24:44Oh, Jesus, what now?
00:24:46What the fuck is he doing here?
00:25:00Ruben?
00:25:02What are you doing here?
00:25:04I just need a word.
00:25:05Everything okay?
00:25:08It'll be fine.
00:25:10Just give us a second, will you?
00:25:33The other night.
00:25:35Dance class.
00:25:37I want to know what you saw.
00:25:41I didn't see anything.
00:25:44Was Benji there?
00:25:47Yeah.
00:25:48Yeah, I think so.
00:25:49What happened?
00:25:52Nothing.
00:25:53They talked?
00:25:54Yeah.
00:25:54Well, then something happened, didn't it?
00:25:55Well, talk doesn't mean anything.
00:25:58Describe it.
00:26:00The interaction.
00:26:04Well, he went up at the end of the class, they hugged...
00:26:07They hugged?
00:26:08Yeah.
00:26:08They fucking hugged.
00:26:10Motherfucker!
00:26:10It's too...
00:26:11Shh!
00:26:12It's too far!
00:26:14It was a...
00:26:15It was like a friendly hug.
00:26:17Do it on me.
00:26:18No, I can't...
00:26:19The hug!
00:26:19Do it on me.
00:26:20Okay?
00:26:21I'm Mona.
00:26:22You're Benji.
00:26:23Do it on me.
00:26:25Come on.
00:26:27No, it was just like...
00:26:30You might as well have sucked this cock!
00:26:32This is insane!
00:26:34No, it's not.
00:26:34Okay?
00:26:35I want you to do better here moving forward.
00:26:37I can't keep doing this.
00:26:38I can't.
00:26:39I have a life.
00:26:39What fucking life do you have?
00:26:41You're practically unemployed.
00:26:42Well, even so, I'm not gonna spend it spying on your wife.
00:26:45Tough shit!
00:26:46When you get yourself a life, you can complain.
00:26:48I'm pulling you from it.
00:26:49So, you're fucking doing this, alright?
00:26:52Because I've got your fucking balls, Bambi.
00:26:54Don't forget it.
00:26:54Yeah?
00:26:56Yeah?
00:26:57Do you understand?
00:27:00Do you understand?
00:27:02Yes.
00:27:04Good.
00:27:06Good.
00:27:07Is there anything else you need to say?
00:27:09Hmm?
00:27:13Yeah.
00:27:15Huh.
00:27:19Eva's pregnant.
00:27:28Huh.
00:27:31Wow.
00:27:33Wow.
00:27:36That's amazing.
00:27:40Honestly, that's, uh...
00:27:43That's amazing.
00:27:50I'm gonna be an uncle.
00:27:51Hey!
00:27:54Uncle Rube.
00:27:58Hey, it's got a nice ring to it.
00:28:00Yeah?
00:28:01I'll be the cunt that comes round and does the coin trick behind the ear.
00:28:06You're not allowed to teach him it.
00:28:08Hey, that's my trick, yeah?
00:28:09You big fucking shagger.
00:28:11Yeah?
00:28:12I'm proud of you.
00:28:13My brother from another lover, yeah?
00:28:15Putting your fucking dick to work.
00:28:17Hey!
00:28:18They should put it in museums, shouldn't they?
00:28:21Your cock on display, yeah?
00:28:22Can you imagine?
00:28:24Big fucking dick with a strong seed.
00:28:26All the people in the museum wandering around looking over her.
00:28:29I bet never in a million years would they think it was strapped to a fucking body this meek, yeah?
00:28:35Or a face this fucking scrawny, hey?
00:28:38I bet they thought it'd be strapped to some fucking big bison of a cunt.
00:28:42Some fucking, like, Greek muscly fucker.
00:28:45Some fucking Russian cunt, yeah?
00:28:48Hey, hey, hey, why don't you show me it, yeah?
00:28:50Fucker, hey?
00:28:51Come on, show me, hey?
00:28:53No, show me.
00:28:53Show me.
00:28:54Show me, hey?
00:28:55I just want to catch a glimpse.
00:28:56Come on, mate.
00:28:57Hey?
00:28:57Get off!
00:28:58Nah, nah.
00:28:59It's like a fucking trophy, isn't it?
00:29:00Hey?
00:29:01Hey, fucking show me.
00:29:02Yeah, come on.
00:29:03Come on, Niall, hey?
00:29:04It's like a big fucking trophy, isn't it?
00:29:06Hey?
00:29:07Get off!
00:29:07Come on, Niall, yeah?
00:29:08Yeah?
00:29:09Come on, Niall.
00:29:10Come on, it's so fucking...
00:29:11No!
00:29:12Come on, Niall.
00:29:13You're gonna hug, yeah?
00:29:14What the fuck are you doing, yeah?
00:29:15Yeah?
00:29:16No, no, no, no.
00:29:16Come on, come on, come on.
00:29:17Come on, I want to see the big fucking shagging...
00:29:19No!
00:29:19Fucking get off!
00:29:20...impregnating the fucking piece.
00:29:22Ruben, stop!
00:29:22You're gonna do better for me moving forward, are you, yeah?
00:29:25You're gonna fucking keep lying.
00:29:26You're gonna fucking keep lying, are you?
00:29:28Yeah?
00:29:28Stop it!
00:29:29Get off!
00:29:30Yeah?
00:29:31Ruben!
00:29:34What the hell's going on here?
00:29:41Nothing.
00:29:42Just messing around.
00:29:47Look, it's getting late, yeah?
00:29:49So, maybe we can come back another time?
00:30:02You big fucking shagga.
00:30:05Ha ha!
00:30:06Ha ha!
00:30:07You big shagga!
00:30:10Yeah!
00:30:11Uh-huh!
00:30:14Yeah.
00:30:16Uh-huh!
00:30:17Uh-huh!
00:30:21Uh-huh!
00:30:25Uh-huh!
00:30:33Uh-huh...
00:30:36Uh...
00:30:48Hey, mister.
00:30:49Hey.
00:30:53Where's Ruben?
00:30:55He left this morning for Aberdeen.
00:30:59He'll be offshore next week, so we'll all get a bit of peace from him.
00:31:05Do you fancy some soup I'm going to put a pot on?
00:31:08Sure. I'll just finish up here.
00:31:12No, you won't.
00:31:13You've got more important work to do.
00:31:16Follow me.
00:31:20You're probably the first person to use this.
00:31:23I was thinking you could write some of your book and read me it later.
00:31:28Here's the way if I could.
00:31:30And if you've got chilly Ruben's dressing gowns on the back of the door.
00:31:34I'm excited to do some.
00:31:52Here you go.
00:31:55It's a bit hot.
00:31:56Thanks.
00:31:57Thanks.
00:31:59Go on, then.
00:32:02Read me something.
00:32:03Oh, no.
00:32:03No.
00:32:04I feel self-conscious.
00:32:06Well, I'll close my eyes then.
00:32:08You can whisper to me.
00:32:20Billy looked up to Cosmo, who was everything he was not.
00:32:24He had a violent, unafraid quality.
00:32:26Like he could go off any time somehow.
00:32:29Sounds like Ruben.
00:32:35He was tall, slim, with jet black hair, and seemed to have a succession of girls throwing themselves at him
00:32:42constantly, all of whom he would brush off without a single care in the world.
00:32:47Apart from Carla Alice.
00:32:49The top girl in the whole school.
00:32:54Every boy fancied her.
00:32:57She had this rare, wispy quality, like she was unattainable somewhere.
00:33:02And Billy didn't know whether it was youth, or good looks, or adolescent projection on his part, but she...
00:33:14Keep going.
00:33:19She walked like fairy dust.
00:33:22There's all brightening every corner of the school.
00:33:38Well, I don't know about you, but I'm feeling every inch of this book.
00:34:05It's honestly fine.
00:34:07Ruben?
00:34:08What the hell?
00:34:09I thought you were going to Aberdeen today.
00:34:11Yeah, I'm going in a minute.
00:34:13I just came around to drop these off.
00:34:16Say congratulations.
00:34:23Sit.
00:34:37Look, I wouldn't be a man if I didn't come round and say that I'm happy for you.
00:34:48You know, Ava, you're going to be a great mum.
00:34:55And Niall, you're going to be a dad.
00:35:03But I'm also coming round
00:35:07to say that I'm calling in my debts.
00:35:17Ruben, don't do this.
00:35:19What debts?
00:35:20Niall owes me 30k.
00:35:23What?
00:35:24I thought you paid that.
00:35:25Why are you doing this, Ruben?
00:35:26Because once you have a kid, you'll never have the money to pay me back.
00:35:30Niall, what's going on here?
00:35:34Is this because Ava's pregnant?
00:35:40What makes you say that, brother?
00:35:42I'm happy for you.
00:35:43Well, it's just I know you've been trying really hard.
00:35:52She told you.
00:35:59She fucking told you.
00:36:02She fucking told you.
00:36:04Wait, wait.
00:36:04She fucking told you.
00:36:06I'll fucking kill her.
00:36:07I'll fucking kill her.
00:36:09Oh my God, Niall.
00:36:10Are you okay?
00:36:12I need to go after her.
00:36:13No, no, you don't.
00:36:14Niall, you might become cursed.
00:36:16No, I have to.
00:36:16No.
00:36:16I have to go.
00:36:18Niall, no.
00:36:18No.
00:36:18No.
00:36:19Let me go.
00:36:20Niall!
00:36:27Oh, shit.
00:36:29Get your fucking shit out of my fucking house.
00:36:33Please, we can't talk about this, Ruben.
00:36:33I can't believe you.
00:36:34You fucking can't believe you.
00:36:35You fucking tell them I'm sick to you.
00:36:36Please.
00:36:37Why are you doing this?
00:36:39I told you, didn't I?
00:36:40I fucking told you.
00:36:41Let's talk about this.
00:36:42What the hell's going on?
00:36:43This is what you get.
00:36:44It's her.
00:36:45Tell them I shit to people.
00:36:46Ruben, stop.
00:36:47Showing her mouth off at people.
00:36:49Ruben, stop before someone calls the police.
00:36:50Stop it.
00:36:51That's not yours to give away.
00:36:52Do you understand?
00:36:53I fucking told you.
00:36:55Is there a problem here?
00:36:56Shut the fuck up.
00:36:57Ruben, stop.
00:36:58Shut the fuck up.
00:36:59Ruben, stop.
00:36:59You fat cunt.
00:37:00You want some?
00:37:01Yeah?
00:37:01You fat fucking cunt.
00:37:02Ruben, look at me.
00:37:03Walk away.
00:37:03Look at me.
00:37:04Walk away.
00:37:05Look at me.
00:37:05Yeah?
00:37:06What are you looking at?
00:37:07Stop it.
00:37:07Yeah, you fucking walk away.
00:37:08Hey, look at me.
00:37:09You're going to lose everything if you don't fuck off right now.
00:37:13Look at what you've built.
00:37:14Look at what you've got.
00:37:15If they call the police, you're going to lose it all
00:37:17and you're going to end up back in prison.
00:37:37Ruben, I'm sorry.
00:37:38Don't even go there.
00:37:38I'm sorry.
00:37:39Don't even fucking go there.
00:38:04Fuck.
00:38:08What did you say to him?
00:38:11I'm so sorry, Maury. You forced it out of me.
00:38:13Are you OK? Are you all right?
00:38:15Look what he's done.
00:38:15I know, I know. I didn't really do this.
00:38:17I need to get you back inside, all right?
00:38:19I'll fix this, OK? Come on.
00:38:22Let's go. Let's go.
00:38:24We'll get everything cleaned up.
00:38:53Hey. Hey, what's wrong?
00:38:58Fuck. It's my life.
00:39:05I know I should leave him, but I just love him so much.
00:39:15I know he can't help it.
00:39:19Why is he killing me?
00:39:23Look, I feel like I'm betraying him here by saying this, but...
00:39:28You deserve better.
00:39:31I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:39:37He's away with the fairies now.
00:39:40In fact, even the fairies have had enough of him.
00:39:52No.
00:39:54I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:39:55I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:04I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:07I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:08I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:08I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:09I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:10I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:11I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:13I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:14I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:14I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:14I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:18I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:20I love Ruben, but he's lost his mind.
00:40:35Oh, my God.
00:40:58Oh, my God.
00:41:00Oh, my God.
00:41:23Jesus Christ.
00:41:26Are you okay?
00:41:28I'm sorry.
00:41:30I'm sorry.
00:41:33Don't apologize.
00:41:33Just tell me what the hell is going on.
00:41:35No, I am.
00:41:35I'm sorry.
00:41:36I'm really, really sorry.
00:41:39What happened with the money, Niall?
00:41:41I can't see.
00:41:41Yes, you can.
00:41:43That was my dad's money.
00:41:45I need to know what you spent it on.
00:41:53Niall, what did you spend it on?
00:41:56I did these courses.
00:41:58I did these...
00:42:02Straightening me out type courses.
00:42:06What?
00:42:09That's not okay, Niall.
00:42:17What did they do?
00:42:31I drank stuff.
00:42:34Look, the images threw up a bit.
00:42:38You spent 30K on this.
00:42:40No.
00:42:42No, he asked for the right debit, then he emptied my account.
00:42:47Oh, Jesus.
00:42:52Oh, Niall.
00:42:55Why can't you just be happy with that side of yourself?
00:42:58It's the 21st century.
00:42:59Nobody cares anymore.
00:43:01It doesn't make me feel any better.
00:43:03The fact that the world is progressing only answer the problem
00:43:06because not only am I ashamed,
00:43:09but bloody irrational too.
00:43:11I get that.
00:43:12But when you told me, I said it didn't matter.
00:43:15As long as it didn't interfere with our relationship.
00:43:19Besides, everyone who matters knows.
00:43:22Your mom knows.
00:43:24I know.
00:43:26Christ, from what I understand,
00:43:27every truck driver in Glasgow knows.
00:43:32I don't see why it's a problem.
00:43:34Because I don't know.
00:43:40You need to get some help.
00:43:43Some proper help.
00:43:46Because I don't have it in me to fix someone
00:43:48who won't show me their part.
00:43:50I will.
00:43:54I don't know where to start.
00:44:01Start with the biggest thing.
00:44:05And we're back from there.
00:44:24Well, look, I just wanted to pop round and see how you were, really.
00:44:31It was a moment of madness, but I don't think we should get worked up over it or punish ourselves.
00:44:41Yeah, I agree.
00:44:53Sorry, are you feeling, like, okay about it?
00:45:00I don't know how to feel, if I'm honest.
00:45:02I haven't allowed any emotion and I'm good that way.
00:45:05Yeah, but this is pretty big, Mona.
00:45:08You slept with his brother.
00:45:10On his kitchen floor.
00:45:11The floor he tiled.
00:45:13Yeah, I know.
00:45:15I was there now.
00:45:19Sorry, Mona, is everything all right?
00:45:22You've been a bit...
00:45:23cold.
00:45:24I'm just compartmentalising.
00:45:27That's how I cope.
00:45:28Yeah, I get that.
00:45:29But with his brother, Mona.
00:45:30Oh, please.
00:45:31Are you really trying to get me to realise my guilt here now?
00:45:35You are the brother.
00:45:36Yeah, no, I know that.
00:45:37I just...
00:45:41Look, can you not do that, please?
00:45:44Jesus, Mona.
00:45:47Why are you being so chilled about this?
00:45:54If you must know,
00:45:58I've been here before.
00:46:03What, on Reuben?
00:46:06This is the first time I've had sex behind his back.
00:46:12Wait, are we talking about Benji here?
00:46:15That twat with the moustache?
00:46:18It doesn't matter who it was.
00:46:19Oh, my God, it is him, isn't it?
00:46:23So all of Reuben's suspicion around this, it's justified?
00:46:25It's not justified now.
00:46:27There's no excuse to treat me the way he has,
00:46:29regardless of what I've done.
00:46:30You've fucking driven him insane!
00:46:31He pushed me there!
00:46:32Oh, really, did he push your hand on his cock as well?
00:46:47I don't think this has anything to do with Reuben or anything like that.
00:46:52This has to do with the fact you've realised you're not as special as you thought you were.
00:47:01Then nip out, will you?
00:47:03I need to get my glam on.
00:47:05We can talk about this another time.
00:47:13Newborns get very cold.
00:47:15So the first thing to do is minimise the amount of time that they're undressed.
00:47:20But the best thing to do is...
00:47:22Oh!
00:47:23Mayday, mayday!
00:47:25We have a fully clothed baby drowning.
00:47:28Niall Kennedy.
00:47:30You have the right to remain silent.
00:47:32Anything you do, say...
00:47:33Now, why don't you fuck off?
00:47:49Okay.
00:47:50So the best thing to do...
00:47:52What was that?
00:47:53He's a prick.
00:47:54Go back and apologise!
00:47:55There's no chance.
00:47:56He should be apologising to me.
00:47:57I pay the man.
00:47:57He has no right to talk to me the way he does.
00:47:59Well, I pay you.
00:48:00So I can talk to you the way I want, then.
00:48:02You're a disgrace, Niall Kennedy.
00:48:04A child in man's clothing.
00:48:05Yeah, yeah.
00:48:06You can shout with me tomorrow.
00:48:07I'm shouting at you now!
00:48:10I'm staying at my sister's.
00:48:12So you can bloody think about what you've done here.
00:48:14Because you don't get to steal my money
00:48:16and fuck up these classes as well.
00:48:18And trust me,
00:48:19if you do it again,
00:48:20your visits will be supervised!
00:48:28Last fucking chance.
00:48:36Yo, it's Reuben.
00:48:38Leave a message.
00:48:40Yo, it's Reuben.
00:48:41Leave a message.
00:48:43Yo, it's Reuben.
00:48:44Leave a message.
00:48:55Reuben, it's Niall.
00:48:57I know that you're offshore right now,
00:48:59but I found out some information on Benji.
00:49:03And I tell you what,
00:49:06I'm coming to Aberdeen.
00:49:11Hi.
00:49:12Yeah, hi.
00:49:13I'm wondering if I could speak to Reuben Pallister.
00:49:17I'm his brother,
00:49:18and I really need to get in touch with him somehow.
00:49:22Reuben Pallister?
00:49:23Yeah.
00:49:25Never heard of him.
00:49:27Oh, yeah.
00:49:28He's a rigger here.
00:49:30But he comes in here for payroll stuff
00:49:33every now and again.
00:49:33I don't know,
00:49:34but I mean,
00:49:34he definitely works here.
00:49:38Here, Bill.
00:49:39Do you know a Reuben Pallister?
00:49:43Oh, Pally?
00:49:45Is that who you mean?
00:49:46Eh, yeah.
00:49:48Yeah, I remember him.
00:49:49He got let go of ages ago.
00:49:52I mean, what?
00:49:54No, no, that can't be,
00:49:55because, I mean, he's...
00:49:57I mean, he's offshore right now, no?
00:50:00I can check for you.
00:50:02Yeah.
00:50:09Nope, no Reuben Pallister here.
00:50:15Right, uh...
00:50:16Do you know where I might be able to find him?
00:50:20I mean, I think he's staying with an old colleague here.
00:50:23A guy called Roy.
00:50:24Okay, uh...
00:50:27Will...
00:50:28Do you have his address?
00:50:33Rae, Rae, Rae, Rae...
00:50:49Robert.
00:51:08Reuben!
00:51:13Reuben! Reuben, wait!
00:51:20Reuben!
00:51:39Talk to me.
00:51:42And they're telling me you've been sacked.
00:51:44Well, if that's what they're saying.
00:51:49How long ago was this?
00:51:51About a year ago.
00:51:54A year?
00:51:57But you're up here all the time.
00:51:59Yeah, well, I had to keep up the pretense
00:52:02while I figured out what to do.
00:52:04That's why my phone's been off as well.
00:52:07Jesus Reuben.
00:52:10What happened?
00:52:12Nothing.
00:52:13It was a hate job.
00:52:15Bullshit.
00:52:15My fucking supervisor was pressing me and I lashed out.
00:52:18Wasn't even that bad.
00:52:19Oh, yeah?
00:52:20Yeah.
00:52:21Just put him up against the wall.
00:52:23Fretting to kill his family.
00:52:27I was gone within a week.
00:52:31I don't understand a year ago you were lending me money.
00:52:34Yeah, well, I maxed out a ton of credit cards keeping it up.
00:52:39What?
00:52:41You did that for me?
00:52:42I did that for everyone.
00:52:48Why?
00:52:54Because I liked it.
00:52:57I liked being the provider.
00:53:01I knew my place in the world.
00:53:06So that's why you've been asking for it all back?
00:53:09Hmm.
00:53:12I can't keep doing this though.
00:53:14You need to declare bankruptcy.
00:53:15Oh, fuck that.
00:53:16Men don't declare bankruptcy.
00:53:17Don't be ridiculous.
00:53:18I just need to find a new job.
00:53:21It's hard.
00:53:24Prison sentence and all that.
00:53:31I mean, come on.
00:53:33What kind of man would I be?
00:53:36If on top of not being able to give her kids,
00:53:39I couldn't pay the mortgage as well.
00:53:45And you know the worst part about all this?
00:53:49You were totally right.
00:53:53You said back in that hospital that I'd fuck it up.
00:53:56And I did.
00:53:59So you can have your popcorn now.
00:54:02Hope it tastes sweet.
00:54:05No, it doesn't, Riven.
00:54:07I can assure you that.
00:54:15She can't find out, son.
00:54:22She can't find out.
00:54:24But Riven, you surely can't do this forever.
00:54:26She's not worth this.
00:54:27She's not worth a lifetime of debt.
00:54:29She is, mate.
00:54:31She's worth that.
00:54:32And more.
00:54:33And everything in between.
00:54:35Listen to me.
00:54:38Alright?
00:54:39I'm begging you.
00:54:41Don't say a word.
00:54:42Not to her.
00:54:43Not to anyone.
00:54:47Look, please, brother.
00:54:51Do this for me.
00:54:55More than we have to know,
00:54:58No, no.
00:55:14No, no.
00:55:15No, any.
00:55:15No, no.
00:55:16No.
00:55:16No, no, no.
00:55:20You won't tell anyone, will you?
00:55:25No.
00:55:27Of course.
00:55:32For all that we've been through,
00:55:36I still trust you more than anyone.
00:55:49You won't tell anyone, will you?
00:55:50No.
00:55:55No.
00:56:03No.
00:56:06No.
00:56:07No.
00:56:14No.
00:56:15No.
00:56:17No.
00:56:18No.
00:57:09Hey, Rano.
00:57:13Come on.
00:57:31What's your excuse this time?
00:57:45I was with a male prostitute.
00:57:52How?
00:57:59Any good?
00:58:03No.
00:58:06Not really.
00:58:10I couldn't relax.
00:58:17Did you come?
00:58:21Yeah, but I, uh...
00:58:24You know...
00:58:28Wasn't relaxed.
00:58:35I can't even...
00:58:39I can't even relax.
00:59:24What is it?
00:59:34Can we sit down?
00:59:37I need to talk to you about something.
00:59:38It's late.
00:59:43Let's go in here.
00:59:49Let's go in here.
00:59:51Let's go in here.
01:00:14What do you mean?
01:00:15You know something.
01:00:17I turned on my phone.
01:00:21Got your voicemail.
01:00:25Something happened when I was gone.
01:00:28Something to do with Benji.
01:00:32Oh, no.
01:00:33I, uh, got the wrong end of the stick.
01:00:42You know I have other means again now, are you?
01:00:48It's in your head.
01:00:52I swear.
01:00:57No.
01:00:59Someone's changed her.
01:01:03I can feel it in the space between us.
01:01:06She's off somehow.
01:01:12There's no proof, Ruben.
01:01:16I went back home before I came here.
01:01:24I found my dressing gown.
01:01:27On the floor of my office.
01:01:31The smell to someone else, huh?
01:01:34I couldn't place her.
01:01:51I don't know the extent of it.
01:01:53Motherfucker!
01:01:54Wait.
01:01:54I didn't say anything.
01:01:55Ruben, you didn't let me finish.
01:01:57I didn't need to.
01:01:58Wait.
01:01:59I can't.
01:01:59Ruben!
01:02:00Ruben, wait!
01:02:07The address.
01:02:08I need the fucking address.
01:02:09What?
01:02:10Which address?
01:02:10Fucking Benji.
01:02:11Ruben's on his way there now.
01:02:12Oh, my God.
01:02:13Oh, my God.
01:02:13Okay.
01:02:14That is, uh, Blanchard Street 16th.
01:02:16Okay.
01:02:17Fuck.
01:02:18Fuck.
01:02:43Fuck.
01:02:57Fuck.
01:03:01Fuck.
01:03:03Fuck.
01:03:03Fuck.
01:03:04Fuck.
01:03:04Fuck.
01:03:05Fuck.
01:03:05Fuck.
01:03:05Fuck.
01:03:05Fuck.
01:03:27I don't know.
01:03:43I don't know.
01:04:16I don't know.
01:04:36I don't know.
01:05:05I don't know.
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