GameFace (2017–2019): Season 2, Episode 1 - Episode #2.1 - full transcript

Tell me a little bit about yourself.
I'm an actress.

Do you have a partner?
I was with Simon for 12 years.

Two weeks after we broke up
he got married.

Tania, this is Marcella.

It's just he married
the first mess he met after me.

What is going well?

I like John, my driving instructor.

John?

I'm going to keep the knickers on
for a bit, if that's OK with you.

I really enjoy your company.

How about, you know, we do
something?



I can show you my bowling alley?

SINGS

You ever taken drugs?

My brother Billy has a proper
drugs problem so...

I leave the drugs to him.

And have you ever done
something you regretted?

Did you shag John?

Shhh.

Simon.

We have a lot of work to do.

A flower does not compete
with the flower next to it,

it just blooms.

As you begin to expand the vision
you have of yourself,

rid your mind of distractions
and petty comparisons.



This is the beginning
towards self-mastery.

Do this and you will see that loving
vision of yourself reflected back

in all areas of your life.

Live your life full of hope,

free of fear.

Human beings have
unlimited potential...

You can transform yourself
wherever you are right now.

Today is the only day
you will ever have.

Be grateful, be brave
and be excellent.

Marcella,

showtime.

SCREAMS

The plague lasted from 1665 to 1666.

Pain and misery stalked the streets.

I lost all of my teeth
in 20 minutes.

It won't be long for me now.

MOANING: Oh.

Oh...

You can almost smell her, can't ya?

Oh!

Oh...

The plague lasted from 1665 to 16...

SPEAKING FAST: The plague lasted
from 1665 to 1666 all of the...

Fast walkers here.

The plague lasted...

OK.

And don't forget to breathe.

God, don't forget to breathe.

You always say that, don't forget
to breathe.

Who forgets to breathe?

It's a ridiculous thing to say.

Don't forget...

Sorry, I'm just really nervous,
I need to pass.

It's fine.

I've a good feeling about today.

Yeah, I think we'll be all
done with this today.

You sound like you're
getting sick of it...

Me.

No... No, I...

Just, you know, pass, you know.

Marcella Donahue.

Ah, hi, Jane.

One of yours?

Hopefully, not for much longer.

Oh, hey.

Party time.

Hey.

Bloody hell...

You don't half look like
my Auntie Karen.

Oh...

Your Auntie Karen.

Oh, I... eh..

I hope she's a good driver.

No, unfortunately not.

She's a racist old cunt who watches
David Icke videos all day.

I mean, I'm not...

Start the engine.

Well. That sigh tells me things
didn't go our way?

Thought you'd gone.

That examiner, I mean,
that whole test... It's OK...

Don't worry, you know,
you'll get it next time.

Oh, no... I...

You can put up with
me and my lessons

for a little bit longer, can't you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Hey. Yeah, so I...

You know, I was pretty sure that
you were going to pass today.

Yeah...

Me too.

It's just...

Yeah, no, so I... You know, I booked
dinner for us this evening,

you know, to, eh...

..to celebrate.

Oh, that's such a shame.

That would've been...

..that would've been so nice.

Yeah, so... um...

Maybe we should still go.
Yes. Yeah?

We should definitely still go.

That sounds ideal.

Do you mind not touching yourself
up in a communal area, Marcella?

I was doing...

..my... No. No. ..excited... No.

..dance. Thank you.

I don't mean to piss
on your tits but...

Someone's following you.

What?

Who, a killer?

No, no, not...

You need to stop listening
to them fucking murder podcasts.

SARCASTICALLY: Killer...

My guess is it's the DSS.

I'm not on the dole, Linda.

Oh, come off it, Marcella.

All actors are on the dole.

Except Anthony Hopkins.

Are you Anthony Hopkins, Marcella?

I work, you know I work.

You've see me leaving
dressed as a bear.

Do you think I dress as a bear
to get dick?

Oh, well...

See for yourself.

This is stupid.

You're bringing a lot
of heat around here.

Well, it seems like the DSS
have just driven off so...

I cannot offer you my loyalty
in this situation.

If they aks me, I have to
tell them everything I know.

Well...

Since you open and read literally
every piece of mail I get,

you're going to have a lot
to tell them.

You filthy rat!
You filthy, stinking, Tory rat!

Oh, you're so hot.

Shut up, rat!

THEY CONTINUE MOANING

What?

Filthy, Tory rat...

God, no, wait. Did she see you?

Don't say it to her,
she'll be so embarrassed, OK?

How can I not say it to her?

Don't say it to her?

You don't know what I've seen.

I say everything to her.

Yeah, that's because
you're a massive

co-dependent with no boundaries.

I'm not co-dependent,
I'm old-fashioned needy.

Stop pathologising my wonderful
personality, she's into rats, mate.

Rat banging.

OK...

Why don't you see it as a test?

Respect her boundaries, don't
say anything to her, just...

..let it be.

OK, I'll let it be.

Won't ask her about
the rat stuff. Good luck.

Won't find out about the rats.
I don't care about the rats.

I'm so sorry.

I thought you were
going to your mum's.

We got carried away.

Yes...

So...

So...

How did it go? The test?

Oh, my God. Yeah, I passed my test.

What? I passed my test.

That is great.

Third time lucky.

Yeah.

What's wrong?

So... I... tiny...

I let John think that I failed,

so that I could carry on
with the lessons.

What? You're an...

..absolute psychopath.

I know, I just, I panicked,

I thought he didn't want to
see me any more and...

Co-dependent as fuck, mate.

OK, but listen.

It's all fine cos
I'm seeing him tonight

and if you confess a lie
within 24 hours,

it sort of comes under the
remit of a prank, right?

You know, like, "Oh, I was joking,
earlier on when I said I failed,

"but really I passed." Like a prank.

Erm, yeah, Prankie Boyle.

It's Prankie.

Prankie goes to Hollywood.
Have you met my old mate, Pranco?

Get off me, you, get...

..rat fucker.

No boundaries.

I knew you heard.

Mark, she heard.

Well, you held out for longer
than I thought you would.

Congrats on the test.

I hear you're into pranks now.

Marcella...

Good to see you.
How have you been?

I mean, really great.
I just passed my...

Oh. Do you mind, actually? Cos, erm,
I have agreed for a student

to sit in on the sessions.

So, do you actually mind
waiting until Frances gets here?

Cos I don't want
to waste the good stuff.

The good stuff?

I'm actually doing OK
if you must know so...

I don't know if it's a good idea...
Do you mind if we just wait?

Can I ask how you've been?

Yeah, very good, thank you.

I bought some Yayzees.

Yayzees...?

Kanye West designs them?

Yeezys.

I don't like them.

Hello.
Oh Frances, wonderful, you're here.

Hello, hi, I'm Frances Owen. Hello.

I really appreciate you letting me
sit in on your sessions.

It's going to be most useful
for my research.

I've actually been reading
some of Graham's case notes.

Some really harrowing stuff.

Harrowing?

Wouldn't say harrowing. No, no.

And it's that keep-going spirit
that I'm deeply interested in.

I mean, how does someone sustain
that spirit when time after time

life just lets her down?

How old are you? I'm 19.

Right. So...

Shall we... shall we begin then?

Great. This is going to be fun.

Marcella...

..how have things been?

Really, really good.

I just... I just passed
my driving test today.

Very good.

Good.

What?

What are you not saying?

# You're not shy, you get around

# You wanna fly... #

Lying to someone
to stay in contact with them

because you're romantically
interested in them.

That's not very healthy.

It was more of an omission,
it's fine, I'm going to sort it.

It's a big deal, Marcella.

Have you lied before to
manipulate men into liking you,

or spending time with you?

No, no.

Once.

That was such a great story.

The bit where you lost your tickets
and then found them again,

was my favourite bit.

Yeah, it's wild, right?

Checked that pocket twice but no...

So crazy. Hey...

What kind of girls are you into?

Oh, you know, kind of punky,
tattoo, piercing kind of thing?

Me too.

What, you like punky girls?

No. I don't... no.

But I like ink.

And I'm covered in tattoos.

Where?

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, I need to...

I need to go to the bathroom.

Is that a tattoo of a horse
wearing boots? Yeah.

That was so cool.

Yeah, it was really good fun... oh!

See ya. All right.

So, you don't find yourself
lovable as you are?

Pretending to be someone
or something else in order to...

..LURE men into bed.

I don't LURE men into bed.

I'm not Rose West for Christ's sake.

I lied about a tattoo once.

And to be fair
I was pretty resourceful.

I only had a blue bingo marker so...

And what about your ex...

..Simon? Did you lie to him?

I was just coming to that, Frances.
OK.

Good.

Yes.

Er... Well...

I guess I pretended
I didn't want kids.

So, yeah, next question.

What do you lie about the most?

I was just...

I'm on my way. I'm on my way.
I'm on my way.

But when you text me,
you're on your way, right?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Mum, I forgot my keys.

What the fuck?

Come in?

Oh, thank you for inviting me

into my mother's house
while you're naked.

I mean, you know,
it just made sense, really.

It's only a couple of days
and then Billy said that

I could just move in
with him and Skinny Pete.

OK, wait, I'm sorry, I'm confused.

How is...? Are you and Tania
splitting up properly, then?

Well, I mean, it's all
up in the air at the minute.

You know, we're just having a bit of
space, get our heads together.

Simon, it's not cos of
what happened with us, is it?

No, no, it's not...

I mean, listen,

realising that I still have,
HAD, feelings for you is not...

It wasn't ideal.

But I think Mum dying just made me
snap out of everything.

Losing someone you love so much
so suddenly just...

sort of blows your heart apart,
you know.

Not all feelings survive
that sort of explosion.

After we split up, I just ran
straight into another relationship,

so to not feel... Did you?

I didn't notice.
Oh, yeah, I did.

Two weeks.
You got married after two weeks.

Madness and I...

When Mum died, it's not like
I could just run and find

another mum
so as not to feel the loss.

Does that make sense?

I mean, it would make more sense

if you weren't saying it literally
in my mum's house.

Yeah.

Oh, you're back already.
How did it go?

I passed.

Oh, that's great news.

You passed your test? Yes.
Oh, that's amazing news, well done.

Thank you. Great.

MUM CHUCKLES
It's gluten-free.

Mum, why am I in a hat?

I think hats suit you.

You should wear them more often.

Now, Simon, would you please give
that to Orlando for me?

Do cats eat cake?

Do cats eat cake!

Do cats eat cake?!

Who wouldn't eat cake?

He's in the front room
watching the telly

and he's halfway through
Killing Eve.

Now, are you all right with this?

Billy only told me this morning.

It's just for a few days.

I mean, what do you want me to say?

It's super fucking weird.

I know.

But he's very good for Billy
to be around right now.

Right, well, as long as he's good
for Billy to be around,

that's the main thing.

He ate the whole thing.

PURRING

CAR STARTS

# I'd rather hear some blues
or funky old soul

# There's only one sure way
to get me to go

# Start playing old time
rock and roll... #

I buried my hamster in a massive
New Kids On The Block poster.

Because I thought he was
as big a fan as I was.

THEY LAUGH

When my dog died, my parents told me

that he had gone off to work
in the movies.

Are you serious?

Yeah, it seemed to me that
all of our pets, like,

eventually just got swept up
in the Hollywood studio system.

Honestly, I thought I spotted our
Alsatian Rex in Saving Private Ryan.

I was like, "Get off the beach, Rex,
the Germans are coming!"

That is incredible.

My dad still enjoys telling
people how he pranked

his innocent children.

I do love a prank, though.

It's funny when you get a good one.

Hey!

That is so nuts. Uh...

I haven't seen that guy for years.

We were in art college together.

LOUDLY: Art college?

Sorry.

Art college?

It's just funny I should see him
tonight, because I actually...

..just started painting again
and a little bit of sculpting,

just doing some classes for an MA.

So you're an artist?

Well...
You're like Irish Forrest Gump.

You've got all these
secret little lives.

AS FORREST GUMP:
"First I worked in a bowling alley.

"Then I did the driving school.

"And now I went to art college."

Very nice.

You're the first person I told,
so...

I must really trust you.

Not even my best pals know
the real reason I left the city

was because I wanted to...

Follow your art.

Exactly.

Sorry. I'm making such terrible
jokes and I really want to say sorry

for the Forrest Gump impression,
it was really bad.

No, it was very good.

It was unacceptably bad.

And you handled it really well.

Yeah, so how long were you
with your ex?

Oh, God. I meant to take that down.
I didn't know it was up there.

Um, about 12 years.

12 years is a long time.

Yeah, it's all finished.

How about you?

You never... What?

You never talk about
that part of your life.

Um, yeah, my last proper
relationship was with Amanda.

I think I mentioned her to you.

Er...

FRANTIC TYPING

And these are Amanda's grandparents.

Jeff and Denise.

Yeah, I vaguely remember
you mentioning her.

We went out for five years.

Yeah, it...
You know, just fell apart, you know.

What's she like?

Nice.

She was a PR exec from Norwich.

And...?

And, you know, she was just one
of those people who said

whatever she needed
to get what she wanted.

And she told
the most ridiculous lies.

What kind of lies?

OK, OK, right.

We went to the cinema
on a whim once.

We're standing there,
choosing what film to see.

And she wants to see The Revenant.

And I say, you know,
what about Arrival?

The... Amy Adams, aliens. Yeah.

And she says, "Oh, no,
I've already seen it." Right.

So I say, "When did you see it?"

And she says,
"Oh, a couple of weeks ago."

So we go and see The Revenant.

We get it, Leo, you're cold.
Yeah, anyway.

It just plays on my mind.

I Google it...

Arrival had only been released
that day.

She lied.

I see.

What?

What do you see?

God help anyone who comes
between you and Amy Adams.

Well, she told worse lies
than that, Marcella.

She was sleeping with her boss
for over two years.

Oh, God, that's awful.

Sorry.

No, it's, um... it's fine.

Jesus.

I'm telling you everything tonight.

What are we drinking - truth serum?
Heh...

Talking of truth serum,

er... I wanted to say something
to you,

actually, about today.

OK.

It's a little bit awkward
and... I...

FRONT DOOR BUZZER

INSISTENT BUZZING

KNOCKING

I'll get it, I'll get it,
I'll get it.

THUMPING ON DOOR
OK!

Where is he? Tanya.

I know he's here, I just need to
see it for myself. Who?

Tanya, you can't just walk in here.
..fuck are you?!

Another one. Ha!
You're probably married as well.

Sorry, who's this? This is...

Tanya. Simon's wife.
Two in one day.

Do you know that, pretty boy?

She was with my husband today.

Not like that, not like that.

He was in a towel.

Oh, my God, are YOU following me?

Yes, because
you're fucking my husband!

I am not fucking...
I am not fucking her husband.

This is mad. I know you are!

The night before your junkie
brother's intervention,

you were with Simon.
That is when...

OK, Tanya, you have to go.
This is mad.

He was with you that night!

The least you could do is admit it,
because he tells me I'm going mad

and I am not going mad. I'm not.
Just tell me the truth, Marcella.

Because I need to know
why my marriage is falling apart.

Please!

Please, just tell me.

You have to speak to Simon
about this. Simon!

SHE SNIFFS

OK, cunt.

I gave you a chance to be decent.

But you're not gonna. So I'll go.

But I'll be watching ya. I'm gonna
take this fucking Haribo with me.

And your shit wine.

Go home to your wife, you slag.

DOOR SLAMS

Listen, you know,
I'm going to head off.

That's why you were so weird.

On the date.

I sang.

Jon, nothing had happened
between us.

I just made a mistake.
I got really drunk.

Fine, I did... I just...

It's not a thing.

It's fine.

You've obviously just got some stuff
to work through, so, yeah...

What, that's it?
That's it between us?

No, I'll see you Thursday.

What's Thursday?

The lesson, Marcella.

Fuck.

# Let me call you sweetheart.

# I'm in love with you

# Let me hear you whisper... #

Shut up!

# That you love me too! #

She's not gonna go.

LINDA: Oi! Get off that car!

Oh, shit.

TANIA CONTINUES SINGING

No, Linda! No, Linda, no!

# ..sweetheart... #

SHE SCREAMS

Cheers, Linda.

Bedtime? Yeah. Yeah.

# Let me call you sweetheart

# I'm in love

# Mmm, with you... #

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