Love Me (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Episode #1.5 - full transcript

- Dad.

Is that it?

- Um, sorry.

Uh, no.

You're greatly missed.

But we know you'll
always be with us.

Either of you
wanna say anything?

- No, that's okay.
That was great.

Really good, dad. Should we...?

- Oh yeah.

You hold that.



It's okay.

- Hang on.

- It's a bit tough.
- Yeah, I got this, look.

- Okay.
- There you go.

- Hang on.

- Yeah, there you go.
- Did I do it?

- Yep.
- Is that it?

- Yep.

Okay.

Better get going, let
you two get to work.

- Oh, I
thought we could um...

We should have
breakfast together.

- Oh, how about we do
that on the weekend?

- You're coming
home tonight, right?



- What? Where
are you staying?

- Probably not. You good
to give Aaron a lift?

- Yeah, I can do that,
but hang on, dad,

where are you staying?
- Fuck.

- Aaron, wait.

Dad, what he means is-
- That it's fucked up!

- You don't know this woman!

- Look, sorry, I have to go.

But we will talk, yeah?

And you can meet her
properly and then,

and then we'll organize
something for the weekend, okay?

- Dad! Wai-

- What the fuck?

- It's okay.

- We didn't get
to do the flowers!

- I know, I'm sorry.
It's okay, we can do it.

We'll do it.

Do you want to do a
poem or something?

- No.
- Really?

- Hey! Fuck.

- Wait, wait, wait.

- Fuck!

- Ah, that wattle
is magnificent!

- Want to take a cutting?

- Yeah.

- Okay, here we go.

- Are you sure they're
okay about this?

- Yeah.

- Good.

I love a snoop.

Wow.

It's charming.

- I'll just get my stuff.
- Okay.

- I'm sorry, I
didn't realize that-

- No, no, no, that's,
that's, that's okay.

I should have cleaned
all this up before...

- There's no rush. It's hard.

- Yeah.

- I know.

When you are ready, I
can help, if you like.

You don't have to
do this on your own.

- You are wonderful.

Go on, let's do it.

- What?

Now?
- Yeah.

- Oh, Glen, um...

You sure?

- Yep, sure.

- Okay, um.

Well, why don't we
put things in piles,

we could have a pile of
things you wanna keep,

and a pile of things you
might wanna give to charity,

and a pile of things
you wanna throw out.

Oh Glen.

What about a pile for the kids?

- No, they've taken
what they want.

- Okay, well that's good.

Have you got any garbage bags?

- Uh yeah, under
the kitchen sink.

Thank you.

- Of course.

- I'll just put these...

I think that's it.

- Great.

I'll take that.

You take your time.

Oh, look at that.
I'm keeping that.

Are you sure you don't want
to hang on to some more?

- No, I'm sure.

Wanna drive?

- I couldn't really
handle it then.

I was a kid. 19.

It was a one night stand and
I completely freaked out.

I fucked it when
he was young, I...

I just wasn't around, and
I was traveling for work.

Basically just avoiding
responsibility.

- Right.
- Yeah.

- And after my burnout
stint in the hospital,

I realized how shit I was.

And I've been trying to
make it up to him since.

- Why you moved back.

- Yeah.

Mm, oh wow, wow!

That's hot!

Look,

I didn't expect to
meet someone so soon.

And I'm sorry that I
wasn't up front about it.

- Well, thanks for telling...

Um.

Oh, you left a pot
plant in the bedroom.

It's still alive!

When do you move back to yours?

- They're done, so um...

- Oh.

- Yeah, I can come pick it up.

When are you home?

- Today? Um...

1:30.

- Yeah, okay, 1:30.1:30's good.

- Okay.

- Great.

Are we okay?

- Give me this.
- Oh.

- Go get a proper one.

- Yeah, I think it's already
burnt off my tastebuds.

- Yep, third degree
burns in there.

- Okay, right, well,

I'll see you?

- Yeah.

Oh shit.

- So what's the problem?

I feel sick. These
are always stale.

- I don't know, he's-

- He just explained
and apologized?

- Yeah, but-

- Admitted that he
was in the wrong.

Do you realize how rare that is?

He's clearly very self-aware.

- Too self-aware maybe.

- Look, what is wrong with you?

I know you're used
to dating children,

but he's like, a
proper grown up.

A proper one. I
mean, Jesus, Clara.

Stop looking for problems.

Do you actually wanna
be in a relationship?

And it's totally
fine if you don't.

- I do.

- Then what are you doing?

- I don't...

I don't know how to...

Oh, he's a smart, funny,
model for fuck's sake.

He's surrounded by
flawless women every day.

- He's dating you, not them.

- He...

But he's so...

And I'm not. I'm...

I'm not an easy person
to be with, I know this.

- No one is, that's
not the issue.

He wants to be with you.
Do you want to be with him?

- Yes.

- Then put in some
effort, all right?

No one just gets a
perfect relationship

and you're making him
do all the fucking work,

and if you want this,
you need to do some.

I'm saying this
because I love you.

I better get back.

Oh God. That's awful.

- Sorry, I'm sorry.
- What the fuck?

- I'm sorry.

- Good thing I
have work with me.

Hope you like it cold.

- Thanks.

Well, apparently I
don't get lunch breaks

and nobody seems to
take their breaks, so.

- I don't think that's legal.

How long have you got?

- 15. I'm on my toilet
break right now, so.

- Everyone's gonna
think you poo at work.

- Everybody should.

Oh, memory retrieval cues.

You almost done?

- Yeah, I just re-edited
for the hundredth time.

I hate every word.

- Fuck off!

Sorry, it's Ellie,
she keeps calling me.

- Answer it. Don't be a dick.

- I like when you break
up, you break up, that's-

- Profound.
- It.

- You need to do it
properly, so you can move on.

You doing okay?

- Mm.

- Really?

- I just don't wanna
be sad anymore.

- Yeah.

- Ah shit, I should probably go.

- Say it's gastro.

- Okay, what do you want?

- Aaron?

- Ah shit, sorry dad.

Wait, whose mobile
number is this?

- Oh, um,
Anita's. Mine's dead.

I've left my charger at home.

- What's up?

- Um, I just wanted to um,

invite you to dinner here

this Saturday night.

- Um...

I don't know.

Can Jess come?
- Where?

- Jess?
Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Of course, of course.

- Okay.

Right, fine. I'll see you there.

- Okay. Wonderful, wonderful.

I'll text you the details.

- Okay, bye. Bye.

- Okay, all right. Yep, bye bye.

Bye darling.

Yeah, okay. Good.

Great.

Um...

- Hey.

Come up.

- Hey!
- Hey!

- Come up, I'm in the bedroom.

- So I thought that
I would surprise you-

- Same.

Oh my God!
- Shit.

- Sorry, sorry! I'm sorry.

- I'm so sorry.
- I'm so sorry.

- I'm sorry.
- Sorry, sorry.

- I should have warned you.
- Sorry.

- Uh, Max, I'm just
gonna grab the pot plant.

I'll be one second

and then you two can
meet properly later?

- Oh yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

Absolutely! Sorry, Max!

- Yep.

- Christ, you're sexy.

You're so sexy.

- Okay.

R.

Seven character.

- Mahjong.

- No way.

No way!

- Beginner's luck.

- That's outrageous!

I don't believe it!

- God, I love your
house. I love your house.

It's so you.

- Move in with me.

- Hey Michael?
- Yeah?

- Can I
ask you a question?

- Yeah.

- What do you need to
prove that a person

is legally incapacitated?

- What's that got to do
with the Road Transport Act?

- Oh, no.

Just someone outside of
work asked for my advice.

- Well, how about you look
it up outside of work?

- Okay.

- You need medical evidence.

My grandpa's got Alzheimer's.

I don't think grief
will be enough.

I mean, you'll need a
mental health diagnosis.

For your dad, right?

- Well,

how, how, how did you...?

- You're very loud on the phone.

- What are you doing to me?

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.

- I'm running us a bath.

- What, during the day?

Ooh.

- We never did that.

- Yes, we did.

- You never did that to me.

- Yes, I did. Remember,
in that hotel?

- Not like that.
- Of course we did!

- Once when we were
on our honeymoon,

you placed me carefully
on a couch, once.

- Hi.
- Dad's in the shower.

- Hey, um,

I'm so sorry about yesterday.

Obviously.

Not how I wanted to meet you.

Must have been terrifying.

It was for me, so,

it was probably
even worse for you.

So

Sorry about that.

- It's cool.

- Good.

- What are you playing?

Is this the driving
prostitutes shooting one?

- "Farming Simulator."

- Huh.

No idea what that
means, but cool.

- Hey.
- Hi!

- Are you two getting
to know each other?

- Yeah.

- Well, um, order
some food on my account, yeah?

- Yep. Thanks Dad.

- You look amazing
all dressed up.

I should put on a shirt.
- No, no, no.

- No, no, no, it's gonna
take like, two seconds.

It's gonna take two seconds!

- Oh my God, I forgot
to get a parking ticket.

I'm gonna go downstairs.

Can you tell your dad
to meet me out front?

- Yep.
- Yep? Great, thanks.

- Thank you. It was nice
to meet you properly.

- Was it?

- I mean, that's what
you say when you...

- See ya.

- Okay, see ya.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Everything okay?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Wait, is this Blossom Dearie?

- Yeah, I think so.
- What? You like jazz?

- Yeah.

- Oh, can you imagine being
able to play piano that well?

It's phenomenal.

- Yeah, Possom's amazing.

- Actually, I don't
think this is her.

Wait, did you say Possum?

Possum Dearie?
- Yeah. No.

- I don't know who
she is, I'm sorry.

I don't know
anything about jazz.

- No?
- I lied.

- Sorry.

- I fucking missed you.

Sorry, it's probably the
jazz. We should turn it off.

- Okay.

I'm turning it up.

- Oh, I can't get
the seasoning right.

What was that?

- Nutmeg. Improves the flavor.

- Nutmeg?

- Wait, you don't like nutmeg?

- No, you just don't
put nutmeg in my dish.

- Sorry, I
should have asked.

- Yes, you should have.

- Um, may I...?

That is delicious.
They will love it.

- Oh.

- I feel like he's just
fucking bipolar or something

and I mean, - Aaron,
he's not bipolar.

- He doesn't even know
what he's doing anyway.

- It's normal to clean
out someone's stuff.

- Yes, but this could totally,

this could totally
be a manic episode.

- Okay, hey.

You need to breathe.

- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.

- Thank you for coming.

Is that...?

Is that Clara's car?

- Jesus, what the
fuck are you...?

- What?
Aaron, what the fuck?

- I can't unsee that!

Just go. Just...

Oh, shit.

Just drive, drive, drive.

Just floor it, Jess.
Don't even bother.

Can you please pass the bread?

No, no, no, no. Not
with your hands.

Just the basket,
thank you, Clara.

- This is very tasty.

- Oh.
- Thanks, Anita.

- Yeah, it's great.

- Oh, thank you.
- Isn't she a terrific cook?

- Yeah.

- Yep.

- It's really good.

A bit heavy on
the nutmeg, but...

- Oh.

- Nutmeg enhances every flavor,

so you don't need salt.
- So you don't need salt.

- Not true.

Mum put nutmeg in everything.

- Old habit. I'm sorry.

I put it in. I should have
just left it to Anita.

- Nutmeg apparently has
hallucinogenic properties.

- No?

- Was mum a junkie?

- You'd need a hell of
a lot to hallucinate.

- Oh, that's a shame.

I thought we could all get high.

- Excuse me, I'm just
gonna check the dessert.

- Who wants some more wine?

- It's fucked. The way
he's looking at her.

The way he's smiling at her,

the way they're
looking at each other.

- He seems happy.

I know, it's

a lot.

At least she's lovely.
- Yeah.

- Mm-hmm. Wow. It's amazing.

- It really is.
- Yeah.

- Oh thank you, that's
very sweet of you.

- Writer, painter, master chef.

- These aren't yours, are they?

- Oh well, yes,
those two are. Yes.

- Wow,
they're beautiful.

- Thank you.

Actually,

Glen's been testing
out the water colors.

- Well, I don't...

- Painting?

- Shall we show them?
- Oh, um...

- I'll get it.
- You sure I did all right?

- Wow.

- Well look, actually, I
found it quite liberating.

- Ooh, all that creative
energy wasted on .

- I don't know
about being creative.

- Okay, ready?

- Oh my God.

- Oh wow.

- What is the...? Come on.

All right, it's a
first go, all right?

- Definitely chose
the right profession.

- Keep practicing, darling.

- I think he
should just stick to birds.

- Actually, actually.

I wanna say a few things.

- Yep, .
Loves a speech.

- Um...

No, I just want to um...

I just wanna thank you all

for coming here.

I know this is

um

Strange for you,

and it's probably very hard.

And...

But I really appreciate
you being here.

Especially you, Aaron.

You and your mum were so close.

You had a very special bond.

You were like a second chance.

We were a bit older and wiser
by the time you came along.

She was very proud of you.

Both of us, and

I know how much
you're missing her.

But I want you to
know that I'm here.

I mean, I can't fill the gap,

but I'll be here.

You know, whenever you need.

- Wow.

Great party vibes, dad.

- And I look at you,

and I see her, because
you know, actually,

you're very similar.

You're funny and
ferociously intelligent,

and incredibly
hard on yourselves.

No, but I mean, that's
why she struggled so much

with her injuries,
to accept them.

And that's exactly why

it made your relationship
so much harder,

because she pushed
you a lot, I know.

You know, so that you'd
achieve your potential,

because she never felt
that she'd achieved hers,

and you've more than done that.

You know, she loved
you very much.

I mean, I know she
didn't show it.

She found it very hard to,
you know, say those things,

but she did.

And I should have pushed her
to be more open with you,

and I'm really
sorry that I wasn't.

But you two,

you meant the world to her.

As you do to me.

And so I'm very glad
that you've got to meet

this gorgeous woman,

and she's properly
got to meet you.

And Jesse and Peter.
You two, of course.

Because um,

I was pretty sure, after
Christine's accident,

after your mum's accident

and after she passed away,

that life would be very
quiet and contained,

and you know, sad.

And lonely. And that
would be it from now on.

And then I met you.

And I know that it's
been incredibly fast,

and people probably
think I'm totally mad,

but I cannot quite believe
that I have been offered

another chance at happiness.

I mean, real, real,
real happiness.

You know, at my age, at 64.

Because you are the...

The, the, the...

The kindest,

most compassionate,

joyful,

fearless person I've ever met.

And you've somehow
allowed me to grieve

and laugh

and love all at the same time.

And I just, I can't
quite explain it,

but I, I, I...

Um...

I'm just so grateful.

And I think that this is
perhaps just the beginning.

- Yes.

- Of what, you know, might be...

I mean, why not? I mean...

Would you consider
becoming my wife?

- Yes.

- Oh.

- Yes.

- Thank you.
- Yes.

- Wow, um...

Congratulations.

- I might
make some coffee.

- Okay, yeah.

- I'll be back in a minute.
I'll get some coffee.

- You should
go help her, dad.

- Yeah.

Okay, um...

- What the fuck?

- Bye!
- Thank you!

- Bye!

- Well, it's good
to see you all,

and it was really lovely
to meet you, Peter.

- Yeah, you too.

- What the fuck was that?

- Aaron.
- Aaron.

- No, no. What is happening?

Okay, your wife
has just died, dad.

And you're fucking proposing.

I mean, she's a stranger.

- Aaron, I know
it's really fast,

but I just wanted
you to understand-

- You're just pretending
like she's never existed.

- No.
- That's what you're doing.

- No, of course not.

- Then why did you
get rid of everything?

Everything is gone, okay?

Her whole room is empty!

- Well, you took
what you wanted.

- No, I didn't!

- But I thought...

I asked you to take
what you wanted.

- I didn't know

you were gonna take
everything, okay?

I didn't even know you'd been
there in the first place.

- Did, did, did you take...?

- No, I'm sorry. I forgot.

It's not your fault.
It's not his fault.

- You can't fucking erase her.

- I...

- Um...

Thank you for dinner.

Bye guys.

- Bye Jesse.
- Bye Jesse.

- Ah, okay, um.

He's gonna calm down, dad.

It's just a lot. He'll be fine.

Dad.

You look really happy.
- Yeah.

- You deserve it. It's okay.

It's okay.

- Yeah, thanks darling.

- Come on.

- Thanks.
- Okay.

- Congratulations again.

- Oh, thank you.
Thank you, Peter.

Will you come again, yeah?
Bring your boy next time.

- Yeah, I will do.

- All right?

- Okay, good night, dad.

- Yeah, yeah.

You drive safe, yeah?
- Yep, we will.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- He's only
thinking about himself.

- Maybe he's allowed to.

I mean, he looked after
your mum for years.

I mean, you said
yourself, it was full on.

Nearly losing her
and then- - No, I...

- No.
- Aaron, wait.

- Aaron.

Hey, it doesn't have to mean
anything about your mum.

He loved her.

You know that.

He seems happy.

Doesn't he deserve that? I
mean, they get each other.

You can see that.

He's in love.

And yeah, the timing
is fucked, but

they can't help that.

You can't control who
you fall in love with.

No one can.

Um...

I should um...

- Yeah.

I'll um...

I'll see you tomorrow.

- Hey.

You haven't moved.

- Are we still gonna
watch "Fast & Furious?"

- Oh, um...

Maybe tomorrow?

I know I said but is that okay?

- Yeah.

- Great. Thanks, mate.

I'm gonna use the bathroom.

- Oh. Do you...?

Still on the farm?

Are you on the next level?
- What are you doing here?

- Oh, I was uh...

- This is my weekend, okay?

And you've taken tonight.

Now you're gonna
take Sunday too?

- No, I...

- Fuck.

He's just moved
back here. For me.

- Okay. I um...

- Why are you just
standing there?