Meadowlands (2007): Season 1, Episode 4 - Episode #1.4 - full transcript

Danny and I would
like to try for a baby.

Listen, I need
your help now.

Bernard this really isn't your problem.

So you acknowledge there's a problem ?

You covered it up, dad.

You knew what to do.

Danny Brogan,
I'm arresting you

in connection with
the murder of Jack Donnelly.

Not real.

Real...

Welcome to my world.



I love your dad, and it's not
possible for me to love a man

who'd kill another man.

Your dad's innocent.

Wintersgill, like every
copper I've ever known is,

pardon my language,
a fucking nutter !

But for now, we say nothing
about this to anyone.

Do you understand?
Business as usual.

Yeah.

Right. Now, we do have one problem.
We're in protective custody

and the worse thing you can
do in protective custody

- is to commit another crime.
- But dad's done nothing wrong.

I know that, darling.

But I need to
contact his handler

and tell him it's
wrongful arrest.



You two going to be
all right on your own?

Zoe ?

I'm fine.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Good girl.

Marky ?

What've you been doing, darling?
You're filthy.

I'm fine, too.

- Hello?
- Tell Danny use windsong.

Tell danny use windsong.

Tell danny use wind...

Who was that?

I don't know.

Brenda Ogilvie

said she saw Jack Donnelly
enter your house at 9:30 pm.

You say he was there
and gone by the time

you and your son
got back from the bar, except...

you and Mark have completely different
versions of your evening together.

Oh, my son's
a good kid, you know.

But he's, uh,
fucked in the head...

And there's a doctor's
file the size of a baby

to prove it, so if he's
your key witness...

Motive.

Jack was sniffing
around your daughter.

Yeah, and I asked you
to have a quiet word

and you jumped
on his head.

So, maybe you
finished him off ?

Blamed it on me because I'm
the guy that saved his life.

You know, if I was you,
I'd call a lawyer.

We're going to have
a lot of fun together.

That'll be my wife.

Hiya, Marky!

I'm lighting
the fireworks tonight.

You know, Meadowlands'
third birthday party.

Which frock rocks?

I don't like your dresses.

I don't like your dresses.

They're not beautiful.

Not beautiful.

- You ok, baby ?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

- How's the kids ? How's Mark ?
- Good. We're handling it.

He treating you ok ?

- Yeah, so far.
- Good.

What'd you want
for dinner tonight?

I'll have
a steak sandwich.

Mustard. Caramelized
onions. You know.

You arrested him
at 6:30 last night.

You've got 24 hours to either
charge him or release him.

Well, you certainly know
your caramelized onions.

Believe it.
8 hours, 50 minutes left.

I need to contact
your handler.

Social workers
aren't necessary.

Could we have a little bit of...
privacy, please?

My house, my rules.

I'm sorry.

Ok...

But don't say
I didn't warn you.

Baby.

See you tonight, yeah?

Too right.

We'll have a...

Red-Letter day dinner
in the kitchen, eh?

Yeah, sure.

Wait ! Mum !

Red-Letter day.

What are you doing?

Looking for your
dad's handler.

What does that mean?

What does it mean?

Motel.

There's a motel
out past the garage.

Oh, you clever girl.

Mum ? This handler guy,
will he really get dad out?

I bloody hope so.

Keep yourself busy, Zoe.
Remember, business as usual. Yeah ?

No, mum, I can't do
"business as usual."

Oh, sweetheart,
I'm sorry.

Look, I've got
to do this. Yeah ?

I'll see you later.

Evelyn.

I'm samantha.

Danny's handler.

Oh, god.

Is there
something wrong ?

No. I just didn't
expect you to be, um...

Female ?

I don't think you
should be worried.

No, I'm not.
Danny loves me.

I'm mean about him
being arrested.

As far as I'm concerned,
it's all about outcomes.

Not speculation.

Yeah, there's
a load of speculation

going on back in Meadowlands.

People are saying that Jack Donnelly
was killed and some of them

- believe that Danny did it, so...
- Right at the moment

your place on the
program is safeguarded...

Unless Danny is charged.

In which case, you understand, we will
be required to review the situation.

And hopefully, Danny will be released
without charges

and you can get back to the
business of, extending your family.

How do you know about that ?

I mean, what exactly is it
that you do, Samantha ?

I make sure the cards fall
kindly for you and Danny.

Your confession.

As you can see, I've detailed
how you killed Jack Donnelly.

Dug his own grave, didn't he ?

You buried him in the garden
after you fixed that pipe,

which you retrieved
from his workshop.

You see, that'll be speculation
and what you'll need is evidence.

You left these behind.
Set of keys.

Traces of blood.
Jack's blood.

Well, he's a workman.
They tend to cut themselves.

Also, a set of prints
from his keys.

Two sets.
Jack's and yours.

Well, maybe he dropped them in
the house and I picked them up.

Why don't you go to my house
and dig up the garden ?

You can't, can you ?

'Cause you can't get
a search warrant,

because you don't have enough
evidence even to hold me, do you ?

Done this before,
have you?

Know all the moves ?

What is it that makes a piece
of slime like you feel guilty ?

Parking in a disabled spot ?

Cheating on your wife ?

Killing Jack Donnelly ?

I didn't kill
Jack Donnelly.

You're gonna have to convince yourself
before you convince me, son.

Girl in a sand trap.

Do I lift and drop,
or play three off the tee ?

I'm having a private moment !
Do you mind ?

Why don't you play a loose
nine over the bunker ?

What ?

Strike a ball ?

Why ?

Because...

To feel nothing...
is to feel good.

You do want
to feel good, don't you ?

I don't know how to
swing a golf club.

Well, we're all born
with the perfect swing.

We just let ourselves
get in the way.

What ?

We think.

Therefore, we slice.

You want ?

No, thanks.

You're a piece of scum.

Don't talk
with your mouth full.

What sort of upbringing
did you have ?

You know how I know
you're scum ?

'Cause I can smell it.

Just like I smelled it
on those estates.

What did you do ?
Ride in there

and clean 'em up and they
rewarded you with this ?

The Meadowlands beat ?

You fucked up,
didn't you ?

I did what had to be done.

How many times have I heard that, eh ?
From bent coppers.

What's a bent cop ?

It's a man who's on the
lookout for himself,

For what he can
get out of it.

That's not me.

I was protecting
the people.

The people
who needed protecting.

Keeping shit
like you in line.

Keeping
my own people in line.

Your own people ?

Well, you grassed them up,
didn't you ?

Your fellow bent coppers.
That's why you're here.

So, we're both grasses.

- Don't compare yourself to me.
- You grassed up to protect yourself.

At least, I was protecting
other people.

My family.

I was protecting
my family.

How many times have
I heard that before ?

"It's the family,
innit, guv ?

"I was protecting
me family, wasn't I ?

I fuckin' love my
fuckin' kids, don't I ?"

"I love my kids"
covers a lot of things, doesn't it ?.

Like it's some
kind of moral achievement.

Well, it isn't.

You're hard-wired
to love your kids.

You're supposed to love
your kids.

You understand ?
It's not difficult.

You're supposed
to love your kids !

What's up, baby girl ?

I'm not lighting
the fireworks tonight.

Not going.

Why not ?

They need a beautiful girl to
light the fireworks and I'm...

...I'm not.

Who said you're not what everyone
knows you are, beautiful ?

Who ?

Mark.

Listen, you remind each and every one
of us just how ordinary we are.

And some people...

Well, some people

don't like to be reminded
of their ordinarity.

Come on.

Mammy's here.

Head down.
Wide stance.

Take lots of sand.

- Fuck!
- Focus.

Visualize.

Shit!

- Excuse me. You have to...
- Oh, shut up !

Fucking thing !

Dad !

Think nothing.

Feel nothing.

- Forget everything.
- But how can I ?

You don't know
what I've been through.

Everyone thinks
I'm so in control !

And all this stuff...

- ...is happening to my dad.
- No!

We're on the fairway.

No feelings.

Piss off.

You can't live your life
on a golf course.

Weirdo.

You don't get
laid much, do you ?

That why you're
a bit stressed ?

You know Evelyn, my wife ?

You know, sometimes
I'll be sitting at home and I'll...

look across and I'll see her and I'll
get this feeling, you know right here.

I get a bit choked...

'Cause, you know, I've got
someone to love me.

I love my wife...

'Cause we're solid.

We're part of each other.

Evelyn.

How much does she know
about what's in here?

All these fascinating
little facts

You've been
keeping from her.

I mean, I bet she thinks
you're one of the good guys.

That's why she's
standing by her man.

Yeah. But what
if she knew about...

About that...
What if she knew...

About... About this?

What if she knew about that ?
Then she'd be off ?

And she'd take the kids
and then you'd be alone.

And you would have nothing.
And ask yourself this...

If you can keep
secrets from her,

Then maybe your
corporate whore of a wife

Can keep...

Dirty little
secrets from you.

Windsong, windsong.

windsong, windsong, windsong.

Now, you listen to me.

I don't like confrontation.

I don't do that.
I've never done that.

Even though I should've done
with every man I've ever...

I do do confrontation
when it comes to Jezebel.

Now, some people...

Some cynical people like
yourself and like Jack Donnelly,

you can say it's all one
big illusion, can't you?

But the thing is,

Jezebel is beautiful because we
tell her she's beautiful.

And if we didn't tell her that she
was beautiful, then she would be...

We're all
in this together, Mark.

New people. New lives.

We help each other.

That's the Meadowlands way,

And if you're going to live here, you're
going to have to learn to love Meadow...

God...

You're crying, Mark.
I'm sorry.

Sorry, Mark.

Mark, are you ok?

Mark ! Mark ! No ! No !

You should talk to
somebody about your head.

Just...

- Talk to your dad, eh ?
- Can't talk to my dad.

Can't talk to my dad.

I don't know what to do.

Mark.

What ?

No !

What the fuck ?

That'll be your wife.

Motherfucker !

Do come in.

- And what can I do for you ?
- I want to see my husband.

Computer says no.

He didn't kill
Jack Donnelly.

- How do you know that ?
- Because Danny is not a violent man.

How about Eddie ?

Is Eddie a violent man ?

- Eddie Foy ?
- No, Eddie Foy is not a violent man.

Sure about that ?

Go on. Read.

Jack Donnelly is not the only
body your husband's buried.

Why not just read it ?

Because I don't
trust you.

No, Evelyn.

You're displacing.
It's not me that you don't trust.

It's Danny.

Isn't it ?

Fuck you.

Charming.

Did you get
to the handler ?

- Yeah.
- And ?

She can't get dad out.

Why not ?

Because, Mark, he's been arrested
on suspicion of murder, that's why.

- Yeah, we know that's not true.
- Yeah, I know it's a load of crap.

Look, she says that
we're not getting moved

or dropped from the
program unless...

He's guilty.

Don't say that.

What's wrong
with you ?

We're supposed to believe in him.
He's our dad. Your husband.

- Yeah, I get that we're a family.
- So can we start acting like a family ?

- Look at you. Both of you.
- Zoe, look, I'm doing my best here,

But sometimes you have to accept the
reality, and the reality

is we are in shit.

-We've been in shit for the last 5 years
-Christ ! No wonder I'm bunkered.

How am I supposed to play
straight down the middle

when I've got you standing in the
gallery with your fucking phone ringing?

What the bloody hell
are you going on about ?

Don't know...

Get me out
of the bunker?

The truth...

The truth is what's real.

The truth is all we have.

So, what's the truth
about windsong ?

Fuck !

The truth is...
when you say to me,

"Yes, you're right,
mr. Wintersgill.

I buried Jack Donnelly
in my garden..."

And I go there,

And I dig him up

And I lift his body
out of that hole,

That's the truth.

That's what
fucking counts.

You will feel
some discomfort.

Maybe a little nausea
as I systematically reduce

the air supply
to your lungs.

You can't do this.

During your journey of self-discovery,
you may find you get an erection.

Please don't be
embarrassed.

It's not a sign
of latent homosexuality...

It's just a reflex.

Can you talk ?

Fuck you.

- Where's Jack Donnelly ?
- I don't know.

You lying fuck !

Shit !

What's wrong with me?

I'm doing my best here, and I want
to do this. Why can't I just...

Ok.

Now the left shoulder...

Has to be raised

and the left arm straight.

The chin has
to be tucked in...

To the chest

And the legs...

Have to be apart...
slightly bent.

The left heel is in line
with the ball...

And remember,

on a fast green,
strength is a weakness.

I'm trying
to concentrate.

Do you think you could shut up with
your golf is a metaphor for life shit ?

Golf is not
a metaphor for life.

Life is
a metaphor for golf.

Oh, and...

Don't cock your wrist at
the top of the back swing.

Straight and true.

I felt nothing.

I know.

Right.
You keep away from me

and stop looking
at me like that.

Why did you have
to kiss me like that ?

You don't find
me attractive, do you ?

Don't answer that.

You're young
and desperate and I'm...

Well, we won't say what I am because
I'll just have one of me episodes.

What I am is a doormat.

And at the start of every
single relationship

I just let men
walk all over me.

You couldn't walk
over anyone, could you ?

Once and once only, ok,
and you don't tell a soul.

Is this your first time,
isn't it ?

- Yeah ?
- Yeah.

Well, let's just get
a few things straight. Ok ?

I'm not some sort
of substitute mother figure.

And I'm not a whore
with a heart of gold, ok ?

Ok.

Right. Come on.

Come in.

- Where's Danny ?
- He's busy.

- Right. So he won't be joining us ?
- No, not today.

Tell me you killed
Jack Donnelly !

- Windsong. Windsong.
- Fuck windsong.

You buried him
in the garden, didn't ya ?

Windsong.

How the fuck
do you know about that ?

windsong, windsong,
windsong.

windsong.

Danny ?

Danny ?

Danny !

Shit !

Jesus Christ !

Come on. Come on.

Come on.
Come on. Come on.

Come on.

Did you get
an erection, too ?

I'm afraid that Danny's
tests show certain anomalies.

Significant areas of immotility,
morphing, and clumping,

possibly due
to anti-Sperm antibodies

in combination with a
count of less than 100...

What are you trying
to tell me here ?

Danny's infertile.

Your husband is
and always has been

clinically infertile.

Zoe and Mark are
not his children.

You are sick !

Have you ever taken acid ?

Yeah. Once or twice.

How old were you ?

20s, 30s.
I don't know.

I was 10.

Don't be scared, windsong.

My mother gave it to me.

Oh, Jesus.

If I was you...

I would've cracked.

Yeah, well, I've got a lot more
to lose than you, haven't I ?

More to lose. More to lose.
More to lose.

Evelyn !

Don't speak to me ever again!
Don't come near me

or my husband or my family.
Do you understand ?

Hello ? Excuse me.
I need to speak to mrs. Brogan.

Thank you.

You can come
and see Danny now.

Come on.

Come on. Let's go talk
some sense into the old man.

- Evelyn.
- Stay !

Evelyn.

Well...

I think I'll give you two
lovebirds a little privacy.

I love you.

No, you don't,
you daft boy.

I do.

Can we do that
again ?

- When ?
- Now.

This is twice, but it only
counts as once. Ok ?

Twice, once.

Oh, baby.

What's wrong ?

Have you spoken to Mark ?

No.

It's just... everything.

I can't.

Look at what this fucker's
done to me.

You've gotta get me
out of here.

I can't do that.

- What ?
- I can't do anything. I can't...

I can't do this anymore.

I want out.
I want to go back.

Go back where, babe ?

Back to when...

I want this to stop.

I want... I want to get the kids
and I want to go home.

What are you talking about ?
Take the kids ? Wait.

Evelyn, do you
think I killed him ?

No...

Oh, no.

Do you believe all this shit ?
'Cause it's bollocks.

- No ! No !
- It's all fucking bollocks. Then what ?

What, baby ? Come here. Come here.
Come here. Come here.

What are you
talking about ?

I love you.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me here.

Evelyn !

Looks like you've
lost her, son.

Nothing left
to lose now, eh ?

Signed confession.

Through atonement
comes redemption.

On the dotted line.

It's over, mum.

Present and future, mum.

And...
dad's going to be ok.

How do you know that ?

I just do.

He's back and he's bad.

Back and bad.

Back to business
as usual.

you got to move

move a little closer

move a little closer

move a little closer

you've got to move

move a little closer

Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you
for braving the weather

And welcome to our third
birthday celebration !

It's great to see
so many of you here.

You know, it makes me
feel all warm inside

To know that community spirit is
alive and well in Meadowlands.

Or am I just looking
at the cheapskates

Who are only here
for the free champagne !

Anyway, anyway, whatever.

Tonight, we celebrate !

Ladies and gentlemen,
let me introduce to you

the indisputable first lady
of Meadowlands.

She's bold.

She is beautiful.

Dear god, I love
that woman to death.

So, I give you
the one, the only,

the magnificent, J.O.!

How did all these people
get in me boudoir ?

And now for the moment we've
all been waiting for...

I just need a minute.

Mum ?

Fellow residents, I'm sorry
to interrupt the celebration.

There's been a lot of
rumors floating around town

as to the fate
of Jack Donnelly.

People saying he's left town.
People saying he's been murdered.

And I can understand why

rumors get out of hand in a place like
Meadowlands. I can also understand why

you...

Why we all have
our insecurities.

Please, people remember,
rumors are not real.

Facts are real.

And what I have to tell
you is a fact that I know

to be real and true.

This man, Danny Brogan...

This man...

...is innocent.

And here's another fact.

Jack Donnelly's gone.

We don't know where.

But here's what I say
to Jack Donnelly...

Good bye,
and good riddance !

Let's carry on
with the party.

drums keep poundin'
a rhythm to the brain

We're good, dad. We're good.

We were taken care of.

Dad !

Love you.

Look at you.

Let's go home.

Well done, Bernard.

You're really getting
the hang of this.

Fuck you.

Sleep well...

Windsong.

What's the truth about you?

Who are you really?

You leave me alone !
You freak ! You weirdo!

You go ! Fuck off !
Leave me alone !

Please, David, I beg you,
don't tell him.

No ! No !

Who killed Jack Donnelly ?

I'm here for
the test results.

If you get Wintersgill to tell everyone
it's a big scary world out there

and if they leave here,
then they die like Donnelly.

Zoe !

No !