Rise and Fall (2023): Season 1, Episode 4 - Episode #1.4 - full transcript

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16 strangers from all walks of life

are living in this
iconic London tower.

Some seized power... Bloody Nora!

..and are the Rulers at the top.
There's a bar!

The rest have become Grafters...
Lift falling.

..living a life of hard work
in the basement...

It is grotesque!

..as they battle to
win up to £100,000.

Previously... Marina, you will
decide who will be eliminated.

..battle lines were drawn.

Why do you do this? Just let it out.



You know you're good. At what?

You know what I'm talking about.
I don't need to explain it
to you. You're a clever girl.

What?

I've got my eyes on Marina
like a flipping hawk.

Tonight, the Grafters pitch...

Butter. Jam. Cheese.

Decided to accept your request.

Your request has been denied.
Dickhead!

..divisions grow...

Do you know why they keep talking?
It's because they're covering
their tracks. Really? Yeah.

You shouldn't be testing
your fellow Rulers.

Can you allow people to finish?

Stop! This is so stupid.

..and the next Grafter rises.



I'm going to infiltrate
from the bottom up

and I'm going to assassinate
every single one.

We will be taking over
the penthouse.

The gap between the top
and bottom has never been closer.

This is Rise And Fall.

The Rulers are voting to eliminate,

and it may be her first time
in the Red Room,

but Marina is the centre
of attention.

Cheryl and Prince
have received three votes each.

Marina, as the new ruler, you will
decide who will be eliminated.

From when I was down in
the basement and being up here

and seeing what it's
been like today,

I sadly think it's

the right decision...

..to let Prince go.

Yeah! Bye, Prince!

New Ruler Marina has chosen Prince.

Prince has lost his power.
Prince must leave immediately.

When you're a strong person,
when you're a very,

very strong person,

it does intimidate people.

It could have gone either way

and I'm glad that, no matter what,

I've kept myself together,
kept composed and,

yeah, hold my head up high.

Prince showed himself up tonight,

got personal and got defensive,

so ultimately I knew it was
the right decision to vote him out.

Do you know what,
seeing all that on there,

they hate each other, every one
of them in there. It's just...

It's poisonous up there. It's awful.

The only way I can describe
tonight, really,

is a veritable shitshow
so, over the next few days,

what I hope would happen
is, one by one,

the basement will slowly
start infiltrating

the penthouse and turn it
on its arse.

As another day in London winds down

and, with awards season
fresh in our minds,

Sydney's about to put in
a truly Oscar-worthy performance.

No, you do.

I think Jack and Sydney
are very cute together.

It does get draining down in
the basement so I think

people sometimes need
a hug or a kiss.

They're connecting and
I think it's quite sweet.

Ahh. And whilst these two are
busy connecting,

upstairs, Marina isn't feeling
quite as sentimental.

I'm just...
I know I made the right decision.

I'm not even going to
struggle to sleep tonight.

Goodnight. Goodnight. Love ya.

Love you too, girl.

Today took at turn that
I did not expect.

I thought Prince was going to be
to the end.

Goodnight, Marina. Night, Cheryl.

We love you, Marina!

We're Rulers and we're here
to make money for everyone.

I would say keep it down,
you'll wake the Grafters, but, er...

SNORING

Ah.

SNORING CONTINUES

It's early morning in the capital

and Joanna's just nodded
off back to sleep.

ALARM BUZZES

Fuck off.

Fucking arseholes.

After their tense fallout
last night,

it's safe to say Rishika and Marina
still aren't exactly bezzies.

Can I actually ask you a question?

Because it's been playing on my
mind a lot. Oh, yeah, go for it.

Yesterday, when we were at the
dining table,

you said, you know, "Rishika,
you're really good, you know,"

and I was like, "What do you mean?"

and you looked at me and you go,

"You know exactly what you're
doing."

I'm going to be honest,
I felt like you were trying

to say that I was crying on purpose.

Oh, my God, no! No, I was saying
that you're such a good Ruler.

I was saying, like, "Oh, my gosh,

"you're amazing and I want to
support you."

Sorry, I didn't communicate that
well enough. I'm really sorry.

I never want to sit there
and doubt someone by thinking,

"Has someone come in
here with a game plan?"

because we need to trust each other.
Yeah.

I'm not dumb, you can give me
any explanation you want, but

I think Marina did say what she said

to make me look bad in front of
everyone, but she doesn't know that

I'm a fucking genuine person.

She's only been up
there for five minutes.

I don't know what sis was trying
to do, but sis did not succeed.

Attention, please.

THEY GROAN AND MUTTER

Tonight, one Grafter will rise.

The Grafter who rises
to become a Ruler

will be immune from
the next elimination.

Right, what are we thinking?

Bang.

Taking my vote all day long, mate.

Purely because of snoring?

I'd like to have a
go at going up today.

I was figuring out how
I would sort of go up

and play the game, rather than act
like I want to be their best friend,

do you know what I mean? Cos it
needs to be a fine balance of

"I love you guys down here"

but how I can align
with them up there.

There's an alliance between myself
and Marina.

They need somebody up there who's
grounded, who's stable.

It's my time to help everybody at
the bottom rise to the top.

I've had a lot of doubters in
the past.

School was a little bit tough
for me.

I was bullied for being, like,
that tall guy with

a little bit of a higher voice.

The past relationship that I've had
where it was toxic and, you know,

everything you did was
never good enough,

so I'm here to prove all
the doubters wrong

and I'm going to win that money.

Well, first, you've got to rise up
to the penthouse, James.

And up there, another member of
the Grafter alliance, Marina,

is sussing out who the other
Rulers want to see rise.

So, what are you guys looking
for in the potential Ruler tonight?

I feel like we need to make sure
that the person we're bringing up

here complements what we already
have as well as adds to what we

might lack or what we might need
more of.

But we also need to consider

the reasons why they've been
nominated.

Is it because they're going to make

a strong leader or is it
because they're ruffling

the feathers down there
and they want rid? Yeah.

For me, Prince going has weakened
the numbers, but that doesn't mean

I can't build them back up with
everyone that enters this penthouse.

I was really close to Prince

and I feel like he was
a strong ally,

so that's going to put me
in a vulnerable position.

I could potentially
be their next target.

I need to be strategic
with my approach now.

I think, what I like about James,

which I think is really good
for right now,

he provides something that I don't
and I think what James provides is

that same clarity,
but just softened.

Mm-hm.

I know James is incredibly keen
to be a Ruler.

I did tell him that I would do
my best to bring him up here.

I don't make empty promises.

I think alliance makes it sound
sneaky, but I'm not sneaky.

Here he is, star baker's at it
again. Some man.

Whose are these? Ed's?

They are the bomb, aren't they?

I don't know how he
gets them so light.

They don't cook in the oven
to rise, they just bake.

Do you know,
I think I can make some butter.

I wish.

It's just what I need.
Some salted butter.

Had I known what the conditions in
the basement were going to be,

not in a million years
would I have signed up.

The same soup every single day,
three times a day.

Tasteless. It is tough.

I badly want to get
to the penthouse.

Who do you think,
if you get up there,

who do you think you're
going to try and get rid of?

Because if you do get up there,
you do know you're going to be

rooming with Rishika and Rachel.

Good, though. Friends close,
enemies closer.

I would pull Marina and be like,

"We need to get Matt or Cheryl
to think about Rachel going next."

Yeah. Cos those two are on
each other's side now.

If I go up next time, are you going
to fight for me to stay up there?

Yeah. All right, then.
Of course I would.

I'm feeling very ready to get up
to the top,

but I've got my game plan.

I know how I'm going to play it.

The alliance I've got with Marina
definitely feels strong.

She's gone up there

and she's said exactly what
she was going to do

and I have a lot
of trust in her now.

This is going to be an alliance
that takes us to the end.

Imagine we made the final two.

Why the fuck not?

Show that the two LGBTQ+
people can literally rise

and make everyone
around them fall. Yeah.

But we're not stupid. No.

I'm going to vote for James
and if this all goes ahead,

we will be taking over
the penthouse.

With the rise vote tonight,
the basement is a hive of activity.

Jeff narrowly missed out last time

and he's desperate
to go one better today.

I haven't lobbied anyone
and probably won't,

but what I can tell you is
that I do have eight businesses.

Yeah. I've built them all up myself.
Yeah.

Jeff wants to rise, but my tactic
today is stay down here.

I don't want to be sent back
down twice.

Send James up today then next time

there's a chance to rise, I can
rise.

So, everything I've done,
I've done with a good heart.

And you've worked for it.

I've worked and what's killing me
down here, the lack of music.

Yeah. For God's sake, stick on some
Snoop Dogg or Warren G.

I won't listen to Kanye any more.

It's a bit tough going at times.

Well, listen... But nothing's
good unless it's tough...

Success, my friend, is a journey,
it's not a destination.

I badly want to get to
the penthouse.

I don't think that there is
anyone up there that is capable

of true leadership.

I personally think I should wait
another two or three days before

I go up but, a day is a
long time in politics,

so I'm going to put my name forward.

While Jeff makes his case
very strongly,

Marina's telling her fellow
Rulers how her parents met.

You'll never guess.

My parents actually met
each other skiing.

My dad was in the army,

and they have to do, like,
ski training,

and my mum was working as
a chalet girl. Oh, wow.

Yeah, so my mum was working as
a chalet girl

and then he proposed.
ALL: Aww.

And they've now been married
for over 25 years...

Ah, wow. ..which is amazing.

Attention, please.

THEY EXCLAIM

Would Matt, Rishika and Cheryl

please report to the red room for

a test of their leadership skills.

Ohh...

Give us cuddles. Come on.

You're all going to do amazing.

We all know, you know, you've
got amazing leadership skills.

I won't hug you, I'm coming with ya!

You're all going to do it in
different ways. Yeah.

Argh!

Every time I sit down,

"Cheryl, come to red room."

Just fuck off.

Oh, someone's cranky.

Rachel, we need to get some time
together... Yeah, yeah.

..because I feel like,
out of everyone...

We haven't spoke as much.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah.

Rulers, the prize fund
currently stands at £21,700.

Would one Ruler read from
the tablet?

"Today's Grafters will have the
chance to individually submit

"a personal request for you
to approve or deny.

"Grafters will report to the
red room and privately

"pitch their request, face-to-face."

HE SIGHS

"You must decide, on the spot,

"whether to approve or deny
their request."

OK.

"Each approved request will
take £250 off the prize fund."

Fuck.

TV's on! TV's on!

Oh, my God! TV's on!

Oh! I knew it.

Hi, Grafters. We hope you are OK.

Today is your chance to request
something from your Rulers.

Oh.

Anyone who wants to make
a request has the chance

to report to the red room

and privately pitch
a request to us.

The request must be for a single
item that can be provided

in the basement.

Yeah, see?

Each request we approve will
deduct £250 from the prize fund.

Fuck. 250?!

I wonder how much money
we're going to sacrifice

cos 250 is a lot for one item.

I don't think they'll take too much.

I think they will
spend a lot of money

because they're coming in more
with the compassionate approach.

At the end of the day, the Grafters
did work hard to get the money.

I wouldn't be upset, but
I just think it wouldn't be

a smart approach.

I think we should think
as a group what we need. Yeah.

What can't people live without?

Teabags, milk, sugar, conditioner.

And anything essential,
we save money on,

so if we don't really need it,
we can save the money.

500, 1,000, 2,000...

You know that's £3,250.

They're not going
to accept all of it.

I actually only want to go up
there cos I want to speak to them

so I don't care if they deny it.

Are you going to try and talk
to them about something else?

Yeah, "Stop behaving
like fucking kids."

I work as a political broadcaster.

I am to the right of politics

and I'm going to tell people
things that they don't

want to hear that might
make 'em uncomfortable

if it makes things better
for everyone else.

I'll put my head above the parapet,

I'll take the hit because,
to me, that's what a true Ruler is.

I'll probably ask for a pizza, then.
You can all have a slice each.

Pizza's really good shout.

I'm thinking of something that
will be to the benefit of all of us.

A pack of cards.

I'm a master of magic and mentalism.

I'd love a tennis ball. Keep busy.

Fuck off. I don't need a ball and
cards.

What's wrong with peop...?
That did... That was annoying.

Well, let's have a show of hands.
Who wants a tennis ball?

OK, and that's game set
and match, Eddy.

We need to think, what is the item,
how does it help boost the morale?

I'm just going to go with it right
now and see how their character is

in front of my face right now.

I've always said, you know,
as a nurse, I need evidence

to make the decisions.

Yeah, and that's total...

And their pitch,
depending on who they are,

how much it means to them,
is when I will make a decision.

You need to be able to make tough
decisions to be a good Ruler.

Exactly, and we're going
to do it with consideration

and with grace and integrity.

You always think about how people
make decisions in the outside world,

people in power,
and whether it's difficult,

and sometimes when you're in a room
full of people that are, like,

absolute buffoons, you know, do you
remain composed, do you play into

the narrative to get them on side?
What do you do?

We are people's people. Yeah.

But we also know our
responsibility as Rulers.

First to try out his legendary gift
of the gab on those Rulers is Jack.

Welcome, Jack, to the red room.

How are we doing?

Yeah, not bad, not bad.
Nice room, innit? Yeah.

Lovely in here.
The smell of it, mate.

HE INHALES

So, we understand you're
here to make a request. Yes.

One item to take to the basement.
Mm.

So, please state your request
and your reasons why.

My request is a pizza.

Food is very limited and when you
wake up and you've got smiles on

your face and a full belly,
it's so much easier.

Thank you for giving us
your request. No problem.

We're going to have a chat and
deliberate that. No worries.

If you could please step outside
the room while we do that,

we'd appreciate it. No worries.
Good to see you all again, yeah.

You too. I think, for me, a pizza
can be shared amongst the others,

which is critical in this situation.

That's a good, valid reason.

The pizza is a one-time thing.

They'll eat it and it'll be gone.

We don't know what someone could
request next, who's coming up.

It could be something
that could be shared

and it could be something that
they can have over and over again.

Once that pizza's eaten, it's gone.

We need to think about the money.

We don't know if
they're going to ask

for anything that makes more sense,

that has a bit more longevity that
could boost the morale further.

I want Jack to go away with
the pizza. I want him to have it.

Jack, would you like to come back
into the red room, please?

We have made a decision.

I'd like to let you know that
your request has been approved.

Ahh, thank you.

You may leave the red room. Thank
you. Take care of yourselves, right?

See yous later, see ya. Thank you.

HE EXHALES

Buzzing. So happy, like, honestly,

the feeling of walking away knowing
you're going to get a pizza,

I don't know whether to eat it all
myself or give it to everyone else!

Newbie Rossi is next to pitch
with another group request.

So, I would like to request, erm,
cherries and berries diluting juice.

Thank you.

It's going to go a long way and it
will provide energy. It's sugar.

Have you finished? Yeah, sorry.

For me, it's a no, because
it's not an essential item

and we need to keep
the prize fund into account.

One pizza between nine people,
it's done.

And for me, this is an item of
longevity, it's dilute juice,

it goes a long way.

Why would we not give them that?

It could probably last them a week
if they use it responsibly

and I'm sure they will.

I can see you feel quite
strongly about this. Yeah.

We have decided to
accept your request.

Great. We know that when we come
to rewarding you, every time,

we do a work shift, that we are
going to need to think more based

off what Marina told us,
that you don't mind having less

when we do reward you, so this is
going to really help us when we make

that decision next time.

Yeah, thank you.

And just one more thing -
I know that Marina said that,

but last night, when you
gave us the food, it was great,

the morale went straight up,

so that doesn't go unheard. Mm-hm.
That's brilliant to hear, yeah.

OK, that's interesting.
Yeah. Thank you.

I'm just going to clarify, so even
at the cost of £100, you guys were

still happy? Yeah. Go for it. Yeah.

If it was my decision, absolutely,

it's how hard people work down
there. That's interesting to know.

Thank you so much for your request,
Rossi. See you later.

Enjoy your drink. Take care.

See you later mate.
Rossi, keep shining. I'll try.

It's hard when you have
to eat dog food.

See you later, mate. See ya.
See you later.

I'm a little bit
suspicious of Marina.

Yesterday, during the dinner, she
was vouching to only send, like,

four plates down there.

Why would Marina say to
only send half the meals down?

Is she trying to vilify us even
further to the Grafters?

And I don't trust her.

In the red room, the Rulers are
considering requests

from the Grafters.

I'm coming to request butter.

The request has been accepted.

Ah, thank you guys so much.

Connor's next to try
and sweeten them up.

A pot of jam.

I need to be an effective leader

and not keep taking money
out the prize pot.

I think...no.

I completely agree with Cheryl
so, for me, it's a no.

Matt and Cheryl are
not good leaders.

Right now, they're showing me
that they have absolutely no

consideration of the longevity
of the staff they want.

Connor, we have
declined your decision.

And, Connor,
you've got great imagination.

Drink that juice,
have that bread and butter,

and it will taste like jam.
Thank you so much. Take care.

I felt it was a little
bit patronising.

I got denied access to being a Ruler
and now I've been denied my jam.

Welcome, Joanna, to the Red Room.

I would love to request
a lump of cheese.

Joanna, I'm going to decline.

Oh! We've actually already approved
a request for butter.

No. Sorry to be cheeky,
this is not being mean,

I've just at the moment as a Ruler,

I want to look after the prize fund.
If we keep give, give, give.

Yeah. It goes down. Yous work great

and the energy's going to be there
between yourselves.

Thank you. Bye. You may leave the
Red Room. Thank you very much. Bye.

Cheryl is saying, I, over and
over again and that to me,

tells me that she's in it
for herself,

and she's the overriding voice

and I feel like I,
I'm not being heard.

If I could give
a bit of feedback right now.

Can we make sure we're saying "we"

and not "I"? Did I say I? I know
it's probably how you speak but,

yeah, you said "I, I can make a
decision, I've decided." Yeah.

So, can we make sure we're always
saying "we"?

I think Rishika is the dictator.

She wants to be the dictator.

She doesn't like it when people
jump in.

Don't let the game take over
your head.

I'd like a pack of cards.

We've decided to accept
your request.

I thank you on behalf of all of
the Grafters.

So far, the Rulers have spent
a grand on pizza,

playing cards,
butter and some squash.

Well, that's London prices for you.
And now it's Eddy's turn.

I request a passata sauce, then we
can make our home-made pizzas.

Your request has been denied.

Why?

Because we have approved another
food item.

Yeah. Butter. To make a butter
pizza?

We have to protect the prize fund.

We can't keep being soft.
Think logically and long term.

OK? Yeah.

I think power looks like it has got
a little bit to Cheryl's head.

250 quid isn't a lot,

and it's not
going to go down well down there,

I can tell you that for free.

Finally, it's Sophie's choice
between requesting

a sensible item or tearing strips
off the Rulers.

So, I'm here to request
a bottle of Cola for the group

but, what I wanted to say,
is that we,

for the last couple of days,

have been watching your
Red Room eliminations,

and we're not very impressed
with the way that you're behaving.

It's deeply unprofessional,

it's very uncomfortable to watch.

It's clear that it's not stable
at all.

This Red Room is our
professional room,

so we will bring our topics up.
We will get over-heated.

Of course.

They're less than impressed that a
mere Grafter has turned up and said,

look, we don't appreciate
the way you're behaving,

but ultimately,
at the end of the day,

I'm eating dog food
for these people,

so I have every right to expect them
to behave to high standards.

So, she didn't really want
Coke anyway.

I thought Cheryl has got like,

there was none of this totally
sided thing...

I told you she's...
You've got to watch Cheryl,

I'm telling you, she thinks she's in
charge of everything.

She was very domineering
of people. Yeah?

It was interesting
to kind of see it.

Anyway, Matt was like, you know,

thank you for your feedback.
We're going to take it on board.

Really, like he's your boss?

No, just give me the fucking passata
and the cheese.

So, we've been accepted squash
and one pizza

but I've been denied passata
and Joanna's been denied cheese,

which we could have made ten
pizzas with.

I fucking hate people just looking
down on people and it fucks me off.

This is the first time
I've been properly annoyed

with them. The fun,
bubbly Cheryl, you know,

it may be the case of that,
the power's corrupted her.

Fucking dickheads.

Tell us,
you've got to tell us everything.

Yeah. Matt, go on.

We had to decide whether to,
to grant one item to,

to each of the Grafters.

Sophie come in, erm,

and asks for Coke
but she just wanted an argument.

She says they're basically
really disappointing

and disgusted in our behaviour in
the Red Room.

She said... She said.

I'll tell you what she said,

they were pissed,
they, they're pissed.

No, no, they're not all pissed.
No some of them are.

It feels almost like,

Matt and Cheryl were trying
to cover their tracks.

It was all laughs and giggles
and I feel like,

if Marina is actually smart,
she will be thinking,

where's the empathy and compassion
that they've been banging on about.

You know, there's only so far you
push before you're just like,

you know what, fuck it.

You were, you were asking.
You were going to ask?

Never mind, just never mind.
I'll see you later.

Oh. Erm, yeah.

Oh, do you not
want to discuss it now?

Rishika has come in here with
a very different energy.

She, she's told me that she,

she doesn't like animosity but yet,
I think that

a good Ruler would know that when
you live together,

you shouldn't be testing your
fellow Rulers.

I backed their case hard in there.
They guys fucked up massively.

Really? And the fact that they keep,

do you know why they keep talking,

it's because they're covering
their fucking tracks. Really?

Yeah.

It got to me because, you know,

not being heard is something that
I've dealt with in my life,

personally and it's kind of
a little bit of a trigger.

They fucked up hard
and they know they fucked up hard

and that's why they're not letting
me talk.

I grew up in, in a household where
it was mostly men.

You know, being in that male
dominated environment,

I had to make a decision,

am I going to be stepped on all
my life?

Cheryl kept cutting me off
and I said, "No, no, it's fine,

"it's fine because you're
a fellow fucking leader."

I can really help develop myself by
walking away from that situation,

taking time to reflect,
maybe talking to someone I trust

and deciding what to do from there.

If you saw the way that them
Grafters came up and they were, they

were pissed off, he's saying they
weren't pissed, they were pissed.

Really? They were pissed.
They're not understanding that them

guys are going to come up here,
it could be any one of them,

if it's Eddy or Sophie,

it's going to really fuck them up.

They've observed our behaviour.
They, they've asked for things

and they've watched
the way that we've said no.

Yeah.
And the way that we've said yes.

You think they haven't got mouths

and the ability to have chats down
there?

My dad, he always used to say,

don't let people think that you're
too clever

because then they can't accuse you
of doing things that you did

but they would never have suspected
you of doing.

Hmm, yeah, that's true.

My closest person in
the basement is Jeff.

Without a shadow of a doubt.

I think if Jeff was voted to go
to the penthouse,

I'd be a little bit heartbroken.

Young Sophs, I think I'm going to
know you

and your family will know us for
a long, long time.

Yeah.

Attention, please,
lift doors opening.

Oh, my days, bruv.

Look at it.
Is there an actual pizza?

Is there an actual pizza?

Oh! Ah, mate, that's...

No, I'm buzzing.
I've been so down today.

You know you have them days when
you're just not eating.

Fresh pizza and you're,
when you're starving, it's unreal.

Shall I split it, slice it up in
halves?

That's actually a good size.

I can't not share it like.
It has crossed my mind.

Trust me, to get it and run to the
bathroom

and lock myself in the toilet,

let the smell go through
the bathroom door,

but I think they would have kicked
the door down and dragged me out.

OK, is that the card. No.

Is that the card? No.

No? No.

OK, fine,
just give me a second, please.

Attention, please. Grafters,

the Rise vote will
take place shortly.

Jeff, you want to rise,
so what is the reason why?

Because I believe that
with my experience,

over 50 years of being in business,

I think I can be very,

very clever and put us
Grafters first and slowly

but surely,
get rid of the old guard.

I always said I would, I wanted to
go up and then last night,

I've had a massive U-turn.

I'm hoping James goes

because apparently they've got
a plan that's going to save us all.

James?

Erm, I'm very charismatic,
I'm very honest,

I'm very, you know, likeable.

Are you? Yeah, I am. I'm very,
very likeable.

LAUGHTER

I'm very likeable.

I've got a question for both of you.
I'll go with James first.

Yeah.
If you do get chosen to be a Ruler.

Oh, right.
Who will you, will you choose to...

Gravitate to?
Gravitate, great word.

I've got you, bruv.

I want to, I'm probably going to
try to gravitate to Cheryl,

based on everyone's opinions
from what you've gone

and done today in terms of the pitch
and there needs

to be like alliance
to start getting out

the originals,
Rishika and Rachel we want gone.

All right, Jeff?

The person I would gravitate
to would not be, Sur, Surika.

Rishika. Never heard of her.
Rishika.

Rishika! Right,
I would gravitate to Max.

To Max. Max.

To Max. Why though?

You and I are being asked questions.

We are not questioning each other.

Can we continue please as
the mediator?

Technically I can question you cos
you are my, technically,

my only hope. It's you and me, and
you get picked... You are allies,

going up there together Jeff.

I want to know why Max,
because we are working together.

Yes.
If you aren't working with us now,

are you going to work
for us up there?

The reason that I haven't wanted
to go up there.

You've wanted to go up there since
the beginning.

Can you allow people to finish?
I was just saying...

No, no, no, you are not.
I'm just saying.

Please allow people to finish.

Stop, I'm asking... No, no, don't
tell me to stop.

Please respect yourself
and respect age. Guys, come on.

The reason, guys... This is so
stupid. The reason is, we know that.

I wish the best of luck to Jeff
but right now,

it's my power and I'm
going to claim it.

The rise vote is imminent,

tensions are high and the Grafters
are trying

everything to take their minds
off it.

Are there any jokers in cos I don't
think I need the...?

There's an ace there.

Attention, please.
Grafters, it is time to vote.

You cannot vote for yourself.

I am voting for James. Me,

Marina and James said we'd
stick together

and get us three to the penthouse,

one's up there, potentially two by
the end of the day,

and in a few days hopefully three
of us will be up there.

I'm very confident that
the plan is going to come

to fruition, it's my time to
infiltrate the penthouse

and start picking them off one
by one.

Me and Jeff are the outcasts of
the group.

Our relationship isn't
a tactical one,

it isn't a strategic one,

it's just genuine because we
genuinely like each other.

Power does change people
and it's becoming all

the more apparent,
the gloves are coming off.

Attention, please.

The results of the rise vote are...

Here we go.

..Jeff received four votes.

APPLAUSE

James received five votes.

Well done, boys. Go on, boys.

James and Jeff, you received
the most votes

and you will rise to
the penthouse imminently.

I'm going to go and get ready to
meet

the rulers that are
going to leave very soon.

# All I do is win win win,
no matter what

# Got money on my mind
I can never get enough

# And every time I step up in the
building

# Everybody's hands go up! #

Two grafters rise, but only one can
stay and become a ruler.

I'm here as a winner

and I ain't going to win unless I'm
in the penthouse.

# And they stay there

# And they stay there

# And they stay there

# Up down, up down... #

As soon as I see Marina I'm

going to make sure I down play
our friendship,

the rulers can't see how close
we are.

I think we need to make sure whoever
we bring up

isn't someone that's going to
cause conflict.

Who do you think with
the dynamic that we have right now,

who do you think's right?

Joanna or James. James is
a really solid candidate.

Yeah, I love James. And I think he's
much more likely

to come up in that lift than Joanna.

My plan today is

to make sure Marina does not get
any stronger

and that's purely going to consist

of making sure her favourite people
aren't up here

and just have my ears all over
this penthouse.

Attention, please.

SQUEALING

Oh! Oh, my God I'm so excited to
see them,

I'm going to give them
the biggest hug in the world,

I've missed them so much.

# And they stay there

# And they stay there

# And they stay there

# Up down, up down... #

SHRIEKING

Hello.

Oh, my God, I'm so fucking excited.

Let me show you around so.

Will you? Yeah. Please!
Yeah, of course.

It's a lovely penthouse,
it's beautiful.

It is quite cold
but look at the view.

Oh, my God!

It's, it's stunning.

Our pictures! Yes. Oh, my God!
I'm such a catfish.

Do you want to go outside?
Yes, please, yeah, let's both go.

Let's all go, let's all go.

Oh! OK, it's wet here.
Oh, my God!

What?

I'm literally... Thank you, thank
you, thank you. Oh, my God.

I'll hold it.
OK, talk. Thanks. Talk to us.

Ask me the questions you
want to ask.

OK, erm...
You know when we reward you? Yeah.

Did you guys say that
you didn't want,

you didn't want, all want to be
rewarded cos you don't care,

you want to protect the prize fund?
Hand on heart now, I think.

You didn't say that?
We didn't necessarily...

Marina's idea was maybe four or five
but they want the rewards.

OK, Marina said you guys want,

you don't care how many rewards
you get.

We feel like we're getting half
the information, half

the time and to be honest
I'm not going to lie,
I think she's playing a game plan.

Rishika and Rachel definitely wanted
to know the tea,

I would say they wanted
a piping hot tea

and I'm going to say I gave them
lukewarm tea

and that's simply because I'm not
going to give away all my secrets,

I'm not going to give away
the aim of my game.

Usually, I only mix creatively
with people who are much,

who are much younger than me.

You're a young soul, Jeff.

I'm a dude.

LAUGHTER

Excuse me one second.
I love you little strawberry.

Aw! Jeff, I just can't make heads or
tails of him.

Want to be completely honest
with you,

are you going to come in here
and you're going to give everyone

an equal chance or are you going to
stick by Marina cos I'm telling you

now she's split us up massively.
I'll give everybody an equal chance.

Point blank, to me now, Marina is

a brand-new person,
however long she's been here.

It could have changed her.

Power and ruling is
going to change somebody,

you can easily forget where you've
just come from.

What I want to do is I
want to be able

to feel like I can bring
you together.

Thank you. That's what I want to do

cos you've got all got such
strengths.

Shall we go back upstairs?
Yes, I need to, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Right now I'm telling the girls
what they need to know,

not what they want to know,

the girls are fed information
that...

..is all they need.

I just can't believe James had
a slice of pizza.

Yeah, I know I thought that was
a bit cheeky.

Did he? Yeah.

He fucking gone up there
to fill his boots.

And upstairs Jeff wants a slice of
this James bashing action too.

I'll be frank,

he is not somebody who would last in
my business any time,

he has no experience of anything,

he's a nice enough guy, he appears

to think that he's very charismatic
or that's what he tells us all.

Mm.

I believe, mentally, you're on
a different level to him,

it's a word of warning,

and obviously I would not say what
I'm saying if it were untrue.

I'm not a lobbyist.
I'm not here to lobby,

I was just me, I said it how it was.

They would be making

the hugest of mistakes,
huge by taking James.

Darling, yeah. I know. No, I know.

He said to me, are we still doing
the plan? I said,

yeah, absolutely and he,
he's very up for it

and you know we
want to support each other

and I've been bigging up James since
I've come in.

This is why we're here.

All rulers report to
the Red Room immediately.

It was so good to see you.
Thank you very much.

Jesus Christ. I'm not going to lie,

it's quite overwhelming coming into
something like this compared

to what we've had, I almost felt
like I was being fed to the sharks.

I want James to come up here,

I know we work really well together
as a team.

And I'm not
going to go back on my word.

We cannot be selfish in
our decision,

we can't look at the grafters
and say right what can,

what can benefit us?

We need to ensure
the grafters are strong

and morale is high,

we can't weaken them
to strengthen us.

Rulers must now discuss between
each other who they would like

to see rise.

James, obviously we've seen his
work epic

and we've seen his, his initiative.

We did see it in the food challenge
that there was quite

a lot of food left
and he actually took that risk

and he took it on his back.

Obviously Jeff is that he has
obviously experience

with business, like he comes from
a business per, perspective, erm,

I would say the cons is that I feel
like he takes everything,

a lot of things as like a joke.

I know both of them really well,

from your interactions

and the way they've answered to you

and also what I've seen working
with them

and what skills they have,

I have no doubt in my mind that
James is currently

the right person to have up here.

If I can start with Jeff - I think

the pros are he does have age on
his side

and that brings life experience.

You know, I spoke to Jeff and I
asked him a lot of questions.

Although he has a lot to offer in
terms of what he's done in his life

and the experience, I feel like

James has very good view on
what we're lacking here.

You know, just the tough decisions
we have to make.

I think James is a very smart guy.

I think he's come in here
for himself.

He's not afraid to recognise where
his alliances should be

and recognise who his alliances are
weaker with.

I think with Jeff, I think it's just
going to blow up

and everything's
going to be conflict constant.

I feel like I've never had
to explain my worth so much

to so many people that
I don't even know. Oh.

Grafters.

It was wonderful to spend time
with you this evening.

We have made a unanimous decision

and the Grafter that will be joining
us in the penthouse is...

..James.

James, put it there.

Wow. That was intense. I am,
I'm so proud of myself.

Tell them I've got them,

tell them I've got you and tell them
they're in my mind. Promise?

I promise. You promise?

Attention, please.

I'll see you soon. But remember,
remember what I said.

Relay the message,

tell them we've got it,
it's not you it's us. Yeah?

Oh...

I enjoyed it immensely.
I learnt an awful lot.

I'm a firm believer that everything
has it's time.

Guys I'm nervous for this.
Oh, my God!

I think it's going to be,
I'm going James.

I'm going James.
I'm shitting myself.

Who wants, who wants bets?
My heart's racing.

My time will come,
watch these lips.

Come on, just open.

GASPS

It's Jeff. Jeff. Oh, it's Jeff!

SOME APPLAUSE

Hello, hello, hello. Jeff.
Don't look at me like that.

I was surprised,
I didn't know what was happening.

Well done. Me and James know exactly
what we want

and it's just a matter of time
before I'm up there,

and then we can put our serious plan
into action.

They have made a dreadful error
of judgment.

They have what I would describe at

the highest level, I'm

going to call it
a Liz Truss moment.

Oh, she's not that bad.

There's not one person here that
wouldn't make

a far far better leader than James.

Oh!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Congratulations!

Congratulations.

Thank you, thank you.

Oh! Hi. Well done. Congrats.
Oh, thank you so much.

I'm over the moon it's James

because I truly know he's got
good intentions

and that's what we want up here.

Yay. Thank you. Oh.

He's just going to thrive.

James and I want to bring up
a whole load of others

and this is the start,

this is how the plan is
going to work.

James may I present this brooch
to you.

Welcome to the penthouse.

Thank you, everybody.

I feel so powerful right now,

I've just executed our master plan

and nobody has any idea
what's about to come.

Next time on Rise and Fall...

Lift falling.

Hello, guys. You guys a couple?
No, no. No.

All Grafters report to
the work space.

I don't think it's fair for you
to tell me I

need to communicate how I feel...

But that wasn't communicated.
I'm sorry.

You must now vote for one ruler
to lose their power.

We're here to do a job,
we're not here to make friends.

Are we ready?

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