"The Sister" (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

Three New Years have come and gone
and Elise still hasn't come home.

We still expect her to...

every single day.

We expect the front door to open...

If...

If somebody out there, anybody...

knows what happened to Elise...

if anyone has any idea where Elise
might be, we beg you to...

please, please, get in contact on
the number provided.

There must be somebody who can help.

There must be somebody



Hello, mate.

Bob.

What are you...? What are you
doing here? You can't come here.

We agreed. We said.
- I know.

So what you doing here, then?

They're digging up the woods.

No, they can't.

But they are.

No, no, no, no.

You're not coming in. OK?
I'll meet you somewhere. Tomorrow.

Just give me a call,
phone me at work. All right?

I'll be two minutes.

Bob, this is my house.
My wife will be home soon.

It's a housing development.
Newbeck Green.



They're breaking soil on Monday.

Details are in here.

Rip it up when you're done.
Burn it.

OK, thanks.

Nathan, what have you done?

Shit. Shit.
My wife's home. You have to leave.

Get, get, get up, Bob.
Get up. Get up!

Come on, off. Off the stairs
now. Bob, get up off the stairs.

Hey, you're early.

Yeah. The, er, rain.

Sor... Sorry.
Um, Holly, this is Bob.

Bob, Holly.

OK. Hi!
- Hello.

He's an old mate.
- Right.

Yeah, he just, just popped
round on the off-chance. But, er...

You've gotta be off, haven't you?

Well, it's nice to meet you.
- And you.

Sorry to intrude.
- No worries.

Girl trouble.
- Sorry to hear that.

Well, anyway, I'd better...
- Yeah. Yeah.

Mate, I'll give you a call.
We should definitely meet up.

So who was that?
- Er... er, Bob.

And who's Bob?

Just an old mate.
My God, you're soaking.

You want a cup of tea or some soup?
Soup? Wine!

So, who was the girl?

Girl? What girl?

He said he had girl trouble.

He didn't say, really.
God knows.

Will you excuse me a minute?
I'm busting.

OK, you're burning up.
I think you might be sick.

Shall I pop to the chemist?
- No.

Honestly, I'm fine. I think...

I think I'm already
over the worst of it.

Take it easy.
Don't push yourself.

I'll be off, then.

Love you.
- I love you, too.

Newbeck.

Have you looked it up?

I'm looking at it now.
- We have to move her...

soon.
- I can't.

We have to.
- Yeah?

I can't. I can't do it.

This isn't the kind of situation
where either of us has much choice.

Did it come?

Did what come?
- You'd know if it had.

Call me back
when you've given it a listen.

Bob, what are you talking about?
Bob?

You know who this is.

Now, at first,
you're gonna hear white noise.

That's perfectly natural,
you need to listen a few times.

Play it loud
and listen THROUGH the static.

It's important to know...

this recording was made
in an empty room.

Hi. I'd like to speak
to Holly Fox, please.

Holly Fox.
- Hi.

I was looking for somewhere to live.

OK. Would you be looking
for a flat or a house?

A house, I think.
A small house. A little house.

Bedrooms?
- Yes.

I mean, how many? Roughly?

Er...

Three? Three bedrooms?

The best thing would be if...
I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.

Nathan.

Hi, Nathan. The best thing
would be if you came in for a chat.

I could talk you through current listings.
See What we can find that fits yum budget.

Absolutely.
- When's good for you?

Tomorrow?
- I could do...

9:30, if that suits?
- OK. Great. 9:30.

Out of interest,
how did you get my name?

I'm sorry?
- You asked for me by name.

Have we met?
- No, I don't think so.

Er, you were recommended.
By a friend. A client I suppose

He said you were...

honest.
- For an estate agent?

Yes.

Well, that's always nice to know.
- Well, I'll pop by...

around 9:30.
- See you then. Bye.

Jesus!
- Sorry.

Sorry. Your face!

Sorry.
- I was...

Your face!
- Jesus.

How're you feeling?
- Yeah...

A lot better. Jesus, my heart.
- Look at you!

How was work?
- The usual.

Contractors on Jubilee Road
seem to be on a go-slow.

Had to give them the evil eye.
Give the boss a gentle kick.

Bill Todd?
- Yeah.

He's a lazy sod.
I'm not sure why you hired him.

He's slow, but he's good.
- But he's slow.

Yeah.
I'm not sure I'll go there again.

We'll see.

You're too soft.
- Tell that to Bill Todd.

Do you know anything about this new estate
they're building out near your mum's place?

Newbeck Green? Yeah, course.

Why are you interested?
- I dunno.

Saw it on the internet today.
Just... Just seems a bit...

They're digging up the woods to do it.
It's a disgrace, really.

Cowboys.

Did you hear back from Bob?

Yeah. Yeah, I did, yeah.

Gonna, erm...

pop out tonight, actually, for a bit.
- Tonight?

You're sick.

Er, yeah, well, it's, it's only...

for a quick half,
I'll be back by eleven.

Sure you don't mind?
- No.

I've got contracts to review.

I should call Mum, really.
- Give her my love.

I will do.

Say hi to Bob.
- Yeah.

So what did you think?

Er...

yeah, I like it.
- So, we're on the right track?

In the ballpark?
- Yeah, I mean it needs a bit of...

Life?
- Yeah.

Are you OK?
- Yeah.

No, thanks. I gave up.
But, honestly, you go ahead.

1 gave up once.

Two years.

Two years?

What made you start again?
- Y'know...

Stress.

Yeah. Tell me about it.

So is it, is it stressful, then,
being an estate agent?

I'm not really an estate agent.

I mean,
it's not a vocation or whatever.

How did you get into it, then?
- It's just one of those things.

Life just...

And how long have you been a, erm...
- A greetings card salesman.

Really?
- Yeah.

Well, it's not, it's not
like it's a vocation or anything.

I'd better go.

Hey.

You don't have to feel guilty
for laughing.

Bye.

You can't come here, we agreed.

Only joking, come in.

Thanks for coming back. It was great
last time, we had a lot of feed back.

That's nice to hear.

Yeah. I think it was the most
popular guest slot, since, um...

Since I don't know, actually.

Maybe the Princess Diana bloke.

But he was a bit mental, so...

Can I get you a glass of water.
Cup of tea?

Yeah a glass of water
would be great. Water, yep, fine.

It's nice to be back, Brian.
Thanks for having me.

We have got a Simon on line two.'

Hello.

Hello, Simon.

I'm sitting there on the bed and I
see something in the wardrobe mirror.

I think my wife must have come
home cos she'd forgotten something...

But it's not my wife.

It's my mum, two years to the day
after she med.

Well, Simon.
It sounds like you've experienced...

what we call
a mental imprint manifestation.

These are ghosts which seem to repeat
the same action over and over again.

Walking across a particular room,
opening a particular door.

They also seem to...

What?

You were supposed to destroy it.
- Destroy it?

Those were the instructions.
- Bob...

What is it?

Have you given it a listen?
- Yeah.

It's blank. There's nothing on it.

You need to listen a few times.
Listen THROUGH the noise.

You did hear it.
- I heard static.

I heard like a TV in another room,
like a radio or something.

I've been making these recordings
for 15 years, I know what I'm doing.

It's called EVP.

You set a tape in an empty room.

You make sure it's isolated
from stray radio broadcasts.

You ask it a question, you walk
away, you come back, you get voices.

Whose voices?
- Who else? The dead.

The dead?
Jesus Christ, this isn't...

Usually, you get three
or four voices. Sometimes a dozen.

Usually, what they say is banal.
They sound confused, disconnected.

Like someone half asleep.

But the recording I sent you...

For the first time, there was
only one voice on it. Just one.

And for the first time,
I recognised it.

So did you.

I didn't hear anything.
- Listen properly this time.

If you play that thing again, I'll break
your fucking arm 1 swear to God.

So you heard her.

Yeah, I heard a voice.

But not HER voice. Not HER voice.

Because she hasn't got a voice,
her voice is gone.

You know, I was thinking
about it all, your wife.

I couldn't sleep.

Do you know what it's like lying
awake, worrying about something?

I've got a pretty good idea.
- So what is it? Like a sex thing?

Cos that would actually
be pretty sick.

Why would you marry her, Nathan?
Why would you do that?

Don't mention my wife again.

Fine.
- No, I mean it, Bob.

Not ever. Ever.

We have to move it
before they dig her up.

I can't believe this is happening.

It won't be difficult.
I mean, it won't be heavy.

Not by now, it won't weigh much.

We can't be sure they'd find it.

How much of a risk are you happy to take?
- Yeah, but what if...?

You know, by now, just..

Naturally decomposed?

They only need a fragment of DNA.

If there's anything left, anything.
Anything, they will find it.

I can't do it, Bob.

I just can't.

And what about Holly?

I just told you...

Just saying, it would be
a terrible thing to do to her.

To let this happen.

For her sister to be discovered.

How was Bob?

Go back to sleep.

Love you.

You too.

Hey. Am I late?

No! No, sorry. Erm...

I'm early. I get it from my dad.

He's early for everything.
He thinks...

being on time and being late
are the same thing.

OK? Do you want another drink?
- No. Er...

I'm good, thanks.

This isn't actually my first.

OK. So, definitely not doing
Dry January, then.

Very much not.

Er, can 1, erm...

start a tab,
and can I get a margarita, please?

Coming up.

Everything OK?

Look, erm...

I think you're really nice.

That's because
you don't really know me yet.

It's just...

It's difficult at the moment.

Great. You're married.

It would be excellent
if all I was was married.

I don't actually know
how to say this. Er...

It's a bit weird.

Everyone already knows.
So I've never...

actually had
to tell anyone about it.

Three years ago...

I lost my little sister.

Elise.

Jesus.

She went out one night.

To a party. And she just...

never came home.

It was New Year's Eve.

I was there with Mum and Dad.

We wanted to leave early
but Elise wanted to stay.

I love you.

So we left her there.

I rang her all night.

But she never answered

That's...

1 don't know what to say.

The police searched for her.

They even thought they knew
who did it. But...

But there wasn't enough evidence.

And they never found her.
There was no...

body...

or anything. So...

So really, we still don't know.

I'm sorry to lay all this on you.
- No.

Don't worry.
I don't mind. It's...

I honestly don't mind.

This is really the first time
I've done anything since.

Gone... Gone out with someone?

No, erm... Gone out, period.
- Right.

So, er, anyway
I told my mum about it.

I mean, I had to.
This is a new dress.

You look lovely. It's nice.
- Thank you.

Um... Anyway, er...

I had to tell my mum
I was going out.

I'd come home with this new dress
and these new shoes. And...

And...

I don't know. I was excited.

And so was Mum.
She had this look in her eyes.

She asked me who you were
and how we'd met.

And so I told her.

And then she asked me
where we were going...

Where I'd bought the dress
and how much I'd paid for it.

And then we both cried.

So you see, I'm sorry.

But I can't.

I don't know what to say.

Don't worry.

No-one ever does. I mean...

What is there to say?

I'm so sorry.

Thanks for the drink.

I'll give you a call.
- Best not.

Gin and tonic, please.

Mate, how are you?

You OK?

Absolutely. Why?

Nothing. You just... seem a bit...

Yeah.

Sony. I...

I just, er, was wondering if
we could sit down tonight?

Have a chat about something?
- Course. Yeah.

What?
- It can wait till this evening.

Have I done something?

I just...

I got my period.

Don't. It's OK.

Honestly, I'm OK.
Can we just talk about it tonight?

I should be back seven,
at the latest.

We could get a curry.

Curry sounds good.

OK.

Back by seven.

Sorry to interrupt. There's someone
in Reception here to see you.

He says it's urgent.

Why won't you take any of my calls?
- Bob.

Did you think I was just gonna go away?
That this situation would go away?

Of course not. It's just...
- Cos it won't!

Keep it down,
for God's sake. I'm at work!

Right, well, I'll just sit here and wait,
till you're ready to see me.

If you can't do it today,
I'll come back tomorrow.

And the day after that,
and the day after that.

Unless you wanna call the police,
have me thrown out.

Just five minutes.

Listen...

We've been through a lot of stress.
And I mean... a lot of stress.

And stress can make you
do funny things. So...

what you need is, you need
to get away for a few days.

I don't understand how you can do it.
- Do what?

Just refuse to acknowledge the evidence.
- Evidence?

What, a voice you think you can...

A voice you think you can hear,
on a blank recording. Jesus Christ.

Bob, do you even know
how mad that sounds, really?

We've got to move her.
- No, we don't.

What we've got to do
is leave her where she is.

We can't
- Why not?

Look, even if they did find her,
and it's a big if...

it's been so long. It's been years.
- She's haunting me, Nathan.

I woke up two days ago, and she
was standing there at the foot of my bed.

Her mouth was moving.

God, why didn't you tell me?
- Tell you what?

That you've seen her, too.
- Because I haven't.

I haven't seen her, because there's nothing
to see. She's gone, Bob. She doesn't exist!

Look.

I understand. I really do.
- It's difficult to face.

It's easier to just pretend it's
not happening. But it's happening!

And she won't go away.
She won't leave us alone.

Not until we put it right.
She's not there.

You know that's not true!
- You put it right. YOU do it!

I can't. Why not?
- Why do you think?

I don't know! Why?
- Because I'm scared!

Listen, I'm sorry. I can see you've...

been trying to make amends for it.
- Shut up!

I suppose I have been, too, in a
different way. But it hasn't worked.

It's not going to work. And I
can't stand it, Nathan. I'll go mad.

So you need to help me do this now,
today, or I've got no choice.

What?
- To talk to Holly.

You stay away from Holly.
You stay away from my family.

And you don't say a word.
Not a word.

It would kill 'em if they knew, Bob.
It would kill 'em.

Then help me.
And Holly doesn't have to know.

No-one has to know,
except you and me.

And her.

No.
- I'm sorry?

Fuck you, Bob.

Take your threats and go fuck yourself.
You leave me alone...

leave my family alone, and you go
and get psychiatric help. You need it.

Hello! Sorry I'm late.

Are you home?

Babe, it's me. I'm home.

Er, are you there?
You said seven, at the latest.

OK, it's nearly 25 past. Just...

give me a call when you get this.

Are you here?

If you're here, do something.

Jesus.

Is she breathing?

Stand back!
Stand over there!

What did you do?

What did you do?

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