"The Sister" (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

If somebody knows
what happened to Elise,

if anyone has any idea
where Elise might be,

we beg you to please get in contact.

There must be somebody who can help.

'Three years ago,
I lost my little sister, Elise.

'She went out one night to a party,
and she never came home.'

They're digging up the woods.

So, who was that?
Er, Bob.

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

ELISE ON RADIO: 'I'm not dead!'

Is she breathing?
Stand back! Stand over there.



What did you do?!

We have to move it.
I can't...

And what about Holly?
Oh, you stay away from Holly.

If you're here, do something.

You sure you don't mind?
Why would I mind?

I dunno... Some people might.

You should talk about her.
I talk about her all the time.

You think about her all the time.

Oh...

I dunno.

It's not a words thing.

I'm not good with words.

I just...

I just like feeling
like she's around.



Does that make sense?
Yeah.

I talk to her sometimes.
Yeah?

Quite a lot, actually.

When mum's getting on my nerves.
Problems at work. You.

She was the first to know about you.

Ah!

Seriously. I told her,
“I met this bloke today.

“He was like an abandoned puppy
that needed rescuing.“

Wow... You were probably right.
Yeah, I know.

So... do you feel rescued?

I do. I feel rescued.
Good.

PHONE DIAL TONE

ANSWER PHONE:
'Hi, you've reached Holly.

Tm sorry 1 can't take your ca“
fight now,

'but if you leave a message,

'I'll get back to you
as soon as possible. Bye.'

BEEP
Babe, it's me.

Er...

I don't want to seem an old woman,

but it's... ten past nine,
and you said...

Listen, I hope you're OK.

Just give me a call
to let me know you're OK.

DOOR BANGS
I'm so sorry!

Jesus Christ. Where have you been?
With Dave Sarkissian.

He swears he's about to make an
offer on those bloody retail units.

You said seven o'clock!
I know. I know, I'm sorry.

I've been texting.
I bet you have!

It's not funny.
Too bloody right, it's not.

I lost my phone, by the way.
Lost it where?

If I knew that, it wouldn't be lost,
would it?

Honestly, what a night.
Dave Sarkissian's late,

then he goes on for hours and hours
and hours.

By the time I get away and...

Are you OK?

I'm good. I was just a bit worried.

And I knew you
wanted to have this talk, so...

Yeah.

So...

...are you still OK to do that?
We can wait.

No, it's fine. Now's... good.

So, yeah... I got my period.

I had a good feeling.

I thought, this time, it would take.

“Take". Jesus. What a word.

And there's the money.
Oh, the money doesn't matter.

We'll get the money. We can...

I... I dunno. We can keep trying.

Honestly?

Tm not sure 1 can.

Oh, OK.

I mean, every time, it feels like...

I don't know. Bereavement's
probably too strong a word.

I know it's stupid.

Because they were never real.

They were never really there.

But you were hoping so much.

It was like you could feel them.

It's like you've lost something.

Does that make sense?

It does, yeah. It makes sense.

And I just... I can't keep
putting us both through it!

Just hoping so much,
then losing them.

I just can't do it.
SHE SOBS

If you want to stop, we can stop.

But if you just wanna, like,
just take a breath,

we can do that, too.

We can go on holiday. Go to Greece.

Bit of sun. Drink Retsina.
Throw up in a bidet.

We can do whatever you like.

All I care about is you.

I just want you to be happy.

It's the only thing I care about.

MUSIC: 'Ooh I. La'
by Goldfrapp

Hello, gin and tonic. Please?

Well, thank you!

Mate! How are you?
I didn't know you were coming.

Oh, I know. Neither did I, really.

What made you come along?

Erm, well, I was meant to go to
this other thing I was invited to,

but my ex-girlfriend was going
with her fiance, and... yeah.

So, here I am. Billy No Mates.
Right. Ouch.

Yeah, well. Er, cheers.

To be honest,
I'm not even sure I like parties.

I don't think anyone does.
Not really.

Do you know what helps with that?

Not liking parties?
No. What?

Drugs.

Yeah?

All right.

So you do believe it all?
You really believe in ghosts?

Like, actually believe.

It depends what you mean
by "believe".

About 80% of the recently bereaved
experience what's called

a "post-bereavement
hallucinatory experience".

Eight out of ten people

will see the ghost
of a person they lost.

Their mother, their father,
their wife, their child.

Now, they could be experiencing
an objective phenomenon.

Or it could be purely psychological.

Or it could be something in-between,
who knows?

Either way, the question
is not whether ghosts exist -

of course they exist.
They're part of our experience.

We see them, we hear them.
We sense them.

The only question is...

...what are they?

We ask only to be reassured,
about the noises in the cellar...

and the window
that should not have been open.

So, where does all this come from?
How did you get into it?

Ah, the most predictable way
possible, I suppose.

Yeah, what's that?
When I saw one.

One what?

One what do you think?

HE EXHALES DEEPLY

What? Actually?

Actually.

Shall we head back then?
Back to the party, show our faces?

MUSIC: 'Over And Over'
by Hot Chip

MAN: 'Seriously?'
BOB: He's a professor at Copenhagen.

Basically,
reproduces poltergeist phenomena,

right there in his lab.

Things levitate,
fly across the room.

It's like...
It's like he's built a room

inside a kind of
electro-magnetic chamber.

MAN:

CHEERING

CROWD:

CHEERING

Happy New Year!

Hello.
Hello.

Erm, boss, before we step inside...

1I er...

I actually know
the missing woman's family.

Well, the sister, really.

She and I were
in the same year at school.

Absolutely not. No, not for me.

OK... Cheers, boss.

So, Mr Redman,

I expect you'll have gathered
why we're all here?

We're investigating
the disappearance of Elise Fox.

So, if you wouldn't mind
taking us through

exactly what happened that night?

Absolutely, please. Of course.

Ah, the host. My boss.
It's sort of an annual fixture.

He invites all the other DJs
and their staff

and basically...
everyone in his village.

It's sort of a thing.
Annual thing.

Since the '80s, I think.

Not that 1 know of.

Well, there's... there's, like,
a million people there,

so, all night, you're like,
"Hello this, excuse me that,"

so, you know...

I could've, you know, whatever,
said hello or something.

But if I did, I don't...
I don't know.

So, how come you're, er...
Leaving?

Yeah.

Oh, it's, er... it's my ex, Richard.

Your ex.
Yeah. Although...

he's not actually
getting that message.

He thinks we're more like
Ross and Rachel.

Oh, right.
Yeah.

But we're not,
we're more like Rachel and Gunther.

OK.

Let's go over there.

Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.

Er, Bob, this is Elise. Elise, Bob.

Hello, Elise. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.

So, where are you two thrill kids
headed?

Just y'know... home, really.

Home? Oh, come on.
The night's young, surely?

There must be somewhere local
we can grab a drink?

I mean, The Wheatsheaf's
got a late licence.

We could go in there
and see if we could get something,

if you fancy it?
The Wheatsheaf.

Excellent idea.
So, who's up for The Wheatsheaf?

Come on, it's a bit embarrassing,

going home this early
on New Year's Eve.

Now, that's two for The Wheatsheaf.
Nathan?

Yeah, all right, sod it.
Three for The Wheatsheaf.

OWL HOOTS

THEY LAUGH

So, you can't get taxi,
you're walking to the train station.

This bloke, Bob, comes driving past.

Er, yeah. He was just on his way
home, and he stopped to pick me up.

Absolutely, yes. Just...

Just me and Bob.

SHE LAUGHS
I'll drink to that.

Does The Wheatsheaf
have any drug-taking facilities?

Erm, not as such, no.

But they'll do you
a Cumberland sausage.

Then how about we stop off en route
for a nice little top-up?

Yeah, well, like I said,
I don't know if I saw her or not.

I-I-I don't know.

It was really busy,
and there were so many people there.

And how do we know this place?
Locals call it “The Hollow“.

It's like lovers' lane or something.
In the summer, anyways.

Yeah, why? Why only in summer?

Cos it's haunted.

Haunted? By whom?

A grey lady.
Like a witch or something.

Yeah?
Mm-hm.

She's got this awful expression
on her face, like she's terrified.

You ever seen her?
Yeah, right!

SHE LAUGHS

I bet there's a river nearby,
though.

How'd you know that?

There's usually running water
near haunted lanes.

Oh, and he's off!
Wait, what? Shh.

Why is that? The water?

Who knows?

Maybe electrical currents
interfering with brain activity,

especially the temporal lobe.

Could be infrasound.
Mm-hm.

Yeah. How come?

It's pretty cool.
Exposure to low-frequency sound.

I'm talking around
18 cycles a second.

That's roughly the frequency
of a tiger's growl.

It causes a sort of...
prey response in us.

Gives rise to a lot of unpleasant
physiological effects -

shivering, anxiety, breathlessness.

A sense of unseen danger,
of being watched.

Like we're being hunted.

All you need to create the effect

is to make
the right kind of standing wave.

Like when you do this.

LOW-PITCHED HUMMING

HE SNORTS,
THEY GIGGLE

It's a bad joke.

No, I don't mind.

A little reckless?
Yeah.

Yeah?
Mm-hm.

My bladder's gonna explode.
I'm going for a slash.

Grey Lady.

Yeah, yeah, all right.

WHISPERS: Witch.

Leave some for me. Back in a tick.

Actually, I might be a while,
so y'know, whatever.

Is he gone?

Yeah.

THEY GIGGLE

SHE SNIFFS

SHE SNIFFS AND EXHALES

Happy New Year.

Her ex told us
she may have taken drugs,

so is there any possibility,
during the course of the evening,

that you sold illegal drugs,

or... gave illegal drugs

to a woman
who might have been Elise Fox?

Absolutely not.

No, why, why would you even...
Why would you even think that?

Do I need to call someone?
Do I need a lawyer or something?

We traced your movements.

You what? I'm sorry?

This is you and Mr Morrow,
on your way home at 4:12am.

OK.

Elise Fox was last reported alive
around 4:30am.

That's 18 minutes later...
and 30 miles away.

I'm sorry?

Sony, I don't understand.

W-What do you mean?
What are you saying?

That she was alive, Nathan.

Long after you got home,
she was alive.

So you're not a suspect
in her disappearance.

HOLLY, IN HIS HEAD:

'1 don't know What to say.'

I'll give you a call.

Mr Fox?
Yes?

Er, hi, I'm Nathan.
I'm a friend of Holly's.

Oh, ah...

...I'm afraid she's not at home.

Oh, OK. OK, right.

Come a long way?
Ah, no, not really. Not too far.

Just... Just from town, so...

Well, she... she shouldn't be long.
She's just running an errand.

Why don't you come inside and wait?

Well, are you sure?
I don't want to impose.

No. No, no, no, it's no trouble.

Be glad of the company.

Darling?

Darling, this is Nathan.
Nathan, this is Holly's mum, June.

Oh. Aren't those lovely?

Shall I put them in water?

Please, thank you.

She shouldn't be long. She's, um,
just getting Hetty seen to.

Hefty?

Our daughter's cat.

Oh... Right.

Oh, er...
Sit, please.

So... how do you and Holly
know one another?

Nathan was looking to buy a house,
darling. They met that way.

0h, I see.

We actually we went for a drink
a few weeks back.

Well... sort of.

It didn't... didn't go too well,
if I'm honest.

I'm sorry. The thing is, she's...

been having a difficult time
of it lately.

Well, I-I know... some of it.
It's just that she...

DOOR OPENS

She told me, she mentioned it.

HOLLY:

Tea, darling?

Oh...
Go on.

Darling, why don't you
show Nathan the garden?

What could I do? They asked me in.

Look, I'm really sorry. It's...

It's just,
you wouldn't take my calls.

Not with any expectations.

I didn't mean to upset you.

Yeah, I'm really sorry.
It was stupid.

Doesn't matter.

What?

Oh, here he is, then. The groom!

ALL: Hey!
Hello, hi.

Er, these are for Jacki.

Oh, hey.
Hey, how are you doing?

Hey, nice to meet you.
Hi, nice to meet you, too.

CHEERING
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

Nathan?
Jacki?

GLASS CLINKING

So, I'm smoking. Is anyone smoking?

Nathan? Are you... are you smoking?

Er, actually, I'm all right.
It's cold out.

OK. Er, let me say it another way.

Erm... please join me outside

for the bit where the Best Woman
delivers a warning speech...

ALL: Ooh!
..to the groom.

ALL: Ooh!

She doesn't know.

No.
You have to tell her.

Tell her what?

Oh, ah... that you were there.
That night.

Well, yeah, me and about
300 other people.

Yeah, that.
And what's it gonna achieve?

It's not about achieving anything,
it's about her knowing the truth.

But why?
Because you're lying to her.

Look, when I met her,
she didn't talk about it.

Obviously,
I knew she had this thing,

that something had happened,
but I didn't know what it was,

cos she didn't talk about it.

And by the time she did,
it was too late.

I didn't want to ruin it.
Me and her.

I wasn't trying to deceive her,
for Christ's sake.

I just... I didn't wanna hurt her.

Look, all I want to do
is to make her happy.

Literally, honestly,
that is all I want in the world.

And she is! She's happy.
You saw her in there.

She's happy.

I won't let you hurt her.

I won't. And I couldn't.

Cos if you do... I'll bury you.

PHONE VIBRATES

Hello?
Nathan?

NATHAN:
'How did you get that phone?'

Magic.

B0b, I swear to God. I swear...

I told you, it can't wait any more.
It has to be tomorrow.

'We have to move her, Nathan.
We have to.'

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

CAR REVS

Who is that?

REVS
Here's Graham.

Bob. Please don't.

Who is it? Can you see?

Call the police.

Darling, you should call the police.

Be careful.

I think Graham's on his way down
to have a word with me.

'What should I say to him
when he gets here?

'What should I tell him?'
Bob, stop.

'Do you want me to tell them,
Nathan?

'Do you want me to tell them
what you did?

'That you buried Elise?

'That you put her in the ground?'
Bob, please!

You've got about five seconds.
GRAHAM:

HE SIGHS
Bob, come on!

Four seconds.

Just, Bob, stop! Just...
Just leave it alone!

Two...

One...

Argh! All right!
All right! All right!

Tomorrow night?
Yeah... Yeah, tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night.
Now, just leave him alone!

So, where did you tell her you'd be?
Let's get this straight.

If you threaten my family again,
I'll kill you.

I'll wipe you from the face
of the fucking earth.

They'll never find you.

All right?

It'll be over soon.

Is she breathing? Is she breathing?!
Stand back! Stand over there.

What did you do?

What did you do? What did you do?!

BOB: 'Look at her!
What did you do?!'

I used to come here sometimes.

Why?

You never did?

No, Bob. I never did.
Why would anyone?

I don't know.

To make it real?

That's the thing...

I don't want it to be real.

So, when's Nathan joining us?

Oh, really? What situation?

Work friend?

Oh, poor old Nathan.
Well, that's all well and good,

but we're in schtuck
without a fourth.

Oh, lovely! How's she keeping?

Still no boyfriend in the picture?

Well, you never know.

But as long as she's happy.

Hi. So sorry I'm late.

Lovely to see you.

So, who's my partner in crime
for the evening?

It hurts you even have to ask.
Oh, come here! Good to see you.

Where shall I sit?
I'd sit...

Was it true?

Did you see her? Elise?

Standing at the end of your bed?

Come on. Give me a hand.

Thank you.

Are you OK?

You've been checking your texts
every five seconds.

SHE CHUCKLES

Nightmares about what?

Well, has he seen a doctor?

Why not?

No.

SHE SNIGGERS

What bloke?

And who's Bob?

What is it?

NATHAN'S VOICE: 'Yeah,
he was just on his way home,

'and he stopped and picked me up.

'Well, like I said,
I don't know if I saw her or not.

'I-I don't know,
it was really busy...'

JACKI: 'And this bloke Bob
comes driving past?

'Yeah, he was just...
on his way home,

'and he just stopped to pick me up.'

'Absolutely, yeah.

'It was just... me and Bob.

'Just me and Bob.'

VIDEO REWINDING
'Just me and Bob.'