Ordinary Lies

Season #2 Episode #2

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1 INT. HOLLY’S CAR - DAY 9 1 *

Music kicks in, loud -Lies by Chvrches. We are inside the

car of Holly Pryce, mid-30s, cute face but not traditionally

attractive. Quirky.

*

She drives to work, singing along. This is her favourite

part of the day - just her and her tunes.

2 EXT/INT. COOPERS. CAR PARK. HOLLY’S CAR - DAY 9 2 *

Music carries over...

Holly’s car parking in the large car park of CoopersOutdoors. Other workers park, tread in. *

Holly yawns, then laughs to herself, she grabs her phone andtakes a SELFIE of herself - now doing a large fake yawn.

She quickly adds the photo to her NOT BLUE - ABSOLUTELY NOT

FACEBOOK - SOCIAL MEDIA page. With the message - YAWNINGALREADY, 8.57!

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POST.

3 INT. COOPERS. CALL CENTRE - DAY 9 3 *

Music over...

Holly heading in, passing some regulars (ALLY, KARL and RAY),

already hard at work... past the HAPPY PEOPLE SELL sign...

past Karl.

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KARL:

(deadpan voice, into hisheadset)

...you don’t have to be interested,

I’m a professional interest arouser- trying to get you to commit to

more mid range sportwear is more

like a calling than a job...

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...Holly meets Ally Jones coming this way ALLY

Holly, Toke’s birthday tomorrow,

are we gonna do card and pressie HOLLY

Already on it ALLY

I’ll arrange the drinks.

Passing is Joe Brierley, HEAD OF SALES - late 40s.

JOE:

He says he doesn’t want them

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ALLY:

Tough, he’s not denying the rest of

us a night out -

Holly smiles, heads on...

...right to the end - where her desk is outside Jenna’s. *

HOLLY:

Morning Jenna

JENNA:

Hi Holly - I need you to RSVP yes

for this -

Hands her an invite for an INDUSTRY ‘PERSPECTIVES’ DINNER. *

Holly, sparks her computer - which is on permanent standby -*

and, like the rest of the office based world - fires up her *

social media page (unseen by Jenna). *

JENNA (CONT’D)

Oh, and I spoke to Jag this *

morning, a couple of the reps are

saying their expenses haven’t

reached their accounts...

HOLLY:

(rolls her eyes)

It’s like dealing with children -

how many times... it’s the 5th.

The 5th.

She scribbles a note to ‘ring accounts dept’. *

Jenna smiles. Turns to go. *

Holly sees how many people have already LIKED her photo and *

reads the comments... Smiles. *

JENNA *

You’re the oil in the engine Holly.

Oh, speaking of...

Holly turns back.

JENNA (CONT’D)

Personal request - pretty vital

actually -

Holly’s eyes widen - relishing the prospect of some important

role that requires her.

JENNA (CONT’D)

You know I’m on holiday from

Tuesday, well while I’m away - you

wouldn’t do the honours with Tigger

again would you - there’s a spa day

in it for you

Holly disappointed that is the request. Masks it.

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HOLLY:

Of course.

She scrolls through other posts *

And we SMASH CUT, super fast to: photo of someone’s adorablekid; a couple in a pub, beers raised; a comedy drawing of apolitician with a penis head; a pair of legs on a beach -

‘hard at work!; another couple, laughing and pointing at a

horse in the countryside. On and on - a world of peopleposting about their glorious fun lives. It makes her feel a

small pang of inadequacy and disappointment.

4 INT. COOPERS. WAREHOUSE AREA - DAY 9 4 *

Holly heads towards the WAREHOUSE AREA, as she passesthrough, the warehouse manager BILLY ‘TOKE’ TOKINGTON appears

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TOKE:

Holly, I’m hearing worryingrumours... I’m telling you now,

birthday celebrations are for theunder 9s, I don’t want a cake, I

don’t want a comedy oversized cardwith ‘witty’ remarks from everyoneand I most definitely don’t want apiss up. Do I make myself clear HOLLY

Is it your birthday? I had noidea...

TOKE:

You know very well it is... you’vegot a spread sheet -

Holly heads away. She sees fork lift driver NEIL SUTHERLAND,

waves, he turns his fork lift and comes this way -

Hiiii HOLLY

Hiya NEIL

HOLLY:

Fancy lunch later Lunch?

NEIL:

HOLLY:

Yeah, lunch, you know, eattogether, what do you think I mean?

5 INT. HOLLY’S FLAT. LIVING ROOM - DAY 9 5*

Holly and Neil snogging hard, clothes coming off.

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HOLLY:

You stink?

NEIL:

It’s the smell of hard work.

The top comes off. The smell isn’t stopping her.

6 INT. HOLLY’S FLAT. BEDROOM - DAY 9 6 *

Post sex. Holly lying in her bed, satisfied smile. She grabsher phone and scrolls to her status, types...

FEELING HAPPY ;-)

NEIL enters, towel round him, out of the shower.

NEIL:

(playful)

On your phone, that makes a change HOLLY

(puts it down, peels outof bed)

I’d better make you some lunch NEIL

Sandwich to go -

(off her look)

Gotta get back, we’re crazy busy As

she pulls on her clothes she asks -

HOLLY:

Shall we do something tonight?

and see a film or...

Go

NEIL:

Yeah, great.

(remembers)

Oh, I’m out with the footy lot - I

can come after...

Okay...

HOLLY:

NEIL:

I’ll text you...

7 INT/EXT. HOLLY’S FLAT - DAY 9 7 *

Neil, sandwich in hand (or gob) dashes out. Quick kiss.

HOLLY:

See you back there He’s

away. She watches him go, with a smile. She doublesback inside and as she reaches the kitchen she sees...

Ordinary Lies 2 Ep 2 HOLLY 10.03.16 5.

HIS WORK JACKET.

Realising he’s left it, she quickly grabs it and rushes to

the door, but HIS CAR PULLS AWAY.

She tuts, but never mind, she’ll take it back in for him -

but then she sniffs it - Jesus.

8 INT. HOLLY’S FLAT. KITCHEN -DAY 9 8 *

Kitchen. Her healthy soup simmers in the pan. We find her at

the washing machine... she stuffs a few of her own things -

towels and whatever - and then is about to cram in his work

jacket, but she does what she always does and first checks

the pockets.

Left side, full of sweet wrappers, work dockets, crap. Sheputs them on the counter.

Right side, she pulls out TORN PIECES OF PAPER, like a coupleof A4 sheets that have been torn into hundreds of pieces.

She slams them on the work surface. Doesn’t give them anythought.

Jacket into the washing machine. LOADS of fabric conditioner.

Door slammed. Start.

She stirs her soup. In this moment, all is well in her world.

And then... she does a half turn as she reaches for a bowl

and notices... on one of the jagged pieces of torn up paper,

the word HOLLY.

She moves to the pieces and starts to sift them slightly andfinds other sections, some are benign, but others less so.

They are half words/phrases that need piecing together likean elaborate jigsaw puzzle. Some words/sentences are crossed

out.

Her anxiety increases as she starts to sift with more

urgency. And as she pieces phrases together - ‘tooemotionally needy’, ‘lack spontaneity’, ‘not successful/work -

so average’, ‘stuck in routine’, ‘plays safe/boringsometimes???’ what becomes clear to her, with shocking

clarity, is that this is the draft of a break up note.

And then the sinker... she finds the underlined heading whichsimply reads, Me and Holly.

She stares at them in horror. The soup boils over.

9 OMITTED 9 *

10 OMITTED 10 *

11 OMITTED 11 *

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