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Season #1 Episode #5
Synopsis: Our Girl is a British television drama, which starred Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes (in its first series) a young adult from a lower class background who joins the British Army after deciding her life is going nowhere. A one-off special was broadcast on 24 March 2013 on BBC One, which saw Dawes make the decision to join the army, despite the protests of her protective family.
 
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7.5
Year:
2013
90 min
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We see 2 Section on the beach playing volleyball. They noisily

play.

10:
08:08 MUSIC IN – 5G5 V1

Molly is watching from a towel on the beach. In shorts and a t-shirt

she could be a normal holiday maker, as could all the other soldiers

around on their decompression. But Molly is preoccupied with sad

memories. She keeps remembering when James and Smurf were shot,

hearing the voices of the scene in her head.

Kinders sees her and comes over with a can of drink.

KINDERS:

There you go.

10:
08:27 MUSIC OUT – 5G5 V1

MOLLY:

(taking it)

You're a gent. And there ain't many of

us left, as me grandad said.

Kinders sits on a towel next to Molly's and they both drink looking

out to sea and the members of the platoon play on the beach.

KINDERS:

Don't fancy a dip in the sea, no?

MOLLY:

I can't really swim. But don't tell that

lot of piss taking tossers.

KINDERS:

How’d you get in the army if you can#t

swim?

MOLLY:

Pulled a sickie that day.

Kinders throws her a glance knowing this friendly chat is a sham

and that Molly is traumatised.

KINDERS:

There's people here you can talk to,

you know.

MOLLY:

I'm talking to you.

KINDERS:

You know what I'm talking about.

MOLLY:

I just wanna go home. This is pointless.

KINDERS:

It's decompression.

MOLLY:

If we were complete I'd understand. But

we ain't, we're two down.

KINDERS:

Look, I know you're pretty loved up by

him, but he's in the best possible

hands.

Molly stares at him. Beat.

KINDERS (CONT'D)

Oh come on, it was a bit obvious.

MOLLY:

What?

KINDERS:

You and Smurf.

There is a pause while Molly looks at Kinders.

KINDERS (CONT'D)

Thank God he's gonna be

alright.

MOLLY:

What d'you mean by that? You said thank

god 'he's' gonna be alright, like the

boss ain't.

KINDERS:

The boss has gonna have to have an

operation.

MOLLY:

Why?

KINDERS:

There's been complications.

MOLLY:

Is that bad?

KINDERS:

It's not good, Dawes.

They both feel the pain of the moment.

10:
09:35 MUSIC IN – Is This Real - Lisa Hall (i)

KINDERS (CONT'D)

But at least you've got Smurf.

We close in on Molly.

He raises his glass.

10:
09:41 INT. MILITARY AIRCRAFT. DAY 24. 10:30.

The platoon are being flown back to the UK.

Molly looks around at the faces of the other members of her platoon.

All their lives changed since that flight heading out to Afghan.

They are all expressionless. Pensive.

As Molly shuts her eyes she sees flashbacks reminding her of a

James being shot.

She opens her eyes. After a moment she shuts them again, exhausted.

This time she has a flashback of Badrai holding his gun.

This time Molly forces her eyes to stay wide open, uncomfortable

with what happens whenever she shuts them.

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Tony Grounds

Tony Grounds is a British writer of television scripts. He was born in 1957 in East London. Described by The Independent (11 October 2002) as "the best TV writer of his generation", Grounds has written for all four of Britain's main channels. He started writing for the theatre, winning the Verity Bargate Award for Made in Spain, which was subsequently performed in London and published by Methuen. It was then filmed for ITV and transmitted in their Screenplay slot. There then followed stints on EastEnders and The Bill before he penned episodes of 'Chancer', which starred Clive Owen. more…

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