Ordinary Lies Page #5

Season #1 Episode #1

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15 INT. MARTY’S HOUSE - STAIRS/KITCHEN - DAY 2 - 08.40 15

He pounds downstairs and into the kitchen, no one here. He

grabs a much needed glass of water and as he furiously

necks it, he sees a scribbled note on the table

WHERE’S YOUR BLOODY CAR!

MARTY:

Sh*t, sh*t!

He URGENTLY grabs the phone, but his mind won’t work to

recall the number, he scrambles around in a pile of flyers

and pizza leaflets until he finds a TAXI CARD.

He stabs the number in. It rings, and rings and rings...

MARTY (CONT'D)

Come on, answer the bloody...

They answer.

MARTY (CONT'D)

Cab, soon as you can, urgent - 13

Jayward Close.

16 INT/EXT. TAXI/STREET - DAY 2 - 08.55 16

CAB driving through the streets. We find Marty in the back

-beer sweats, panic stricken - checking his watch and

knowing he is doomed, mind racing...

Jump cuts to emphasis his panic... his foreboding...

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EXT/INT. JS MOTORS - CAR PARK/FORECOURT/OFFICE AREA - 17

DAY 2 - 09.05

TAXI pulls up, he pays and he gets out. But as soon as he

does so, the enormity of the situation he is in hits him.

He stands stock still, staring at the GARAGE (we see FAT

JASE and RICK walking outside) - too scared to enter,

because he knows what is coming. He starts to shake... he

retches with fear, his legs buckle slightly...

And we stay on his face, his mind racing, computing a

thought, a crazy notion...

And then he does a strange thing, he dashes out of sight of

the garage before anyone can see him, slams himself behind

a nearby bus shelter and whips out his mobile phone.

He slowly dials a number and waits as it rings out.

Eventually... we hear Kathy’s voice.

KATHY:

JS Motors, Kathy speaking...

Nothing from Marty...

KATHY (CONT'D)

JS Motors, Kathy speaking...

Nothing, until...

MARTY:

Kathy, it’s Marty. Something

terrible’s happened...

KATHY:

What is it?

MARTY:

...it’s my wife.

We go really tight on MARTY’s face. Hold, then...

MARTY (CONT'D)

She died. Last night. Very

suddenly. So... I’m sorry but I

won’t be in today...

Stunned silence from Kathy.

On Marty, eyes like saucers, can barely believe the words

that are coming out of his own mouth...

MARTY (CONT'D)

...can you tell Mike?

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KATHY:

Of course... oh Marty - that’s

terrible... I’m so sorry - is

there anything we can do

MARTY:

No... No...

(pause, and then -)

I just need some time alone.

18 EXT. STREETS - DAY 2 - 09.20 18

Marty walking along the street, heading home. We stay on

his face. What the hell has he done...

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