Our Girl

Season #1 Episode #2
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.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Year:
2013
90 min
444 Views


10:
00:00 PREVIOUSLY

10:
00:00 MUSIC IN - OUR_GIRL_Pilot_Part_1_Stereo_International

Music Stems

A shot of BASTION

JAMES:

Now please don't tell me we've got the

only medic who can't stand the sight

of blood.

10:
00:03

MOLLY:

Bashira, that's a lovely name. I'm

Molly.

Smurf looks at Molly and Bashira with dislike.

BASHIRA:

Molly?

10:
00:08

SMURF:

That kid is spotting for the Taliban

and reporting back.

10:
00:10

Gun shots go off and everyone ducks.

NUDE-NUT

Man down!

KINDERS:

That's Smurf!

MOLLY:

Sir, he's losing blood. I can get to

him.

10:
00:15

Molly's foot knocks an IED. She is thrown into the air as it

explodes.

NUDE-NUT (OOV)

Molly!

10:
00:19

SMURF:

I was a d*ckhead. I'm telling you, I've

learnt a big lesson. I'm gonna come back

to you.

10:
00:24

JAMES:

Well done Dawes.

MOLLY:

Thank you Sir.

JAMES:

You're an excellent medic. You're

proving yourself.

CUT TO BLACK:

10:
00:31 MUSIC OUT -

OUR_GIRL_Pilot_Part_1_Stereo_International Music Stems

10:
00:31 MUSIC IN – 2G1

10:
00:32 EXT. AFGHAN VILLAGE.

Close on Molly as she hurries through the bustling Afghan village.

We see the colourful market stalls set up and people going about

their business. We don't know where or what Molly is hurrying

to, but the atmosphere feels tense.

We see the locals staring at her, puzzled. Young men make comments

in Pashto about a western woman hurrying through their village

on her own. But Molly is focused on where she is heading and there

is a sense of urgency to her mission.

Suddenly she calls out.

MOLLY:

Bashira.

Bashira turns smiling to Molly. Molly has a scarf in her hands

and she holds it out to Bashira.

10:
00:46 MUSIC IN - Ai Doostan ft.Hamid GOLESTANI

MOLLY (CONT'D)

(handing it to Bashira)

You dropped this at the market. I've

been chasing you!

Bashira smiles and puts on her scarf.

BASHIRA:

Thank you.

10:
00:52 MUSIC OUT – 2G1

MOLLY:

(with a friendly smile)

That's alright. It's what we're here

for.

BASHIRA:

Sang Chill Bazi?

Bashira shows her the pebbles she is holding and beams.

MOLLY:

Yeah. Sang Chill Bazi!

Bashira offers a pebble for Molly to have a go at the game - similar

to Jacks. Molly crouches down to play with Bashira. The locals

and some ANA soldiers watch Molly with disapproving looks.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Come on then. Right, last time you beat

me so this time the revenge is mine!

Right..

Molly lobs the pebble in the air and quickly tries to scoop up

the remaining four pebbles on the ground. She can't do it and

they both laugh a little.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

I'm rubbish at this.

Bashira does it with ease. Molly takes out some sweets from her

pocket and offers one to Bashira.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Ahhh, you beat me again! I tell you what,

the winner gets a sweet.

Molly goes into her pocket as they stand up and pulls out a sweet

and hands it to Bashira.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

These are pang. My mum sends these from

London.

BASHIRA:

Pang?

Of course Bashira can't understand but Molly's tone is gentle

and friendly and Bashira knows this. Molly takes a few more out

of her pocket and puts them in Bashira's pocket.

MOLLY:

Take these for Ron.

Bashira looks confused.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Later... Ron!

Bashira looks even more confused but smiles.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

I'm teaching you proper good English

here, Bashira. See, me and you, we're

soul sistas!

Bashira smiles.

BASHIRA:

Sisters?

MOLLY:

Yeah.

They do a little handshake which Molly has clearly taught to

Bashira.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

You better get off to school. You're

gonna be late! I was always late... I

spent more time writing in the late book

than I did in all my other lessons put

together!

Bashira looks confused. Bashira's father comes out his house and

looks over at them.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

School.

Bashira's mood changes, she looks sad and shakes her head.

BASHIRA:

My father say no school.

MOLLY:

Why would he say that?

10:
02:01 MUSIC IN – 2G2

10:
02:03 MUSIC OUT - Ai Doostan ft.Hamid GOLESTANI

Badrai approaches them and growls in Pashto for Bashira to get

inside the dwelling whilst never taking his fierce eyes off Molly.

She stares back at him and sees the gun slung across his shoulder.

Bashira puts her scarf over her head and with a sad look at Molly

goes back inside her house.

JAMES (O.S.)

(yells)

Dawes!

The sound of James' voice cutting through the cacophony of the

village causes Molly to turn, see James and head back towards

him through the throng of villagers.

JAMES (CONT'D)

Excuse me a second, when did Her Majesty

die and make you the Queen?

MOLLY:

Sir?

JAMES:

You are not in charge. You do not wander

off.

MOLLY:

Sorry sir. It's just...

JAMES:

Do you realise how much danger you just

put yourself in?

MOLLY:

She'd dropped her scarf, I was just

gonna...

JAMES:

So you thought you'd risk your life to

pick it up?

MOLLY:

Sorry sir. It's just that she's become

my little friend...

JAMES:

You do not involve yourself in the lives

of the locals. They must not become

dependent on us in any way, shape or

form, do you understand?

MOLLY:

Yes sir.

JAMES:

(less sternly)

More importantly you don't put

yourself in jeopardy.

10:
02:44 MUSIC INWAR RAGES ON

10:
02:56 MUSIC OUT – 2G2

Molly stares at him a tad incredulously. Does he mean he cares

for her, she wonders.

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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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