‘Okay,’ says Roo. ‘Let’s forget about your hot cupboard sex—’
‘It was more of a windowless room, really …’
‘If you don’t think the writers will believe you,’ says Roo, ‘what about some of the crew? Have you met any of them yet?’
‘Hmmm,’ I say. ‘I haven’t. But now you mention it, last week one of the researchers told me the crew all hated Bernard. They were really shocked when he fired Ma Cusack.’
‘Well.’ Roo gives me a sidelong look over the rim of her teacup. ‘Perhaps it’s time you started doing some conspiring of your own.’
NORTHSIDE SERIES 39 EPISODE 105
ACTION TAKES PLACE ON JULY 3RD
SCRIPT: ARTHUR T. Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN
14. EXT. CHARLEMONT STREET
DAY: 18.30 JULY 3RD
SAM/ANDREW
ANDREW TELLS SAM HE CARES ABOUT HIM
SAM EMERGES FROM THE FLAT AND WALKS DOWN CHARLEMONT STREET. HE BUMPS INTO ANDREW. AD-LIB GREETINGS.
ANDREW:
Off to meet your hot date?
SAM:
I am. (HE GIVES ANDREW A LOOK) And I’ll have no cracks out of you.
ANDREW:
I wasn’t going to say anything. Well, apart from—
SAM:
(INTERRUPTING):Before you start, I’m seriously not in the mood for any slagging right now. I’m getting enough of that from Sarah.
ANDREW:
I only wanted to say—
SAM:
Oh, here we go.
ANDREW:
(TOTALLY SINCERE):Good luck. I hope she’s great.
SAM LOOKS AT HIM IN SURPRISE.
ANDREW:
I mean it. I know I’ve been a bit wrapped up in myself since the divorce, but I still care about what’s going on in your life. You know that, right?