The Days Ahead

Oh, lovely. Thank you.

Tasha, what is time your mate's hairdresser's close?

Uh, 6:00, I think.

Thank you.

You have to book though.

Oh, it's not for me. It's for my George.

He's a nightmare getting his hair cut.

You, dirty dog you!

Yeah. (Snickers)

Listen, Terry, I've gotta go, mate.

All right, I'll speak to you soon.

Take your time.

God, I thought you'd gone home.

Nope. Definitely still here.

You wanna go for a drink tonight?

What?

Have you got a meeting in the met a verse

with your avatar mates or something?

No, it's just,

do you actually want to go for a drink with me?

No. No, I do not.

Exactly.

Also, do you, do you all realize how close we all are

to actual nuclear war right now?

Like an actual nuke has apparently been used out there.

Will you get off those websites?

Okay. It's bullshit. All right?

If a nuke had been dropped, we'd know, wouldn't we?

Would we?

Our army is winning over there, all right?

They haven't even started a conscription yet.

And if they did, you'd be happy to go over there.

If I was called to go, I would go.

I'm not a pussy.

Well, we're gonna get nuked. I'm serious.

Nuked?

Wouldn't we just nuke them back though?

Oh, this is why I hate the news.

It's all doom and gloom.

It's, it's all war.

Well, yeah, 'cause we are at war.

Look, no one is nuking anyone

until my George gets his hair cut.

Sharon. (Chuckles)

CWS Metals?

Yeah?

Okay, is that aluminum or steel?

Well, yeah, exactly.

That would be the benefit of the bulk order.

Yeah.

Jesus.

Scared the life outta me.

Is this serious?

It says, "Get inside. Stay inside."

Where's Phil? He'll know?

I don't know. I don't know.

Yeah, Mom, did you get the alert as well?

I'm, I'm coming then. Yeah.

Stay inside, it says, George.

Have you got the message?

I'll stay here, but just stay on the line, okay?

Yeah, okay, listen, don't come and get me.

I'll come to you, okay?

Did anybody just see that?

It got brighter for a second.

The power's just gone off in there.

George? Hello?

Maybe we actually are getting nuked.

Well, what are we doing here?

I mean, shouldn't we be in bunkers?

Bunkers?

Oh yeah, come on, everyone,

let's just pop to our local bunker.

There are bunkers everywhere in this country.

- You stupid. - Come on, everyone.

Last one, there's a rotten egg.

Fuck.

What the fuck!

Right there. Right here, (indistinct).

Sharon. Oh, Jesus.

Sharon, look. Hey.

- I'm fine. I'm fine. - You all right?

- I'm fine. - You okay?

Fuck I'm going. I'm going.

What just happened?

- It's all right. - We're under attack.

Tell me, what's just happened?

My head.

That's it.

It's all right.

I mean, Sharon, you've got glass in your hair, okay?

I'm gonna get it out. It's okay.

It's out. It's out. It's out.

Tell me what.

We're under attack.

We're under attack, that's what's happening.

Steve, come.

Steve, come on.

Fuck sake.

It's all right.

We need to get the fuck out of here.

Get the store room. Store room.

It's safe. There's no windows. Get in.

There's lights in there,

and our phones won't work.

There, there are candles in the lower.

Please, candles. Get some.

Candles. Candles.

Where's the candles, candles?

Yes.

Fuck.

Light up.

Just hold that, (indistinct).

Yeah.

So what happens now?

What about all the fallout?

Well, I'm not staying here. I can't.

We're gonna have to.

We can't leave until we know it's safe.

Phil, what about the fallout?

I don't know exactly.

But if fallout comes, then we don't wanna be outside.

I know that.

Okay.

So if there's no fallout, I could leave?

Well, if you wanna go then just go, okay?

But what if another one hits?

What about the people outside?

They're gonna be panicking. You dunno what's happening.

The safe thing to do is stay inside.

Yeah, but if there are no bombs, then we could go, right?

We're in a windowless room, in a solid building, okay?

We can seal up the doors,

keep the fallout from getting in that way.

Seal up the doors?

Oh yeah, great idea, Phil.

We'll all just stop breathing as well, shall we?

Fucking hell. Some expert you are.

Shut up, Steve.

He's done more about this than you so far.

Why is that alarm still ringing?

If the power's out it can't be main's powered.

It's like a backward battery.

I can hear it getting quieter. Listen.

I need the toilet.

I'll go with you.

No. It's not a good idea.

We should stay in this room.

Oh, and what do you suggest we do?

Is is that a joke.

Sharon?

Of course, darling. Come on.

Sharon, I've gotta get home to my mom.

She's gonna be worried sick.

Do you think there is radiation everywhere?

Sharon?

Do you think we're gonna die? - No love. No one's gonna die.

Come on.

Don't say it.

What?

I told you so, we can get nuked.

I didn't say anything.

Anyway, it doesn't matter now, does it?

Have you got anyone at home?

What do you mean?

You know, like your girlfriend, Natalie?

Natalie?

Fucking hell mate. She was a nightmare.

No, there's no one.

Well, there's my parents,

but they live on the other side of the country, so.

So we both live alone then.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I love living alone.

Yeah.

Maybe you don't live in a shitty bedsit like I do.

But wherever we live, probably fucked now anyway.

Is this all we've got?

What are we gonna have for dinner?

Oh, I'm not doing this. I can't.

Will you get a grip, woman?

A bomb almost blew us to pieces,

and all you can think about is your dinner.

What's wrong with you?

She's pregnant, okay?

And she's scared.

You give her a break.