I Curse This Land

Hiya, it's me.

How's it going?

Oh.

Oh, well, that's OK.

I mean, it'll pick up.

No, it will.

It will.

It's quiz night tomorrow anyway, so if it's

quiet tonight, well, then just whine for tomorrow

when we're busier.

We'll be rushed off our feet.

Yeah, no, I promise.

I promise.

I do.

OK.

And it's fine without me.

No emergencies.

Good, good. OK.

I've gotta go.

He's coming.

OK, bye.

Sorry.

Eleanor?

Eloise. Hi.

- Close enough. - Hi.

Oh. - Sorry.

You don't look like your picture at all.

Oh.

OK.

These are for you.

Oh, thank you so much.

This is lovely.

Thank you.

Should we have one now?

I'm actually watching my weight,

but you make your own decisions, I suppose.

Oh, sure.

Later then, maybe.

Thank you.

Oh, reduced from last year.

A vintage then.

Frugal offers.

Sure.

Sure.

Thanks, love.

Later then.

Who's this?

Food.

As in dog food.

Right.

Yeah, that's original.

I haven't heard that before.

Yeah.

I wonder why.

She seems to like you.

Well...

Compliment.

She doesn't... I mean, she's like me.

Normally, she prefers blondes.

Right.

Cool. Sure.

Yeah.

But it's fine.

Thanks.

Ooh.

So what do you do?

Oh.

So I own a pub.

Oh, wow.

That's so cool.

Yeah, I suppose it is.

That must be so nice to have a job

that just doesn't even matter.

Well, it definitely matter.

We're sort of a hub in the middle of the community.

And there's people at Dennis... - Oh, I understand.

Yeah, Dennis gets the right point.

It's important, but my job is hard.

Yeah?

What do you... what do you do?

I help people.

Oh.

So like a doctor?

I would say more job center worker, really.

It's really challenging because, you know,

you get people coming to you that are crying their eyes out

because they can't pay their bills

and they can't feed their children.

You know, absolute poor values.

And it's so hard to say no to them.

Right.

But obviously, the less I give out, the more I make.

So it's kind of a balancing act, if you can understand that.

I think I understand.

Sort of like a shitty Robin Hood, aren't you?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah.

It's not a compliment.

That sounds rewarding.

Very.

Very.

I bought you those.

Right.

Yeah, I can see the reduced sticker.

It's kind of you.

Thank you.

I... ooh.

Ooh.

Look at that.

I mean... sorry.

Saved by the bell, I guess.

Hi, what's up?

Oh, God. What?

What? Calm down.

Breathe.

What's up?

What is it?

The card machine's not working?

Come on, what's wrong?

OK.

Well, what then?

OK, no, no, no, I'll be right there.

Don't worry. Calm down.

I'll be there in a moment.

Just hold on.

Look, I've got to go, actually.

Problem?

This has been nice.

I... it was lovely meeting you.

You want me to come and sort it out?

OK.

Stop!

You don't understand.

You're in grave danger.

For fuck's sake, I've told you before.

Leave me alone.

Get out of my way.

You'll regret this.

Ooh.

Man.

Oh my God, it's dark.

Oh, great.

I've been locked in.

Fuck's sake.

Oh, it's the spare keys.

To do everything.

Really?

Come on, pick up.

Oh, there you are.

I'm in the warehouse at the back of the pub.

Where are you?

But you're here.

What was the disaster?

You told me to come here.

Yeah, you did.

You called me.

Hello?

Go in and have a look.

Thank you.

Now, what do you think?

Amazing.

Now, with the pub, it's already set up.

So literally, turn the electric on.

And that's it, customers coming in.

And they've got the cold room over there or the barrels.

As I said, you are set up.

You're actually stocked up as well.

You know, you do understand why that it's on the market.

Yes, I did see on the news.

Don't wanna put a foot in her grave,

but it seemed like such a good opportunity.

And I'm really searching for a fresh start,

so this seems perfect.

Well, it's very, very sad about what happened.

But you could be onto a good thing.

The next thing would be the warehouse.

That's just through there.

Actually, no, we'll leave the warehouse on...

I don't have the keys for that, but I'll show

you around the flat upstairs.

Amazing flat.

OK then, let's go.

Please follow me.

Sorry about that.

It must have looked kind of strange.

Just a little bit.

Yeah.

You new around here?

Yeah, my name's Allie.

I've just taken over the pub in the High Street.

Oh, The Hopp.

Yeah, that one.

I'm Matt, village handyman.

You can give me a call any time.

Oh, yeah.

Actually, my pipes... do you know the pipes to the lager,

the ales, the...

Right.

The lines to the pumps.