Home for Christmas (Hjem til jul)

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

It's been 12 hours from hell.

Seriously.

And what I see in front of me now is the icing on the cake.

Not that what I see is so bad in itself,

but it puts my life in perspective.

And it makes me really scared.

Scared of losing something nice.

Scared of celebrating another Christmas without a boyfriend.

Scared to be completely fucking alone in the world.

And scared to be abandoned.

So, right here and right now, in a few seconds,

I'm about to make that small, desperate choice

that will turn this whole Christmas upside down.

Fuck.

No, I mean, sorry.

I have to go now. I think I made a huge mistake.

But for you to understand what's actually going on here,

we have to go back to last Christmas Eve,

when the doorbell rang at my mom and dad's house.

Who could it be now?

Johanne, you said no one else was coming, right?

Well, well, well.

- Hi. - Hi.

I have a delivery for Johanne.

- Yeah, that'd be me. - Great.

Here you go.

- Merry Christmas. - You, too.

Merry Christmas.

Thanks. You, too.

- You're working all Christmas Eve? - Uh, yeah, I'm off at, uh, midnight.

Gotta keep the sleigh rolling.

- Good one. Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.

Are you kidding me?

- Hi. - Hi.

I don't mean to be ringing doorbells… Um, yours, on Christmas Eve…

I wasn't even sure if you'd be at home.

Bente told me you were gonna be with your family.

Yeah, I just came from there.

I'm interrupting, sorry.

Oh, no, that's okay. The girl I live with,

or, uh, my roommate,

she's with her new boyfriend tonight.

Um, the clown, BT dub.

- Raul? - Mmm-hmm.

Ha! I didn't know he had a girlfriend.

No, uh, it's pretty new.

- Um… - Do you wanna come in?

Uh, yeah, thanks.

So, uh, Johanne, um…

I came to tell you…

Or, I mean… The schedule said you were working tomorrow.

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, and rather than learning it

from the journal or on the shift change,

I wanted to tell you, um…

Sebastian…

We couldn't save him.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

That's okay.

I know it's Christmas Eve and everything.

Thought you'd wanna know.

Can I… Can I do anything for you right now?

Could you maybe hold me?

Of course.

Do you wanna stay over?

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one…

- Cheers to us! - Cheers!

We bought a crazy amount of fireworks.

- Whoo! - Let's go shoot the fireworks now! Now!

- Well, there. - Hello? Are you coming?

Yeah, of course.

Hold on a minute.

- What's that? - We need safety goggles because…

Fireworks are so unpredictable.

Such a nerd.

Yeah, but I'm your nerd.

FEBRUARY

- What are you doing? - Just organizing a bit.

- Hmm. - If you sort them now,

you save lots of time taking them out.

Knives here, forks there, spoons…

I never knew you were such a neat freak.

I like a little bit of order, yeah.

So, what happens if I do this?

I, uh, wouldn't do that if I were you.

I warned you. I warned you.

No!

There will be consequences!

MARCH

- Yeah? - I was thinking about the upcoming shifts.

Yeah, I'm working on them now.

Could Henrik and I start having the same shifts?

You know you can't be a couple at work.

Yes, I understand that, but if we work at the same time,

then we're off at the same time.

That's an interesting line of reasoning.

- No, actually, never mind. - So the same shift or not?

Yeah. Or not? Sure.

- Yes or no? - Yeah.

- Yes? Then it's settled. - Okay.

So, when did you get, uh, all these tattoos?

Well, the rudder, I got that when I was 17.

It was a rebellion against Mom and Dad.

Like, "I'm my own captain." You know?

- Yeah. - And the other one?

Um, after things ended with Christian, I had to blow off some steam.

Hmm, was it that dramatic?

No, not really.

Yeah… Should I be jealous?

No.

Is Henrik coming?

MAY

He'll meet us after the children's parade.

Is he working?

He thinks it's a bit hectic with all the kids and stuff.

Plus, he's a staunch Republican,

so he thinks it's all kinda stupid to wave to the king and queen.

But this isn't really about the monarchy.

It's just a super fun day

with ice cream, and flags, and the Constitution, all that jazz.

- I don't disagree with that. - Hmm.

- Hip, hip! - Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

- Hip, hip! - Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

JUNE

Sure you don't wanna come in the water?

It looks too, uh, cold and wet.

- Uh, no. The water is like, 70 degrees. - I'll leave it to you.

Go. I like watching you swim. You look so sexy.

- Please? - No, thanks.

Please!

JULY

Mmm, this meal is really good.

Oh, I see. Only this meal?

And the rest of them. You're a great cook.

- Thank you. - Mmm.

Am I better than Christian?

Um, where did that come from?

No, I just meant that, uh, you never talk about him.

And it just seems like you're avoiding it.

Yeah, anyone would.

'Cause why the hell should we discuss my ex

when we're sitting here enjoying great food and red wine?

I don't just mean now. I mean always.

- It's like you avoid talking about him. - Henrik...

You have a tattoo on your back that you got when you guys broke up.

I figure he had to at least mean something.

All right, let's make a toast to that.

Yeah, cheers.

Yes?

I was wondering about the upcoming shifts.

Yeah, I'm trying to give you and Henrik the same schedule like before.

Yeah, that's the thing. I think it's getting a bit too cramped.

And maybe some space wouldn't be the worst.

It'd be good for our relationship.

- So not the same schedule, then? - No, but kind of?

Johanne, yes or no?

No, please.

No? Then it's settled.

Taking pictures of me putting silverware in the dishwasher?

Me and some guys from the 2002 alumni class have a private chat thread.

We post pictures and videos of our girlfriends

that show they don't do everything perfectly.

Are you joking?

Nope. But when we move to my place, we'll start doing it my way.

Uh, to your place?

Yeah, this whole thing with roommates is a bit, uh…

A bit much. Me, you, Jørgunn, Raul.

But I have a huge apartment. Flawless, more space.

We need to think ahead.

- Hmm. - That's perfect!

OCTOBER

Are you planning on removing those tattoos?

No. I like them.

Really? You like them, huh?

Yeah.

Reminds you of Christian?

Grow up, Henrik.

- Hi. Hi. - Hi.

Uh, we're your new neighbors. We just moved in right next to you, so…

Yeah, how nice. Hi. Johanne.

Hi. Nick. And here's Noëlle.

- Johanne. - Hi.

I live with Jørgunn, but she's not home right now.

- No. - So, uh…

- Cool antlers. - Thanks.

We thought we'd try to get into the Christmas spirit a little

and have a Christmas workshop or something fun like that.

- Yeah? - Hi.

- Yes. - But it's November.

Little early for a Christmas workshop, isn't it?

This is Henrik, my boyfriend. These are our new neighbors, Nick and Noëlle.

So you live here, too?

Passing through, but we'll be moving to my place soon.

Wow, okay. So then, we'll have new neighbors, but yeah.

Think you're moving before Christmas?

- No, I'm not. - No?

Great, 'cause it would've been nice