People Who Knew Me - 10. Goodbye NYC

Episode Date: June 29, 2023

Realising there might not be another opportunity, Connie and Claire embark on their road trip, stopping in New York to finally meet Drew. Credits Connie / Emily - ROSAMUND PIKE Drew - KYLE SOLLER Claire - ISABELLA SERMON Gabe - ALFRED ENOCH Jade - JESSICA DARROW Marni/Jenny - DANIELLA ISAACS Dr Richter / Reporter - CHARLES HAGERTY and HUGH LAURIE as PAUL Additional voices: PIPPA WINSLOW, NANCY CRANE, JOEY AKUBEZE, BARNEY WHITE, JILL WINTERNITZ Written and Directed by Daniella Isaacs Adapted from the original novel and Consulting Produced by Kim Hooper Produced by Joshua Buckingham Executive Produced by Faye Dorn, Clelia Mountford, Sharon Horgan, Kira Carstensen, Seicha Turnbull and Brenna Rae Eckerson Executive Producer for eOne Jacqueline Sacerio Co-Executive Produced by Carey Burch Nelson Executive Producer for BBC Dylan Haskins Assistant Commissioner for the BBC Lorraine Okuefuna Additional Commissioning support for the BBC Natasha Johansson and Harry Robinson Production Executive Gareth Coulam Evans Production Manager Sarah Lawson Casting Director Lauren Evans Audio Production & Post-Production by SoundNode Supervising Dialogue Recordist & Editor Daniel Jaramillo Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Design & Mix: Martin Schulz Music composed by Max Perryment Additional Dialogue Recording: David Crane, Martin Jilek Assistant Dialogue Recordists: Jack Cook, Giancarlo Granata Additional Dialogue Editing: Marco Toca Head of Production Rebecca Kerley Production Accountant Lianna Meering Finance Director Jackie Sidey Legal and Business Affairs Mark Rogers at Media Wizards Dialect Coach for Rosamund Pike - Carla Meyer Read in Hannah Moorish Artwork: Mirjami Qin Artwork Photographer by Sibel Ameti Additional thanks to: Emily Peska, Caitlin Stegemoller, Sam Woolf, Charly Clive, Ellie White, Ellen Robertson, Kate Phillips, Ed Davis, Ciaràn Owens, Jonathan Schey, Daniel Raggett and Charlotte Ritchie.

Hello, I'm Carolyn Quinn and welcome to the Business Blueprint from the UK's Department for Business and Trade, the Bite Size Podcast designed to help you scale and strengthen your organisation. In this episode, we're joined by Luke Seaman, the head of public affairs for Clarner, the Swedish Fintech company which has successfully scaled its business through UK investment. So Luke, why did Clarner choose the UK as a destination to scale the business? It's our view that you can't have any thriving sector without the support of policymakers, decision makers, regulators. And I think with the tech sector, you've absolutely got that.

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BBC Sounds, Music, listeners may find upsetting. All events are dramatized. Emily, I want to die better this time. We thought the drugs might have made the tumor get smaller. I went to Dr. Richter at 3PM on Tuesday after this. Not a lot smaller, but the problem is it's now popped up in other places too. Popped? Sounds like whack-a-mole. And the lymph nodes also.

When it spreads like this, we call it bi-organ metastasis. There really isn't a good cure for this pattern of IVC. I'm really sorry, Connie. Well, we've been in a pretty committed relationship for the past seven months. You've not really been letting me go, so I know it was bad. I'm sorry. Me too. We should think about what you want to do next. We can try more invasive chemotherapy, which might want to live. Of course. And there's still some options.

I'm going to start you on a relatively new treatment plan, which uses Epirubicin instead of Adrymysin. It's quite invasive, so it would require you to be an inpatient during the entire procedure. No, I mean, I actually want to live. Me and Claire are meant to be going on a road trip. Right. Unless you think going on a road trip. Right. Unless you think that's a stupid idea. I think that's very wise, Connie.

Thank you. Regret number one. You weren't honest with anybody. You see the plane flying in? It's on the east side of the building. And it goes into the building with the smoke and the flames. On the day you died, you swore you were going to end things with truth. You were going to tell Gabe you finally believed in the one, him, and that you were pregnant. You were just explosion, now going to be on all this weirdo.

But you didn't do any of that. You turned off your phone and disappeared. I took Claire out for pancakes on Tuesday straight after my appointment with Dr. Richter. You're going to tell me I have another family in China? Yeah. It's popped up in my lungs. POPped. It's gross.

I'm sorry. Me too. But he said we should go on our trip. If you want, and that I can go for chemo when we're back. What happens if you die on the trip? No. I don't think it happens like that, sweetie. Regret number two,

when you died, you didn't think about anyone other than yourself. You didn't think about the fact that under all his bad luck, Drew was just doing his best. You didn't think that your selfish mother was just doing her best. Janet was doing her best. You didn't think that your selfish mother was just doing her best. Janet was doing her best. You didn't think about Marnie. Bruce, you just focused on yourself.

Other than Claire, you forgot to be grateful for anyone. Anything else to destroy the truck? We organized the trip in three days. And on the Saturday morning, we were ready to go. I asked Paul to come over and say goodbye. I realized the trip in three days, and on the Saturday morning, we were ready to go. I asked Paul to come over and say goodbye. Okay. Claire, go in with Tadya and do a final check, please.

And we've already done it. Now, I get it. Okay. I just wanted to, I wanted to thank you. Oh, I can't hear you, come. Thank you. I wanted to thank you for being nice to me. I can't hear you.

For being nice to me. I'm joking. I'm bald about death. Thank you, too. Can I kiss you one last time? Hmm? I can't, I can't hear you. Can I...

Fuck you, Connie. He's good at kissing, Amy. We got him to each other. Bye, losers! Bye! Miss you! We're great number three. In ancient Egypt, after dying, they had their hearts weighed in purgatory.

If you had a heavy heart, you'd never make it to the afterlife. You'd be stuck in the underworld forever. We're two men. Newark Airport, please. Emmy, you died that day with a heavy heart. These past few months, I realized it's weighed me down ever since. I've been sinking, never really living. Mom.

I get anxious every time she asks a question. Mom. Mm-hmm. We drive into the Grand Canyon, just as the sun sets. What's sweetie? Toggy told me that she loves me by the way. Whoa. Don't stop, stop. I told me that she loves me by the way. Whoa! Don't stop, stop. I don't want to talk about it.

Sorry. No, but that's very cool. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I said it back. That's great. Yeah. Yeah. First love changes a person. I really think that. You do? Yeah. There's yours. Drew, actually. Yeah. Drew was my first love. Six hours to Albuquerque. We sit down in a rundown diner. I whispered to the waitress. It's my daughter's birthday. Can we get her a keep-up?

Why would you do that? Seriously, it's- Oh, come on. We might as well squeeze in as many as we can. That's not funny, Mom. I don't like it. Go ahead. Chicago.

I lag behind as we walk through the Millennium Park. We sit on the bench and eat greasy, deep-dish pizza. I've started to let Claire ask me five minutes of questions a day. It helps her. Us. But you weren't scared, someone might find you. Well, yeah, I was. That's why I changed my name.

I was called, uh... Remely before. Emily. Emily over 10, and then Emily Morris. Yeah. And you're so not an Emily. I know. I know. Weird.

Emily. Emily. Emily. I'm finished. Really? You've hardly had any. It's greasy. You're gonna have mine. I'm fine. Since and Addy, we were getting dressed up for a karaoke night. No, just go. I hate my hair. I wish I'd never shaved it. Just go. Your hair, it's beautiful. I told you you looked like Tinkerbell.

Just leave me, please. You want me to perform Celine Dionne on my own. I don't care. Just go. Come on, Claire. We got one night. Stop, please. Just go. I get my things together in silence. And then... He's gonna hate my hair.

Who? You know, Drew He's gonna hate my hair. Who? You know, Drew's kids have got long hair. I saw. He's gonna hate me. He's not gonna hate your hair, honey. Well, I may hate him. You might, but he's not a very hateable man. Well, you hated him.

No. No, I didn't. Why did you pretend to die then if you didn't hate him? I said on her bed. That really wasn't anything to do with it. That's a wide relief. Why? I don't really want to tell you any more than if it's,

if it's that's okay. Well then you're still lying, didn't you? No, I'm not lying. I just don't think, I don't think, I don't feel like telling you more than what you already know. I don't get why it's you that decides... Well, I'm sorry. I don't sing Celine Dion.

We don't make it to karaoke. Washington, DC. We both get our own queen-sized bed. And if we squint and pretend a little, we can see the White House out the window. We lie in our beds, and I feel like a teenager to sleep over with my teenage kid. Claire?

Mm-hmm. Do you hate me? Sometimes. It's confusing. Yeah. Yeah. I bet. And I don't think I'll believe anyone ever again.

I... It's fine. Can we sleep now? Yeah. Clear. Are you awake? Yes. Will you try?

To believe people? Maybe. I believe you when you tell me that you love me. Good. I do love you. I believe Talia when she told me to. Regret number four. You push the pain away. In the taxi out of New York,

you vowed not to let yourself think about losing the greatest loves of your life ever again. Look, you still see the smoke from all the way back here. You didn't look, you put your sunglasses on. You didn't let yourself grief. Emmy, I haven't cried in 14 years. The state line border, we're crossing New Jersey in New York. As we drive down the New Jersey Turnpike, I let myself look.

I take it all in. I look at the gap in the skyline. I take it in. Groose expecting us in just under an hour. I take it in. I'm just putting us in just under an hour. I take it in. Huh? I'm fine.

I'm fine. Sorry, I just, ugh. Sorry, I just, I don't want him to hate me. He won't. Sorry. You know, on the phone, you said your mom sounds pretty cool. He did he did We pull up

Yeah, if I if I hate him then maybe Paul come and me say within or Talia. I'm still here clear And I'm not going anywhere until you're feeling really safe, okay? Okay You look beautiful. Thank you. Do I look okay? Sorry. Beautiful.

You look really beautiful. Hello. Hi. I'm Emily. I mean, this is Jenny. Amy and Jenny. Hi. You... You must and Jenny. Hi. You...

You must be Claire. Yeah. Yeah. He notices my bald head. Uh... I believe you. It all makes sense to him now. Emily's fine.

He looks away. I don't. Hi. Hi, Drew. Hi. He looks to Claire. Claire, would you like to come in? I was thinking that you can meet Lisa and the kids,

and then maybe we can go for a walk. Yeah. After, or, um, the A, there's a great place at the end of the street for milkshakes. If... Cooky, yeah. And have you been to Central Park? Yeah.

No. No. I haven't taken her Park yet? No. No. I haven't taken her there yet. Perfect. Yeah, we'll go there after... after Milchick. How's that? That sounds good. Yeah.

Great. Great. So, I'll maybe leave you guys to it and... Yeah. That would be good. Yeah. Is that good for you, Claire? Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Yeah. That's fine. Cool. that's, well, take your time. Thanks, yeah, okay. Hey, let's, let's, yeah. Okay, bye, Mo. Love you, have fun. I listen outside the door, both of them straining to build a bond, bruised by the weight of my lies.

My body hurts. I drag myself to the car. It's done. Done. No! It's time. It's time. A single to you Los Angeles will be $698 in 69 cents. Regret number five. Can I have your name, please? Emily Morris.

Sorry, I can't hear you. Emily Morris, you died hating yourself. Emily? Emily? Emily Morris? I don't feel sick saying your name anymore. I don't. And so I think that's everything.

Love you, Emily. Emily here. No, stop. Emily, I love you. I love you so much. I love you. Your home, no, Emily. Home. We're home.

Thanks for walking alongside me. You have no new messages. The best. Connie. X. People who knew me, starring Rosamond Pike, Kyle Soler, Isabella Sermon, Alfred Enoch, Jessica Darrow, Charles Haggerty, Daniela Isaacs, and Hugh Laurie. Other voices, Kippa Winslow, Nancy Crain, Joseph Ackabase, Barney White, Jill Winternitz, written and directed by Daniela Isaacs, adapted from the original novel by Kim Hooper. Producer Joshua Buckingham, executive producers, Fay Doran,

Cleelya Mountford, and Sharon Horgan, executive producer for the BBC, Dylan Haskins, production manager, Sarah Lawson, casting director, Lauren Evans, supervising dialogue record as an editor, Daniel Haramizha,

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