Eddie's birthday fry-up and some flirting over black pudding
Manda cooks Eddie a birthday full English; the two tease each other about suspenders, dying young and dying happy.
S1E4 · Episode 4
15 moments · 33 min of essential viewing in a 61-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Lisa finds 'nonce' sprayed on the van
Lisa discovers the family van vandalised on Eddie's birthday; Eileen saw nothing, the slur is misspelled, and Manda calls the police.
We're not moving: Eddie and Manda fight over leaving town
Manda wants to go back to Liverpool; Eddie refuses, says it would be ten times worse, and Lisa is caught listening on the stairs.
Manda and Lisa: who is the nonce supposed to be?
In Lisa's room, mother and daughter admit what the slur means to them; Manda confesses she cannot go into Jamie's room any more.
Eddie's bass-line rant and the plan to get the day back
Driving to Wainwrights, Eddie demands proper bass lines, proposes hills, zoos and ice skating, and the family settles on the pictures.
The shop worker who is 'on Jamie's side'
A Wainwrights employee recognises Eddie from Facebook and offers unwanted support, doubting the stab wounds and suggesting a crowdfund.
Eddie attacks the lad from the bikes and wrecks his own van
Spotting one of the boys in the car park, Eddie drags him off his bike, then smears paint over the van as Manda and Lisa beg him to stop.
Jamie rings from the training centre to say happy birthday
The recorded prison notice plays, then Jamie asks about his hand-drawn card, mentions bother in the yard and guesses the Chinese order.
Jamie tells his dad he is changing his plea
Jamie says he will plead guilty; Eddie goes silent as Manda and Lisa take the phone, and Jamie ends with an apology and happy birthday.
You saw the tape, I didn't: Eddie and Manda alone
Manda says the guilty plea is for the best and that this anger is not him; Eddie admits what he saw on the tape and asks what if they can't survive it.
He never left his room
Eddie and Manda piece together the boy upstairs on his computer at 1 a.m., the videos about how men should be, and whether they made him.
Am I better? Eddie on his father's belt and the dads laughing
Eddie recalls being battered as a boy, promising to do better, then failing to look at Jamie in goal; Manda insists she was a good mum.
I wish it had been you
Eddie asks if he should have protected Jamie, remembers the gormless boy with choc ice on his face, and says he believed him until the tape.
Lisa: everyone causes me trouble, but Jamie's ours
Dressed up for the birthday, Lisa admits what school is like, argues against moving, and the family swaps the pictures for a film and takeaway at home.
Eddie in Jamie's room: I should've done better
Alone in his son's bedroom with the teddy bear, Eddie finally breaks down and apologises to Jamie.
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