Episode 3: Sid
Written by Bryan Elsley
Directed by Simon Massey
Sid hasn’t coped at all well with the fact that his best friend Tony is a shadow of the man he was. And his ‘girlfriend’ Cassie moving away to Scotland hasn’t helped either, particularly when he catches her looking like she’s having the time of her life with a pair of tartan-clad boys. So his mood is not improved much when his Grandad, a notorious Glaswegian hard bastard (Maurice Roëves) arrives, dying of cancer, to say his final goodbyes.
He has never liked his son and he likes his Grandson Sid even less. So his arrival makes Sid’s Dad’s (Peter Capaldi) life a misery too. Especially as he’s brought Sid’s Uncle Sandy (Michael Nardonne) and his two weird cousins along for good measure too.
Multiply all this by ten when Sid’s estranged Mum (Josie Lawrence) joins in to play happy families. So it’s Jenkins family meltdown. And when Sid comes down for breakfast he ends up making a discovery that nothing could have prepared him for. Sometimes life is just too sudden, just too cruel.
So Sid’s life crisis deepens into a chasm of despair, what he really needs now is his best mate, he needs Tony.Also guest starring Kevin Eldon and a performance from new band Crystal Castles.
