Reece meets a girl named Lizzie who he starts spending time with. During a visit, Lizzie tries to vandalize Reece's foster home after a fight with his abusive foster dad. When the dad intervenes, Lizzie attacks him and he falls unconscious. Lizzie flees while Reece is left in shock. In a meeting with his social worker afterwards, Reece expresses his distrust of the system and belief that the social worker doesn't genuinely care about helping him.

1. Script
(Reece gets up out of bed, showers, goes downstairs and gets breakfast. Whilst eating, Foster dad
enters looks at Reece and sighs slightly and swears under breath. Reece leaves to direct work
session and enter to see Social worker sitting down waiting for him. Reece sits down and begins
to fidget with the pencil)
Social worker: so how’s your foster home?
Reece: Ok
Social worker: Anything going on in your social life?
Reece: No
Social worker: Is there any chance you would be interested in taking part in any kind of activity
this time?
Reece: No
(Reece leaves the session and goes to the shops. He enters and goes to the sweet section and looks
around before shoving sweets it his jacket. He then grabs a drink and goes to pay for it.)
Cashier: Is that everything?
(Reece considers what he is about to do but nods)
Reece: Yeah that’s everything
(Reece pays for drink and leaves shop. Reece is walking down the street to go to his next session.
Enters direct work session and sits down)
Social worker: so how’s your foster home?
Reece: Ok
Social worker: Anything going on in your social life?
Reece: No
Social worker: Look Reece I know weren’t interested in the activity idea last session but have you
given it any thought?
Reece: No
SW (sighs): okay I’ll see you next session
(As Reece leaves the room he bumps into Lizzie who just stares at him. He looks awkwardly but
begins to leave taking one last look behind his shoulder. Reece is walking through the woods
when he hears a voice near him. On top of the hill he sees Lizzie.)

2. Lizzie: Hey
Reece: Hi
Lizzie: What you doing?
Reece: Nothing much
Lizzie: no really what you doing?
(Reece looks at her for one second before turning away)
Lizzie: No wait, wait, wait!
(Lizzie is walking beside Reece)
Lizzie: So what’s your name?
Reece: Reece
Lizzie: Cool mine’s Lizzie. You’re a foster kid aren’t you?
Reece: How’d you know?
Lizzie: You were at one of the direct work sessions. You walked right into me, remember?
Reece: Oh yeah, sorry ‘bout that
Lizzie: eh no harm done. Well anyway see you round
(Reece and she go their separate ways. The next day he is in the session talking to the SW.)
Social worker: so how’s your foster home?
Reece: yeah it’s okay
Social worker: Anything going on in your social life?
Reece: Yes
SW: Like what?
Reece: I met this girl called Lizzie we started talking for a bit and I think she’s really nice and
funny
SW: well I’m glad you’re making friends-
Reece: Oh, um, you remember the activity you mentioned a few sessions ago?
(Sudden cut to Lizzie walking through the same woods as a day ago she spots Reece in the same
place she talked to him)

3. Reece: Hey
Lizzie: Hi
(Lizzie goes to where Reece is standing)
Lizzie: So what you doing?
Reece: well actually I was wondering if you wanted to go and do something today.
Lizzie: um like what?
Reece: well there’s this activity that my Social Worker has planned for me and I was wondering if
you wanted to come with me?
Lizzie: yeah that sounds like fun
(Reece and Lizzie are going to Pizza hut. At the stairs Reece turns to her saying)
Reece: Hey I don’t normally like going to places like this
Lizzie: yeah you normally like hanging out in the woods by yourself
Reece: I’m serious I don’t really like hanging out with a lot of people it make me uncomfortable
Lizzie: well don’t worry about it we can deal with it together
(As they get to the top of the stairs Reece gets a message from his dad he looks at it worriedly)
Lizzie: hey what you waiting for?
(Reece ignores the message and puts his phone away going to pizza hut. Reece returns home late
that night as he enters he turns the light on in the kitchen. His foster dad is sitting in the seat
glaring at him)
Foster dad: Where have you been? I told you to get home four hours ago!
Reece: I was with friends unlike you
Foster dad: Who’d wanna be friends with you? You’re just an ungrateful ignorant kid! Get to your
room right now before I give you hell!
(Reece goes to his room and when he opens the door he sees Lizzie sitting in his open window
she sees that he was crying.
Lizzie: Hey you okay man?
(Reece suddenly kneels to the floor in a breakdown Lizzie looks at him worried for a minute
before going next to him kneeling down and bringing him into a side hug. The next day Reece is
with Lizzie out near the shops where they are sitting drinking soda when he vents about his dad)

4. Lizzie: Whoa your foster dad sounds like a right dick
Reece: you’re telling me. I’m so stressed these days
Lizzie: well I do know a way to blow off some steam
Reece: Really? How?
(Cut to both of them jump over the fence and go to the bikes and cut the wires grabbing a bike
each. Just as they are getting to the exit a hand grabs Reece. That night Reece is sat at the kitchen
table as his foster dad paces back and forth very angrily)
Foster dad: You don’t learn do you? Sometimes I wonder why I decide to keep you
Reece: So why do you?
Foster dad: I didn’t want to get you in the first place my wife wanted you and now she’s dead and
I’m stuck with you ‘cause no one else gives a shit! Every day I wish she was here to deal with
you.
Reece: Well she dealt with you and look how well that turned out
(Foster dad grabs Reece by the collar): Don’t..... You...... dare talk about my wife like you knew
her
(Foster dad shoves Reece back making him knock something over he then goes to the door to
leave before he leaves he turns to Reece)
Foster dad: Clean that crap up
(Reece instead calls Lizzie to ask her to come to his house. She arrives and they sit in one of the
rooms in the house)
Lizzie: He can’t get away with treating you like that!
Reece: Look I know what he did was wrong but-
Lizzie: your dam right he was wrong and we should do something about it
Reece: like what exactly?
Lizzie: I don’t know let’s just fuck up his house
Reece: no we’re not doing that
Lizzie: God Reece why are you being such a pussy about this
(Whilst saying this Lizzie is going round smashing stuff Reece grabs her shoulder to stop her but
she rolls him off she goes to do something else but he stops her she then then yells in his face he
yells at her. In between them the Foster dad appears very angry looking)

5. Foster dad: What the fuck is this?!
Lizzie: what’s it look like old man? We’re teaching you a lesson in manners
Reece: Lizzie no we’re not
Foster dad: Lizzie? You know this girl
Lizzie: Ye-
Foster dad: shut the hell I’m calling the cops
(Lizzie suddenly goes to grab the phone off him foster dad thinking she is acting violent grabs her
hair to pull her away Reece goes to push him away foster dad falls down unconscious and Reece
is shocked and Lizzie bolts it. Next day Foster dad is talking to SW Reece is sat outside Ex-foster
dad exits room)
Ex-foster dad: I’m going for a smoke
(SW exits room and looks to Reece)
SW: Reece would you like to step in for your session now?
(Reece sits down at the chair)
Social worker: how do you feel about what’s recently happened with your foster care
Reece: well what do you think?
Social worker: uh, uh, um well anyway has your social life gotten any better? It can’t be any
worse
Reece: my best friend attacked my dad, if he still is my dad that is, so I guess it can
Social worker: Is there anything we can do to help in these sessions?
Reece: yeah there is
Social worker: Oh okay what can we do?
Reece: you can stop pretending you give a shit. How many kids do you see daily? Ten? Twenty?
You don’t give a shit about my well-being all you care about is hooking me up with some
arsehole so you can add me to a report to make yourself look better.
Social worker: is that all?
Reece: You know what no. How about you tell me what to say so I can get the hell out of here.
(Les Fin)

6. Foster dad: What the fuck is this?!
Lizzie: what’s it look like old man? We’re teaching you a lesson in manners
Reece: Lizzie no we’re not
Foster dad: Lizzie? You know this girl
Lizzie: Ye-
Foster dad: shut the hell I’m calling the cops
(Lizzie suddenly goes to grab the phone off him foster dad thinking she is acting violent grabs her
hair to pull her away Reece goes to push him away foster dad falls down unconscious and Reece
is shocked and Lizzie bolts it. Next day Foster dad is talking to SW Reece is sat outside Ex-foster
dad exits room)
Ex-foster dad: I’m going for a smoke
(SW exits room and looks to Reece)
SW: Reece would you like to step in for your session now?
(Reece sits down at the chair)
Social worker: how do you feel about what’s recently happened with your foster care
Reece: well what do you think?
Social worker: uh, uh, um well anyway has your social life gotten any better? It can’t be any
worse
Reece: my best friend attacked my dad, if he still is my dad that is, so I guess it can
Social worker: Is there anything we can do to help in these sessions?
Reece: yeah there is
Social worker: Oh okay what can we do?
Reece: you can stop pretending you give a shit. How many kids do you see daily? Ten? Twenty?
You don’t give a shit about my well-being all you care about is hooking me up with some
arsehole so you can add me to a report to make yourself look better.
Social worker: is that all?
Reece: You know what no. How about you tell me what to say so I can get the hell out of here.
(Les Fin)