34 Days to Go

# 34 Days to Go/Who Are These People?

## Episode

34 Days to Go is the first episode of You, Me and the Apocalypse and the opening episode of series 1.

## Plot

The episode starts with Mathew Baynton narrating that the comets about to hit Earth and that he's sat in a bunker in Slough. It then cuts to 34 days before the comet hits Earth.

We see Jamie Winton going through his morning routine, getting ready for his job as a bank manager. He sits down to make a video diary for Layla, his missing wife. He tells us that it's the 2610th entry (about seven years).

He and Dave, his best friend and roommate exchange words in the kitchen while Jamie makes his breakfast (a boiled egg) and we see that two CIA agents are listening in to their (very boring) conversations. Jamie goes to worked and is embarrassed by Paula coming to wish him a happy birthday. She urges him to get back into dating, but he refuses, saying he likes his routine.

He is then arrested for multiple crimes, ending up very confused and shocked over the events. He is interviewed, but he knows nothing about the terrorist group the police are talking about. The DNA and photos they have are actually from Ariel, Jamie's twin. Jamie has proof he wasn't at the crime scenes, so they let him go, but before they do, it is revealed to Jamie that his wife, Layla, is still alive. When he gets home, he questions Paula about a twin and she confesses that he was adopted as a baby. He gets mad at her and storms out.

The camera then changes to a jail, where Rhonda McNeil is being checked in. She is very nervous and jumpy as the prisoners yell at her. A woman starts threatening her, a Nazi named Leanne comes to her rescue and declares her her friend.

Later, at meal time, Rhonda is being threatened again, this time with bodily harm, when Leanne and her gang come and save her. Rhonda talks to her lawyer and is distraught about being in prison. She reminds the lawyer of her promises (that she wouldn't be in jail and that if she cooperated, she would make bail). The lawyer tells her that the prosecutor doesn't want to do a plea bargain and that she'll probably get 5-10 years in prison. She also tells her that she knows the hacking was actually Rhonda's fourteen year old son, Spike, but Rhonda refuses to budge.

She calls Spike and tells him everything's going to be fine, even though he's going to live with his abusive dad. She also calls the hospital where her husband, Rajesh, is, but he's asleep, tired from chemotherapy. Rhonda is given some advice by Leanne. Leanne offers to get her pregnant, but Rhonda says no. When the end of the world is announced, Ariel breaks into the prison and breaks Rhonda and Leanne out in an ambulance with Max, his partner.

The scene changes to a funeral of a nun in Italy, where we meet Sister Celine Leonti. Mother Superior talks to her about the pictures taped on the wall of her bedroom of around the world and the books of different languages (Celine is fluent in six languages). She is given the task of moving to England and assisting Father Jude Sutton. Sister Celine is surprised to learn that Father Jude both swears and smokes.

They have one of the weirdest conversations I've ever seen.

Father Jude's job is to prove that certain people were bad and shouldn't become Saints. Father Jude offers Sister Celine a cigarette and it's not clear if she took it. Father Jude taunts her about her youth and makes her cry, so she leaves and then comes back only to splash a jug of water in his face. He follows her and she insults him over and over again (as she should). He gives her the job.