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  • Talking Heads 2 The Outside Dog (Season 1, Episode 4)
  • TV Episode | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Talking Heads 2

The Outside Dog (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Clean freak Marjory gradually comes to realise that her husband, Stuart, who works in a slaughterhouse, is using his employment to cover the fact that he's a particularly dangerous criminal. He regularly goes out with his Alsatian, Tina, (...See moreClean freak Marjory gradually comes to realise that her husband, Stuart, who works in a slaughterhouse, is using his employment to cover the fact that he's a particularly dangerous criminal. He regularly goes out with his Alsatian, Tina, (whom Marjory has barred from entering the house), and returns late at night. This usually culminates in brutal sexual advances which Marjory finds distasteful but feels powerless to reject. She is so alienated from the outside world that she subsumes all emotion in her domestic routine - her control of which becomes gradually more threatened as her husband becomes the subject of both police and media attention. When he is arrested and tried for a series of murders, Marjory struggles to maintain a low profile, and to continue with her routine as normal, but in the process discovers a damning piece of evidence which links her husband to the killings. However, she receives a telephone call announcing that he has been acquitted (due to lack of evidence) before she is able to decide upon a course of action. When he returns home, Marjory now has to deal with the horrific realisation that she'll be sharing her home with a serial murderer. As an ultimate sign of her lapsed control, Tina finally gains entry into the house. Marjory contemplates making the evidence known. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Gavin Millar
Writer
Alan Bennett
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Status
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Updated Oct 27, 1998
Release date
Oct 27, 1998 (United Kingdom)
Awards
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2 wins & 2 nominations

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