"I told you," Susan whispered, her voice barely audible. "We had to look after things. To keep up appearances. Chris and I were just surviving."
Susan looked down at her hands. They were trembling. She squeezed them together, hard, until her knuckles turned white.
Susan smiled, a genuine, radiant smile that never touched her lips in the real world. She took his hand. "They think we are monsters, Chris." "Landscapers" Episode #1.2(2021)
Suddenly, the music screeched to a halt. The steam cleared, dissolving back into the sterile grey walls of the interrogation room.
Here is an original short story inspired by the tone, style, and themes of Landscapers Episode 2: The Cinematic Escape "I told you," Susan whispered, her voice barely audible
The second episode of the miniseries Landscapers focuses on the police investigation heating up after the discovery of the buried bodies. It contrasts the harsh, clinical reality of the police interrogation with the romanticized, cinematic fantasy world that Susan Edwards uses to cope with her past.
"Let them think what they want," he replied, pulling her close as the steam from a arriving locomotive swirled around them. "In this world, we are the heroes. We saved each other. That's the only truth that matters." Chris and I were just surviving
The interrogation room was painted a color that could only be described as municipal despair. A flickering fluorescent light hummed at a frequency that vibrated right at the base of Susan’s skull. Across the metal table sat Detective Lancing, tapping a plastic ballpoint pen against her notepad.