"What is the 3rd thing?"
"The 3rd thing you already know about."
"Jessica."
"It went up at midnight," she said. "All 8 episodes. It is number 1 in the United Kingdom, it is number 3 in the United States, and it is number 1 in Morocco, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain.
"The Walsh Way. Season 1. It is out."
I sat in that office and did not say anything.
"Danny."
"I am here."
"Have you watched any of it?"
"No."
"Are you going to?"
"No."
"Right," Jessica said. "Well, 4 and a half million other people did last night, so somebody has."
There were 6 people waiting outside my office at 10 o'clock and I did not see any of them for 40 minutes, and that is on me.
Clk.
I shut the door and I put it on.
Episode 1 opens with a shot of Princess Road in Moss Side at 6 in the morning in February. No music. No voice over.
Rrrmmm. A bus going past.
Rrrsh. A shutter going up on a shop.
Then a card with the date I got the under 18s on it and nothing else.
