Julia

Julia is on the phone while driving, frantic and defensive: she swerves to avoid a pedestrian, shouts into the line, rejects Paul's suggestion to hire Helinka and insists her children …

Julia listens in on the alpha mums, deliberately positions her children near the alpha table, walks to the counter and pours water from a jug to create a casual pose, …

Julia stands by the stalled horse, phone pressed to her ear, juggling four children; her mascara is running, her voice wobbles as she negotiates childcare logistics with Andrew, asks Manus …

Julia is on the phone, juggling four children; mascara streaks down her face as she tries to calm a screaming child and ask Manus for a crisp. Her voice wobbles; …

Julia is frantically juggling four children while on the phone, attempting to manage the stalled ride, pleading for a crisp, and visibly breaking down as mascara runs and her voice …

Julia follows Liz into the kitchen, asks for herbal tea (selecting 'mint'), accepts Liz’s offer of Yorkshire tea with grateful awkwardness and watches as Liz handles the clutter, exposing her …

Seated with wine, Julia watches the kids' leaps with rising anxiety, names her high-profile work obligation, checks the time, frets about a 'spag bol' social obligation and accepts Liz's offer …

Julia sits with a drink while the house erupts around her; she names her high-profile job, then abruptly realises the time, panics about the spag‑bol and childcare, and gratefully accepts …

Julia sits in Liz's cluttered sitting room, juggling performative professionalism and rising panic; she name-drops Peter Mandelson to assert status, checks the time, and gratefully accepts Liz's offer to feed …

Julia arrives hungry, offers help cleaning the bread board, reacts physically to Liz’s injury (nearly faints), then steadies herself enough to call the taxi and relay logistics while grappling with …

Julia arrives hungry, asks for food, offers practical help cleaning the board, reacts with shock to Liz's injury, nearly faints, and immediately follows Liz's orders by calling for a taxi …

Standing at the curb surrounded by a group of children, Julia asks for a timeline and practical details while visibly hollowed-out; as the cab pulls away she is left physically …

Julia speaks urgently into her phone while trying to contain chaotic children, presses her forehead to the sitting-room window until it fogs, wipes it clear, identifies Kevin outside, and bangs …

Frazzled and hungry, Julia admits her mother has retired and that she is suddenly responsible for a large number of children; she asks Kevin for help and signals both practical …

Arrives on the stair, reports Liz's injury, admits being overwhelmed by 'a massive amount of children', confesses hunger, and solicits Kevin's help — her lines catalyse Kevin's offer and set …

Julia is leading the group down the street, visibly frazzled and carrying the weight of responsibility; she manages logistics, watches the children, and endures the exposure of her domestic crisis …

Julia arrives frazzled and breathless, tries to introduce herself politely, is waved aside, and follows obediently down the basement stairs while apologising—humiliated but trying to keep the peace.

Julia enters with children, greets Amanda warmly (hugging and double-kiss reciprocity), peers into the steaming Bolognese pot, pours herself a glass of white wine and announces Liz's injury. She is …

Julia sits among the mums, accepting a top‑up of wine but visibly uncomfortable; she asks 'Gotten over what?' and later looks for the children, registering their silence and the iPad …

Julia stands among the mums, glass topped up, listening and visibly recoiling as the gossip unfolds; she asks clarifying questions and scans the room, observing the children clustered silently around …

Julia hovers by the cooker, offering to help and making tentative small talk; she is visibly peripheral as Amanda dismisses her offer and the alpha group focuses on Liz's drama, …

Julia stands by the cooker, anxious and conciliatory, attempts to help and manage logistics, watches Liz's confrontation with a mix of discomfort and private solidarity, and has already promised to …

Julia watches Amanda intently, edges to the pot to check whether adults will be served, discovers the pot is empty, vocalizes shock and humiliation, and seeks confirmation from Kevin and …

Seated beside Liz, Julia hears Kevin's statement and gives a single confirmatory 'Yeah' — physically present but visibly uneasy, absorbing the news and measuring its social consequences for her fragile …

Julia prowls the island edge, furtively slides a child's plate toward herself, stuffs three forkfuls of cold spaghetti into her mouth, pretends to scrape leftovers into the bin and is …

Julia is the last to leave Amanda's house; she tries to use the omelette request as a social bridge and to lock down Thursday childcare, is rebuffed and left humiliated, …

Julia uses a light conversational gambit about an omelette to pivot into a request for childcare, is publicly rebuffed when Amanda refuses Thursday and slams the door; she descends the …