Marty is under huge pressure at work - he has timekeeping issues, he's not meeting his targets and with the downturn he has seen redundancies all around him. So when he gets called into a disciplinary meeting, he genuinely fears for his job. He's terrified. He gets a final written warning, last chance.

As sole breadwinner, he knows his family will go under if he loses his job, so when he oversleeps again, desperation leads him to tell an incredible lie that grows out of his control. Show less