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The A Word S01E03 H 264
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00:01The older he gets, the more distressing it is for him to be in a world that he doesn't understand.
00:05It's real distress, Paul. Real pain.
00:07It is ridiculous that you're avoiding me like some teenage boy.
00:10I don't want to lose a friend because he can't satisfy my sexual needs.
00:13Keys. Keys.
00:14You're starting the week.
00:16I know what it's like growing up around here.
00:18Having sex seems like a good way to pass the time until you leave.
00:20Hello? Rebecca?
00:22Just be sure that's what you want.
00:23They just need a plan.
00:24There's a brilliant speech and language therapist here I'm going to refer them to.
00:27What's with your side?
00:28For the best.
00:28Do I not even get a say in this?
00:30It doesn't matter to you if it's the right decision as long as it's your decision.
00:58With you.
01:01I'm on another planet.
01:04With you.
01:05With you.
01:07Another girl who's loving you now.
01:13Another planet who's holding you down.
01:19Another planet.
01:20Another planet.
01:30Hey Mozart, where you been?
01:35Hey. I missed you.
01:38I'll be in a bit late this morning, lads. We've got a family thing.
01:41OK.
01:41You still playing nice with Eddie, are you?
01:46Are you talking to my guys?
01:48I hope you're not trying to get back in with them now you've put the restaurant on the market.
01:51What's that got to do with you?
02:24I think the rebranding should be more radical.
02:28Take a leaf out of Brewdog's book.
02:29Hey, that's me speech therapy notebook. I don't want your scribble on it.
02:33I'm not sure it's the notebook kind of therapy, that.
02:35Well, if there's role-play, consider me gone.
02:37I don't think she's that kind of a therapist, is she, Nicola?
02:40I don't know.
02:42Oh, but... I mean, she's the best, right?
02:44I don't think there's a league table,
02:45but I hear she does good work with families of children on the spectrum.
02:48Children on the spectrum, is that what we say nowadays?
02:51Sounds like a charity single.
02:52Let's just all try and, you know, be ourselves.
02:55Are you sure that's right? Oh, my God.
02:58One last chance to tell me I'm adopted.
03:00Hey. Hey. Come here.
03:03Come on, Joel.
03:07Oh, my God. Margaret. Margaret White.
03:11It's me. I was Alison Scott. Do you remember?
03:14Yes, I remember. Hello, Alison. I prefer Maggie.
03:17Oh, sure. Sure. Goodness, what a surprise.
03:21How long's it been? 16 years.
03:23Have you not been back since you left school, really?
03:25Never been back till now. Wow.
03:28Oh, come in. Sorry. Come in.
03:35Just through here.
03:38Dad, do you remember Margaret White?
03:40Maggie, sorry. It's Maggie.
03:42Is this part of the test, or can I be honest?
03:44Don't worry. It's not a test. None of this is a test.
03:48Right, well, shall I make some coffee?
03:49Have you eaten? Do you want...?
03:51No.
03:52That's Jo. This is Jo.
03:53Yeah.
03:55Erm...
03:56Where are you staying? How was your journey?
03:57Hello, Jo.
04:00Is that a table tennis table? Shall we have a game?
04:05No, no, no. Let me... I'll stop. Let me... Let me...
04:07Hello, Maurice.
04:09Hello, Maurice.
04:10This is my bat. I can tell by the handle.
04:13Come on.
04:13I'm thinking if online sales tick off,
04:15we might want to convert one of the outbuildings.
04:17Yeah?
04:19Topspit!
04:19Look, why don't you two find another clamp for this net
04:22and stop us showing off?
04:23Eh? Right.
04:24All right.
04:25Alison!
04:26Can I move on?
04:28How long does it take to break up?
04:30Come on, everybody's waiting.
04:32That's Margaret White.
04:33Right?
04:34She's a cookie monster.
04:35We hated each other at school.
04:37She used to cry.
04:38She didn't come top of the class.
04:39She used to steamroller her for me in netball.
04:41Well, this is table tennis, so I think you'll be OK.
04:44Come on. Come on.
04:45Come on.
04:47Come on.
04:48Come on.
04:49Come on.
05:14Come on.
05:17All right.
05:18OK.
05:19Come on, then.
05:21Yeah, I got it.
05:22OK.
05:23Oh.
05:24Way on.
05:24Way on.
05:25OK.
05:26You all, sir.
05:27Come on, then.
05:29Thank you, Joe.
05:31Well done.
05:32You clever boy.
05:37Hey.
05:38Come on.
05:38Try not to tell him well done all the time.
05:41A lot of this isn't about getting it right or praising him.
05:43It's about building up a back and forth.
05:45Does that make sense?
05:47I've set up a Twitter feed for the brewery.
05:49A what?
05:50Get walking, Maurice.
05:51Yeah, come on.
05:52You did that on purpose.
05:53Hey, hey, hey.
05:53Come on.
05:54Let's let Joe have a go, shall we?
05:56Come on.
05:56OK.
05:56You ready?
05:57So, erm...
05:58Here we go, then.
05:59You ready?
05:59Yeah, that's it.
06:02Just a slow one, Eddie.
06:04Slow one.
06:05Try not to overcompensate.
06:06It's just a kid.
06:07All right?
06:07You ready?
06:09So, grab that.
06:10Come on.
06:11Eddie, come on.
06:12Hey, hey, hey.
06:12Come here.
06:13Come here.
06:14Listen, listen, listen.
06:16Shh, shh, shh.
06:17You're singing world.
06:19Shut your mouth.
06:21Shut your mouth.
06:22Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
06:26OK, then.
06:27Are you ready?
06:28Here it comes.
06:32Oh!
06:32Yay!
06:33We did it!
06:34Oh, yeah!
06:36My boy!
06:37Oh, man!
06:39That's me!
06:40All right, come on, then.
06:40Oh, man!
06:41Oh, man!
06:41All right, come on, then.
06:42All right, wait for the...
06:45Another one?
06:46Here.
06:47All communication is an exchange.
06:50It's like table tennis.
06:52Look at us all sitting here, all feeling self-conscious.
06:56This is unnatural.
06:57Hey, it is in this family.
06:59Nobody interrupted you.
07:00What?
07:11What?
07:13What?
07:25What?
07:34What?
07:38What?
07:39What?
07:42What?
07:43The music woman's gonna say.
07:44That's how Joe feels all the time.
07:48Under pressure every time anybody asks him anything.
07:51Unless it's about his music, food, or his walks.
07:55He's a kid who can't make himself heard in a family of loudmouths.
07:57I know that feeling.
07:59I'm not sure you can start equating your position with Joe's.
08:02Really?
08:03You didn't grow up with this crowd.
08:05Give it six months and you know what I'm getting at.
08:06I know what you're getting at, I just don't agree.
08:13This unresolved tension here, it doesn't matter what it's about.
08:17What matters is that they're playing it out by arguing about Joe.
08:21Joe becomes the lightning rod for family tension.
08:25This in turn informs your dealings with him.
08:27You communicate that anxiety whether you mean to or not.
08:30No wonder he wears headphones.
08:31He wears headphones because...
08:34He wears headphones because he loves music.
08:37Of course he loves music. Music doesn't answer back.
08:40Music keeps the world at arm's length,
08:41calms him down when he feels distressed.
08:44We're always talking about music together.
08:49If that's not social then I don't know what is.
08:52It's lovely that you have music,
08:54but it isn't communication.
08:57For Joe it's self-preservation.
09:00Paul folds his arms defensively
09:02because he's worried about what I'll be saying next.
09:06I think we're all worried.
09:07Paul sends another return on the back of defensive humour.
09:10I had no idea my game was so predictable.
09:12Are you going to be giving us a booklet at the end of this or something?
09:15Because I'm more of a read the instructions type.
09:18No.
09:22Rebecca meanwhile obsessively checks her phone in.
09:25I hope that'll take her out of here.
09:26She doesn't want to be here.
09:28And I don't blame her.
09:29I'll be late for rehearsals.
09:31I'm doing school play.
09:33Antigone, I noticed.
09:35What was our school play Maggie?
09:37I don't remember.
09:38Er, would you mind Maggie?
09:40Of course not.
09:41If that's okay with your mum, we can talk some other time.
09:53I know this is tough, but you hired me to help Joe.
09:58Er, I'm not sure this is helping.
10:03You need to come up with strategies in which Joe becomes part of the game.
10:09But at the moment, the communication and his family are spoken, unspoken.
10:15It's not stuff you even see yourself.
10:17So imagine me and Joe.
10:19He doesn't understand the message in the first place
10:21and doesn't have the tools to respond even if he did.
10:24How much easier life is if every conversation turns on rote loan details of pop music?
10:30So, if Joe was ever going to communicate,
10:32we need to learn how to communicate ourselves?
10:35Where did you read that?
10:35I didn't read that anywhere.
10:37I just thought it.
10:38Really?
10:41He's the kind of guy that would buy the books that they have at the check-out
10:44at the bookshop.
10:46Buddhism for shallow people.
10:48Things the Dalai Lama said on one of his bandages.
10:50This is exactly what Maggie's talking about.
10:52This right here is our problem.
10:53We never shut up.
10:55Alison's absolutely right.
10:56You don't listen to each other.
10:59You leave no space for nuance or exchange.
11:03Or doubt.
11:04Is it just me or are you a tough crowd, Maggie?
11:07Humour's a great defence mechanism, Maurice.
11:10It puts the recipient at an immediate disadvantage.
11:12I laugh, you've won.
11:14I don't laugh and I'm a stereotypical humorless therapist, borderline lesbian,
11:18so you've won there too.
11:23Where are you going?
11:24I can give Joe lifts and I can take him for walks,
11:28but I'm not sure I can do any of this.
11:30It's beyond me.
11:30And I don't want to mess up anything you and Maggie are cooking up to help Joe.
11:34So, excuse me.
11:36Before you've even tried.
11:38Oh, thank you for being so honest.
11:39You too.
11:43You too.
12:07Hi.
12:08You're a day early.
12:10Yes, I wanted to talk to you.
12:13Well, I'm giving a lesson right now.
12:14I just wanted to say I was hasty when I said what I said.
12:19When I turned you down the other day.
12:21Perhaps I should reconsider.
12:23If you haven't moved on.
12:27Are you reconsidering or are you saying you'd like to sleep with me?
12:30I hate to worry, but like I say, I'm giving a lesson right now.
12:32I'm saying yes.
12:35Would you like to wait?
12:49Will you be bringing the ukulele?
12:51No, unless you want me to.
12:54It's upstairs on the left.
12:56My bedroom.
13:09I'm saying yes.
13:09Okay.
13:21I'm saying yes.
13:26I'll be taking it away.
13:26Hi.
13:26Do not worry.
13:27What kind of work to do?
13:27No, no, no, no.
13:30I could do not know why.
13:31But I can't do something.
13:32This, if I could do not worry.
13:34No, no, no, no.
13:50Look, there's you on holiday, isn't it?
13:52Jo.
13:53You know it is, do you remember?
13:55Eh?
13:56You do.
13:58Look, there's Rebecca holding you as a baby.
14:00Look how tiny you are there.
14:02Old baby Jo.
14:04Look at that.
14:08No, come on Jo, you love these photos, you always do.
14:11Come on now.
14:16Okay, so maybe the book wasn't a great idea.
14:20Jo.
14:24Bo.
14:27Jo.
14:29Now will you look at the book with me?
14:31Huh?
14:32Now will you look at the book?
14:38This is where I lose the will to live.
14:44Ah, I can see you on holiday.
14:46That looks like fun.
14:48Where's Rebecca?
15:04Oh, and here's your birthday party.
15:07An octopus cake.
15:08That looks absolutely delicious.
15:22It doesn't matter at this stage that one of us is not really looking.
15:26It doesn't matter at this stage that one of us is not really saying anything.
15:29What matters is setting up an exchange.
15:31Ping pong.
15:33We don't want to crowd a young one out at this point.
15:35We just want him to join in.
15:37Do you see?
15:39I'm in space all the time, aren't I?
15:41You are.
15:42And that makes him anxious that he doesn't have what it takes to fulfil your overwhelming need.
15:47Oof.
15:48It's a bit harsh.
15:49It will be a bit harsh.
15:50But I hope not for Joe.
15:51That's the main thing, isn't it?
16:05It will get better than that.
16:06I promise.
16:09What makes you think you get a second chance?
16:14That was one of my little jokes, Morris.
16:16Oh.
16:17Yeah.
16:20I slept with one woman for 35 years and after she went, nobody.
16:27That would explain all that running you do.
16:30No, I...
16:32It's strange, isn't it?
16:36Different body.
16:39Different geography.
16:40Different geography.
16:42Maybe she'll be a compass next time.
16:44No, what I mean is that...
16:47It must be even longer for you since your husband left.
16:52Five years.
16:56But I've been someone since then, Morris.
16:59Oh, right.
17:01I see.
17:03Didn't work out.
17:04We were both on the rebound.
17:05Hmm.
17:09I don't need to know.
17:11He was my lodger.
17:13Music student.
17:14We got on very well.
17:19Student?
17:20But he was so young and demanding.
17:24Mid-twenties.
17:27That generation have come of age with hardcore pornography, you see.
17:30Very strange expectations of what might be enjoyable.
17:34Or desirable.
17:38Or even physically possible, come to that.
17:45Craft beer is booming.
17:47Real ale is over.
17:48Okay?
17:50Dad.
17:54What's the difference?
17:55Nothing in the taste.
17:57Everything in the brand.
17:58Real ale is goblins and prog rock.
18:00Craft beer is social media and punk.
18:03Is this what you wanted to talk to me about?
18:05We go big online, there'll be a spike in demand.
18:07We need to be ready for that.
18:09So, we're going to have to convert some of the outbuildings
18:11and install a dual-purpose conditioning vessel.
18:14Yes, okay.
18:16So, you're giving me the go ahead for all that?
18:18Well, you're the boss, aren't you?
18:19You don't want time to think it over.
18:21Like I say, you're in charge.
18:26Yes.
18:29Pick up the apple.
18:33Pick up the apple.
18:35Put it in the pan.
18:38In the pan.
18:40Right in the pan.
18:43That's it.
18:44Your turn.
18:45Your turn to ask me.
18:48I can't hear you, Jo, so I don't know what to do.
18:52Pick up the button.
18:54Okay.
18:56I don't know where it should go.
18:59In the sock.
19:00In the sock.
19:01Okay.
19:01What should I do now?
19:03Put the pen.
19:06Okay.
19:09In...
19:13There's a cup.
19:15In the green cup or the blue cup?
19:18Blue cup.
19:20Blue cup.
19:20Okay.
19:21Now, find the apple and put it in the red bowl.
19:27In the red bowl.
19:29That's it.
19:31Now.
19:32Hiya.
19:33Hey.
19:34Yeah, those two.
19:36She's got him eating out the palm of her hand.
19:38Oh, is that a social skill is ever really going to need?
19:41I think we should get her to come and work with Jo three times a week.
19:44We found our miracle worker.
19:46I think the real miracle is how we'd pay for that.
19:49Well, here's a tip.
19:49Not by selling the restaurant.
19:53There's interest already.
19:54And if they offer the asking price, then we're in the clear.
19:57Yeah, but then what?
19:59The diner doesn't pay enough.
20:00Eddie's got your old job.
20:02Have you any idea how much we've spent already?
20:03No, I haven't, because you won't ever talk about it.
20:06Well, we're talking about it now.
20:09Look, and I'm not even using humour as a defence mechanism.
20:12It's important that you practise speech with him
20:15where the response is physical and clear
20:18and not abstract or emotional.
20:21Do you see how that might help?
20:23Yeah, yeah, sure, yeah.
20:23Sit down, Maggie.
20:24Sit down, pull it over some wine.
20:26Or beer.
20:26You look like you might be a craft beer sort of a girl.
20:29Is that a joke?
20:30No, I was genuinely...
20:31We've got some...
20:33I know.
20:33It's me that uses jokes to mask my feelings, remember?
20:36Nothing for me, thank you.
20:38I need to go now.
20:39Oh, you're not going to meet with us?
20:40No, but thank you.
20:42I've booked dinner at the Red Lion.
20:44I'm seeing an old friend.
20:45Ah, really? Who?
20:46She isn't local.
20:47You wouldn't know her.
20:48Oh, well, invite her along.
20:50Come on, please.
20:51You need to tell me everything you know about Jo.
20:52We need to make plans.
20:53I'm very sorry, but I've already made other arrangements.
20:56I'll see you both in the morning.
20:57Okay.
20:58Bye, Jo!
21:00Miss Wallace says that if Creon doesn't know his lines by tomorrow morning,
21:02she's going to have to recast.
21:04Can you imagine?
21:05Well, I practically know the part.
21:07And I've got the legs for a toga.
21:08It's modern dress.
21:09Maggie thinks the drama might be good for Jo.
21:13And Mum, you forgot to put the cheque in the envelope for the tickets?
21:15That's a good idea, hey.
21:17Looks like.
21:17Want to do some acting?
21:19Hmm, let me see.
21:21I don't think so.
21:23No.
21:24Rebecca, will you check if your Saturday drama class has any spaces?
21:27Can't you do that?
21:28Well, you're there every week, so I think it's easier if you do.
21:33Don't ask you for much.
21:34Just do this one thing, would you?
21:36Hey, hey, hey, hey.
21:37Come on, big man.
21:40Come on.
21:41Get your tea.
21:42Have some of your spaghetti, Jo.
21:50What more do you want?
21:51Kill me and have done with it.
21:52Nothing more than your death.
21:54That'll be enough.
21:54Then what are you waiting for?
21:56Ice cream, ladies.
21:58If only Creon had offered Antigone an ice cream.
22:01Didn't he think of that?
22:02She's a girl, for God's sake.
22:04Eddie likes to demonstrate his liberalism by making ironic, sexist remarks.
22:08Mum said they used to call you the ice cream king when you were growing up.
22:11Yeah, it was the only job her and your grandad trusted me with.
22:14You might want to think about how you feel about your own brother and put some of that into it.
22:18Right.
22:19And how serious is it with your boyfriend? That might help too.
22:22You don't need to answer that, Rebecca.
22:24What?
22:25Nicola doesn't do small talk.
22:30Aha.
22:31Well, that's where you ran off to.
22:33Very cosy.
22:34Nicola knows the boy, I told you.
22:36Twice.
22:38Thanks for helping me with the play.
22:39I've got to go meet a friend.
22:41On a school night, really.
22:43It's about schoolwork.
22:46Okay.
22:46Well, don't be late.
22:50Teenage drop.
22:51I think she just needed to get away from you and your house for a while.
22:55Right.
22:56Well, thank you, Nicola, for telling it like it is.
22:58Is her boyfriend nice?
22:59She hasn't got a boyfriend.
23:02I just wanted to say thank you for coming this morning.
23:05I hope you're not feeling too bruised after my year session.
23:07Oh, no, not at all.
23:08It's her job.
23:09Yeah.
23:10I think it's right that she locates the unresolved tension in the whole family and not just in Joe.
23:16Yeah, sure.
23:17Yeah.
23:18Well, some of the family, anyway.
23:26Well, night, then.
23:36So, shall we call it Michael, our unresolved tension?
23:41I don't think we can lay all our unresolved tension at Michael's door, can we?
23:46It'd be nice to park it somewhere.
23:48Are you serious?
23:50Actually, do we need to talk about this right now?
23:52You've brought it up.
23:53I know, but when people say, do we need to talk about this right now, it generally means they don't
23:56want to.
23:57So, how do we resolve our tension?
23:59We could try the ancient art of sexual intercourse.
24:04We need to talk about this right now, it's got to be worth a try.
24:15But I got into a debate about the difference between imply and infirm.
24:24What?
24:28Flashback to second-born detention and it suddenly mattered more to me that she was using her when she went
24:36to the line.
24:36What?
24:42What's in?
24:43She's just realised that she still loves Sam Smith.
24:46Sam Smith's gay?
24:48But Rebecca thinks she can turn him.
24:50She leaned in on me at a party once and it got very messy.
24:55Talk to yourself.
24:57I'm sorry.
24:58Can we lose the commentary, Tom?
24:59I could, but then Rebecca would discover how dull you truly are.
25:04Come on.
25:05Let's go for some chips.
25:07Talk to yourself.
25:08I'm sorry.
25:36I did it.
25:37Not really.
25:51He's fast asleep. She's tired him out.
25:57Excellent. Let's seize the mood.
25:59If Maggie agrees three times a week, I think we can manage the rest between all of us.
26:05Ping.
26:07Ping. The male makes a clumsy display of affection.
26:18Pong. The female returns the male sexual advances.
26:22Stop it.
26:24Ping. She chastises him.
26:26Pong. He rather likes him.
26:28It makes him aroused. Ping.
26:30Makes her aroused. Pong.
26:32Stop it. I mean it. Don't make fun of it.
26:34Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
26:40Ping. He says again. She returns.
26:42Stop.
26:44Okay. I promise.
26:45No, I can hear Rebecca pressing her lines.
26:47Oh, no, no, no, no. We'll just be quiet. Very quiet.
26:56I'm not really feeling it when I'm taking her next door.
27:00Is it me or your knockback line's getting a bit classier?
27:04I'm sorry.
27:07I'm sorry.
27:12I'm sorry.
27:14No, no, no, no, no.
27:17I can hear you.
27:21and you should be ashamed of setting yourself up against the majority.
27:25Time to wrap it up now, love. It's a big week for you this week.
27:28OK, goodnight. Night.
27:31Did you hear that?
27:33Yeah. I'm going to have to go.
27:36Goodnight. I'll see you tomorrow.
27:57I'm going to have to go.
28:22Ahem.
28:28Morning.
28:30Don't let me interrupt.
28:38Morning, Nathan.
28:42Maggie's great for him, isn't she?
28:43She's what Jo needs and I think the world of her.
28:46But never mind just assessing Jo.
28:47I think we should ask her to come three times a week
28:49if she can work with him and help us deal with him.
28:52She won't come cheating?
28:53No. I know. That's what Paul said.
28:55That's why he's adamant on selling the restaurant.
28:57He doesn't need to sell the restaurant to help Jo.
28:59The money's there. In my account.
29:01Your mother's life insurance.
29:02I can't think of a better use for it.
29:04Don't undermine him though.
29:06When have I ever undermined anybody?
29:09Any interest?
29:14Huh?
29:15Oh, yeah.
29:16A stage agent rang this morning.
29:18Of somebody coming round.
29:19How much are you asking?
29:21A quid more than I owe the bank would be nice.
29:25Still, nice when it lasted.
29:27The dream, living it and all that.
29:29Yeah.
29:32Catching up on old times?
29:34No, I just needed a good internet signal.
29:37Oh, you've got Alison to thank for that.
29:39Yeah, she set up the wifi for the whole place.
29:43She thinks of everything.
29:45Yes.
29:52That was quite a battering you gave us yesterday.
29:55I didn't do it for effect.
29:56I did it so you can help Jo.
29:58No, I know, I know.
30:00It's just...
30:06Are we really doing that badly?
30:08No.
30:09I can see that you get on with him.
30:10I can see that you make Jo happy.
30:13I was just doing what I need Dad to do, I think.
30:15So it's understandable if you overcompensate a bit.
30:20Well, that's Dad's for you, eh?
30:26Right, well, I'd better get a veal.
30:28I was working with this family once,
30:30and I said that I thought that at family meal times
30:32it would be a good idea to let the child, Alfie,
30:35serve the food up at the table.
30:38It was a way of getting the child to socialise
30:40without feeling the pressure.
30:41And the Dad said, well, that sounds like a good idea.
30:44But unfortunately, I'm always up a ladder at family meal times.
30:48I asked him why, and he said,
30:49Alfie won't eat his food unless I'm up a ladder outside the house.
30:54That's insane.
30:54Yes.
30:55And this family were clever, sane people.
30:58But the Dad being up a ladder at meal times
31:00seemed a small price to pay to keep their boy happy.
31:04Why are you telling me this?
31:05You're doing fine with Jo.
31:07He loves you, and he likes you.
31:10Relax.
31:10You don't need to be the one outside on the ladder.
31:27Has the vendor got, er, figures for flooring costs?
31:30And how can they fix electrics?
31:32Right.
31:33It's lovely to drop in, but I've got a potential buyer coming, so...
31:37I know.
31:37If you don't...
31:38It's me.
31:39I'm the potential buyer.
31:41This is nonsense, Maurice, and you know it.
31:44You're wasting your time.
31:45Why?
31:45If I buy the place, you can still run it.
31:47The costs are too high to finish the job.
31:50Do you think you can run a restaurant or not?
31:52Look, it's different now with Jo.
31:53It's...
31:54No, it's just...
31:55Now's not the time to be risking all of this.
31:59And we're going to be taking Maggie on.
32:01I'll take care of that.
32:02You worry about this place.
32:03What if I want to take care of Jo?
32:06Hmm?
32:07His Dad.
32:08My own son.
32:12Honestly.
32:13You and Alison, unbelievable.
32:16Get Michael in.
32:17Get Maggie in.
32:19Take him out of school.
32:20Put him back into school.
32:21Go private.
32:23Take over.
32:24Take over.
32:25Take over.
32:25With all due respect...
32:26Oh, fuck all due respect, Maurice.
32:28I think Jo's welfare is more important than your ego.
32:31It's not about the ego.
32:33It's about the fact that I've got something to say.
32:36I have ideas.
32:38I will not be the one outside the house, up a ladder at tea time.
32:43What?
32:45I don't even know why you're here, Maurice.
32:47I know you can't really afford the place.
32:48I'll sell the brewery.
32:51Pull the other one.
32:53Why not?
32:54The business plan for this place is sound.
32:57You worked for me from the age of 16 up till six months ago.
33:00So, you know, we'll know what we're getting into.
33:02It'll be just like it always was.
33:04Listen.
33:05I know you dreamed of running your own place, but don't kick yourself to death if management's not for you.
33:16I'll be in touch.
33:26Hey.
33:27He's a bastard.
33:28He's a bastard!
33:30He's a bastard!
33:45I think he's owed you a chamomile tea.
33:47Hmm?
33:48Too bad job by the look of it.
34:09Sorry, no.
34:10That won't be happening.
34:11How do you mean no?
34:12Do you mean yes?
34:13I came here to write a plan and recommend someone local to help you with it, but it won't be
34:16me.
34:17So when can you start?
34:19Come on.
34:19Three mornings a week.
34:20Alison.
34:21I'm very sorry, but I can't work with Joe on a regular basis.
34:24You knew that all along.
34:26No, no, no, no.
34:26No, no, no.
34:27You don't get away that easily.
34:28You are brilliant for Joe, and I won't take no for an answer.
34:31I know you find that hard, but you're going to have to.
34:34There are people with the same expertise.
34:36Please, Maggie, name your price.
34:37I am sorry.
34:39Joe's a lovely boy, but I'm not the only person who can help him.
34:42It was lovely to meet you, Joe.
34:44Bye now.
34:46If I have to lie down on the road in front of a car, then I will.
34:49You, Maggie, are going to work with Joe.
34:51You can't always have what you want, Alison. Not even you.
34:54Is that a maybe?
34:55Oh, come on!
34:56You are blind to everybody's needs but your own.
34:59You are a bully, Alison.
35:00You bullied me at school and you are bullying me now.
35:03Well, too bad.
35:04I will send through my report.
35:06I will help you find someone local.
35:08But I won't be bullied by you again.
35:30Hey, come on in, kiddo.
35:32Come on.
35:39Joe?
35:44Was I really a bully? Is that possible?
35:49Hey, it's not funny, Paul.
35:51Hey, I'm the one who uses humour as a defence mechanism. Remember?
35:55Well, now you're using humour as a defence mechanism as humour as a defence mechanism.
36:00And now you're bullying me, so maybe Maggie had a point.
36:02Do you think?
36:03No, no, of course not.
36:06Right, now maybe, but at school you might have been and not known it.
36:11Look, she was a big strange girl. I remember that.
36:13We were all strange. We were insecure. We were teenagers.
36:17Mum, you're always telling us that you have voted Miss Wordsworth high two years on the run.
36:20That was just a joke thing that the boys did. It was nothing official.
36:23Although it was three years on the run since you mentioned it.
36:26Yeah, so you must have been a bit more secure than Maggie then.
36:29Good-looking, slim.
36:30Yeah, thank you, lovely, but I wasn't a bully.
36:33And anyone who says differently is going to get a Chinese burn.
36:43Listen.
36:46Kids pull all sorts of stunts when they're young.
36:48Hmm.
36:49You're with Ian crowd one minute and then suddenly you're not.
36:55You're talking about wanking at cub camp.
36:57And then back at school the same boys are suddenly ripping the piss out of you
37:00in front of everyone and calling you Wanka Hughes.
37:04For example.
37:07I suspect that one might be more of a bully thing.
37:09Maybe.
37:14You didn't say it was impossible that I was a bully.
37:23It was impossible that you were a bully.
37:27When I came round to call.
37:30You didn't notice me at all.
37:35What could happen?
37:37Let's meet up in the year 2000.
37:41Born to be strong, 12.
37:42Where you're all frozen.
37:44Grove.
37:45Bees there till o'clock.
37:47By the sun.
37:48Right, music off.
37:49Then breakfast.
37:55Small.
37:57With wood chip on the wall.
38:00When I'm...
38:01Can you turn it off on me?
38:02...the call.
38:03You didn't notice me at all.
38:07I'm noticing you right now.
38:09Do you remember the games you played with Maggie?
38:11That'd be fun.
38:12Yeah?
38:13Is this day one?
38:14What are you talking about?
38:15The new regime.
38:16The joke plan.
38:17I've always done stuff like this with him.
38:20No, you haven't.
38:21And you're talking in your patient voice,
38:22which means you're about to blow.
38:23Have you got £30?
38:25What?
38:25Tickets for the play.
38:26You didn't put a check in the envelope.
38:29Joe, headphones.
38:31Off.
38:31Ah, no.
38:34That's not the deal.
38:36Ah, Joe.
38:37No.
38:37Come on now.
38:38I'm not allowed to do this,
38:39but I'm going to put a reserve notice on the front row seats.
38:42Ah, ah, ah.
38:42Don't pull it.
38:43OK.
38:44OK.
38:44Put it on the table.
38:46I told you.
38:47Are you listening?
38:48Put it on the table.
38:55Pulp.
38:56Disco.
38:562000.
38:57Single.
38:591995.
39:04The money for the tickets.
39:06Oh, for God's sake.
39:07You can get the cash out of the coat pocket, all right?
39:31The grey rock petrified her by injuries and she died.
39:35Her story is mine.
39:36Today I shall share her rocky bed.
39:38Today I shall share her rocky bed.
39:40Say that again.
39:42Five minutes, Joe.
39:48Let's all meet up in the year 2000.
39:52You are a genius.
39:54Yes, of course.
39:56Yes.
39:59Yes.
40:00Yes.
40:13Yes!
40:15Yes!
40:15Yes!
40:17Yes!
40:21the schools want someone to go and talk about the measles jab I'd like you to do it all right
40:26thank you I'm not flattering you I just don't want to do it myself how's your nephew ADHD
40:32wasn't it autism spectrum all right that must have been another boy I write a lot of letters
40:38mainly for parents trying to get into the better secondary school this isn't article autism it's
40:43real sure don't forget to hand out the leaflets when you do the jab talk yes I'll write you out
40:57a prescription don't look like you failed plenty of men your age have erectile dysfunction I haven't
41:03got erectile dysfunction oh hey I'm not here to judge is that it unless it's
41:13me you're planning on sleeping with them yes that's it you don't want to check my health
41:17out or anything Morris I see you running up the side of a mountain every morning I think your
41:21health's probably better than mine it's not a mountain it's a fell are there any side effects
41:25some people complain with headaches but sometimes a headache is a small price to pay depending on
41:32the woman or the man does your daughter-in-law think she's settling in here what her job here if
41:42she
41:42said anything is this the right time or place to be talking about my daughter-in-law's job I think
41:47she's made a good start good don't forget to tell her I'm hardly likely to
41:56mrs. Brownlee oh hi Morris hello hello there Nicola Nicola
42:12cancel it what I thought you said to go ahead you said it was a good idea I've already started
42:18working on it you can't afford any changes right now the rebranding the rebuilding go hand in hand
42:22I've already started spending money with your blessing just get on with running the business
42:26Edwin don't call me Edwin do you want to see the figures I can show you the figures
42:32is this about Joe why would it be about Joe if you are save money because you need it for
42:37Joe
42:37then I'm fine with that well if you're fine with it why would you say it is it about Joe
42:41you said we could afford it two days ago is there something else I should know about the
42:44finances of this place yes we make beer we sell beer people drink beer they feel good they fall over
42:51they want more we make more now go on Twitter that for size
42:59I don't know if I'm Eddie I've had to go to Manchester Paul's not picking up I've been trying
43:10to get hold of Maya for hours is David working there today has he got a landline number for her
43:15do you mind asking him what am I director inquiries do you think this is a hobby do the whole
43:21family
43:21think it's just a hobby I'm doing it
43:31how it works love is this you go and see your GP he refers you to us we send a
43:36letter to your home
43:36address asking you to phone the appointments line to make an appointment the appointments line
43:40which is in Newcastle informs us then we write you a letter to give you a time and a date
43:44to come here
43:44it's quite straightforward I don't need an appointment you do if you want to see
43:48Miss White no I just need you to tell her that I'm here and I need five minutes of her
43:51time
43:51see the problem is all these people have got appointments okay could you just give her this note
43:57here there thank you very much
44:29Maggie
44:31Maggie
44:40Maggie
44:42Maggie
44:48bye bye if you want
44:50Maggie
44:50Maggie
44:51Maggie
44:53Maggie
44:55Mommy, I don't know.
45:18You hold my hand to cross the road, Jo?
45:22Okay, we can just touch hands if you want, okay?
45:25Come on, guys.
45:28Come on.
45:33Oh, he's back.
46:04I just wanted to see you for ten minutes.
46:06You aren't going to change my mind, Alison.
46:08I'm not here to change mine. I'm here to apologise.
46:12I'm sorry for trying to bully you into working with Jo.
46:15And I'm begging you to think again.
46:16Oh, I see.
46:18I realise there's probably some compromise.
46:20Maybe you could oversee someone and just come once a month,
46:22or once a fortnight, maybe.
46:24I can't do it on my own.
46:25I've tried to do what you do with Jo, and it just doesn't work.
46:28Yeah, I thought for a moment you were going to apologise to me
46:30for bullying me at school.
46:33Well, I would, but I... I honestly don't remember.
46:36Of course, if I did, then I apologise for that. I mean...
46:38I love that modern way of apologising.
46:41If I gave offence, I apologise.
46:43That isn't an apology.
46:44That's saying the problem's yours, not mine.
46:46Well, I mean, from where I'm standing, we were teenagers.
46:50We all have our own stuff to deal with.
46:51I was probably just as insecure as you.
46:53I'm sure that's true.
46:54But you chose to exercise that insecurity
46:56by refusing to sit next to me, by making jokes about me.
47:00I knew I was the weird kid, Alison.
47:02The best I could hope for was to be ignored,
47:03and you didn't even give me that.
47:08I don't know what to say.
47:10Of course, I'm sorry.
47:13I don't remember it that way.
47:14I really don't.
47:15I mean...
47:17It's a long time ago, and if that was happening to Rebecca,
47:20I would be...
47:24I don't know what else I can do about that now,
47:26except to just keep saying I'm sorry.
47:27You could pay for my years of therapy, I suppose.
47:30Well, if you never discovered therapy,
47:32you might not be doing what you're doing.
47:35That was a joke, by the way.
47:37And, look, I know what you think about humour
47:39as a defence mechanism, and you're dead right.
47:40I just...
47:41I'm begging you, Maggie, you opened up something in Joe.
47:43It's a technique, an approach.
47:45I'm a trained therapist, not Jesus.
47:47Please, I'll do anything to help my child.
47:49That's what all parents say, and it's true.
47:52But do you see it's about you again, not your child?
47:54I will do anything to help my child.
47:58Wait, are you...
48:00Are you refusing to take on Joe to get back at me?
48:02Is that what's going on here?
48:04I will never punish a child by denying my professional help
48:08and advice, no matter how I felt about the parents.
48:10I will send through my report, my recommendations
48:12and my suggestions for local people in the area.
48:15For Joe.
48:16Because I can see how many problems he's facing.
48:21You know what?
48:23I think you're enjoying this.
48:25Alison, my advice to you...
48:29Get some therapy.
48:31Fuck you, Maggie!
48:32You know what you're doing today?
48:33I think...
48:36...
49:02Shit.
49:33Do you need how many downlighters over the bar?
49:35You need them.
49:37Unless you plan to supply the barman with a head torch.
49:41Well, why don't we lose the side lights, right?
49:46Just have candles.
49:48Do you want to get that?
49:49No, no, come on, I want to sort this out.
49:52Stay still, you'll end up looking like Liz McDonald.
49:56That Hollywood agent and no-show.
49:58Very funny.
50:00Look at you.
50:02If those eyebrows don't say,
50:04young woman who wants to bury her brother within the city walls
50:06in defiance of her uncle and under threat of death,
50:09then I don't know what does.
50:21For the first time today, I thought it might be okay here.
50:26The job, you know, it's helping.
50:29That's a coincidence.
50:30For the first time today, I thought this is never gonna work.
50:33It's unfortunate.
50:36Thank you for your heartfelt sympathy.
50:44Rit?
50:45Rit?
50:47Rit?
50:48Rumours have transferred to Barrow-Infinettes.
50:51Did you see my mum and dad?
50:52All I saw was my public, darling.
51:02Well, here he comes.
51:04Un-Father Christmas.
51:07Hi.
51:11Hi, Morris.
51:12Hello.
51:13Alison, you've got ten minutes.
51:15You've saved seats down the front.
51:17Now you're sat with Joe, but I'm not sure it's his thing.
51:20Is it like Pingu at all?
51:22Good luck.
51:23And you?
51:24And if anyone mentions an opening night party,
51:27say no.
51:29No?
51:30Really?
51:31Mum and dad are away for the night.
51:33We can...
51:34Beginners into position!
51:43Good luck.
51:48Good luck.
52:13Ismeni, listen.
52:15The same blood flows through both our veins, doesn't it?
52:18My sister, the blood of Oedipus,
52:21and suffering which was his destiny is our punishment too.
52:25The sentence passed on all his children.
52:27Physical pain, contempt, insults, every kind of dishonour.
52:32We've seen them all, endured them all, the two of us.
52:37No-one has told me anything, Antigone.
52:39I have heard nothing.
52:41All these senators of yours,
52:43they all agree with me in their hearts,
52:45but there is no gag like terror, is their gentleman.
52:49And tyrants must have their way, both in word and action.
52:52That's their privilege.
52:54You are quite mistaken.
52:56None of the Thebans anywhere in the city think as you do.
52:58They all do, but they keep their mouths shut when you're here.
53:01Not at all.
53:03You see, senators, my time has run out.
53:06There is no more left.
53:07I am the last of the royal blood, a daughter of kings,
53:11and I die his victim unjustly
53:15for upholding justice and the humanity of humankind.
53:18Thank you very much.
53:20applause
53:23applause
53:28applause
53:29applause
53:38applause
53:40applause
54:13You are going to come round later, aren't you?
54:16My family want to celebrate my brilliance, so sorry.
54:20But, you know.
54:21So, make an excuse.
54:23Get a room, ladies.
54:25It's what Sophocles would have wanted.
54:32I will be there tomorrow night.
54:34Wild horses couldn't keep me away.
54:36Great.
54:38Is this about Joe?
54:39Your dad said he was a bit of a nightmare.
54:42No, Mum, it's not about Joe.
54:44It's about you.
54:45You could have been there and you weren't and that is so shit.
54:48Love, listen, I went to speak to Maggie about Joe.
54:52It couldn't wait.
54:53I thought he'd be grown up enough to understand that.
54:55You went to see Maggie?
54:57When did we decide this?
54:59Well, it's not every day you discover your granddaughter's even more talented than you thought she was.
55:04You were brilliant.
55:06Pained, angry and not stupid angry that you can be in real life.
55:09Tip, Rebecca.
55:10Never ask Nicola unless you want the unvarnished truth.
55:13How's the job going?
55:15Oh, yeah, you know, the joy is of being a practice nurse.
55:18Do you get access to everybody's medical records?
55:22I suppose so, as long as I'm still working there.
55:25Oi, what do you want to know?
55:27Oh, I'm joking, Morris.
55:29What did you say to Maggie?
55:30Am I allowed to know?
55:32Doesn't matter, she's not coming back.
55:34And you made sure of that, I'm sure.
55:37No, I swallowed my pride to talk to her,
55:39but she's got this bloody bullying thing going and I couldn't change her mind.
55:42I can't believe you went to see her without telling me.
55:44Well, what would have been the point in telling you?
55:46There doesn't have to be a point.
55:48I'm his dad.
55:49I'm not having you running this thing as though it's all yours to change.
55:54Anyone would think you'd think I'm a bully.
55:55No, not exactly.
55:57Joe, turn that down.
55:58Not exactly.
56:01Well, maybe our boy needs a bully out there fighting his corner.
56:04I will not be the one outside up a ladder.
56:06What?
56:07He keeps saying that.
56:08Joe needs a champion.
56:09That's not the same as a bully.
56:11Oh, so I am a bully?
56:12Yeah, you are.
56:13Yeah.
56:17Can we all just pipe down and raise a glass to Rebecca?
56:23Sure.
56:26If you can tell me where she is.
56:27Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
56:45Don't spend all your time being a bitch and then playing the understanding mum when it
56:49suits you.
56:50My father is having a sexual relationship.
56:52That's just another thing not to think about.
56:54I don't care if it's good news or bad news.
56:56You talk to her.
56:57You don't just ignore her like a prick.
56:59I haven't told Charlotte this for a long time.
57:01Happy to oblige.
57:02Me and Sally, you two have got history.
57:04Do you know what it's like?
57:05You can be yourself.
57:06Must be killing you wondering what's going on.
57:08I know when to be discreet.
57:09Certainly do.
57:11It's grandma.
57:12Do you remember that?
57:12This is empathy.
57:13It's like he's turned a corner.
57:14Rip it up and start again.
57:24Rip it up.
57:29Rip it up.
57:33Rip it up.
57:38Rip it up.
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