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Minder S02E02 Whose Wife is it Anyway

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00:00One half an hour.
00:02Ah cheers.
00:04To you, as a personal favour, at cost.
00:07Shock proof, waterproof, vat proof.
00:09Have you got proof of that?
00:10Watch him, Dave.
00:12Can you do him on tick, Arthur?
00:14What is this, a double act?
00:15It's a wind-up.
00:18Here, how much?
00:19To you, 50 sobs, and I'm the loser.
00:22Look at a maker's name.
00:23Do you know how much his cheapest model is?
00:25Where'd you get it?
00:26Bankrupt stock.
00:27But at that price, it's a steal.
00:29That's what worries me.
00:31Oh, Dave, you hurt me when you talk like that.
00:33Come here, come here, come here, look here.
00:35Now tell me if that is not the business.
00:38Go on, go on, tell the man, Terry.
00:40Tell him what a piece of quality like that does for the image.
00:43Well...
00:44You are in the public service game.
00:46Punter sees a bit of class like that on your wrist,
00:48he knows he's dealing with a man of taste.
00:50What do you think, Till?
00:52Well, it's a nice thing.
00:53He knows more about brain surgery than quality timepieces.
00:55Yeah, I tell you what, 40 sobs, and I'm really suffering.
01:00Forty quid, eh?
01:01And we forget my drinks tab for today.
01:04Okay.
01:05You got a deal.
01:14Large vodka, please, Dave.
01:16And Terry will have the same.
01:18Cheeky.
01:19Oh, I do like doing a bit of business, Terry.
01:22Listen, you haven't striped him, have you?
01:23He's a mate.
01:24Leave off.
01:25I've done him a favour.
01:27Favour?
01:27For you.
01:28Amersmith Hospital.
01:30Amersmith Hospital?
01:31Some nurse got a message for you.
01:35Hello?
01:36Is that Mr Daly?
01:37Yes, this is Mr Arthur Daly.
01:39Dave, have you got a minute?
01:40Who?
01:41Mr Alex Brompton.
01:42Oh, oh, Alex, yeah.
01:43What's the matter with him?
01:44He's had an accident.
01:46Oh.
01:47Well...
01:47He needs you on important business.
01:49Important business?
01:50Can you see him?
01:51Yeah, all right.
01:52When?
01:52Sometime today.
01:54Oh, my sister, he's, um...
01:56He's not terminal, is he, or unsightly?
01:59I've got this weak stomach, see?
02:01No, he's quite comfortable.
02:02Oh, oh, no, that's lovely.
02:03Fine.
02:04Right.
02:04Bye, sister.
02:07What's all that about?
02:08A mate of mine being in a car accident wants to see me.
02:11Oh.
02:12God, I hate hospitals.
02:14All them salty drips, tubes up the ooter.
02:17Oh, makes you feel sort of mortal, you know what I mean?
02:19He wouldn't come with me, would you, Terry?
02:21No, I can't, mate.
02:22No.
02:22Granny's birthday.
02:23Got to go and see her.
02:24Oh.
02:25Got a present for her, have you?
02:26Well, I'm going to jump in the shop around the corner.
02:29Now, what could be nicer than that a boy should get his gran a nice new watch?
02:35Well, I would prefer it if you didn't tire him by staying too long, Mr. Daly.
02:39Oh, I'm not one thing about illness and disease, sister.
02:42That takes a special kind of noble spirit that you angels of mercy possess to cope with that.
02:47Well, I don't know.
02:48Just a job, really.
02:50Just a job?
02:52Just...
02:52Our lives in your hands?
02:54Devoting your life to healing to sick?
02:57Comfort in the dying?
02:58Empty in the bedpans?
03:00Hardly just a job, sister.
03:02Well...
03:02Well, it's very kind of you, but...
03:05Your very uniform bears testimony to...
03:08Please, please, excuse me.
03:11This watch, supplied by the National Health, I suppose.
03:13Well, we...
03:14I thought so.
03:15Darn-feeling bureaucrats.
03:16I mean, how can one get them to realize a very life may hang in a balance
03:20when you are forced to take a pulse reading with a cheap mechanism like that?
03:23Well, I don't...
03:24Now, sister, what you need, nay, what you must have,
03:26is nothing less than a fully guaranteed quality timekeeper.
03:31Yes, a check will be perfectly acceptable, sister.
03:37Oh, my good God.
03:48Hello, Arthur.
03:51Glad you could get along.
03:52Dear, oh dear.
03:54What did you run into, a brick wall?
03:56I didn't run into anything.
03:57I was walking across a road and a motor ran into me.
04:02Broke just about every bloody bone in my body.
04:05Except my neck.
04:06Still, should be a nice little insurance claim.
04:09It was a hit and run job, Arthur.
04:12And the old bill haven't been able to trace the car.
04:15You'd get the number, did you?
04:16Oh, naturally.
04:18Just as I was about to descend from 20 feet in the air and smash into the concrete,
04:22I whipped out my notebook, took the number, colour, mate, description of the driver.
04:27Of course, my hand was shaking a bit, a shock, you know.
04:30And the pages were somewhat bloodstained.
04:33I see what you mean.
04:35Upset someone, have you?
04:38Well, I don't know, Arthur.
04:39I mean, you know me.
04:40I mean, I've been out of the villainy scene for years.
04:44Made a few quid and maybe a few enemies at the same time.
04:48Well, and if this is a comeback for some bit of naughtiness then, I can't see it.
04:53I've been legit for too long.
04:56I mean, it could be genuine.
04:58But then something happened to make me take seconds.
05:02Well, what's that then?
05:04Well, you know, I'm in the antique game.
05:05I've got a nice, high-class shop in Kensington.
05:08And, er, I saw a partner.
05:11He knows how to handle the kind of up-market punter we get.
05:15And?
05:16Well, Jim, er, that's my partner.
05:21He tells me that a couple of hooligans have been in the shop, at the demand.
05:25What, protection?
05:26Yeah.
05:27Well, I mean, it's not the most difficult thing in the world, is it?
05:29To smash a Ming vase or to break up a Louis XVI chair.
05:33Or a human frame.
05:35Exactly.
05:36So you think this might have been deliberate?
05:39To get you off the plot?
05:41I don't know.
05:43I mean, it seems a bit drastic.
05:45Yeah.
05:45I mean, I might have been killed.
05:48Maybe somebody just taking advantage of me being out of the way.
05:51I mean, I'm still a bit useful, Arthur.
05:53And I'd smash any bastard who tried to collect protection off me.
05:59But, oh, Jim, he's not the physical type.
06:04So you want someone to mind him, is that it?
06:06Yeah.
06:07And the shop.
06:08I've got just a man for you.
06:11Yeah, I heard you've got a good lad.
06:13Terry McCann.
06:14One of the best.
06:15I don't want one of the best.
06:17I want the best.
06:18I want the hardest.
06:20Well, isn't that what I said?
06:22My man is as hard as masonry nails, not an emotion in his body.
06:26The wall is low enough to be comfortable with the existence of the low...
06:29Happy birthday, Grant.
06:33Can you start right away?
06:35I want 24-hour protection till it's settled.
06:38Well, you'll have to grab a couple of hours' kit from time to time.
06:40You can sleep in.
06:41Sleep in?
06:42Yeah, it's a flat over the shop.
06:44Well, is that where Jim lives?
06:45Yeah, it's a spare bedroom.
06:47Right, now, Alex, about the fee.
06:50Oh, bill me, Arthur.
06:51I'm not concerned about the cost.
06:52Oh, yeah, but, Alex, look, there are going to be some expenses up front.
06:55Well, what do you want me to do?
06:56Write you a check?
06:59Yeah, it'd be a bit awkward-like, wouldn't it?
07:01Yeah, how's Gloria and the kids?
07:04That's all right.
07:06Do we visit regularly?
07:08The fact is, Arthur, Gloria and me split up some time back then.
07:13No.
07:15You and Gloria?
07:18Oh, that is a turn-up.
07:20You and Gloria.
07:21I always thought you was a perfect couple.
07:24Well, we had our differences.
07:26I still visit her and the kids, you know, weekends and when I can, you know.
07:30She know you're in here?
07:32Yes, she knows.
07:34Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Alex.
07:37I always liked you and Gloria.
07:39Are you?
07:39Well, where are you living now then?
07:41In the flat over the shop as well.
07:43It's part of my property.
07:45Come on now, Mr. Daly.
07:46You promised not to tire him.
07:48That is perfectly true, sister, and I am nothing if not a man of my word.
07:51And here's that check, Mr. Daly.
07:52Oh, thank you, sister.
07:54Well, we all try to help our fellow creatures in our own way, eh?
07:57I like to hope so, Mr. Daly.
07:59Oh, looks beautiful.
08:00And truly a bargain.
08:02Well, I'll be off.
08:03Now, don't you worry about the thing.
08:04I shall give it my full attention.
08:06Oh, before I go, I don't suppose...
08:10No.
08:10No.
08:12Why?
08:15Harper, you'll need to know where the shop is.
08:22Oh.
08:23Take a card.
08:24There's one on top of the locker there.
08:27Ah.
08:28End this.
08:29Any problems with Jim, tell him to contact me.
08:32Right.
08:32I'll see you.
08:33Bye, sister.
08:34Bye, Mr. Daly.
08:35And thank you.
08:36My pleasure.
08:39Open up, Mr. Brompton.
08:47P6 is therefore effectively in parallel with the load at position one.
08:52Do you like it, Gran?
08:54Pardon, love.
08:56The watch.
08:57Do you like it?
08:58Oh, yes.
08:59Very nice.
09:01Very nice.
09:01So you'll find that even with the lowering at high and low frequencies, the amplifier with
09:05resistive loads will amplify a wide band of frequencies...
09:20And as you can see, the action has the desired response.
09:24Now, at this point, I'd like you to refer to your figure 76.
09:30And you'll be able to follow the progression through from one to the other.
09:34As you'll remember, when a voltage in the A direction is applied to an overriding junction diode...
09:41Terrific.
09:42...the current consists of a similar number of poles passing from X to Y...
09:45Grand?
09:46Arthur's here to see you.
09:48Happy birthday.
09:49A little something for you.
09:51Oh, I say.
09:52Oh, no, no, no, no, don't get up.
09:54Oh, thank you, Mr. Daly.
09:58Well, I don't know what to say.
10:02Aren't they lovely, Kelly?
10:04Yeah, lovely.
10:06I guess go and put them in a vase of water.
10:09And chocolate as well.
10:13Oh, I say.
10:16Oh, thank you.
10:18Lovely.
10:22Aren't they lovely?
10:24I didn't know you bought the flowers as well.
10:28Shall I watch?
10:29What are you doing here?
10:31Got a job for you.
10:34Well, I don't like the idea of living in.
10:37Oh, what's wrong with it?
10:39Well, I want a few hours to myself, don't I?
10:41Have a few drinks, pull a bird.
10:43Be master of my own fate and all that.
10:46Money's good.
10:47How good?
10:49Well, I haven't worked out the details yet, but stand on me, you won't lose by it.
10:53Where I've heard that before.
10:56What happens if I don't like the geezer?
10:57You don't have to like him and look after him, Terry, do you?
11:00Yeah.
11:01How badly is this mate of yours hurt?
11:03Alex?
11:03Oh, not bad.
11:04Just a few abrasions.
11:06So it won't be in hospital long then?
11:07Well, there are certain complications.
11:10With abrasions?
11:12You're like Alex.
11:13One of your own sort.
11:14Hard case in his time.
11:16Still is.
11:16Real man's man.
11:18Sounds great.
11:20Ah, here we are.
11:34Ah, that's what you call a bit of class, Terry.
11:37None of your Portobello Road junk in here.
11:39Tell you what, that looked good in my kitty, wouldn't it?
11:41Yeah.
11:41Must be a full marker on the top.
11:45Can I be of assistance, gentlemen?
11:48You must be Jim.
11:50Arthur Daly.
11:51And, um, this is Terry.
11:55I'm sorry, have we met?
11:56Well, we have now.
11:57I'm a business acquaintance of Alex's.
11:59I've just come from seeing him at hospital.
12:00Been telling me all about your aggro.
12:02My aggro?
12:04Aggravation problem.
12:05And the little firm that's been busy at the demand.
12:08He means the two nasties who've been asking you to contribute to their protection scheme.
12:12Oh, I see.
12:13And I am here to set your mind at rest.
12:15You have nothing to worry about from this moment on.
12:18Oh?
12:18Yeah, Alex has asked me in my capacity as professional security advisor
12:22to see that you and the shop are looked after until he can do it himself.
12:25Look after?
12:26Minded, protected.
12:28And Terry here is the best.
12:31Is he indeed?
12:33Hold on, Arthur, hold on.
12:34No, you have nothing to worry about with Terry around.
12:37Excuse me one moment, would you please?
12:40Can I have a word with you?
12:41Yeah?
12:41What's the matter?
12:43Listen, if you think I'm staying in the same pad with that, you've got another thing coming.
12:46What are you talking about?
12:47What's wrong with him?
12:48Leave it out.
12:49Can't you see?
12:50See?
12:51Well, what is there to see?
12:52A perfectly charming young man.
12:53All right, so he may not be one of the chaps.
12:55Arthur, the geezer is a raving iron.
12:57Don't be ridiculous.
12:58An iron.
12:58You'll have to scream it.
13:01How do you know he's a pofter?
13:02How can you tell?
13:03I can tell.
13:04Believe me.
13:05Go on, have another look.
13:07Don't make it too off, you say.
13:10He can't be.
13:12Can he?
13:13Why not?
13:13There's thousands of them about.
13:14Yeah, I know, but...
13:15No wonder you called that mate of yours a man's man.
13:18Leave off, leave off.
13:19Alex a pofter.
13:20You must be joking.
13:22He's a married man with children.
13:23You told me yourself he'd left them and got to live case with jolly Jim.
13:26In the same flat, Terry.
13:28In the same flat.
13:29I did not say that was case.
13:30There's a spare bedroom.
13:31He told me so.
13:32Arthur, I don't give a monkey's what we all maintain, right?
13:35And I've got nothing against irons.
13:37I just don't want to live with one.
13:38Look, you are wrong about Alex.
13:39I'll lay odds.
13:40And even if you're right about him, I don't see that it makes any difference.
13:45Oh, you don't, eh?
13:46Well, no, I mean, he's not going to try any of that stuff with you, is he?
13:49And if he does?
13:50Well, you'd just have to use a bit of diplomacy, won't you?
13:53Say you're sorry, but you're normal.
13:54Say it would upset your mum or something like that.
13:56Arthur, it would upset me.
13:58I'm likely to give him a right-hander, never mind the other firm.
14:00No, no, no.
14:01Don't you do that.
14:01I mean, what would I tell Alex?
14:03Look, we could be on a right earner here.
14:04The man's loaded.
14:06Arthur, what's it going to look like when people hear that I'm living with an iron, eh?
14:09It's going to do my reputation the world of bleeding good, innit?
14:12Nobody will here.
14:13How can they?
14:14Who knows you on this manner?
14:15I don't care.
14:16I don't like it.
14:17Look, look, Terry.
14:17Look at it from the positive side.
14:19Luxury flat, room of your own, chance to educate your mind at a finer things in life,
14:24like antiques.
14:25I mean, it's not as if you have to be a consulting adult.
14:28Arthur...
14:29Look, look, please, Terry, just for me.
14:31I promise I'll see that everything's kosher.
14:33Well, gentlemen, since I've never seen or heard of you before today, you won't mind if
14:38I check with Alex about all this, will you?
14:40No, no, I'll come with you.
14:42Come with me?
14:43To the hospital.
14:44No, that won't be necessary.
14:55That's right, Jim.
14:59I don't care if you don't like it.
15:03I don't want you hurt, and I don't want my stock damaged.
15:11Listen.
15:15Just do what I say.
15:18Okay?
15:21Okay.
15:25Well, it seems I have no choice but to place myself entirely in your hands, Terry.
15:44Oh, yes, very nice, very nice indeed.
15:48Oh, you'll be all right here, Terry.
15:50Can I offer either of you a drink?
15:52Oh, not for me, thanks, Jim.
15:53I have to be going.
15:54Other appointments, busy schedule, you understand.
15:56No, I just wanted to see Terry, ensconced, as it were.
15:59Terry?
16:01Oh, no, thanks, no.
16:03I just want to check a few things, windows, locks, that sort of stuff.
16:05Well, there's no need.
16:06The only way in or out is through the front door.
16:08Yeah, well, I'll have a look anyway.
16:09Nothing if not professional, is Terry?
16:11So I see.
16:12Yeah, I'll come with you.
16:13There's no need for that.
16:15You stay and keep Jim company.
16:24Oh, it's all right, Mr. Daley.
16:26You're perfectly safe.
16:28Of course I am.
16:30Why wouldn't I be?
16:32Why indeed.
16:34I will have that drink now, Jim.
16:38Vodka and tonic.
16:40If you've got it.
16:41I've got it.
16:55You, uh, known Alex long?
16:58A couple of years or so.
16:59No.
17:01Oh, you'll have met his wife then.
17:02Gloria.
17:03No, we've never actually met.
17:05Charming woman.
17:06Charming.
17:09I was very surprised when he told me they'd split up.
17:11I couldn't understand that.
17:18A couple of lovely kids they've got too.
17:20Yes, I believe.
17:26How long you and Alex lived in this flat?
17:30About 18 months.
17:31Oh.
17:33It's very nice.
17:35Yes, we like it.
17:45Oh, my God.
17:48Oh.
17:49No, no, no.
17:50No, no more for me.
17:51Thanks.
17:51Oh, Terry.
17:53Everything all right?
17:54Oh, trust mine's not the bedroom with all the fancy curtains and that.
17:57Fancy curtains?
17:58That's right.
17:59Yours is a spare bedroom.
18:00Oh, that'll be Alex's room when he's here.
18:04Well, I expect you'll be wanting to collect a few items.
18:07Toothbrush, what have you?
18:08Yeah, I suppose so, yeah.
18:09You know, I'll do that for you.
18:10Better stay now you're here.
18:12I mean, you never know when those hooligans are gonna come back.
18:14I mean, they didn't give any indication, did they?
18:15Uh, no.
18:17No, they didn't.
18:18Right.
18:18Give us the keys to your flat.
18:19I'll nip round tonight and chuck a few things in a bag for you.
18:22Well, I'll come down to the car.
18:23No, no, there's no need for that.
18:24I'll come down anyway.
18:25Oh, right.
18:27Well, I'll be going then.
18:28It's very nice to...
18:30As I say, with Terry here, you have got nothing to worry about.
18:34How very reassuring.
18:37These are Alex's keys.
18:38You'd better take them to let yourself in.
18:41In case we're not here when you bring Terry's things.
18:44Not here.
18:45Well, I may decide to go out.
18:46Out where?
18:47Out.
18:48I'm not a prisoner, am I?
18:49Well, no, but it'll be...
18:50No, no, no.
18:51That'll be all right as long as Terry accompanies you.
18:53Oh, come now.
18:53It's the shop they're interested in protecting.
18:56Not me.
18:57No, but it's from you.
18:58Don't want to claim their contribution, innit?
19:00Oh, so be it.
19:02About food.
19:04Food?
19:04Yes, food.
19:06You do eat, I suppose.
19:07Well, he has been known to eat beans.
19:10Beans.
19:10Yeah, human beans.
19:12Oh, I see a joke.
19:14Terrific.
19:15Outside you.
19:19There's no need to cause unnecessary bad feeling with a client, Terry.
19:22He ain't your client.
19:23Your friend in hospital is.
19:24No, you know what I mean.
19:26He was taking a...
19:27No, he wasn't.
19:28You see, there you are.
19:28That's your inferiority complex again.
19:30He was simply asking you if you would like some nice golden bleu food.
19:34That's what I mean about a chance to educate your mind.
19:36Yeah, it ain't my mind I'm worried about, and I'll tell you one more time, if he makes
19:40any kind of move on.
19:41Don't start all that again.
19:42A nice, cushy number.
19:43Don't nose it by needling the geezer.
19:45Give us your keys.
19:47Do you want anything in particular?
19:49No, a couple of shirts, underwear, shaving gear, toothbrush, that sort of thing.
19:53Right.
19:54Hey, what was all that about the bedroom?
19:56Oh, it's super.
19:57You are wrong about Alex.
19:59Oh, yeah.
20:03Moule Marinier.
20:04Yeah.
20:05I do hope you like them.
20:09Shells look like they'd be a bit hard.
20:13Well, you must admit, it sounds a bit dodgy, Arthur.
20:15Dodgy?
20:16You sound like Terry.
20:18Listen, if you knew this, Alex, you wouldn't call him a woofter to his face, I can tell you
20:22that.
20:23Yeah, that's Terry taken to having to stay with the other one.
20:25Oh, he loves it, don't he?
20:31Here, what's the time then?
20:33Oh, nice.
20:34Nearly half by six.
20:35No, it's not.
20:38It's...
20:38Oh, mine seems to have stopped.
20:41Same again, please, Dave.
20:43Righto.
20:49Hello, Arthur.
20:50Have you got the time?
20:52Have I got the time?
20:53Hang on, I'll be right back.
21:04I'll do some coffee in a moment if you'd like some.
21:06No, I'm fine, thanks.
21:08That was smashing.
21:11No, straight.
21:11It's really nice.
21:13Yes, well, I like to cook.
21:20Of course, you know I'm gay.
21:23Well, it had crossed my mind, yeah.
21:25And does it bother you?
21:26No.
21:27Why should it?
21:29Well, it seemed to make your friend uncomfortable.
21:31Ah, well, yeah, Arthur, he's a bit old-fashioned, like, you know, age creeping on.
21:35Can't be much older than Alex.
21:38Arthur thinks that you and Alex are just good friends.
21:41Yes, I gathered that.
21:45Arthur.
21:46How nice to see you after so long.
21:48Oh, me to see you, too, Gloria.
21:50I thought I'd better ring first, see if it was all right before Alan.
21:54You didn't have to.
21:56I haven't installed anyone else yet, if that's what was bothering you.
22:00Why don't you stand there?
22:01Come in.
22:02Come in.
22:05Look, I'm not exactly crazy about staying here, either.
22:09I do think the least Alex could have done was to forewarn me.
22:12Never sprung on me a bit and all.
22:14Still, won't be a nice bit of long, will he?
22:16At least ten weeks, I should think.
22:19Ten weeks?
22:20For abrasions?
22:21I'd hardly call having practically every bone in your body broken abrasions.
22:26You were joking.
22:27I don't joke.
22:29Bloody Arthur.
22:32But listen.
22:34These two merchants who came in a shop and put the frighteners on now, what'd they look like?
22:38Hard to say.
22:39All those butch, macho types look much the same to me.
22:42Yeah, well, did either of them mention each other's name?
22:45No.
22:47And they didn't say when they'd be back?
22:49No.
22:50It's funny, they usually do.
22:52I wouldn't know.
22:53Ten bleeding weeks.
22:56I don't know what to say.
22:58I mean, I can hardly believe it.
23:01Well, it's true.
23:03He finally came out of the closet.
23:05I'd suspected for some time, of course, but could never really prove it.
23:09But, I mean, Alex, he was always so...
23:12Well, you know.
23:14To the outside world.
23:15Yes.
23:18Bastard.
23:19I hope he catches something.
23:22Catches something?
23:23Oh, Gloria, you can't really mean that.
23:26Oh, yes, I bloody do.
23:30Help yourself.
23:31Oh, Tar.
23:33I mean, I can see, you know.
23:35I mean, I can see it upset you a bit.
23:38A bit?
23:39A bit?
23:40Well, a man is in hospital with a badly broken body.
23:43No more than he deserves.
23:45Well, he still looks after you, though, doesn't he?
23:47He pays the bills.
23:49Just.
23:50When he was still living with me, he was quite generous.
23:53I suppose that was the guilt.
23:56Now he no longer has anything to hide,
23:58he's turned into Mr Tightwad.
24:00Do the kids know?
24:01That he's mean?
24:02No, no, no.
24:03That he's, um...
24:04You know.
24:05That their father is a queen,
24:07nah, of course not.
24:09Queen.
24:10Gloria.
24:29James, my dear.
24:34What's he saying to Gary?
24:35What on earth is James doing here without Alex keeping a watchful eye on him?
24:39Hello, Ron, Gary.
24:40How are you?
24:41Hello.
24:42Well, aren't you going to introduce us to your friend?
24:47Terry!
24:48How's it going, mate?
24:50Hello, Chas.
24:51Here, come on, let's buy your drink.
24:52No, no, I'm just here to pick up a pan.
24:54I thought you'd give them in a cabin up.
24:56No, I won't hang about.
24:58I've seen you're busy with your friend.
25:00What's that supposed to mean?
25:01Oh, nothing, nothing.
25:02Just that I heard how you change your living arrangements like.
25:05No, listen, Chas.
25:06Oh, leave off.
25:07It's just a joke.
25:08That's a job.
25:09Got it?
25:09Got it, got it.
25:11You sure you won't have another drink before you go?
25:13No.
25:14No, no thanks, love.
25:14I'm driving, aren't I?
25:16Well, it's nice to see you again, Arthur.
25:18Thanks for the lovely watch.
25:19No, I'll shove it on Alex's bill.
25:22Why are you helping that bastard?
25:25Gloria, I'm a businessman.
25:26I've got to make a crust as well, haven't I?
25:28What else can I do?
25:29Tell her, love.
25:35Do you want anything for supper?
25:38Uh, no thanks, no.
25:40I just want to get my hair done, all right?
25:41Cheers.
25:50Yeah?
25:52It's me, Terry.
25:54Well, what's your game?
25:55What do you want?
25:56Don't be alarmed.
25:56I'm not after your body.
25:58I just want to say something.
25:59Yeah, what?
26:02All right, all right.
26:02You don't have to sit there to say whatever it is, do you?
26:04Don't be ridiculous.
26:06I just want to apologise for my attitude since you've been here.
26:10It was very childish of me.
26:11I mean, you're doing this for me as much as Alex.
26:13And I do appreciate it, really.
26:16Oh.
26:17Yeah, well, all right then, Ty.
26:19Good.
26:20So tomorrow we'll start afresh, yes?
26:27Uh, your gear, Terry.
26:31I saw your light was on, so I just come up.
26:35Sorry if I disturbed you.
26:36Good boy.
26:39Arthur!
26:40Arthur!
26:43Arthur!
27:09where the bleeding hell have you been for the last three days been a bit busy these last few
27:13days then watches is moving well oh that's nice for you listen don't you ever pull a stroke like
27:18that on me again like what you know like what that get out the other day when you left my
27:24gear
27:24terry i am a sensitive man i know when not to intrude on people's privacy listen a joke joke
27:31little bit of levity to lighten the day i must say i was a bit taken aback at the time
27:36and i
27:36thought what terry never no unless there's something you want to tell me do what a few
27:42sales jim please i'm here for mr daly i've been to see gloria who's gloria alex's wife and you were
27:57right about alex i wouldn't let it worry you mate i saw a lot of hard cases go that way
28:02in the nick
28:02but alex has never been in the nick very bitter about it she is too can't blame her can you
28:08wish
28:08them terrible things bad enough being left for another woman but a geezer i don't understand
28:14it terry a man like that what is happening to the world i mean i'm a liberal-minded man you
28:19know that
28:19live and let live that's my motto but it seems to me the whole moral fabric of society is crumbling
28:25before our eyes i never knew you cared arthur well what's been happening then any aggro now
28:33now there's something not quite right how do you mean well i can't pin it down well for a start
28:39he don't seem in the least bit bothered well naturally he's got you here to look after him
28:43hasn't he yeah you might be right listen i want to check out a few things you stay here for
28:47a bit
28:47all right hey leave off i can't stay here with him why not oh well that's what you're being paid
28:55for
28:56oh well talking of which don't worry you'll get weighed off look supposing something happens while
29:01you're gone nothing's gonna happen i can't be seen spending time alone with a i'm happily married man
29:08think of the positive side arthur use it as a way of educating your mind
29:31don't worry you'll be here soon i'm not worried not with you here miss staley
29:48jim where's the little boy's room it's downstairs tell
30:09jim
30:14jim
30:19thank god you're here what's the matter with you why you've been so long well what's wrong
30:23jim's disappeared
30:26that's terrific isn't it i'll leave you for an hour and you lose it i didn't lose him i just
30:31went for a leak when i come back he wasn't here it's your fault if anything happens to him
30:35nothing's gonna happen to him oh look i think you know how these little protection firms operate
30:41right they find a new area to graft him right pubs clubs restaurants or in this case antique shops
30:46then they exploit it to death right
30:49you know i suppose well i've just been to half a dozen antique shops on this manner and not one
30:54of
30:54them has had anyone at the demand how do you know they're not gonna let on to you
30:59i can tell by their attitude believe me so what are you saying then
31:04well i don't know but
31:07i've just got this funny feeling that for some weird reason
31:10jolly jim has made it all up
31:13anyway i've got another alternative alternative to the theory that your friend alex was put in
31:18hospital by some protection firm who wanted him out of the way which reminds me what was all that
31:24crap you gave me about abrasions oh yeah well um i didn't want you to worry but the same thing
31:30would happen to me terrific thanks a lot pal never mind about that what's this alternative you're
31:35going on about alex's old woman gloria she could have set him up hey well you said yourself how
31:42bitter she was wish terrible things on him she could have paid someone to play bumper cars on her
31:48old man gloria no no it's not her style i thought you only knew them when they were mr and
31:55mrs happy
31:55couple they'll have no wrath as they say no it's fury that they say
32:01well well it is possible maybe i'll go and pay her another visit no no you're too pally with her
32:07i'll go
32:18i don't believe this
32:21i only came round here to see if you'd set your old man up for that hit and run
32:25and i told you i didn't
32:28well for said you'd say that
32:31oh so this was arthur's idea was it
32:35well it was sort of mutual you know
32:40well that's what friends are for
32:43well arthur's a friend of your old man's and all you know
32:46arthur's nobody's friend not really
32:52you remind me of alex when he was younger
32:56well let's hope i don't grow up like him
33:02yes
33:03poor alex
33:05poor alex
33:07yeah well i feel sorry for him really
33:10but arthur said you're all bitter and twisted and wish terrible things on him
33:13yeah arthur caught me in a bad moment
33:16every now and then i get overcome by resentment
33:21usually when somebody reminds me that alex is actually living with a man
33:25a man for god's sake
33:29it doesn't last long
33:33i could never see him hurt
33:35not physically
33:45i just had this feeling that jolly jim was making it all up
33:48and you were the logical alternative
33:50why do you call him jolly jim
33:54well he's gay isn't he
33:58yes
34:00well he's a bit of a fantasy merchant
34:03who
34:04my husband's friend jim
34:08he told us he'd never met you
34:11there you go then
34:13fantasy lies
34:14it's all part of the same thing
34:26hello mr daly where's terry then
34:28never mind where terry is
34:29where the bloody hell have you been
34:31out
34:31i went for a walk
34:33i was finding it a little claustrophobic
34:35being continually watched
34:37i needed some time to myself
34:38well you should have told me
34:40if i told you you'd have tried to prevent it
34:42right
34:44well it was a stupid thing to do
34:46don't try it on again
34:51i used to go around there at the beginning
34:54when i first had my suspicions
34:57confront him when alex wasn't around
35:00he'd deny it
35:02say it was absurd to suggest that he and alex had that sort of relationship
35:08god
35:10at least if it was a woman i could have scratched her eyes out or something
35:16then when alex confessed
35:18it all seemed a bit pointless somehow
35:26oh my god
35:31hello gloria
35:32oh it's arthur here
35:33oh hello arthur
35:34that is terry now
35:35yes
35:35he's here
35:41hello arthur
35:41he's back
35:43said he wanted to go for a walk on his own
35:45but he's okay right
35:46nothing's happened to him
35:47that is not the point terry
35:48something could have
35:49still could
35:50you get back here right away
35:51but arthur nothing's gonna happen
35:53the geezer's a fantasy merchant
35:54what
35:55has gloria said something
35:57she admitted anything
35:58well she um
36:00she has revealed a few things
36:03revealed
36:04what has she revealed
36:07arthur please i'm a gentleman
36:09what are you talking about
36:11don't worry about it
36:12i'll see you later
36:12all right
36:13yeah never mind later
36:14you get back here right now
36:15mr daly
36:16the two men i spoke of have returned
36:19terry terry
36:26who's this
36:27oh just a passing punter
36:29you know
36:29browsing around
36:31goodness me is that the time
36:32well thank you for letting me look around
36:34i really must be going now
36:35i asked who is he
36:37uh mr daly is my
36:39minder i believe
36:40no no no no not not minder
36:42no no
36:43security advisor
36:53well uh thanks for
36:55everything really
36:56smashing
36:57my pleasure
37:01when you see arthur
37:02tell him he's a bastard
37:03and that watch he gave me
37:05stopped
37:07yeah that figures
37:15please don't talk to me about watches that don't work
37:17not when i'm in shock
37:19oh thanks jim
37:21you're out of order leaving me here on my own
37:22out of order
37:23you agreed to it
37:24i did not agree
37:25i was maneuvered in a moment of weakness
37:28all right so i was wrong
37:29now you see what i have to put up
37:30look we both have our role
37:31yours is muscle
37:32mine is managerial
37:33oh don't keep on
37:35i don't feel very well
37:36you can lie down in my room if you'd like
37:39oh no no no thank you
37:41listen what do these two geezers look like
37:43ugly very ugly
37:44and i never want to see them again
37:46hmm
37:47we'll just have to wait and see if they show again won't we
37:50won't you
37:51oh here come on come on
37:53i'll help you to the car right
38:01so come on
38:02what's the sp on gloria
38:04oh well
38:05oh my good god you never
38:06oh terry you are disgusting
38:08it gloria brockton he's a personal friend of mine
38:11what's alex gonna say when he finds out
38:13i don't think it'll bother him too much in the circumstances
38:15terry it's his wife
38:17who's his wife
38:19drive carefully dear
38:27well this is exciting
38:30you always watch a bit of telly
38:33help yourself to another drink if you'd like
38:36no i'm alright
38:39listen
38:40why did you tell arthur you'd never met alex's wife
38:44i don't know
38:45didn't want any complications
38:48Bach
38:54have you got a chime on your
38:57dave i have to tell you
38:58this is not my day
39:04come on
39:12what's this then
39:13seller's market is it
39:15it's like this sometimes
39:17where's terry
39:20where's terry
39:21hey what's this
39:23you're not supposed to be sitting here
39:24what you're doing
39:26i'm doing what i'm supposed to be getting paid for
39:28ah you haven't paid me your grand's watch yet
39:31you pay me and i'll pay you
39:40they seem to be shifting a lot of goods
39:42yeah
39:43slightly sometimes
39:46that's funny
39:48that's what jim said
39:49it says it to everyone
39:53anything happening
39:54have a look yourself
39:55not that paper
39:56terry put a paper here
39:57any aggro
39:58no
40:00well there is one thing
40:02what's that
40:02i'm suffering from a terminal case of boredom
40:05never mind that
40:07the longer you're here
40:07the bigger and earner we're on
40:09we
40:09yeah i've got to go and see alex
40:10give him a sort of progress report
40:12see i was just checking up
40:14i must confess terry
40:15i don't fancy facing him
40:16not since i learned about him
40:18you know
40:19don't worry
40:19can't make a pass that you'll blast it up
40:22that is not what i meant
40:23and you know it
40:24he's a mate of mine
40:25drinking partner
40:27give him a kiss from me
40:35you know don't you
40:38know
40:40know what
40:40oh come off it
40:43me and jim
40:46i suppose it was inevitable
40:47you'd suss it out
40:48i just
40:49well
40:51i just didn't know
40:52how to tell you
40:53i'd rather not discuss it
40:54alex if you don't mind
40:55it's not something
40:57a person can help
40:58you know
41:00i mean i don't dress up
41:01in drag or anything
41:03please
41:04anyway
41:06i just wanted you to know
41:08that
41:08for my part
41:09it doesn't alter our relationship
41:13then
41:13i just wanted you to know
41:43i just wanted you to know
41:47this
41:47was
41:47i was
41:47that
41:47i
41:47i
41:49i
41:50i
41:52it
41:55i
41:59i
42:12i
42:23Terry ran like a rabbit a minute ago before you arrived I could hardly
42:27believe it but neither can I yeah which way they chase him
42:51no please please I've only had a transplant I don't mind not pulling it too hard my friend
42:57if I lose it again no please please can't we just talk about this I I don't see the point
43:05in getting my face broken for what was basically a favor a favor yes my friend and I were only
43:11the actors were who were only employed to scare you off who set it up then Jim actually Jim
43:21oh I don't believe this
43:33help help help Arthur Arthur
43:42hang on
43:44hang on
44:06you're the gentleman who call the fire brigade sir oh yes officer citizen has his duty you know the man
44:12up there then do you sir
44:14sort of vaguely perhaps you could tell me then what he was doing on the roof of private premises
44:21me why should I know
44:25you all right you're never going to believe this Arthur perhaps I'll believe it sir
44:39yeah and you can come and explain it to your friend in the hospital I've told you there is nothing
44:43to explain I don't mind that just get in a car will you
44:55I just want to explain Alex this was not my idea what would he want to do a thing like
45:00that for well that's what the loon on the roof said and he was pretty convincing
45:32is this true
45:33you know you know you know you know you know that one of them well he had his barnet thatched
45:37that sounds like George and his mate
45:39they get down this club we use that's not all is it oh dear
45:45why
45:46why
45:48all right it's true
45:49you had this done to me
45:51no of course not it was a genuine accident
45:52then what the it was because of you
45:56what you did
45:57me
45:59what have you done with my stock
46:01I've been selling it off
46:02considerably below market value
46:04kill you
46:05kill you
46:05it wasn't my idea you know
46:06it was that wife of yours
46:08Gloria
46:09Gloria
46:10she came to see me just after the accident
46:12told me you've been seeing someone behind my back
46:15a woman
46:18I'm sure you shouldn't get so excited
46:20shut up Arthur
46:22it's a lie
46:23whatever that bitch told you is a lie
46:25she gave me her name and address
46:26and did you check it out
46:28well no
46:29she was convincing
46:30oh yes Gloria is convincing
46:33if you'd have bothered to check it out
46:35you'd have found it was probably one of her mates that she persuaded to collaborate
46:40yes
46:41but I believed her
46:44I was hurt
46:45it was her that thought up the story about the protection mob
46:48I was to tell you that to worry you
46:50to upset you because you were helpless in here
46:52what about my stock
46:53that was her idea as well
46:55I swear to you Alex
46:56we would have split the proceeds
46:58and
46:59I would have had enough to go away somewhere
47:01start a new life without you
47:04the trouble was
47:05things got complicated when those two arrived
47:07I thought you'd find out
47:09so I
47:10hired
47:11George and Charlie to make it seem true
47:14you've done this to me
47:16after all I gave up
47:18after all I'd done for you
47:20you'd turn me over
47:22I'm sorry Alex
47:23truly I am
47:26I thought I'd lost you
47:28please forgive me
47:32in case you want to get in touch with me
47:36my home number
47:38I'll send Terry over with a bill when
47:40a bit more convenient
47:53I don't really get you mate
47:54it takes all sorts
47:55oh Mr. Daly
47:56Mr. Daly
47:59I'd like to have a word with you please
48:01about this watch I bought from you
48:03er
48:03Terry
48:04I think you really will have to have a word
48:06with that slippery
48:06fellow who sold you this stuff
48:08job lot
48:09yeah
48:10yeah and I'll take my granny along too
48:12shall I
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