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00:20I'm ready for the high night flower, baby.
00:27I'm ready for you.
00:33Everyone has their own world full of possibilities.
00:36To dream their own dreams, to be who they want to be,
00:40to love whoever they want.
00:41We all have the power to shape our own destiny,
00:45whether we use it or not.
00:57I'm on fire.
00:59This is James Blodeford's voicemail.
01:01Leave me a message.
01:02James, I totally messed up.
01:04Dad's going to lose it.
01:06Are you still at Cyril's?
01:07I don't know what to do.
01:08I'm on my way right now.
01:10I'm on fire.
01:14Oh yeah, there he is.
01:17The gentleman of the evening.
01:20The greatest.
01:21The gorgeous.
01:23And every woman's dream boyfriend.
01:28James Blodeford!
01:34So, was she as good as she looked, Tom?
01:36Hey, fuck the both of you.
01:37That's my sister you're talking about, man.
01:39Ooh.
01:40Fucking chill out, Alistair.
01:42Yeah, I need to cool off.
01:43Oh shit!
01:45I can't do it like this.
01:47Go, mate!
01:48Go!
01:48Hey!
01:59Hey, Lydia.
02:00We missed you last night.
02:02Hey, James.
02:03Mrs. Smith is here and she's bringing bad vibes to the party.
02:06Lydia!
02:09Lyd, what's wrong?
02:12Tony, come on.
02:13Wait.
02:14What?
02:17We're in the fucking room, dude.
02:19Hey.
02:20What happened to you?
02:21She was standing in front of us.
02:24She just barged in.
02:25Yeah, who?
02:26Ruby.
02:27Ruby Bell.
02:28She saw us.
02:29The British press will destroy me.
02:31Dad will kill me.
02:32He won't forgive me for another scandal.
02:34Just breathe with me.
02:35And now, calmly, from the beginning, what's happened here?
02:38Who?
02:39Who is this Ruby Bell?
02:49Don't want to surrender.
02:49But when I'm locked in, I don't want to
02:52Who needs to happen?
03:07Would you like to sit here?
03:08Oh yeah, thank you.
03:20Hello, Mr. Sutton.
03:22Ruby.
03:23You enjoy the summer then?
03:24I bought the books on the Oxford reading list
03:26and read every book twice.
03:28So, yeah.
03:30Some reading for you?
03:33This is enough material for a biography.
03:35I think a little rough one should be a problem.
03:43Everyone deserves a world full of opportunities.
03:46And if there's one place where those opportunities begin,
03:49it's at Oxford University.
03:51The world welcomes those who have studied there.
03:53And if everything goes as planned during this term,
03:56then in less than 365 days, I will be there.
04:00Maxton Hall College is my entry ticket.
04:05It's not just a school.
04:06It's one of these schools.
04:34I worked diligently in my room for months
04:37to be awarded a scholarship.
04:39Of course, that makes me the exception here.
04:43For generations, families like the Beauforts
04:46have had more money and power than some royal families.
04:49For them, every door swings open.
04:56British nobility, the son of the Manchester United coach,
05:00the cousin of the Emir of Dubai, they're all here.
05:03They go to the same parties, get the same jobs,
05:06and marry the same people.
05:07A microcosm of millionaires.
05:09And I almost forgot.
05:11Besides money and influence,
05:12my fellow students have another thing in common.
05:14I am invisible to them.
05:16I immediately realized this was my superpower.
05:19If I want to get to Oxford in less than a year,
05:21I can't afford to make any mistakes,
05:23especially in front of this crowd.
05:25The less they notice me, the better.
05:29Well, did you hand it in?
05:30I just gave it to him.
05:31Oh, I wish I'd asked Mr. Sutton for a reference, too.
05:34He's so cool.
05:35Mrs. Campbell is just as good.
05:36Wasn't she her years valedictorian at Oxford?
05:38Yeah, in 1890.
05:40Lenny was one of them, too,
05:42until a year ago when her parents divorced
05:44and their business collapsed.
05:46How did she manage to get through it?
05:49No idea.
05:52At least that's what my internet research has revealed.
05:55But the collection of works on the theory of justice
05:58that you recommended to us
05:59best reflects the contents of the foundation
06:01of the metaphysics of morals
06:02and the critique of practical reason.
06:06Yes, exactly.
06:07And that's why I always say this here...
06:12This here is Google for the old folks.
06:15But back to Kant.
06:16Mr. Smith, what do you think?
06:18Kant's saying that we should all just do unto others
06:20as you would have them do unto you?
06:23That's the Bible, not Kant.
06:27What, though, if Kant's meaning of categorical imperative
06:29is his way of telling us
06:31we should ignore the consequences of what we're doing
06:33if what we're doing feels right?
06:37Miss Bell.
06:38Reasoning was placed at the core of Kant's philosophy,
06:41not how we feel.
06:42Then maybe Kant is less relevant than we think, then.
06:46Humans are able to reason
06:47but they usually make decisions
06:49on how they feel, though.
06:55That's what makes it so interesting.
06:56The fact that we can decide differently
06:58if we could do
06:58becomes the moral strength in us.
07:00Yeah.
07:01Eloquently, but.
07:03Okay.
07:03Let's turn to the next chapter.
07:11I can't believe the welcome party
07:13is already the day after tomorrow.
07:15I feel like I've spent half the summer
07:16talking to electricians and caterers
07:18that don't really know what they're doing.
07:19And don't forget the great selection of stone DJs.
07:22We really have to book the sober one today.
07:23No, I resume and all that it involves.
07:25Damn it.
07:26What?
07:27I forgot something.
07:28I have to go and see Mr. Sutton.
07:30I'll see you later.
07:32Okay.
07:51Excuse me, sir.
07:59Ruby, I, uh...
08:02I can explain this.
08:07You see, all this, I can explain it.
08:09It's really not what it looks like.
08:12Ruby!
08:41Come on, you're here, Percy.
08:42Come on, you're here, Percy.
08:42It won't take that long.
08:43Okay.
08:51Ruby, is everything okay?
08:56Ruby!
08:58Okay, the first meeting of the event committee
09:00of the new term is hereby opened.
09:02How are things looking for the welcome party, everyone?
09:04The posters are up.
09:06Perfect.
09:07I finally got hold of the security company
09:08and talked to the technical experts.
09:10They'll take care of the screen
09:11and projector for the promo video.
09:14Kieran?
09:14Yeah, all done.
09:15I added some drone shots in there from above.
09:18Okay.
09:23Lexington wants us to include the lacrosse team in the video
09:26because of the chance of three back-to-back titles,
09:28so I will take care of the photos for that.
09:30The promo will finally be worth watching this year.
09:33James Beaufort, sweaty and up close.
09:44James Beaufort is looking at you.
09:50Definitely not.
09:52But, look, definitely coming towards you, Ruby.
09:56James Beaufort embodies everything that is wrong
09:59in the world of the rich.
10:01Immeasurable privilege, arrogance and ignorance.
10:04Hey.
10:04Until now, I've been able to keep at least a room full of people
10:07between me and him.
10:08Do you mind if I have a minute with your friend?
10:11Sure.
10:20Okay.
10:36Robin, isn't it?
10:38Ruby.
10:40Yeah, I knew it was something with an R.
10:41Right, you know me.
10:43I know your name, if that's what you mean.
10:46I'm Lydia's brother.
10:47She's in your philosophy class, yeah?
10:51I want you to take this from me
10:54and remember,
10:56what you saw in Simon's office never happened.
11:0610,000 should do it.
11:08You keep quiet till the end of the year,
11:09I'm dominant.
11:11Wow.
11:15You're an even greater arsehole than I thought.
11:19Whoa, whoa.
11:19We're not finished.
11:22What about a Maserati and a Fabergé egg as well?
11:25Oh, come on.
11:25I know that you can make use of the cash.
11:28You could buy a new backpack, if you like.
11:31At the moment, I have 17 pounds and 28 pence in my backpack
11:34and I don't need any more.
11:37Do you need change for the cafeteria?
11:39Hmm?
11:41No?
11:42Okay, then this belongs back in your trust fund, I would say.
11:45Are you serious?
12:07Oh, come on.
12:32He was trying to buy me,
12:34but I don't need his money.
12:36I earn my own.
12:39Our sisters, we compliment each other well.
12:41You're rich and I'm pretty.
12:42Shouldn't you be a master another 15 minutes?
12:44Mrs. Wemsley had a nervous breakdown
12:45because Victor set up a Tinder date for her.
12:47During school.
12:48So we finished early.
12:49I know hearing stuff like that makes you miss your old school.
12:52Oh.
12:54Oh.
13:00You should have been there.
13:01It was hilarious.
13:02Ah, my two little elves.
13:04Hi, give me two minutes.
13:05I'm going to quickly get changed.
13:06Come back, though.
13:07We're making dinner.
13:11Oh.
13:13Oh.
13:14Oh.
13:15Oh.
13:17Oh.
13:23Oh.
13:25Oh.
13:26Oh.
13:26Oh.
13:28Oh.
13:31Oh.
13:32Oh.
13:35Oh.
13:38Oh.
13:47Oh.
13:49Oh.
13:58and i loved it traumatic but great when i read it at your age it turned my world upside down
14:06you liking death note
14:10you're only in the middle all right it took me about a month to realize i had to read it
14:15from
14:15the back so considering that i'm pretty far in after james joyce you should be happy that it
14:19was under a thousand pages
14:22tada wow ember you look so gorgeous yeah how i was born you know but what about what i'm wearing
14:28beautiful i'm not quite done yet but i think it will turn out nice maybe it was a lace or
14:32a bow
14:33that's actually my blouse though you've had it for 15 years i think it's only fair that i should
14:37inherit it now
14:42okay a toast to our thieving and multi-talented daughters
14:48who knows how we turned out so well
15:00dad hasn't been upstairs in years the stair lift provided by the health insurance company broke
15:05down just a few months after the accident it must drive him insane but he never so much as mentions
15:10it that's why i haven't told him that i'm saving up for a new one
15:17so
15:27so
15:29so
15:29so
15:29Oh, my God.
16:11Can I have everything for my letter of recommendation, sir?
16:14Yeah, naturally.
16:20I've already written the letter of recommendation.
16:30I just need the documents.
16:38Listen, Rory, there's absolutely nothing in this I don't believe.
16:44The choices you make are no business of mine.
16:47But if someone finds out about this, the recommendation is pointless to me.
17:00I'll find someone else.
17:11Why don't you go back to Sutton and ask him?
17:12I told you, I gave him the wrong documents and he doesn't have enough time anymore.
17:15That's so useless.
17:16It was my mistake.
17:18Ever since the thing with Beaufort, you've been so weird.
17:20What happened anyway?
17:21Nothing.
17:23Absolutely nothing.
17:25I bet their headmaster, Lexington, hasn't given a recommendation before.
17:28Nobody would dare ask.
17:29That's exactly why I'm doing it.
17:45Let's renegotiate.
17:46Is this a daily ritual now?
17:49Don't give me money.
17:50I'll just give it back.
17:50Okay, that's enough of the Mother Teresa performance.
17:52Just tell me what you want from my family, would you?
17:56I guess to start with, I'd be happy with a restraining order for you.
18:00And Mother Teresa would have taken the money and given it to those who deserved it.
18:03You should know.
18:05You think it's a joke?
18:08Everybody has a price.
18:11What's yours, then?
18:27Now, what's this?
18:28A little experience with the hottest single guy at school.
18:36Is this the first time you've prostituted yourself?
18:38Does it happen often?
18:39I wasn't going to take your money, as I happen to know you're a little bit short right now.
18:44Go to hell, Beaufort.
18:46Is that you trying to ever go a dirty talk?
18:50Come one step closer towards me.
18:53And I'll kick you in the bollocks.
18:56You get to the point, Robin.
18:58My name is Ruby, for God's sake.
18:59I'm not wasting my whole day here talking to you.
19:06If this means you've changed your mind, sorry, but I don't know if I'm in the mood anymore.
19:13Okay, I'll tell you my price.
19:16I just want you away from me.
19:18Assume that anything less than two meters is too close.
19:23I never want you and me to be seen together again.
19:50I never want you and me to be seen together again.
20:18Boys, everyone, come on.
20:21So next year most of you will end up being Oxford and Cambridge opponents
20:25This is your last chance to rewrite the Maxton Hall history books
20:29Yeah!
20:31Beaufort's my winner here
20:33As for the past two years make sure that this team is one that doesn't lose heart
20:37Yeah!
20:38So go out there and crush some Eastview Falls
20:40Yeah!
20:41Everybody understand that?
20:42Let's go Maxton!
20:44Maxton!
20:45Maxton!
20:47Maxton!
20:47Maxton!
20:48Maxton!
20:48Maxton!
20:49Maxton!
20:50Maxton!
20:51Maxton!
20:52Let's go!
20:53Let's go Maxton!
20:54Don't even think of getting revenge from McCormack okay?
20:58Get out there!
21:01Don't let it bother you
21:04Go!
21:05Go!
21:05Go!
21:06Go!
21:07Go!
21:08Go!
21:12Go!
21:21Go!
21:32Caligate!
21:33Go!
21:39Go!
21:42Go!
21:43I don't think...
21:44closing in my mind!
21:47No one on the road to New South!
21:47Gilbert!
21:47They're left!
21:48Full show man, man,?
21:48All right!
23:52Thanks.
23:52But I preferred it when they were wrestling out there.
23:55McCormack was heading for even more of a battering that the ref quickly got involved.
23:59If she's playing for Eastview, they'd have a greater chance.
24:08I'll be right back.
24:17Alistair.
24:35I can tell you.
24:35I can tell that you're actually a hardcore lacrosse fan.
24:37Oh, yeah.
24:39Oh, yeah.
24:39I've been pitch side for all the games.
24:40Haven't you seen me?
24:41I'm normally a bit busy out there.
24:44Yeah.
24:45Beating up your position, I guess.
24:55It was nice.
24:57It was nice meeting you, Alistair.
25:02That's great.
25:26That's great.
25:27I've been playing for a second.
25:27I've been playing for a second this time.
25:28Not for Oxford.
25:31Come to think of it, if these last two years I've hardly even been aware of your presence
25:34of Maxden Hall, Miss Bell.
25:36Do you know why that is?
25:38I'm chairing the event committee this year, among other things, with Lynn Ryan.
25:41Oh, yes.
25:42Right.
25:42Right.
25:43How's it going with the welcome party?
25:45The prep is nearly done.
25:48This event is the very first impression that our new students and their parents get
25:52of our school before thousands of pounds are handed over each year to be a student here.
25:56This year we have a few very prominent new students, so it's important that it all goes
26:00without a hitch.
26:00I understand.
26:01That's right.
26:01If you show that you're a good team leader and everything goes as I wish, I see no reason
26:06why I couldn't produce this letter for you again.
26:08No.
26:10Oh, boy.
26:11Oh, boy.
26:12Miss Bell.
26:14Will you do me a favor?
26:18Move back out of my picture.
26:22Go on.
26:23Go on!
26:24Go!
26:24What?
26:25What's your fault?
26:28Ahhhh!
26:29Yeah!
26:31Oh my god!
26:33Oh my god!
26:50What were you doing with Alistair?
26:53Nothing.
26:54Why?
26:56I don't know what your idea is, Belle.
26:58And being honest, I don't really care.
27:00Someone like you can't touch people like us.
27:03Because you're a nobody.
27:05From some backwater hovel, no connections and even less money.
27:09So do what you want to do.
27:10So do what you want to do.
28:06Are you playing for the rugby team secretly?
28:0911 to 5.
28:11Don't measure success based on wins, but on what improvement you're making.
28:16Clayton.
28:18Tiger Woods.
28:31What do you know about Ruby Bell?
28:35Nothing.
28:35Other than that she's chairing the stupid event committee.
28:38The one the school parties are organised by.
28:44Is seven kept quiet?
28:47Yep.
28:49It's like nothing ever happened, yeah.
28:53It's because it didn't.
29:02Broken.
29:04I thought my heart stopped working.
29:07I was some different person.
29:10I couldn't see past the past.
29:14Easy.
29:15Easy.
29:16I'm not saying it's easy to forgive completely.
29:21But I couldn't let it last.
29:24And you never grow from that.
29:27So I had to take the space.
29:47The elephant is one of the strongest animals in the world.
29:51And that's why the metaphor of the chained elephant has always fascinated me.
30:01An elephant could easily tear the stake out of the ground that it's chained to.
30:10But no matter how big and strong it is, its conviction that it is powerless keeps it chained in place.
30:22People are no different.
30:23Our fears and prejudices keep us from realising our full potential.
30:28From following our dreams.
30:41I am lucky, since I know that there is only a small stake holding me.
30:45And I'm working on pulling it out, little by little, a bit more every year.
30:55I won't let myself be chained to a stake.
30:57And certainly not by someone like James Beaufort.
31:01But that's not just me, I'm going to let myself go of the world.
31:18And that's just me.
31:20I can't do it.
31:20It's so good.
31:21Oh, that's just me.
31:27I can't do it.
31:29But I am happy now.
31:30But after I am happy to have a picture of my friend's husband, I am happy to have my friend's
31:36Only this evening stands between me and my recommendation for Oxford.
31:40And I'll make sure everything, and I mean everything, goes smoothly.
31:45Thank God.
32:01If you miss me, but I've got things to do, I just can't do that without you.
32:14I'll do anything for a labor, then.
32:16Shall we go up, James?
32:18Yeah.
32:18Let's go, then.
32:20To all my fans!
32:21See ya!
32:36Can I, uh, can I talk to you for a minute?
32:46Oh, what's his name?
32:49Oh, so do you miss me tonight?
32:53Are you feeling less and bright?
32:57Before I hit the deck, I just thought I'd check
33:01That it's just me in the candlelight
33:07What you saw before was absolutely unacceptable.
33:17I knew you were secretly into Prudence.
33:21But it's really not what you think, Miss Welfare and I.
33:24I mean, we didn't meet as teacher and student, we'd met each other elsewhere previously.
33:28Sir, it's nothing to do with me.
33:29What you saw will never happen again, but, I want you to know that I'm very sorry to have
33:35put you in such an uncomfortable situation.
33:43My compliments.
33:45You know, it's exactly how I would have finished.
33:51Thank you, sir.
34:03I am the missile!
34:06I am the fire!
34:10Love is destruction!
34:13This war is mine!
34:15This war is mine!
34:16I am the missile!
34:17Oh, I am the fire
34:22For this destruction
34:25This war is mine, this war is mine
34:28I am the missile
34:31Vengeance is a coping, baby
34:33I'll stop it on a better place
34:37They'll make you a hard one, baby
34:39We'll see where the missile reign
34:43Hey, hey, hey, hey
34:46Hey, hey, yeah
34:49Hey, hey, yeah
34:52I am the missile
34:55I am the fire
34:57I love this destruction
35:02This war is mine, this war is mine
35:05I am the missile
35:08I am the fire
35:11I love this destruction
35:14This war is mine, this war is mine
35:18I am the missile
35:19I am the missile
35:25I am the missile
35:26I am the missile
35:32I am the missile
35:41Hey, turn the music off!
35:43Music off!
35:46My party's ruined!
35:47Oh, shit!
35:50It's gone.
35:58Oh.
35:59Hi, Robin.
36:01Is everything okay?
36:02Do you even care that we've all worked our asses off for this special event?
36:04Well, you didn't want to strip tease from me.
36:06I assume that one of these guys might be to your particular preference.
36:09If I can't make you keep quiet, Robin,
36:12then I'll do everything I can to make sure no one believes you if you do open your mouth.
36:21Hey.
36:23Lexington wants to talk to you.
36:26Both of you.
36:37You have both disappointed me immensely this evening.
36:41As I'm sure you know.
36:46That's more than enough smugness from you, Mr. Beaufort.
36:49Someone saw you with the DJ paying her off.
36:54Oops.
36:57So you've earned yourself a lacrosse team suspension.
37:00And, Miss Bell, your letter of recommendation, out of the question.
37:06I would expect you to have an event like this under control as chair of the event committee.
37:11But thanks to Mr. Beaufort's clever little prank,
37:13I don't have anything positive to report about your organizational abilities.
37:18Unless, of course, there's something else about this situation I should be aware of.
37:23About you, or Mr. Beaufort.
37:44No, sir.
37:54I should have done better, and I take your guidance very seriously.
37:57So rest assured I'll give the upcoming donor gala full attention to detail,
38:00and then you'll have a chance to form a better opinion about my organizational ability.
38:16Another catastrophe would simply be shut down immediately.
38:20I can assure you that that wouldn't go on.
38:25Not if I'm in charge of it.
38:29If that's true,
38:31then Mr. Beaufort can invest his newfound free time in the event committee alongside you, Miss Bell,
38:37to make up for his unwanted intervention.
38:40And both of you, attending to every last detail,
38:43will deliver a spectacular event
38:44to repair this school's reputation
38:47which you've just sullied with your reckless behavior.
38:52Then we'll see about your recommendation, Miss Bell.
38:56It's impossible to use him on my community.
38:58It's impossible to use him on my community.
38:58It's because I'm relying on arrogance.
38:59This is absolutely bad.
39:05I suppose you should be happy.
39:07Amused a little, yeah.
39:08As if I'm going to let someone like you give me instructions.
39:11Because you're a Beaufort man, yeah?
39:13Exactly, yeah.
39:15You can belittle me all you want.
39:17I'm not scared, don't worry.
39:20I do a really good job on this committee
39:22and I'm not going to waste my opportunity to go to Oxford for anyone.
39:27So,
39:30do what you want to do.
39:38You want a war, Ruby Bell?
39:44You've got one.
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