How're you feeling today?
Rubbish.
Ah! Do you really need to see a doctor?
I felt sick yesterday so, yeah, probs.
Will you be all right for school after?
Don't know.
Look, John, if you're sick,
then yeah, we're going to have to get this fixed.
But if they can't figure out what's wrong with you,
they might get social services involved.
I'll tell them we're good.
Yeah, and what if they don't believe you?
I'm hungry.
Again? You just had breakfast.
I know but...
What do you want?
Yeah.
All right, if I win the lottery.
Kirs, can I have a minute?
Yeah, if you're quick.
I know you want me gone.
Rich, I'm going to be late for work.
Rich!
This is no good for either of us, so...
I'm moving out...today.
I know I messed up, I know I...
..made things worse for Ollie.
I just couldn't bear to see him so scared, you know?
Cos you want to be his mate
but you've got to be his dad.
Otherwise, I end up being bad
cop all the time and it's not fair.
I'm sorry.
I'll be gone by the time you get back from work.
Probably for the best.
Sorry, I've got to go.
DOOR SLAMS
Excuse me.
That spot's reserved.
It's the practice electric car charging point.
There's nowhere else to park.
Doctor Suni Bulsara, you're expecting me.
Ah, Bear Sylvester, Business Manager.
Sid. Yeah.
This is our new doctor, Doctor Bulsara.
Oh, hey, welcome to the Mill.
PHONE CHIMES
I am sorry, I have to take this. Excuse me.
Well I'm guessing you have a first name?
Suni. Sid.
So are you one of the doctors?
Yeah, yeah, I'm one of the doctors here.
I think you'll like it here.
We're a friendly bunch - most of the time.
Are you one of the partners?
Oh, no. Who needs that hassle?
I'm just a regular GP.
Doctor Bulsara.
Zara Carmichael, partner.
Oh, hey. Your mother has told me so much about you.
I think she must be one of your biggest fans.
I can't wait to get started.
Well, we're on that. But in the meantime,
Scarlett will give you the tour.
Darling!
There she is.
Mwah!
Handsome as ever.
Charlotte's giving me the tour.
Scarlett.
Nonsense.
Zara, Bear and I need a quick word,
then I shall show you around.
I've only just had his references cleared this morning.
It's all moving a bit quickly.
We got lucky he was available.
If we didn't snap him up fast,
someone else would have.
Well, we need to allocate one of the
other doctor's caseloads,
get them to hold his hand.
I hardly think Suni needs his hand held.
It's just to get his feet under the table.
It's standard practice here.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Come in!
Zara.
ZARA AND BEAR: Sid!
Perfect timing.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Hello.
Doctor Bulsara.
Ah! You're the new partner's son.
Looking for somewhere to do my job.
Ah, good luck with that.
Space is pretty tight here.
Most of the doctors share consulting rooms.
Ah, OK.
And this is the nurses' room. It's taken.
Actually, I've got a patient coming now, so.
Sure. See you. See you.
Fine.
Make sure everyone knows how much
you've accomplished.
So they can see exactly who they're
dealing with and respect you.
I bet you've already given them
a blow by blow of every stage of my career.
I might have mentioned a few things.
I got your favourite tea.
Mum, I, erm...
I don't have anywhere to work.
The nurse's room looks really good.
I said sell your accomplishments,
not start a turf war.
They are lucky to have me. Say it.
Mum. Say it!
They're lucky to have me.
Now show them how lucky.
Suni.
You and I are going to be working together today.
Yeah, Mum...Nina said.
So I'll be showing you where everything is,
how the computer system, internal phones works.
You get the idea. Mm-hm.
It's a formality.
Apparently, all doctors get it.
Yeah, even me and I had Zara,
so you are getting off lightly.
So, Nina tells me you've got paeds experience.
To a degree.
What do you mean?
I've worked on young people's mental health.
So you are a qualified paediatric specialist?
I did an MSc.
Right. Sorry, your mum led me to believe that you...
She said you were stuck? I'm happy to help.
Whoa, no, I'm not stuck.
You know, sometimes when a patient's
problem isn't immediately apparent, you have to dig
and I'm just at the digging stage, that's all. Mm.
CAR ALARM SOUNDS
Oh, my car!
Don't even ask.
Oh!
Some idiot has parked in the charging bay
so I cannot charge Dwight.
That'll be the new doctor. I take it, you haven't met him yet.
No, no, no, he cannot be that bad. Yes.
OK, well, someone needs to tell him
he cannot park there.
You are going to love him.
Thinks he can park anywhere and that is not just his car.
Argh!
I reviewed your file.
Erm, it says you've been experiencing
abdominal pain.
And you're still experiencing the pain?
Yeah. Hmm.
And on a scale from one to ten, with ten being really bad,
what number's the pain?
About five.
How many weeks now?
Three. Two.
It's been two.
Your abdo's nice and soft, no lumps,
nothing out of the ordinary.
Hmm. Doctor Vere ran tests.
Yeah, so, do you know what the problem is?
The tests were inconclusive.
It's early days.
Pulse and blood pressure are fine.
Did Doctor Vere tell you to keep a pain diary?
Yeah, I'm still getting the pain at night, so.
What are you going to do?
More tests.
That's it?
More tests?
Johnny, could you just go to reception for a second, please?
We'd just like to have a word with Kyle.
Look, he is eating loads, he's hungry all the time.
I mean, is that part of it?
Possibly.
But he's also a growing teenager
so it's also normal.
How're things are at home?
Great.
You're his legal guardian?
Yeah, so?
This must be a concern.
I'm just worried about what this is doing to him.
He's missing school time and he chooses his subjects this year.
I want him to do well enough to get his first choices.
And I don't want him to make the same mistakes I did.
Don't be hard on yourself.
How's everything at home?
You can tell us, we're here to help. Tell you what?
Who says we need help? What's going on here? He's a new doctor?
I only kept him off school so he could come here.
Do you know what? We're good.
We're better than good. That's good to hear.
I don't like this.
Kyle, please, sit back down. No!
All right? We're going.
Good start!
I've been looking forward to this all day.
What? Lunch.
You're on a half day, you booked it last week.
I'd forget my head if it wasn't screwed on.
D'you remember we had that conversation
about how you wanted to work more hours for less money?
Don't push your luck.
Rich!
OK, I'll see you tomorrow.
OK.
Essentially, we worked on the early
behavioural signs of self-harm in
young teenage males.
Working on improving the diagnostic
procedure to spot it earlier.
At St Phil's, Suni's work was so innovative.
Any time he needs a reference from them,
it'll glow so much you'll see
it from outer space.
Wonderful.
Isn't it, Daniel? Oh, it is.
Right, I'm off to Campus.
By the way, some entitled, privileged
numpty has gone and parked in the charging spot.
Doctor Reid?
Doctor Privileged Entitled Numpty.
Ah.
Please, call me Suni, I've been called worse.
CAR ALARM SOUNDS
Excuse me.
Well, this is going to be fun -
not.
It was an accident. I didn't touch it.
It's sometimes a bit sensitive.
I, I'm still sick, I came back.
Where's your brother?
Home.
I sent him a text, I told him I was coming.
It's not that simple, buddy.
This is the practice lunch break.
We have other patients, other appointments
this afternoon. You know? I'll wait.
Look, Kyle will come get me anyway.
Where's the other doctor? Can't he see me?
Let's see what we can do.
I was quite surprised your brother left earlier.
Yeah, he loses it sometimes.
What was he upset about?
He thinks you're ganging up on him.
He doesn't like people like you.
Like me?
People who... People who're in charge of us.
I'm not in charge of you.
That's your car?
Yeah.
Cool car.
You do know it's not electric, don't you?
Yeah, but if you had a car like that, you know,
would you want it parked round the corner
or here where everyone can check it out?
Plus, you know, you can keep an eye on it.
You know, I would give you a drive
round the block but...
It's not appropriate, I know. Exactly.
You're a smart kid.
I'm not a kid.
I mean, I am, but...
..I'm not.
Being in care makes you grow up faster? Mm.
You know what?
I'll show you what it can do and you tell me more about the pain.
Deal?
Nought to 60 in one, two,
three, four seconds.
Whoa. It's amazing. Look.
Johnny Mainwaring's back.
He's fine, he just...
He came back and he wants to resume the investigation.
He's pretty confident we'd fit him in.
Yeah, well, it's lunch time.
Didn't you didn't send him away?
No, he's in reception.
I think we should make time for him.
You've already had Johnny and his brother walk out today.
OK? If I think things are going south again,
I am going to have to step in.
Do you think I can't do my job, Sid?
Nothing gets past you, does it?
Look, I have to put their interests first.
He's lying, there's nothing wrong with him.
What makes you say that?
He's too precise, for a teenage boy,
when describing his symptoms.
Obviously, you've done your tests, which was the right thing to do.
Now back up a sec. Other than being
self possessed, what makes you think he's lying?
He says he has headaches.
Yeah. Which going by your notes,
he's never mentioned.
No, he hasn't.
Hmm. I think, in his head, headaches means dragging this out longer.
Look, you're thinking, "How did I miss it?" No.
I only spotted it because of the history you already supplied.
It would be unusual...
..but perhaps the old Munchausen's by proxy?
Erm, by proxy doesn't make sense.
That would mean that Kyle was making him ill.
And if it was for attention, then Kyle would be here.
It would also mean there actually was something wrong with Johnny.
OK, let's say that you're right. What would be the next step,
a psychological assessment, paediatrician?
I'd like to get the brother back in.
CAR ALARM SOUNDS
I'll deal with that.
I'll check with the receptionist.
ALARM BLARES
Mate...
..going to need you to do something about that alarm.
What, I'm supposed to just leave it here unprotected?
Well, you're not supposed to leave
your car here at all.
OK, OK, I'll move it.
I was just tinkering with it and I
guess I caused a problem.
I'll just leave it with the dealer, see if they can fix it.
I'll use my other car till it's done.
Now, please. For sure.
Kyle.
You get your brother's message?
Look, it's cold out, come in and get Johnny.
You look like you could do with sitting somewhere warm.
And I could take a look at that leg.
My leg's fine.
He texted me after he left,
he knew I'd have to come.
We're only trying to help make him better.
Isn't that what you want?
He's the only family I have, of course I want him better.
I just...
I don't want social services thinking I can't look after him.
I don't want them splitting us up because...
..you don't know what it's like.
Tell me what it's like.
It's not easy.
I mean, I barely make enough money
to look after the both of us, but I do.
And I feed him proper, OK? Good stuff.
I... Good, good.
He...
I... I like having us together - it works. All right?
So don't even think about splitting us up cos he's...
He's everything?
Yeah. Everything.
Relax.
What you guys want comes first. OK?
That a big enough smile for you?
Absolutely.
Are you taking that?
Well, yeah.
It's just that we got that together.
No, take it.
It means more to you.
So, this is it?
DOOR SHUTS
Look who I found outside.
You shouldn't have come here.
And you should have told me before... We're here now.
Johnny, when you spoke to Dr Bulsara earlier,
you mentioned that you had headaches and
that you've been having them all along. But when I asked,
you said no.
Johnny, the symptoms you describe to me
aren't the same as the ones you described to Dr Bulsara.
Now, please, don't take this the wrong way
but we do have to wonder.
Is there actually anything wrong with you?
All right, Johnny, we need to get out of here.
You're not in trouble, we just want to know you're in good health.
Johnny!
What?
It's good that we get to the bottom of this right now.
So why did you make up that story, Johnny?
Don't say anything.
You're just trying to trick us.
You're going to get socials involved. Look, we are happy.
Tell them, John, that I make sure
you do your schoolwork, you exercise.
I pay for his football team, he eats well, every day.
Johnny, what did you have for dinner last night?
Burger, potatoes.
Not chips, proper potatoes and carrots!
And the night before?
Chicken, pasta.
See I told you, he eats really well.
You mention his diet a lot.
Which makes me wonder, why's his diet on your mind?
Uh.
I saw you out there, Kyle.
You were limping.
So?
You also have bleeding gums.
All of which could be many things
but most likely diet-related.
Well, I eat the same as Johnny.
He's so snippy and entitled.
I had to park in the top car park.
I had to lug all my things here because he won't move his car.
Yeah, and if that car alarm goes off one more time...
He better not get preferential treatment
because his mum is a partner.
Preferential treatment? How about getting away with murder?
The newbie?
Maybe I shouldn't ask.
But there is something I'd like to know.
Is he a competent doctor?
You have a job, yes, no?
I don't have to tell you anything.
He works in a pub.
OK. And with the cost of living at the moment
you know, rent, heating, food...
..you have to make tough choices on a low income, eating properly.
I told you, Johnny does.
Yeah, we know but...
..do you?
All right, come on, let's go. We can help.
You'll get social services sticking
their nose in, they'll try and put him back in care.
He doesn't want to go back, I don't want him to.
I get that, Kyle, but you've got to look at the bigger picture here.
You've got your fast car, your expensive clothes, money,
you don't get nothing about our lives.
Not everyone in social services was happy about us being together,
they're waiting for me to mess up. Johnny!
No. What?
OK, so some people in social
services doubted you, but Johnny's
here with you, so some must have had faith in you.
Yeah, there was this one lady who
really pushed for us, our old case worker, Maggie.
She's retired now.
The guy who works under her,
he knew I was trouble when I was a kid
so he still thinks I am.
He's got her job now.
Right.
Kyle, listen, erm, I have a brother
myself and I would do anything for him
so, I do get where you're coming from.
But I do think that there's a problem here
but if you give us a chance, we can
deal with it amongst ourselves without social services.
Can you guarantee that?
We know you're doing a good job looking after Johnny,
I don't doubt that. But if you're not able to look
after yourself then your ability to
look after him is bound to suffer.
I do look after myself.
Middle of winter and you're freezing out there, wearing a thin hoodie.
He can't afford a jacket for me.
He gave me his.
Johnny, shut up, man. Why're you doing this?
I think I know what's going on here. Can't you see?
He came here and left you a message, he knew you'd follow.
He's worried.
He's worried about the sacrifices you're making.
He's worried that you're not looking after yourself.
Worried that your health will
deteriorate and you're not going to be able to even look after him.
And then what happens then, Kyle?
Judging from your history and joint
pains and bleeding gums, I suspect a Vitamin C deficiency.
That might even explain the difficult time you had in care.
So a change in diet, more vegetables
and fruit might be all we need here.
Go to the shops and get some
vegetables and fruit.
I don't need your pity!
Oh, you think you can just throw your
money at everyone and they'll be grateful?
Can you just excuse us for a moment?
Dr Bulsara and I need to have a quick word.
Are they right?
You cannot do that, ever.
Apart from anything, you insulted him.
Oh, come on, Sid, I didn't...
Don't be so... Never again.
I am serious!
Why don't you go and take a coffee break
while I try and clean this mess up.
If that's how YOU want to deal with it.
I want to make a complaint.
Look, you're angry and I understand that.
It's Dr Bulsara's first day,
he's inexperienced about general practice.
No, no, he had no right...
Yeah, I agree completely.
But he did identify what's actually going on here, so.
I suggest that we test you for
Vitamin C deficiency.
And in the meantime, I can refer you to a local foodbank.
Kyle, honestly...
..lots of people use them. OK?
They want to help.
I honestly believe that the best
thing going forward is to just forget
about blame and just try and fix this.
No, no, no, he... Leave it, Kyle.
OK.
Great. I'll get onto that referral.
Thank you.
MUSIC: Take On Me by A-ha
PHONE RINGS
OLLIE: Mum?
Hi, sweetheart.
Did you kick Dad out?
I didn't kick him out.
It's not been working for a while and he chose to leave today.
You told him you wanted him gone.
Ollie, it hasn't been working for a while.
It was inevitable.
It's better that we decided now than
wait until we hated each other. That's the last thing you'd want.
What I want and what my Dad wants doesn't matter to you.
I probably should have called you, but...
You know, the only thing that's been getting me through this is...
..is the thought that I only had to
survive another couple of weeks here and then at least I could get home
to Mum and Dad and everything,
everything, everything would be better.
You know?
And you've just taken that from me!
You've taken it away.
PHONE CALL DISCONNECTS
MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
Ticktock, Sidney!
Come on before they put the price of beer up again.
Have you met the new guy yet?
Ah, yeah, in passing.
I think he's a bit full of himself, if you ask me.
I just hope we don't have another Princess situation on our hands.
So, where we going, Icon? Yes.
So, how did you get on with the new guy?
Mm, there was a little bit of gear grinding.
We had a tricky patient but then we
put our heads together and between us, we got the job done.
See? If Sid likes him...
Yeah, well Sid likes everyone. No, I don't!
Jury's still out on you.
Right then.
I don't know that I'd say I like him.
Hey, let's not judge people
until they have had a chance.
I'm sorry, who is he and what has he done with Al?
Come on!
Sid!
Suni told me all about how he sorted
those boys you were struggling with.
Yeah, that's not what I really said, Mum.
CAR ALARM BLARES
EMMA, ANGRILY: Oh, for goodness' sake!
What have I told you?
This isn't deliberate.
You said that at 3 o'clock this morning
when you kicked me out of bed.
Well, you don't mind, do you?
The thing is, Karen, it's a bit of a date night.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
I can't think straight.
Hello.
GIRL FAKES GAGGING
That's all we need.