1 00:00:02,043 --> 00:00:04,243 - Louise has got cancer and I'm helping her out. 2 00:00:04,243 --> 00:00:06,443 - I'm not here to help you get your own back on God. 3 00:00:06,443 --> 00:00:09,043 It's Sandra you're trying to rescue, Maurice. 4 00:00:09,043 --> 00:00:12,003 - The change with Joe, it's taking its toll on you... 5 00:00:12,003 --> 00:00:14,923 ..and on me. We need to do something about that. 6 00:00:14,923 --> 00:00:16,643 - How was Manchester? How's Eddie? 7 00:00:16,643 --> 00:00:19,443 - Weirdest thing, this new girlfriend of his is just like you. 8 00:00:19,443 --> 00:00:20,603 - So you met her? 9 00:00:20,603 --> 00:00:23,123 - I'm going to take Sophie and the lad to that gig. 10 00:00:23,123 --> 00:00:24,163 What happens next? 11 00:00:24,163 --> 00:00:27,723 - What happens is we enjoy ourselves. 12 00:00:28,923 --> 00:00:30,443 - Is this where we kiss? 13 00:00:30,443 --> 00:00:31,603 - Nah. 14 00:00:31,603 --> 00:00:35,203 - Just for a moment, I felt more at home with Sophie than I do with you. 15 00:00:35,203 --> 00:00:38,163 - So why are you telling me? Nothing happened. 16 00:00:38,163 --> 00:00:39,763 - Because something felt wrong. 17 00:00:41,603 --> 00:00:45,123 - # Break a mirror 18 00:00:45,123 --> 00:00:48,883 # Roll the dice 19 00:00:48,883 --> 00:00:53,083 # Run with scissors 20 00:00:53,083 --> 00:00:56,563 # Through a chip pan fire fight 21 00:00:56,563 --> 00:01:01,363 # Go into business with a grizzly bear 22 00:01:05,203 --> 00:01:09,723 # But just don't sit down cos I've moved your chair 23 00:01:28,643 --> 00:01:31,603 # Find a well-known hard man... # 24 00:01:31,603 --> 00:01:33,443 PHONE RINGS 25 00:01:35,483 --> 00:01:36,763 - Hello? 26 00:01:38,403 --> 00:01:39,803 What? 27 00:01:39,803 --> 00:01:41,443 Oh, right. 28 00:01:41,443 --> 00:01:43,803 Well, I'll come! I'm coming now! 29 00:01:45,203 --> 00:01:50,123 - # Fill in a circular hole with a peg that's square 30 00:01:53,603 --> 00:01:57,283 # But just don't sit down cos I've moved your chair... # 31 00:02:00,523 --> 00:02:03,123 - Louise. It's Maurice. 32 00:02:00,523 --> 00:02:03,123 - COUGHING AND RETCHING 33 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:04,163 - Are you OK in there? 34 00:02:06,243 --> 00:02:08,123 - Thank you for coming. I panicked. 35 00:02:08,123 --> 00:02:10,243 - That's all right. You're allowed. 36 00:02:14,843 --> 00:02:17,363 I know I'm no oil painting but that's a bit rough. 37 00:02:17,363 --> 00:02:19,363 - SHE LAUGHS AMID RETCHING 38 00:02:25,643 --> 00:02:29,043 - I'll drop off some ginger and peppermint tea bags. 39 00:02:29,043 --> 00:02:31,963 Might help with this if you're off the steroids. 40 00:02:31,963 --> 00:02:33,123 - Thanks. 41 00:02:36,563 --> 00:02:38,043 Is Ralph there? 42 00:02:38,043 --> 00:02:41,003 - He was just in the hall, do you want me to go and get him? 43 00:02:41,003 --> 00:02:43,323 - No, no, no. I don't want him seeing me like this. 44 00:02:44,803 --> 00:02:46,963 - Do you mind if I borrow him for the day? 45 00:02:46,963 --> 00:02:50,323 I've... I've got a beer tent that needs an extra pair of hands. 46 00:02:51,603 --> 00:02:53,923 - That would be great, yes. Thank you, Maurice. 47 00:02:59,923 --> 00:03:01,163 - I need your help, mate. 48 00:03:01,163 --> 00:03:02,403 - I'm not a baby. 49 00:03:02,403 --> 00:03:04,963 - Nobody's saying you are! Look, I've got a busy day. 50 00:03:04,963 --> 00:03:07,163 - I've got a busy day. 51 00:03:07,163 --> 00:03:08,203 - I need a hand. 52 00:03:08,203 --> 00:03:10,203 I've overcommitted. As usual. 53 00:03:10,203 --> 00:03:11,803 Just give me the morning, eh? 54 00:03:11,803 --> 00:03:12,923 There's a fry up in it. 55 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:21,883 - JOE PLAYS WITH VOLUME ON MUSIC 56 00:03:32,763 --> 00:03:34,363 - Are you going somewhere? 57 00:03:34,363 --> 00:03:36,563 - No, you two are. I've packed for you. 58 00:03:36,563 --> 00:03:38,163 Eddie's lending you his flat. 59 00:03:38,163 --> 00:03:39,923 All you've got do is get in the car. 60 00:03:39,923 --> 00:03:42,843 - It's a lovely idea but Paul's got the fell race at the gastro pub today 61 00:03:42,843 --> 00:03:45,723 and I've got a 25-page assessment form to fill in for Joe's school. 62 00:03:45,723 --> 00:03:47,123 - We've got the gastro pub covered, 63 00:03:47,123 --> 00:03:48,883 and I'm sure I can manage to fill in a form. 64 00:03:48,883 --> 00:03:51,643 I know Joe off by heart and Nicola loves filling in questions. 65 00:03:51,643 --> 00:03:52,843 - Nicola? 66 00:03:52,843 --> 00:03:55,523 - Yeah, we're going to look after Joe together. 67 00:03:55,523 --> 00:03:58,043 You've got no excuses left, now go. 68 00:03:58,043 --> 00:03:59,723 - It's really nice of you, love, but... 69 00:03:59,723 --> 00:04:02,803 - "But" nothing. Are you seriously telling me there isn't a problem? 70 00:04:04,003 --> 00:04:06,683 I've noticed it so you can bet Joe's noticed it. 71 00:04:06,683 --> 00:04:09,843 And you never see each other any more, so now's your chance. 72 00:04:09,843 --> 00:04:13,883 It's only Eddie's flat but it's all I could think of - go on! 73 00:04:13,883 --> 00:04:16,083 - Relationship advice from a 19-year-old 74 00:04:16,083 --> 00:04:18,683 with a three week broken engagement to her name? 75 00:04:18,683 --> 00:04:21,643 - Be good for my shattered self-esteem if you said yes. 76 00:04:35,283 --> 00:04:37,643 - Is this a private conga or can anyone join in? 77 00:04:37,643 --> 00:04:40,283 - Eddie, thank you for offering us your flat this weekend. 78 00:04:40,283 --> 00:04:41,803 It's very sweet of you. 79 00:04:41,803 --> 00:04:43,083 - As long as you strip the bed 80 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:45,363 and don't go into my special bedside drawer... 81 00:04:45,363 --> 00:04:48,043 - No, we're not going. You need your flat for you and Emily. 82 00:04:48,043 --> 00:04:50,643 - No. Emily's meeting Holly for the first time this weekend 83 00:04:50,643 --> 00:04:52,483 so we'll be staying at hers. 84 00:04:52,483 --> 00:04:54,603 - A sleepover? At your girlfriend's? 85 00:04:54,603 --> 00:04:56,963 Are you sure you're ready to take it to the next level? 86 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:59,803 - What if that doesn't work out? You'll need a bolt hole. 87 00:04:59,803 --> 00:05:02,203 - Oh, your faith in me is very touching. 88 00:05:02,203 --> 00:05:04,643 - Have you done your seduction playlist on your iPod yet? 89 00:05:04,643 --> 00:05:05,683 - No comment. 90 00:05:05,683 --> 00:05:07,763 - Does she have a compatible hub? 91 00:05:07,763 --> 00:05:10,923 - Hilarious. Now, get out of here, you crazy kids! 92 00:05:12,483 --> 00:05:15,963 Emily! Oh! 93 00:05:15,963 --> 00:05:19,323 - Ah, look at that! 94 00:05:19,323 --> 00:05:21,283 - Come on. - Are you in on this too? 95 00:05:22,923 --> 00:05:25,723 - All Rebecca's idea. She wants you to go. 96 00:05:25,723 --> 00:05:28,003 - Is she planning a party? Is that what this is about? 97 00:05:28,003 --> 00:05:29,603 - No, she's worried about you. 98 00:05:31,043 --> 00:05:32,923 Should she be? 99 00:05:37,563 --> 00:05:42,003 - # Shiver and say the words 100 00:05:42,003 --> 00:05:46,003 # Of every lie you've heard 101 00:05:46,003 --> 00:05:48,243 # First I'm gonna make it 102 00:05:48,243 --> 00:05:53,443 # Then I'm gonna break it till it falls apart. # 103 00:05:53,443 --> 00:05:55,563 - Beep, beep, beep, beep. - All right, Joe. 104 00:05:55,563 --> 00:05:57,243 Today is going to be different 105 00:05:57,243 --> 00:05:59,283 but it's all on here. We'll have some breakfast, 106 00:05:59,283 --> 00:06:02,123 then go to the playground. Then we'll go to the fell race 107 00:06:02,123 --> 00:06:07,003 and watch Grandad run! Then we'll choose a film 108 00:06:07,003 --> 00:06:10,363 and have fish and chips and we'll watch it together round yours. 109 00:06:10,363 --> 00:06:12,123 How does that sound? 110 00:06:12,123 --> 00:06:13,443 - Lust For Life. 111 00:06:13,443 --> 00:06:15,643 - Iggy Pop. 1977. 112 00:06:15,643 --> 00:06:18,323 - Baby Emily will have fish and chips? 113 00:06:18,323 --> 00:06:20,043 - Sorry about that, Joe. 114 00:06:20,043 --> 00:06:23,123 I'm whisking her away but she'll see you soon. 115 00:06:23,123 --> 00:06:26,363 - Emily is going to meet Eddie's Manchester girlfriend. 116 00:06:26,363 --> 00:06:28,683 - She's got a name. She's called Holly. 117 00:06:28,683 --> 00:06:30,683 - Who? Your Manchester girlfriend? 118 00:06:30,683 --> 00:06:34,163 I'll do motor skills if you do emotional development. 119 00:06:34,163 --> 00:06:35,963 - I'd go the other way round if I were you. 120 00:06:35,963 --> 00:06:38,443 Is this another of your public speaking engagements? 121 00:06:38,443 --> 00:06:40,443 - No, it's a questionnaire for Joe's new school. 122 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:42,203 I thought you were in a hurry to get away. 123 00:06:42,203 --> 00:06:43,443 - Ask me one before I go. 124 00:06:43,443 --> 00:06:45,683 - It's a psychological profile, not a pub quiz. 125 00:06:45,683 --> 00:06:49,083 Erm, "Does your child have difficulty making friends?" 126 00:06:49,083 --> 00:06:50,603 - No, not really. He's just choosy. 127 00:06:50,603 --> 00:06:52,883 - "Would you say your child is clumsy?" 128 00:06:52,883 --> 00:06:54,763 - Yes. - Yes for me, too. 129 00:06:54,763 --> 00:06:57,483 - "Does your child have problems with manual dexterity?" 130 00:06:58,603 --> 00:07:00,083 - That's a yes for Eddie. 131 00:07:03,043 --> 00:07:04,843 - Let me see. 132 00:07:04,843 --> 00:07:07,363 There's loads there he might not have done! 133 00:07:07,363 --> 00:07:09,323 So what, he just scores a no? 134 00:07:09,323 --> 00:07:11,403 That's like saying, "Am I good at pole vaulting?" 135 00:07:11,403 --> 00:07:14,083 Well, how would I ever know? Never had to find out. 136 00:07:14,083 --> 00:07:15,803 - If I was going to make a guess, though... 137 00:07:15,803 --> 00:07:17,043 - Bedwetting? 138 00:07:17,043 --> 00:07:18,923 - Usually straight after pole vaulting. 139 00:07:18,923 --> 00:07:20,283 - Aren't you going to be late? 140 00:07:20,283 --> 00:07:22,003 - Come on. 141 00:07:22,003 --> 00:07:23,643 Skills. 142 00:07:23,643 --> 00:07:25,523 This is more like it. 143 00:07:25,523 --> 00:07:28,963 Catching, running, cycling, swimming, stair climbing. 144 00:07:28,963 --> 00:07:31,003 Get ticks in half these boxes before lunchtime. 145 00:07:31,003 --> 00:07:33,323 - It's not a bucket list, Eddie, that's not how it works. 146 00:07:33,323 --> 00:07:36,083 It's a snapshot. - Yeah, a snapshot of all the things he can't do. 147 00:07:36,083 --> 00:07:39,843 So, let's change some of this. 148 00:07:39,843 --> 00:07:43,363 Joe, would you like to ride your bike without stabilisers? 149 00:07:50,483 --> 00:07:53,683 Joe, would you like to ride a bike, 150 00:07:53,683 --> 00:07:56,283 properly, without stabilisers, eh? 151 00:07:56,283 --> 00:07:58,443 - Would you like to ride a bike? 152 00:07:58,443 --> 00:08:01,203 - I'm taking that as a yes. 153 00:08:10,643 --> 00:08:13,363 - Don't need a wee, do I? 154 00:08:13,363 --> 00:08:16,483 - Do you want to turn back? 155 00:08:16,483 --> 00:08:18,723 Because we can if you think this is a bad idea. 156 00:08:18,723 --> 00:08:22,203 - Do you want to turn back? - Don't do that. 157 00:08:22,203 --> 00:08:24,723 - Eddie's flat's hardly a break for you, is it? 158 00:08:24,723 --> 00:08:28,323 - Look, we promised each other that we would be all right 159 00:08:28,323 --> 00:08:29,803 when Joe changed schools 160 00:08:29,803 --> 00:08:32,083 and now we're avoiding each other when we're together 161 00:08:32,083 --> 00:08:33,603 and not talking when we're not. 162 00:08:33,603 --> 00:08:36,443 So we can either carry on like that or we can do something about it. 163 00:08:36,443 --> 00:08:39,883 Do you want to do something about it? 164 00:08:39,883 --> 00:08:40,923 Yes or no? 165 00:08:42,323 --> 00:08:43,483 - Let me see now... 166 00:08:43,483 --> 00:08:45,483 - Taking the piss isn't an option. 167 00:08:59,243 --> 00:09:01,443 - PHONE CHIMES 168 00:09:04,363 --> 00:09:06,283 - Is that your mum? She feeling better? 169 00:09:06,283 --> 00:09:07,683 - It's not my mum. 170 00:09:07,683 --> 00:09:09,203 - Thing is, she's all over the place. 171 00:09:09,203 --> 00:09:11,683 It's not her talking, it's the drugs half the time. 172 00:09:11,683 --> 00:09:14,603 - I know. - She don't know her own mind so how we're supposed to... 173 00:09:14,603 --> 00:09:15,963 - I know. 174 00:09:15,963 --> 00:09:18,523 - Well, with all due respect, you don't. I've been through it. 175 00:09:18,523 --> 00:09:20,563 - I'm not a child. I understand. 176 00:09:20,563 --> 00:09:21,643 - You can't, Ralph! 177 00:09:21,643 --> 00:09:23,683 I don't understand her, so God knows how you do. 178 00:09:26,523 --> 00:09:29,523 Ralph! I'm sorry, that came out wrong. 179 00:09:29,523 --> 00:09:31,363 I didn't... 180 00:09:31,363 --> 00:09:32,563 Ralph! 181 00:09:41,883 --> 00:09:44,123 - Are you sure this is the right way to go about it? 182 00:09:44,123 --> 00:09:46,363 - You must never surprise a child by presenting them 183 00:09:46,363 --> 00:09:48,483 with their bike suddenly with no stabilisers. 184 00:09:48,483 --> 00:09:52,363 You let him see you remove them, he can process the change. 185 00:09:52,363 --> 00:09:54,923 - OK, Joe. Let's make history. 186 00:10:04,883 --> 00:10:07,403 Well, that's well and truly processed. 187 00:10:13,963 --> 00:10:17,403 Joe, let go of my head and pedal. 188 00:10:17,403 --> 00:10:19,803 Let go of my head and pedal. 189 00:10:19,803 --> 00:10:24,163 Let go and...and pedal. Off you go. 190 00:10:26,563 --> 00:10:30,483 - Your fault that time - ambiguous phrase use, "Off you go." 191 00:10:30,483 --> 00:10:34,723 - There's a bike helmet in the car, Rebecca. 192 00:10:34,723 --> 00:10:36,763 I feel a positive role model is needed. 193 00:10:36,763 --> 00:10:38,243 - Talking of "Off You Go"... 194 00:10:38,243 --> 00:10:41,323 - I'll give it till lunchtime. This'll do the trick. 195 00:10:48,443 --> 00:10:50,523 You keep pedalling and you keep pedalling 196 00:10:50,523 --> 00:10:52,363 and the bike will take care of you. 197 00:10:52,363 --> 00:10:54,523 You see? Do you want a go? 198 00:10:54,523 --> 00:10:56,523 Eh? 199 00:11:01,163 --> 00:11:03,323 - Is this him still processing, or telling us 200 00:11:03,323 --> 00:11:05,283 he doesn't want to ride the bike? 201 00:11:05,283 --> 00:11:06,963 - What else is on the list? 202 00:11:06,963 --> 00:11:09,963 - Erm...swimming, throwing balls, 203 00:11:09,963 --> 00:11:11,483 hopping... 204 00:11:11,483 --> 00:11:15,083 - Hopping? Where's that going to get him in life? 205 00:11:15,083 --> 00:11:17,603 Unless the Beatrix Potter Museum are hiring. 206 00:11:17,603 --> 00:11:20,563 I'll have him doing wheelies by tea time. 207 00:11:33,683 --> 00:11:35,123 - What do we do now? 208 00:11:36,843 --> 00:11:38,763 - Anything we like. 209 00:11:38,763 --> 00:11:40,043 - But what do we do now? 210 00:11:54,803 --> 00:11:55,963 - We could go out. 211 00:11:55,963 --> 00:11:58,803 - True. True. We could. 212 00:12:01,603 --> 00:12:04,523 I'll give Eddie a call and let him know that we've arrived. 213 00:12:06,883 --> 00:12:08,323 Eddie! 214 00:12:08,323 --> 00:12:10,123 Arrived. 215 00:12:10,123 --> 00:12:12,923 How's things your end? 216 00:12:12,923 --> 00:12:14,563 Er, bike pump? 217 00:12:14,563 --> 00:12:17,083 Should be in the shed. 218 00:12:17,083 --> 00:12:20,003 Great. 219 00:12:20,003 --> 00:12:22,003 Found your porn stash! 220 00:12:22,003 --> 00:12:25,363 Lovely. Home-made stuff's particularly strong. 221 00:12:26,443 --> 00:12:27,643 Yeah. OK! 222 00:12:28,723 --> 00:12:30,123 Bye. 223 00:12:30,123 --> 00:12:31,243 - So what was that about? 224 00:12:31,243 --> 00:12:32,843 - Eddie's going to try and teach Joe 225 00:12:32,843 --> 00:12:34,723 to ride his bike without stabilisers. 226 00:12:34,723 --> 00:12:35,883 - I'd like to see that. 227 00:12:35,883 --> 00:12:37,163 - Yeah, me too. 228 00:12:37,163 --> 00:12:39,483 Last time I took his stabilisers off, he sat on the floor 229 00:12:39,483 --> 00:12:41,803 and he barked like a dog until I put them back on again. 230 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:43,243 Should we warn Eddie of that 231 00:12:43,243 --> 00:12:45,523 or is it more fun for him to find out himself? 232 00:12:45,523 --> 00:12:48,963 - Talking about Joe already. How long's that taken us? 233 00:12:48,963 --> 00:12:51,323 - Are we banned from talking about Joe? 234 00:12:57,203 --> 00:12:59,243 - Five minutes. 235 00:12:59,243 --> 00:13:02,563 - If you've set that for sex, I'm going to have to unpack my inhaler. 236 00:13:02,563 --> 00:13:04,203 - We're going to sit down here and talk 237 00:13:04,203 --> 00:13:07,163 but not about the kids and not about work, just for five minutes. 238 00:13:07,163 --> 00:13:09,643 All right? - OK. 239 00:13:32,403 --> 00:13:34,523 I wonder if he's taken the stabilisers off yet. 240 00:13:34,523 --> 00:13:36,083 - It's 15 seconds. 241 00:13:36,083 --> 00:13:37,603 - Well, it's nearer 20. 242 00:13:37,603 --> 00:13:39,723 - Maybe five minutes was over ambitious. 243 00:13:39,723 --> 00:13:42,163 - No come on, it's... It's the timer! 244 00:13:42,163 --> 00:13:44,403 - Come on. We can do this. 245 00:13:44,403 --> 00:13:46,683 We're Paul and Alison, 246 00:13:46,683 --> 00:13:48,083 the golden couple. 247 00:13:48,083 --> 00:13:50,643 - Nobody's ever called us the golden couple. 248 00:13:50,643 --> 00:13:52,523 - We could go out for a coffee first? 249 00:13:52,523 --> 00:13:54,243 - Yeah, let's do that. 250 00:14:10,763 --> 00:14:13,243 - Earlier on, when I said you couldn't understand 251 00:14:13,243 --> 00:14:16,603 what I couldn't understand, I didn't mean... 252 00:14:16,603 --> 00:14:19,683 It's because you're her son, not because you're, like... 253 00:14:19,683 --> 00:14:21,123 - Downs? 254 00:14:21,123 --> 00:14:23,123 - Yeah, right. 255 00:14:25,043 --> 00:14:27,683 The thing is about being a mum or dad, you know, 256 00:14:27,683 --> 00:14:29,683 you always think of your kids as kids. 257 00:14:30,963 --> 00:14:32,923 Bloody hell, am I talking to myself or what? 258 00:14:32,923 --> 00:14:34,603 Have you got a hot date or something? 259 00:14:34,603 --> 00:14:36,603 - Yeah. 260 00:14:36,603 --> 00:14:40,603 - Oh, right! What, today? 261 00:14:40,603 --> 00:14:42,203 Is she coming to the fell race? 262 00:14:42,203 --> 00:14:43,363 - Yeah! 263 00:14:43,363 --> 00:14:44,603 - So I'll meet her, will I? 264 00:14:46,123 --> 00:14:48,323 Don't worry, son, I won't embarrass you. 265 00:14:48,323 --> 00:14:50,243 - No, you won't. 266 00:14:55,563 --> 00:14:58,723 SPOKES RATTLE 267 00:14:58,723 --> 00:15:00,043 - Anyone special? 268 00:15:00,043 --> 00:15:03,963 - No, I just haven't heard anything from Mum and Dad. 269 00:15:03,963 --> 00:15:05,843 - That's good, isn't it? 270 00:15:11,603 --> 00:15:14,123 - How about that? 271 00:15:14,123 --> 00:15:17,483 - Semaphore Signals. 272 00:15:19,763 --> 00:15:22,043 - No, it's not a question. 273 00:15:22,043 --> 00:15:27,043 When somebody says, "How about that?" it's not a real question. 274 00:15:27,043 --> 00:15:30,283 - Wreckless Eric. 1977. 275 00:15:35,683 --> 00:15:38,603 - Like that! That's it, Joe! Hold on! 276 00:15:38,603 --> 00:15:40,363 - Eddie doesn't want to leave. 277 00:15:40,363 --> 00:15:43,923 - He's surprisingly determined when he puts his mind to it. 278 00:15:43,923 --> 00:15:48,563 - I don't think the bike is the reason that he's staying. - Rebecca... 279 00:15:50,563 --> 00:15:53,003 You're heartbroken yourself, so I think you are projecting 280 00:15:53,003 --> 00:15:55,643 your own desire for reconciliation on to us. 281 00:15:55,643 --> 00:15:57,363 - This is not about James. 282 00:15:57,363 --> 00:15:59,403 But if he came back and looked at me 283 00:15:59,403 --> 00:16:01,883 like Eddie looks at you then I'd be happy. 284 00:16:01,883 --> 00:16:03,403 - Cos you still want James back? 285 00:16:03,403 --> 00:16:04,763 - No. 286 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:07,563 Because I'd know that he wanted me back 287 00:16:07,563 --> 00:16:09,683 and he was suffering. 288 00:16:09,683 --> 00:16:11,043 - That's my girl. 289 00:16:11,043 --> 00:16:13,363 - Come on, Joe, you can do it. 290 00:16:13,363 --> 00:16:16,243 That's it! A bit faster, a bit faster! 291 00:16:16,243 --> 00:16:17,963 I'm still holding on! 292 00:16:17,963 --> 00:16:20,363 I'm still holding! That's it! 293 00:16:20,363 --> 00:16:21,723 That's it! You're doing it! 294 00:16:21,723 --> 00:16:23,083 You're doing it! 295 00:16:23,083 --> 00:16:25,363 - No. No. No! Really no! Really no! 296 00:16:25,363 --> 00:16:27,683 - OK. OK, OK, I'm sorry. 297 00:16:27,683 --> 00:16:30,003 I'm... OK, sorry. 298 00:16:30,003 --> 00:16:32,483 Joe! I'm sorry! 299 00:16:38,643 --> 00:16:39,883 - I think the problem is 300 00:16:39,883 --> 00:16:42,443 whenever you let go of the seat, he stops his bike. 301 00:16:42,443 --> 00:16:43,643 - I think you're right. 302 00:16:43,643 --> 00:16:46,523 - You need to keep pretending that you are holding on to the seat 303 00:16:46,523 --> 00:16:48,083 when in fact you are not. 304 00:16:48,083 --> 00:16:49,803 - I can see that now. Thank you. 305 00:16:49,803 --> 00:16:54,363 - The basic problem is... - The basic problem, Ramesh, is this. 306 00:16:54,363 --> 00:16:56,403 This questionnaire. 307 00:16:56,403 --> 00:17:00,843 The measuring, the assessing, the endless, tedious comparing! 308 00:17:00,843 --> 00:17:02,803 What he can't do, especially what he can't do, 309 00:17:02,803 --> 00:17:05,083 measured against who? Against us? 310 00:17:05,083 --> 00:17:07,763 Against normal people? I mean, look at us, are any of us normal? 311 00:17:07,763 --> 00:17:08,843 - Eddie! 312 00:17:08,843 --> 00:17:10,403 - Is this normal? 313 00:17:12,123 --> 00:17:16,363 - It is mathematically impossible to fold paper more than seven times. 314 00:17:18,483 --> 00:17:20,123 - Did he sleep through? 315 00:17:20,123 --> 00:17:22,563 I don't think he slept through. 316 00:17:28,523 --> 00:17:29,883 - Thanks, Ramesh. 317 00:17:31,043 --> 00:17:32,803 - Think it's time I got going anyway. 318 00:17:34,443 --> 00:17:36,603 - I promised Joe an ice cream at the fell race. 319 00:17:52,003 --> 00:17:55,523 - Have you noticed how her nipples seem to follow you around the room? 320 00:17:55,523 --> 00:17:57,963 - No, that must be a boy thing. 321 00:18:01,203 --> 00:18:03,723 So was it Eddie's flat that made you want to come here 322 00:18:03,723 --> 00:18:05,643 or your interest in the history of art? 323 00:18:08,123 --> 00:18:12,283 - It's nice, though, isn't it - just doing nothing together? 324 00:18:12,283 --> 00:18:15,563 - Yeah. Yeah, it is. 325 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:19,203 That daughter of ours might have had a point. 326 00:18:21,283 --> 00:18:24,363 - But you can't tell me that there isn't an elephant in the room. 327 00:18:33,443 --> 00:18:35,843 You just... You never mentioned the Sophie thing again, 328 00:18:35,843 --> 00:18:39,083 so I thought you didn't want to talk about it. 329 00:18:39,083 --> 00:18:41,283 - No, I didn't. At first. 330 00:18:41,283 --> 00:18:43,603 But you felt something 331 00:18:43,603 --> 00:18:47,443 and clearly it was enough to make you tell me. 332 00:18:47,443 --> 00:18:48,683 - I loved the gig. 333 00:18:50,003 --> 00:18:51,403 - Yeah, you said. 334 00:18:51,403 --> 00:18:53,363 - I loved it for Joe in a daft way. 335 00:18:55,443 --> 00:19:01,363 I pictured him being there, you know, in ten years' time. 336 00:19:04,763 --> 00:19:09,483 And it just felt like it was OK for once, 337 00:19:09,483 --> 00:19:12,443 him growing up. 338 00:19:12,443 --> 00:19:13,483 - Good. 339 00:19:16,003 --> 00:19:17,803 So... 340 00:19:19,523 --> 00:19:22,683 - So when I dropped them off, it felt familiar, it felt easy. 341 00:19:23,883 --> 00:19:27,163 - And you thought Sophie might feel familiar and easy too. 342 00:19:28,923 --> 00:19:31,003 - It was a moment. 343 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:33,643 And it was only a moment for me, to be honest. 344 00:19:33,643 --> 00:19:35,603 Sophie didn't encourage me. 345 00:19:35,603 --> 00:19:37,683 She didn't... She didn't react. 346 00:19:37,683 --> 00:19:41,123 She just, she just... She looked surprised. 347 00:19:41,123 --> 00:19:43,043 - Yeah, I get that. 348 00:19:43,043 --> 00:19:44,123 I just... 349 00:19:44,123 --> 00:19:48,203 I just want to know what was going on in your head. 350 00:19:48,203 --> 00:19:51,403 - Well, when you find out, will you tell me? 351 00:19:51,403 --> 00:19:54,483 - Did she look like she needed rescuing? Was that it? 352 00:19:56,643 --> 00:19:59,163 - Was that what? 353 00:19:59,163 --> 00:20:02,923 - Well, I looked like I needed rescuing when we first got together. 354 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:08,363 Single mum working in a bakery, living with her parents. 355 00:20:08,363 --> 00:20:11,723 Most men would've run a mile. Not you. 356 00:20:11,723 --> 00:20:14,563 - Well, most men hadn't tasted your novelty scones. 357 00:20:14,563 --> 00:20:19,523 - I can see that Sophie might look like a woman that needs rescuing, 358 00:20:19,523 --> 00:20:24,163 and I... I can see how that would work for you. 359 00:20:24,163 --> 00:20:26,083 - Except she's not you. 360 00:20:26,083 --> 00:20:27,643 - I can see that you would get... 361 00:20:29,963 --> 00:20:33,443 ..like, confused by me being away 362 00:20:33,443 --> 00:20:35,843 and you being there. 363 00:20:35,843 --> 00:20:37,403 I, I get that. 364 00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:39,403 - Except she's not you. 365 00:20:39,403 --> 00:20:43,323 - I can't say I'm happy about it but...I get it. 366 00:20:46,603 --> 00:20:48,563 I just need... 367 00:20:48,563 --> 00:20:50,443 I just need to know if you get it. 368 00:20:52,883 --> 00:20:53,923 - I do. 369 00:20:56,203 --> 00:20:57,603 I do. 370 00:20:59,203 --> 00:21:00,883 I'm sorry. 371 00:21:10,923 --> 00:21:14,843 - Not long now till the sixth annual Hightown Fell Race 372 00:21:14,843 --> 00:21:17,323 gets underway. 373 00:21:17,323 --> 00:21:18,363 Previous winners... 374 00:21:18,363 --> 00:21:20,443 - This girlfriend of yours, how serious is it? 375 00:21:20,443 --> 00:21:21,883 - It's our first date. 376 00:21:21,883 --> 00:21:24,483 - The thing is, you might think having a woman in your life 377 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:26,523 is the be-all and end-all, but it isn't, you know? 378 00:21:26,523 --> 00:21:28,923 You spend half your time wondering what they're thinking 379 00:21:28,923 --> 00:21:30,763 and the other half wondering what they meant 380 00:21:30,763 --> 00:21:33,003 when they've told you what they're thinking. - Right. 381 00:21:33,003 --> 00:21:34,723 - One minute they want you in their life, 382 00:21:34,723 --> 00:21:36,883 the next they're telling you to back off. You see, 383 00:21:36,883 --> 00:21:39,323 you never know when you're in the right or in the wrong. 384 00:21:39,323 --> 00:21:40,643 - Yeah. 385 00:21:40,643 --> 00:21:43,403 - But the main thing is, they know you better than you know yourself, 386 00:21:43,403 --> 00:21:45,643 and the sooner you work that out, the better. 387 00:21:45,643 --> 00:21:47,643 - Hello, Ralph. - Hello. 388 00:21:49,003 --> 00:21:52,603 - Tension rising now as we get near to race time. 389 00:21:52,603 --> 00:21:57,123 I want to hear a big cheer as these men and women get going. 390 00:21:59,043 --> 00:22:02,803 - First five minutes - goes on on his own. This cover your losses? 391 00:22:02,803 --> 00:22:04,723 - No skin off my nose. 392 00:22:04,723 --> 00:22:07,723 - It's just he likes to... - Yeah, I know what he likes to do. 393 00:22:07,723 --> 00:22:09,523 I remember him from last year. 394 00:22:11,123 --> 00:22:12,683 - Hiya, Ralph. You all right? 395 00:22:12,683 --> 00:22:14,403 - Maurice is being strange. 396 00:22:14,403 --> 00:22:17,123 - Well, he does get very fired up for this kind of thing. 397 00:22:17,123 --> 00:22:18,643 - That's not the reason. 398 00:22:18,643 --> 00:22:19,763 - Oh? 399 00:22:19,763 --> 00:22:23,843 - This year, we are proud to announce that we are fully kitted-out 400 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:26,803 with a brand-new defibrillator. 401 00:22:26,803 --> 00:22:28,043 - CHEERING 402 00:22:28,043 --> 00:22:31,283 - Comes as welcome news to some more than others, eh, Maurice? 403 00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:33,483 I'm only kiddin' you, fella! 404 00:22:33,483 --> 00:22:36,203 On the sound of the klaxon, the race will begin. 405 00:22:36,203 --> 00:22:39,323 Good luck, everyone. Rather you than me! 406 00:22:39,323 --> 00:22:44,203 - MUSIC: Boredom by Buzzcocks 407 00:22:52,083 --> 00:22:53,723 - Do you come here a lot? 408 00:22:53,723 --> 00:22:55,923 Cos these pigeons seem to know you by name. 409 00:22:55,923 --> 00:22:58,363 - I come to lectures at the university 410 00:22:58,363 --> 00:23:00,003 when Joe's at school. 411 00:23:03,363 --> 00:23:05,043 - You gatecrash lectures? 412 00:23:06,403 --> 00:23:07,483 Since when? 413 00:23:07,483 --> 00:23:09,483 - It started when I dropped in on Eddie, 414 00:23:09,483 --> 00:23:11,203 but then just kind of got hooked. 415 00:23:11,203 --> 00:23:13,683 It's something new, 416 00:23:13,683 --> 00:23:16,283 something I missed out on. 417 00:23:17,723 --> 00:23:19,683 Does that sound mad? 418 00:23:19,683 --> 00:23:21,083 - What do you go and listen to? 419 00:23:22,643 --> 00:23:24,963 - Psychology, Politics. 420 00:23:24,963 --> 00:23:26,723 Oh, embroidery... 421 00:23:28,323 --> 00:23:30,563 - Well, it's a good job they do girlie subjects. 422 00:23:33,323 --> 00:23:36,083 You just go and listen at the back? 423 00:23:38,043 --> 00:23:41,803 - Joe's settled at his new school and Rebecca'll go to uni 424 00:23:41,803 --> 00:23:44,043 and you've got the gastro pub, 425 00:23:44,043 --> 00:23:48,323 and we sold my diner so you could expand and I'm completely over that. 426 00:23:48,323 --> 00:23:49,683 - Clearly. 427 00:23:49,683 --> 00:23:54,683 - Erm, but so, for me, what next? 428 00:23:54,683 --> 00:23:58,043 I have to do something, I can't... I can't not do anything. 429 00:23:59,483 --> 00:24:01,683 Isn't it fair to just ask what I might do now? 430 00:24:03,603 --> 00:24:05,243 Is that fair? 431 00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:08,323 Or does that scare you like everything else seems to scare you these days. 432 00:24:08,323 --> 00:24:11,603 - Are you asking this question as a strong independent woman 433 00:24:11,603 --> 00:24:13,483 with something to offer the world, 434 00:24:13,483 --> 00:24:17,163 or are you asking this question as my lovely little obedient wifey? 435 00:24:20,723 --> 00:24:22,643 You should go. 436 00:24:22,643 --> 00:24:25,963 You should. You should go to university, you'd be great. 437 00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:32,563 You should do what you want. 438 00:24:43,843 --> 00:24:45,603 - VAN HORN HONKS 439 00:24:45,603 --> 00:24:47,683 - Here in Eddie's kitchen? - Yes. 440 00:24:48,923 --> 00:24:51,603 Only maybe don't call it Eddie's kitchen again. 441 00:24:51,603 --> 00:24:53,763 It's a bit of a passion killer, you know. 442 00:24:56,803 --> 00:24:59,443 What? - No, no, no, it's fine. 443 00:24:59,443 --> 00:25:01,883 - What?! - Is that my copy? 444 00:25:01,883 --> 00:25:05,243 It's my copy of The Wedding Present, The Complete Peel Sessions. 445 00:25:10,323 --> 00:25:14,163 It's all right, I can... - We can take our time, you know? 446 00:25:14,163 --> 00:25:16,083 - Yeah! No, I know, I know! 447 00:25:16,083 --> 00:25:20,643 - OK, you might want to try and sound just a tiny bit less defensive. 448 00:25:20,643 --> 00:25:23,163 - Sorry. It's just... - Come on. 449 00:25:28,243 --> 00:25:31,723 - Just feels like we're trying a bit too hard. - Yeah, let's just... 450 00:25:31,723 --> 00:25:34,523 Come on. Let's just be spontaneous. We can do it. 451 00:25:34,523 --> 00:25:37,403 - Which is actually not that spontaneous. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, OK. 452 00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:40,403 You've made your point. I'm getting the spontaneous thing. - All right. 453 00:25:40,403 --> 00:25:42,603 All right, I'm joking. - Well, forgive me for feeling 454 00:25:42,603 --> 00:25:44,643 just a tiny bit rejected by the fact 455 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:48,083 that a little awkwardness is enough to stop us making love. 456 00:25:48,083 --> 00:25:50,523 - It's like the timer thing, you know. 457 00:25:50,523 --> 00:25:53,883 If it comes down to it, you're not exactly relaxed. 458 00:25:53,883 --> 00:25:58,443 - We have just been talking about you being attracted to someone else. 459 00:25:58,443 --> 00:26:00,243 - And you said that you got it. 460 00:26:00,243 --> 00:26:02,243 - I got it. 461 00:26:02,243 --> 00:26:05,083 It still hurt like hell. 462 00:26:05,083 --> 00:26:08,043 "I felt more at home with her than I do with you." 463 00:26:08,043 --> 00:26:10,203 - For a moment. I said for a moment! 464 00:26:10,203 --> 00:26:13,163 - Even for a moment, don't you think that stings just a little bit? 465 00:26:13,163 --> 00:26:15,483 - OK. 466 00:26:15,483 --> 00:26:19,603 I see. - Do you? Oh, good. OK, well, let's not go to Relate then 467 00:26:19,603 --> 00:26:21,203 because Paul "sees". 468 00:26:21,203 --> 00:26:23,443 - So this is the argument we're having, is it? 469 00:26:23,443 --> 00:26:25,403 Not the one where I explained everything 470 00:26:25,403 --> 00:26:26,803 and you said that you got it. 471 00:26:26,803 --> 00:26:29,723 We're having the real row now, are we? Well, Eddie was right. 472 00:26:29,723 --> 00:26:32,963 I shouldn't have said anything. - Eddie? 473 00:26:32,963 --> 00:26:35,323 When did you talk to Eddie about it? 474 00:26:35,323 --> 00:26:39,403 - I did the right thing, Alison! I told you the truth. 475 00:26:41,003 --> 00:26:45,163 - OK, so I have to be OK? What is this... 476 00:26:46,923 --> 00:26:48,603 ..emotional plea bargaining? 477 00:26:48,603 --> 00:26:49,763 - Yep. You found me out. 478 00:26:51,883 --> 00:26:53,323 - And as for your actual feelings, 479 00:26:53,323 --> 00:26:55,123 I'm just going to have to guess, am I? 480 00:26:55,123 --> 00:26:57,803 - Well, don't guess too hard, eh, cos you might just get them right 481 00:26:57,803 --> 00:26:59,563 and then we really would be in the shit. 482 00:26:59,563 --> 00:27:03,603 - MUSIC: Fiction Romance by Buzzcocks 483 00:27:11,883 --> 00:27:15,203 # A fiction romance I love this love story 484 00:27:17,723 --> 00:27:21,643 # That never seems to happen in my life... # 485 00:27:26,403 --> 00:27:30,323 - Have you calmed down now? I was merely expressing my frustration. 486 00:27:30,323 --> 00:27:32,283 We were all aware of your frustrations, 487 00:27:32,283 --> 00:27:33,923 especially the other children. 488 00:27:33,923 --> 00:27:36,763 - All right, all right. It's just so, like, reductive. 489 00:27:36,763 --> 00:27:37,843 That's all I meant. 490 00:27:37,843 --> 00:27:40,483 If you put all these ingredients in a cake and baked it, 491 00:27:40,483 --> 00:27:42,123 Joe wouldn't come out, would he? 492 00:27:42,123 --> 00:27:43,843 - You know how I feel about metaphor. 493 00:27:43,843 --> 00:27:47,483 - Yeah, it's just a big list of his failures. 494 00:27:47,483 --> 00:27:50,163 How would you feel if that was Emily? 495 00:27:50,163 --> 00:27:54,243 - And as a man who's suffered failures of his own, you feel that keenly. 496 00:27:54,243 --> 00:27:55,603 I see that. 497 00:27:55,603 --> 00:27:58,203 - I was pretty sure I could nail it in a day. 498 00:27:58,203 --> 00:28:01,923 - A day you could've been spending with your Manchester girlfriend. 499 00:28:01,923 --> 00:28:03,603 - Well, yes. 500 00:28:03,603 --> 00:28:05,923 - But you were clearly enjoying yourself too much here. 501 00:28:05,923 --> 00:28:08,643 - It was fun. It is fun. 502 00:28:12,283 --> 00:28:14,283 - Worth missing out on a night of passion? 503 00:28:15,763 --> 00:28:17,843 - I would've been sharing a bedroom with Emily, 504 00:28:17,843 --> 00:28:18,963 just so you know. 505 00:28:18,963 --> 00:28:21,083 - It's none of my business, just so you know. 506 00:28:22,683 --> 00:28:23,803 - Right. 507 00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:26,523 - Who we see. Who we don't see. Who we sleep with. 508 00:28:26,523 --> 00:28:28,683 Who we don't sleep with. - I know that. 509 00:28:28,683 --> 00:28:32,243 - I mean... - I said I know that, all right? 510 00:29:03,243 --> 00:29:05,723 - You guys seen Grandad come through yet? 511 00:29:05,723 --> 00:29:06,763 - No, I haven't. 512 00:29:06,763 --> 00:29:09,683 - That bloke from Kendal he always beats came through ages ago. 513 00:29:13,003 --> 00:29:14,683 - Why would I need to know anything 514 00:29:14,683 --> 00:29:16,963 about who you are and aren't sleeping with? 515 00:29:16,963 --> 00:29:18,843 - I wasn't offering that information. 516 00:29:19,923 --> 00:29:24,043 But, for the record, I haven't slept with anyone since you left. 517 00:29:24,043 --> 00:29:26,083 - Good, but I don't care! 518 00:29:26,083 --> 00:29:27,883 - I'm glad we sorted that out! 519 00:29:29,723 --> 00:29:32,163 - Come on, Joe, let's see if we can cheer Grandad on. 520 00:29:32,163 --> 00:29:34,963 - Side by side! They're crossing the line together! 521 00:29:34,963 --> 00:29:37,643 Very sporting, lads! Very sporting! 522 00:29:41,643 --> 00:29:43,763 - Dad? 523 00:29:44,843 --> 00:29:46,403 Dad? 524 00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:53,723 Dad, are you OK? 525 00:29:55,163 --> 00:29:56,843 - I just fancied taking in the view. 526 00:29:56,843 --> 00:30:01,243 And in the end, really, you know, what's the point? 527 00:30:01,243 --> 00:30:03,563 - What about your big finish? 528 00:30:03,563 --> 00:30:05,923 - Are you talking about death? 529 00:30:05,923 --> 00:30:08,923 - I was talking about sprinting past the skinny guy from Kendal 530 00:30:08,923 --> 00:30:10,363 in the last 100 metres, but... 531 00:30:10,363 --> 00:30:13,283 - Shouldn't you be in Manchester by now? 532 00:30:13,283 --> 00:30:14,323 - Had to stay. 533 00:30:16,363 --> 00:30:18,323 - You didn't, though, did you? 534 00:30:18,323 --> 00:30:20,083 You wanted to. 535 00:30:27,923 --> 00:30:29,163 - Are you sure you're OK? 536 00:30:29,163 --> 00:30:31,523 It's just, you're usually so competitive. 537 00:30:33,563 --> 00:30:36,843 You're sitting out a fell race and I'm hurling push bikes around. 538 00:30:36,843 --> 00:30:41,003 Is this it? You're turning into me and I'm turning into you? 539 00:30:42,443 --> 00:30:45,523 - I'm sorry to tell you this, son, but you're the sane one here. 540 00:30:50,243 --> 00:30:53,043 - Run, Forrest, run! 541 00:30:55,283 --> 00:30:57,803 - My feet don't hurt, do they? 542 00:30:57,803 --> 00:31:04,763 - MUSIC: Mersey Paradise by The Stone Roses 543 00:31:08,283 --> 00:31:11,883 - And here, last but not least, 544 00:31:11,883 --> 00:31:16,443 local brewer and full-time fell runner Maurice Scott. 545 00:31:16,443 --> 00:31:18,163 - Come on, Grandad! 546 00:31:18,163 --> 00:31:20,083 - Well done, Maurice! 547 00:31:20,083 --> 00:31:23,483 - # If she were there I'd hold her down 548 00:31:23,483 --> 00:31:26,803 # I'll push her under while she drowns 549 00:31:26,803 --> 00:31:30,203 # And couldn't breathe and call for air 550 00:31:30,203 --> 00:31:33,483 # She doesn't care for my despair 551 00:31:33,483 --> 00:31:37,843 # Or is it me? 552 00:31:37,843 --> 00:31:41,043 # Or the one that's wrong 553 00:31:41,043 --> 00:31:44,363 # You see it in the sea 554 00:31:44,363 --> 00:31:47,283 # River Cool's where I belong... # 555 00:31:58,843 --> 00:32:01,803 Didn't think anybody could look worse than me today, Maurice. 556 00:32:04,363 --> 00:32:08,563 - The day Sandra died, I went out to the garage and serviced the car. 557 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:12,963 - Sorry? 558 00:32:12,963 --> 00:32:16,003 - Brake pads, filters, oil change - 559 00:32:16,003 --> 00:32:18,123 the lot. 560 00:32:18,123 --> 00:32:19,563 - Right. 561 00:32:21,483 --> 00:32:25,043 - Grief, it takes people in different ways. 562 00:32:25,043 --> 00:32:27,363 - Maurice, I'm really tired. 563 00:32:27,363 --> 00:32:30,803 - I know, I'm sorry. I won't keep you long. 564 00:32:30,803 --> 00:32:35,243 I came to say you were right, what you said. 565 00:32:37,003 --> 00:32:40,883 I am trying to save Sandra again by helping you 566 00:32:40,883 --> 00:32:43,003 and helping you brings it all back. 567 00:32:44,683 --> 00:32:48,043 And it's hard sometimes not to think I'll do it better this time. 568 00:32:49,763 --> 00:32:56,203 And, er, me helping you is me sticking two fingers up to cancer. 569 00:32:58,923 --> 00:33:02,723 Part of me will always be stuck there, by Sandra's bed. 570 00:33:04,563 --> 00:33:06,163 But you really need to hear this. 571 00:33:06,163 --> 00:33:08,723 I don't want you to come through this for Sandra. 572 00:33:10,483 --> 00:33:13,323 I want you to come through this because you're you. 573 00:33:13,323 --> 00:33:15,243 Nobody else. 574 00:33:16,363 --> 00:33:18,603 I want this for you. 575 00:33:20,443 --> 00:33:23,043 And I want you to be there for me... 576 00:33:24,483 --> 00:33:26,243 ..after, 577 00:33:26,243 --> 00:33:27,923 taking the piss... 578 00:33:30,603 --> 00:33:34,763 ..making me think things I've never thought before, 579 00:33:34,763 --> 00:33:36,683 rattling me cage. 580 00:33:36,683 --> 00:33:41,083 And I might have blown it right here, now, 581 00:33:41,083 --> 00:33:44,803 and if I have, it'll knock me bow-legged, but... 582 00:33:44,803 --> 00:33:47,163 ..at least I've said it. 583 00:33:57,443 --> 00:34:01,403 - I'll say this for you, Maurice, you're full of surprises. 584 00:34:01,403 --> 00:34:03,643 - Nobody's ever said that to me before. 585 00:34:05,283 --> 00:34:07,243 - And now I have to go and throw up. 586 00:34:07,243 --> 00:34:08,683 - Right. 587 00:34:10,203 --> 00:34:15,243 - MUSIC: Something and Nothing by The Wedding Present 588 00:34:26,643 --> 00:34:30,243 SONG STOPS AND RESTARTS 589 00:34:37,363 --> 00:34:39,403 SONG STOPS AND RESTARTS 590 00:34:41,043 --> 00:34:44,523 - Can you stop that? I'm just... I'm trying to concentrate. 591 00:34:49,003 --> 00:34:53,523 - On what? - It's Sophie's appeal for Mark's school. 592 00:34:56,603 --> 00:35:01,123 - Are you doing that cos you want to or to prove a point? 593 00:35:01,123 --> 00:35:02,763 - Doing it because it needs doing. 594 00:35:04,843 --> 00:35:06,563 - Sorry, that was a shit thing to say. 595 00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:08,963 - It's all right. 596 00:35:08,963 --> 00:35:12,003 I'll file it away with all the other shit things you've said. 597 00:35:14,163 --> 00:35:16,443 - So how do you think the weekend's going so far 598 00:35:16,443 --> 00:35:18,763 on a scale of bad to disastrous? 599 00:35:18,763 --> 00:35:22,323 - PHONE RINGS 600 00:35:22,323 --> 00:35:23,563 - Hey, Eddie. 601 00:35:25,043 --> 00:35:27,803 No. No, 602 00:35:27,803 --> 00:35:30,443 you're not interrupting anything. 603 00:35:30,443 --> 00:35:31,923 No. 604 00:35:31,923 --> 00:35:35,083 Oh, I've got a horrible feeling they're in the car. 605 00:35:35,083 --> 00:35:37,003 Joe's lost one of his trainers. 606 00:35:37,003 --> 00:35:39,003 I think we've got his spares? - Yeah, they are. 607 00:35:39,003 --> 00:35:41,443 They're in the car, I could smell them on the way here. 608 00:35:41,443 --> 00:35:45,643 - We've got one and he's a bit upset, asking for special trainers. 609 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:47,283 Just wondered what he means 610 00:35:47,283 --> 00:35:50,003 or how I can persuade him that shoes are just as good. 611 00:35:51,723 --> 00:35:53,843 It'll be fine, I'm sure. 612 00:35:53,843 --> 00:35:57,323 - All right, thanks for letting me know, Eddie. Just leave it with me. 613 00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:58,563 I'll speak to you in a bit. 614 00:35:58,563 --> 00:36:01,483 All right, bye. 615 00:36:06,843 --> 00:36:09,843 I mean, he won't settle if he doesn't have his trainers. 616 00:36:09,843 --> 00:36:12,203 Not once the idea's in his head. You know what he's like. 617 00:36:14,003 --> 00:36:15,323 - Yeah. 618 00:36:15,323 --> 00:36:16,803 Yeah, we should go. 619 00:36:18,163 --> 00:36:21,443 Eddie'll have a nightmare otherwise. 620 00:36:21,443 --> 00:36:24,363 It's a good job we didn't unpack. - Yeah, exactly. 621 00:36:29,163 --> 00:36:30,683 Stop the car. 622 00:36:31,963 --> 00:36:33,003 - What? 623 00:36:33,003 --> 00:36:34,283 - Stop the car. 624 00:36:34,283 --> 00:36:38,323 - MUSIC: Getting Nowhere Fast by The Wedding Present 625 00:36:46,963 --> 00:36:49,723 - I thought we were... I thought we were in a rush to get home! 626 00:36:49,723 --> 00:36:51,803 - We are. We are. Just... Deadlines just do it for me. 627 00:36:51,803 --> 00:36:53,403 I was the same at school. 628 00:36:53,403 --> 00:36:55,003 - All right. 629 00:36:55,003 --> 00:36:56,683 Now you're starting to worry me. 630 00:37:02,923 --> 00:37:04,363 Oof! 631 00:37:07,003 --> 00:37:09,243 Well, as the old proverb goes, 632 00:37:09,243 --> 00:37:12,043 "The couple that shag in the car 633 00:37:12,043 --> 00:37:15,963 "make light work of the relationship shit." 634 00:37:18,283 --> 00:37:20,403 - Not sure we're quite there yet, are we? 635 00:37:31,723 --> 00:37:32,963 - Ralph! 636 00:37:32,963 --> 00:37:35,003 Ralph! Hang on a bit. 637 00:37:37,403 --> 00:37:39,323 Can I have a word? 638 00:37:39,323 --> 00:37:41,403 Oh, here, take that. Payment for today, 639 00:37:41,403 --> 00:37:44,283 in case the pair of you want to go for a drink or anything. 640 00:37:44,283 --> 00:37:45,843 - You don't want to come, do you? 641 00:37:45,843 --> 00:37:47,163 - Ha! No, no, you're all right. 642 00:37:47,163 --> 00:37:48,803 - Thank you. - Thank you. 643 00:37:48,803 --> 00:37:51,083 - Nice to meet you, love. Come here. 644 00:37:52,763 --> 00:37:54,603 If it does get serious 645 00:37:54,603 --> 00:37:57,323 and you need another bloke to talk to, I can be that bloke. 646 00:37:57,323 --> 00:37:58,843 - Right. 647 00:37:58,843 --> 00:38:00,763 - You know, condoms and all that. - Right. 648 00:38:00,763 --> 00:38:03,843 - Cos if you're too embarrassed to buy 'em, I can do it. 649 00:38:03,843 --> 00:38:06,523 - It's all right. - No, the thing is with condoms 650 00:38:06,523 --> 00:38:08,763 is, like, you have to practise beforehand. 651 00:38:08,763 --> 00:38:10,083 It's like when you put a glove on 652 00:38:10,083 --> 00:38:11,843 and you can't get your fingers to the end? 653 00:38:11,843 --> 00:38:14,123 - There's more to life than sex, Maurice. 654 00:38:22,563 --> 00:38:24,843 - Eddie? Big tick for hopping! 655 00:38:37,043 --> 00:38:38,883 - Hey! 656 00:38:38,883 --> 00:38:40,483 - Hello, matey. 657 00:38:40,483 --> 00:38:41,763 - Hello, love. 658 00:38:41,763 --> 00:38:43,083 - Did you go to school? 659 00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:46,363 - No, we were in Manchester, but we weren't at school. 660 00:38:46,363 --> 00:38:48,803 Look what I found in the car. 661 00:38:48,803 --> 00:38:51,443 - You're back already. What happened? 662 00:38:51,443 --> 00:38:53,643 - Eddie? What you still doing here? 663 00:38:53,643 --> 00:38:56,003 - Got dragged into family life, you know how it is. 664 00:38:56,003 --> 00:38:57,763 More to the point, why are you here? 665 00:39:00,363 --> 00:39:03,123 All right. I'll try and salvage some of my weekend then. 666 00:39:03,123 --> 00:39:05,323 - Thanks, Eddie, for lending us your flat! 667 00:39:05,323 --> 00:39:06,683 I'll see you Monday night. 668 00:39:08,443 --> 00:39:11,123 Now then, young man, what have you been up to? 669 00:39:11,123 --> 00:39:13,723 What did you do today? Did you have a nice time? 670 00:39:13,723 --> 00:39:14,923 - Neat, Neat, Neat. 671 00:39:14,923 --> 00:39:17,803 - The Damned. 1977. 672 00:39:17,803 --> 00:39:21,523 - Emily did a poo. "Good Lord, Nicola, I need oxygen." 673 00:39:22,843 --> 00:39:25,923 - Is that what Uncle Eddie said? What else happened? 674 00:39:25,923 --> 00:39:27,363 Hmm? 675 00:39:31,763 --> 00:39:33,403 - So have you had a row then or what? 676 00:39:34,763 --> 00:39:37,043 - We just couldn't settle at Eddie's. 677 00:39:37,043 --> 00:39:40,403 Loose women calling round day and night. Drug dealers. 678 00:39:40,403 --> 00:39:43,443 - Stop it. Eddie's been great this weekend. 679 00:39:43,443 --> 00:39:48,203 - Teaching Joe to ride a bike, I hear? How did it go? 680 00:39:53,403 --> 00:39:56,243 - See, you just keep... You keep pedalling, keep pedalling, 681 00:39:56,243 --> 00:39:57,923 and the bike will take care of you. 682 00:39:57,923 --> 00:40:00,603 - He looks like a bear on a unicycle. - Stop it. 683 00:40:00,603 --> 00:40:03,203 - Please tell me that Eddie doesn't succeed. 684 00:40:03,203 --> 00:40:06,203 - You'd rather Joe couldn't ride a bike than admit another man 685 00:40:06,203 --> 00:40:08,843 could teach him? 686 00:40:08,843 --> 00:40:12,243 - Joe, can you ride a bike yet? 687 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:13,283 - I can ride a bike. 688 00:40:14,363 --> 00:40:17,283 - Well, nearly, nearly. 689 00:40:17,283 --> 00:40:18,883 I'm going to get you out on that bike 690 00:40:18,883 --> 00:40:21,003 and you'll be riding like Bradley Wiggins. 691 00:40:21,003 --> 00:40:22,563 - Come and have a look, Mum. 692 00:40:22,563 --> 00:40:23,803 - Oh, I'll look later, love. 693 00:40:23,803 --> 00:40:27,363 - Come on, you ready, you ready? 694 00:40:29,043 --> 00:40:31,363 - Ooh. Presents. Presents! Yes! 695 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:38,043 OK. Joseph. Look! 696 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:47,283 - I like dinosaurs, don't I? 697 00:40:49,963 --> 00:40:53,083 - Ooh, I got them in a bit of a hurry 698 00:40:53,083 --> 00:40:55,483 but it's the thought that counts, doesn't it? - Really? 699 00:40:55,483 --> 00:40:57,283 - I don't like big, big chocolate, do I? 700 00:40:57,283 --> 00:41:01,763 - Right I've just got to run this stuff over to Sophie's. 701 00:41:01,763 --> 00:41:04,603 Thanks for holding the fort, love, and for looking after Joe. 702 00:41:04,603 --> 00:41:06,083 - For all of eight hours. 703 00:41:10,083 --> 00:41:11,283 - Come on. 704 00:41:13,723 --> 00:41:16,483 - See, you just keep pedalling, and you keep pedalling, 705 00:41:16,483 --> 00:41:18,203 and the bike will take care of you. 706 00:41:19,563 --> 00:41:20,723 - I've done that. 707 00:41:20,723 --> 00:41:27,043 - # Working, keep on working, keep on working, keep on working. # 708 00:41:28,763 --> 00:41:31,923 - No point taking her now. Half the weekend's gone. 709 00:41:31,923 --> 00:41:33,563 - Stay for your tea at least. 710 00:41:34,643 --> 00:41:36,323 Fish fingers and mayonnaise. 711 00:41:36,323 --> 00:41:39,043 - If I go now, I'll get back for the evening. 712 00:41:39,043 --> 00:41:42,363 - Go on. I could practise my new presentation. 713 00:41:42,363 --> 00:41:45,083 I've done it for Emily but her feedback's a bit limited. 714 00:41:45,083 --> 00:41:46,843 - Doggy. Raggy. 715 00:41:46,843 --> 00:41:49,643 - You can't really say "Doggy" and "Raggy" and still sound angry. 716 00:41:49,643 --> 00:41:50,803 It's incongruous. 717 00:41:50,803 --> 00:41:54,003 - I'm sorry about earlier. I don't know why... 718 00:41:54,003 --> 00:41:56,243 - I didn't mean to upset you. 719 00:41:56,243 --> 00:41:59,163 - It's just that...I spent a long time getting over you. 720 00:41:59,163 --> 00:42:02,963 Getting to this...where we can be mates. And Emily's parents. 721 00:42:02,963 --> 00:42:05,323 - Yeah. Me too. 722 00:42:05,323 --> 00:42:06,483 - I just don't want confusing 723 00:42:06,483 --> 00:42:08,243 by caring about who you're sleeping with. 724 00:42:08,243 --> 00:42:09,963 And I know I shouldn't care, but I do. 725 00:42:09,963 --> 00:42:13,003 - Even though you're sleeping with other women? - I'm not. 726 00:42:13,003 --> 00:42:15,043 - Oh. - Not for lack of opportunity. 727 00:42:15,043 --> 00:42:16,443 - No, no, of course not. 728 00:42:16,443 --> 00:42:18,243 - Oh, dear me, no. 729 00:42:18,243 --> 00:42:19,723 The, er, Robotics Study Group 730 00:42:19,723 --> 00:42:21,923 is known as "Stud Central" in the Union bar. 731 00:42:23,563 --> 00:42:24,963 - I suppose I should be flattered. 732 00:42:24,963 --> 00:42:27,403 - You're kind of missing the point. 733 00:42:27,403 --> 00:42:29,963 As a sensitive lad growing up under Maurice's roof, 734 00:42:29,963 --> 00:42:33,043 your sexual confidence might not necessarily be sky-high. 735 00:42:33,043 --> 00:42:35,123 - Really? You always seemed confident with me. 736 00:42:35,123 --> 00:42:37,443 - And... Did I? Did I, really? 737 00:42:37,443 --> 00:42:40,363 - Yeah. - Oh, good. Might just leave that there then. 738 00:42:40,363 --> 00:42:42,403 Go out on a high point. 739 00:42:43,923 --> 00:42:46,363 - Look, the reason I haven't slept with anyone since you 740 00:42:46,363 --> 00:42:48,563 is partly exhaustion but, mainly,... 741 00:42:49,643 --> 00:42:52,923 ..because I haven't met anyone I liked as much as you, 742 00:42:52,923 --> 00:42:55,123 so what would be the point? 743 00:42:55,123 --> 00:42:57,123 - Practice? 744 00:42:57,123 --> 00:43:00,163 - I don't think I'll forget what goes where. 745 00:43:00,163 --> 00:43:02,243 Like riding a bike. 746 00:43:02,243 --> 00:43:04,923 - Oh, that hurts. 747 00:43:04,923 --> 00:43:07,603 - It was nice today. 748 00:43:07,603 --> 00:43:09,883 You make it easier and Emily loves it. 749 00:43:09,883 --> 00:43:12,203 - Is that why you kept tricking me into staying longer? 750 00:43:12,203 --> 00:43:14,283 - I didn't ask you to stay. 751 00:43:14,283 --> 00:43:16,643 You just couldn't leave that questionnaire behind. 752 00:43:16,643 --> 00:43:19,363 - Hmm. That bloody thing. What does it prove? 753 00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:21,123 I mean, look at you. 754 00:43:21,123 --> 00:43:24,683 GP, young child, beautiful home, on good terms with her ex. 755 00:43:25,963 --> 00:43:28,243 On paper, you've got it all. - And? 756 00:43:28,243 --> 00:43:30,843 - And you'd be the first to admit you're as insecure 757 00:43:30,843 --> 00:43:32,963 and screwed up as everybody else. 758 00:43:32,963 --> 00:43:35,563 - I suspect your defensiveness about this process 759 00:43:35,563 --> 00:43:37,683 masks an underlying insecurity. 760 00:43:37,683 --> 00:43:40,723 - Is that to go along with my very obvious surface insecurity? 761 00:43:40,723 --> 00:43:43,643 - I thought we'd established you were actually confident. 762 00:43:45,043 --> 00:43:48,483 - Oh, bloody hell. Holly! This is a shock...surprise. 763 00:43:48,483 --> 00:43:49,683 A nice surprise. 764 00:43:50,963 --> 00:43:52,683 - I thought I'd find you here. 765 00:43:52,683 --> 00:43:55,003 This young lady came to my house, er, looking for you. 766 00:43:55,003 --> 00:43:57,043 I prayed for it to happen in your teenage years 767 00:43:57,043 --> 00:43:58,563 but, er, better late than never. 768 00:44:03,323 --> 00:44:05,163 - Hi, I'm Holly, 769 00:44:05,163 --> 00:44:07,163 Eddie's girlfriend from Manchester. 770 00:44:08,283 --> 00:44:10,683 - Eddie's Manchester girlfriend. 771 00:44:10,683 --> 00:44:11,723 I'm Nicola. 772 00:44:16,043 --> 00:44:18,323 - Well, this is all very modern, hey? 773 00:44:20,803 --> 00:44:22,843 Very, er, modern. 774 00:44:24,323 --> 00:44:27,323 Next time you drive up, take the Kendal turning off the M6 775 00:44:27,323 --> 00:44:28,363 then the A590. 776 00:44:28,363 --> 00:44:30,603 It's quicker at the weekend. 777 00:44:30,603 --> 00:44:32,403 - Thank you. I'll remember that. 778 00:44:33,443 --> 00:44:34,523 - She all right? 779 00:44:34,523 --> 00:44:35,683 - Snoring like Grandad. 780 00:44:35,683 --> 00:44:37,763 Farting like Grandad. 781 00:44:38,803 --> 00:44:41,123 - So, Eddie tells me you're in medicine too. 782 00:44:41,123 --> 00:44:42,723 - I'm an anaesthetist. 783 00:44:42,723 --> 00:44:44,243 - That's how we met. 784 00:44:44,243 --> 00:44:47,603 I came round from a minor operation and found myself in a bar with her. 785 00:44:47,603 --> 00:44:49,563 - He's always had a weakness for medical types. 786 00:44:49,563 --> 00:44:51,643 Fell over a lot as a child. 787 00:44:51,643 --> 00:44:53,323 - Eddie made that joke on our first date. 788 00:44:53,323 --> 00:44:56,443 - Did he? Ah, well, now you know where he heard it first. 789 00:44:56,443 --> 00:44:58,123 - And our third. - Did I? 790 00:45:00,763 --> 00:45:02,683 - Sorry, I didn't know you had visitors. 791 00:45:02,683 --> 00:45:06,003 - She doesn't. I think it's about time we got going anyway. 792 00:45:06,003 --> 00:45:07,603 Oh, sorry. Rebecca, this is Holly. 793 00:45:07,603 --> 00:45:09,763 - Oh, right, Eddie's Manchester girlfriend. 794 00:45:09,763 --> 00:45:11,603 - I prefer Holly. 795 00:45:11,603 --> 00:45:12,723 - Course, sorry. 796 00:45:14,043 --> 00:45:16,523 - Well, thanks for helping out with Joe all day. 797 00:45:17,803 --> 00:45:19,243 And thanks for not minding. 798 00:45:19,243 --> 00:45:20,603 - I did mind actually. 799 00:45:21,643 --> 00:45:22,843 But I understood. 800 00:45:24,323 --> 00:45:25,363 - Exactly. 801 00:45:32,003 --> 00:45:33,043 - Bye-bye. 802 00:45:41,123 --> 00:45:43,243 - He didn't want to go. 803 00:45:43,243 --> 00:45:45,683 - I think he couldn't get out of the door quick enough. 804 00:45:45,683 --> 00:45:46,923 - Only cos it was awkward. 805 00:45:46,923 --> 00:45:49,963 - Am I really like her? I thought she was quite annoying. 806 00:45:51,043 --> 00:45:52,323 - She's not as pretty as you. 807 00:45:52,323 --> 00:45:55,323 - Rebecca, we're grown women, we don't do the comparison thing. 808 00:45:55,323 --> 00:45:56,923 It's demeaning. 809 00:45:56,923 --> 00:45:59,083 - No, of course, but I know my stuff. 810 00:45:59,083 --> 00:46:01,283 And, I tell you, you and Eddie should be a family 811 00:46:01,283 --> 00:46:02,483 and I can make it happen. 812 00:46:03,483 --> 00:46:05,323 - That's very kind, 813 00:46:05,323 --> 00:46:07,563 but in three months' time you'll be at Bristol Uni 814 00:46:07,563 --> 00:46:10,723 having an emotional crisis of your own. - No, I won't. 815 00:46:10,723 --> 00:46:11,963 I've binned the offer. 816 00:46:11,963 --> 00:46:13,603 I'm not going to university. 817 00:46:14,683 --> 00:46:15,923 I'm not going anywhere. 818 00:46:16,923 --> 00:46:18,483 - DOOR KNOCK 819 00:46:21,963 --> 00:46:25,203 - Hiya. - I know, it's not my idea of a great Saturday night either 820 00:46:25,203 --> 00:46:27,963 but are you free just to go through some of this stuff? 821 00:46:27,963 --> 00:46:29,843 - Yeah. Yeah, course I am. Come in. 822 00:46:33,563 --> 00:46:36,163 - If Mark's to get the college to take him, it's all in the wording. 823 00:46:36,163 --> 00:46:38,403 If he needs one-to-one maths support eight hours a week, 824 00:46:38,403 --> 00:46:39,603 quiet space, dancing girls, 825 00:46:39,603 --> 00:46:41,323 then we write that in and let them fight it. 826 00:46:41,323 --> 00:46:42,963 We do not let the Council suggest stuff 827 00:46:42,963 --> 00:46:44,923 because they will suggest the bare minimum 828 00:46:44,923 --> 00:46:46,843 and then say they can't even give you that. 829 00:46:46,843 --> 00:46:48,763 What, why are you looking so worried? 830 00:46:48,763 --> 00:46:51,083 - Because if you don't stop soon and take a breath 831 00:46:51,083 --> 00:46:53,843 you're going to explode and make a mess of the carpet. - Sorry. 832 00:46:53,843 --> 00:46:56,923 Sorry. I'm just really fired up about this stuff right now. 833 00:46:56,923 --> 00:46:58,123 - I know. And thanks. 834 00:46:58,123 --> 00:47:00,603 - Also, you need to get Mark to write about what he wants, 835 00:47:00,603 --> 00:47:01,683 in his own words. 836 00:47:01,683 --> 00:47:03,283 Cos it's harder to say no to him 837 00:47:03,283 --> 00:47:05,963 than some angry mother waving bits of paper around. 838 00:47:05,963 --> 00:47:08,203 - DRUMMING 839 00:47:08,203 --> 00:47:10,643 - Is that Mark? 840 00:47:10,643 --> 00:47:12,443 - I really, really hope so. 841 00:47:13,723 --> 00:47:15,443 I'll tell him to ease up on the kick pedal. 842 00:47:15,443 --> 00:47:17,803 - Oh, no, no, no! You don't have to... 843 00:47:17,803 --> 00:47:19,363 - Mark! 844 00:47:19,363 --> 00:47:20,843 - DRUMMING CONTINUES 845 00:47:20,843 --> 00:47:23,323 - Mark! 846 00:47:23,323 --> 00:47:24,523 - DOOR KNOCK 847 00:47:24,523 --> 00:47:26,203 - Mark! 848 00:47:26,203 --> 00:47:27,923 - DRUMMING STOPS 849 00:47:27,923 --> 00:47:30,003 INDISTINCT CONVERSATION 850 00:47:35,403 --> 00:47:36,843 - Success. 851 00:47:36,843 --> 00:47:39,323 - DRUMMING RESTARTS LOUDER 852 00:47:39,323 --> 00:47:41,683 SHE CHUCKLES 853 00:47:50,323 --> 00:47:52,283 - This is the only double bed in the house 854 00:47:52,283 --> 00:47:55,323 so I'm thinking you'll be more comfortable in here. 855 00:47:55,323 --> 00:47:57,563 - We won't be needing a double bed, Dad. 856 00:47:58,563 --> 00:47:59,723 - Oh, right. 857 00:47:59,723 --> 00:48:02,523 - What I mean is we can't let you give up your bed for us. 858 00:48:03,523 --> 00:48:04,683 - Suit yourself 859 00:48:04,683 --> 00:48:07,883 but, just so you know, I'm having your bed, so it's going to be snug. 860 00:48:19,323 --> 00:48:24,283 - Well, as Freudian nightmares go, this is right up there. 861 00:48:26,763 --> 00:48:29,123 - Mum and Dad came back from Manchester early, 862 00:48:29,123 --> 00:48:30,603 so it can't be good, can it? 863 00:48:30,603 --> 00:48:31,843 - No. Well... 864 00:48:33,203 --> 00:48:35,243 ..it is quite hard to keep a marriage on track 865 00:48:35,243 --> 00:48:37,123 when you're living in separate cities. 866 00:48:37,123 --> 00:48:39,883 - Right! So what if everything falls apart when I'm not here? 867 00:48:39,883 --> 00:48:42,443 - We all like to think we're indispensable to our families 868 00:48:42,443 --> 00:48:43,883 but the truth is, none of us are. 869 00:48:43,883 --> 00:48:48,003 - It's different for me, though, isn't it? There's Joe for a start. - Joe will be fine. 870 00:48:49,123 --> 00:48:52,003 - Not everyone gets him. James didn't. 871 00:48:52,003 --> 00:48:53,923 - Becca, you're 19 years old. 872 00:48:53,923 --> 00:48:56,963 None of this is your responsibility. 873 00:48:56,963 --> 00:48:58,923 - You don't get it, it is. 874 00:48:58,923 --> 00:49:01,083 - You're bound to have attachment anxieties 875 00:49:01,083 --> 00:49:02,603 given your family situation. 876 00:49:02,603 --> 00:49:05,403 - What? No. I'm not a case study, Nicola. 877 00:49:05,403 --> 00:49:07,963 - We're all case studies in the end. 878 00:49:07,963 --> 00:49:10,243 That's what Eddie was so angry about. - Oh, 879 00:49:10,243 --> 00:49:13,643 I thought Eddie was angry cos he couldn't teach Joe to ride his bike. 880 00:49:13,643 --> 00:49:16,003 - We want the world to see us as we see ourselves. 881 00:49:17,203 --> 00:49:20,763 And we delude ourselves every day in order to survive. 882 00:49:20,763 --> 00:49:23,083 - Who are we talking about now? Me or you? 883 00:49:25,123 --> 00:49:27,523 - See? You're smart. 884 00:49:28,563 --> 00:49:30,243 Just go to university. 885 00:49:35,363 --> 00:49:38,723 - Why don't I leave my car here and we'll travel back in yours? 886 00:49:38,723 --> 00:49:40,603 - Well, you need your car and I need mine. 887 00:49:40,603 --> 00:49:42,523 - Less romantic though. 888 00:49:42,523 --> 00:49:45,443 - I think "romantic" finally gave up in your dad's bedroom. 889 00:49:46,603 --> 00:49:48,243 - I'm really sorry about today 890 00:49:48,243 --> 00:49:50,163 but you do understand, don't you? 891 00:49:50,163 --> 00:49:52,163 - You have a baby here, and an ex-wife, 892 00:49:52,163 --> 00:49:53,643 I knew that when we met. 893 00:49:53,643 --> 00:49:55,763 And family, and an autistic nephew. 894 00:49:55,763 --> 00:49:57,043 I understand all of that. 895 00:49:57,043 --> 00:50:00,003 - It's just, you know, you'd set up a really nice day and everything. 896 00:50:00,003 --> 00:50:01,763 - Yes, I was aware of that. 897 00:50:01,763 --> 00:50:04,123 - I'm sorry. You sounded OK about it on the phone. 898 00:50:04,123 --> 00:50:06,603 - I was. I am. 899 00:50:06,603 --> 00:50:08,203 But... 900 00:50:08,203 --> 00:50:10,123 ..it feels as though you want me to prove I care 901 00:50:10,123 --> 00:50:11,963 with some kind of demonstrative outburst. 902 00:50:11,963 --> 00:50:13,123 - No! 903 00:50:13,123 --> 00:50:14,203 I'm sorry. 904 00:50:15,723 --> 00:50:18,763 Though a slight outburst might be nice. 905 00:50:18,763 --> 00:50:21,763 - I do care, if that's what you're worried about. 906 00:50:21,763 --> 00:50:25,443 I care enough about you not to want to disrupt your family life 907 00:50:25,443 --> 00:50:27,803 and I understand your insecurity because of your past 908 00:50:27,803 --> 00:50:29,803 but I drove all the way up here to find you, 909 00:50:29,803 --> 00:50:34,163 so, perhaps that gives you a clue as to how I feel. 910 00:50:34,163 --> 00:50:36,603 Now all you have to do is ask yourself how you feel. 911 00:50:49,923 --> 00:50:51,163 - You still pick up, then. 912 00:50:52,723 --> 00:50:56,403 - Yes, I still pick up. - I'm trying to not, you know, crowd you. 913 00:50:56,403 --> 00:51:01,363 Not, you know, be all over it. - You did all right. 914 00:51:01,363 --> 00:51:05,643 - Good. And I'm mustard with a mop and bucket. - So I saw. 915 00:51:05,643 --> 00:51:08,043 - So if you need anything, or that, just say 916 00:51:08,043 --> 00:51:10,403 but I'm going to wait for you to call me. 917 00:51:16,003 --> 00:51:19,243 - Do you want me to call you out of the window or phone? 918 00:51:21,083 --> 00:51:22,243 - How do you mean? 919 00:51:23,643 --> 00:51:25,603 - You're outside the house, aren't you? 920 00:51:27,763 --> 00:51:28,803 - No. 921 00:51:41,243 --> 00:51:44,003 - When did you first realise you weren't cut out for MI5? 922 00:51:51,003 --> 00:51:55,963 - Did they manage to fill in the whole thing? - Nearly. Amazing. 923 00:51:57,483 --> 00:51:59,843 Though they've left bike-riding empty for now. 924 00:52:08,883 --> 00:52:14,203 If I asked you to promise me that you wouldn't lose sight of me again, 925 00:52:14,203 --> 00:52:16,363 do you think you could do that? 926 00:52:18,203 --> 00:52:22,043 - Well, I'll need a bigger telescope for when you're in Manchester. 927 00:52:22,043 --> 00:52:23,163 - Could you? 928 00:52:25,403 --> 00:52:28,123 Promise me? - Yeah, I promise. 929 00:52:28,123 --> 00:52:29,723 - And I won't lose sight of you. 930 00:52:35,403 --> 00:52:37,243 At least we're not Eddie and Nicola. 931 00:52:39,483 --> 00:52:40,523 - Yet. 932 00:52:41,843 --> 00:52:43,563 - What's that supposed to mean? 933 00:52:43,563 --> 00:52:45,643 - It's not supposed to mean anything. 934 00:52:45,643 --> 00:52:47,603 It supposed to be a joke. 935 00:52:49,283 --> 00:52:50,763 - Right. 936 00:52:52,683 --> 00:52:55,763 - Why do you always have to pick away at everything like that? 937 00:52:57,323 --> 00:52:58,603 I just wish... 938 00:52:58,603 --> 00:53:00,323 - You just wish what? 939 00:53:02,243 --> 00:53:05,163 - I just wish we could leave things alone for a bit. 940 00:53:05,163 --> 00:53:06,603 Just let things be. 941 00:53:09,123 --> 00:53:11,043 - OK, fine, that's what we'll do. 942 00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:14,563 That's what we'll do. 943 00:53:19,523 --> 00:53:22,483 - # There's a kind of hush 944 00:53:22,483 --> 00:53:25,883 # All over the world tonight 945 00:53:25,883 --> 00:53:27,883 # All over the world 946 00:53:27,883 --> 00:53:31,483 # You can hear the sounds of lovers in love 947 00:53:33,083 --> 00:53:34,643 # You know what I mean 948 00:53:34,643 --> 00:53:36,083 # Just the two of us 949 00:53:37,443 --> 00:53:40,843 # And nobody else in sight 950 00:53:40,843 --> 00:53:42,923 # There's nobody else 951 00:53:42,923 --> 00:53:47,323 # And I'm feeling good just holding you tight 952 00:53:49,363 --> 00:53:53,683 # So listen very carefully 953 00:53:53,683 --> 00:53:57,723 # Closer now and you will see what I mean 954 00:54:00,243 --> 00:54:01,803 # It isn't a dream 955 00:54:05,003 --> 00:54:07,603 # The only sound that you will hear... # 956 00:54:07,603 --> 00:54:09,363 RAPID FLUTTERING CLICKS 957 00:54:17,243 --> 00:54:18,843 - What is that? 958 00:54:20,803 --> 00:54:22,483 - I don't know. 959 00:54:24,363 --> 00:54:25,963 Oh, shit! 960 00:54:25,963 --> 00:54:27,763 Oh, I do. I do! 961 00:54:29,243 --> 00:54:31,683 I do, actually! 962 00:54:38,323 --> 00:54:40,963 Hey, he's doing it! He's bloody riding it! 963 00:54:40,963 --> 00:54:42,723 Alison! 964 00:54:42,723 --> 00:54:45,323 Joe's riding his bike without stabilisers! 965 00:54:47,763 --> 00:54:49,323 Did you teach him how to brake? 966 00:54:51,283 --> 00:54:53,563 - MUSIC: Sound Of The Crowd by The Human League 967 00:55:08,403 --> 00:55:11,283 - Hey, come on! Come on, Joe! 968 00:55:15,283 --> 00:55:17,203 - I've done that now. 969 00:55:22,643 --> 00:55:25,323 # Get around town, get around town 970 00:55:25,323 --> 00:55:29,043 # Where the people look good Where the music is loud 971 00:55:29,043 --> 00:55:32,323 # Get around town No need to stand proud 972 00:55:32,323 --> 00:55:35,083 # Add your voice to the sound of the crowd 973 00:55:35,083 --> 00:55:42,283 - # Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Wooaah! 974 00:55:44,883 --> 00:55:46,683 - I'm not having Nicola use Joe 975 00:55:46,683 --> 00:55:49,403 to get her foothold in the autism industry. 976 00:55:49,403 --> 00:55:51,523 - If there's anything that upsets you... 977 00:55:51,523 --> 00:55:53,523 - All of it, Nicola. How about all of it? 978 00:55:53,523 --> 00:55:55,163 - Nicola's just trying to help. 979 00:55:55,163 --> 00:55:57,683 - She's turned our little boy into a freak show. 980 00:55:57,683 --> 00:55:59,203 - I would never let anybody do that. 981 00:55:59,203 --> 00:56:02,443 - We make a good team, you and me, don't we? - Yeah, for now. 982 00:56:02,443 --> 00:56:03,883 - What do you mean for now? 983 00:56:03,883 --> 00:56:07,043 - It's taken me two years to get where you were with Joe. 984 00:56:07,043 --> 00:56:09,683 You were the accepting one. 985 00:56:09,683 --> 00:56:12,123 I finally get to where I think you are and you've moved. 986 00:56:12,123 --> 00:56:13,563 - Louise. She's ended it. 987 00:56:13,563 --> 00:56:15,923 - She does know she's ended it, doesn't she? 988 00:56:15,923 --> 00:56:17,083 - Mum and Dad need me to stay. 989 00:56:17,083 --> 00:56:19,763 If something's wrong with them, something will be wrong with Joe. 990 00:56:19,763 --> 00:56:22,003 He can't sort them out, can he? - And you can?