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It is now five days
since the Labour MP John Stonehouse
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disappeared off this beach
in Florida…
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I just wondered if you'd…
heard anything?
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Nothing at all, I'm afraid.
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We have reason to suppose
that this isn't your real name.
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Who's Dums, Joe?
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[CRIES]
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We can't have one of our MPs
faking his own death
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and then reappearing
on the other side of the world!
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He is our majority, Betty.
He has to be made to see sense.
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Maybe it was me you, uh,
you really wanted to get away from?
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No, of course not!
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How marvelous to see you both!
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I thought we were going to be
together! The two of us!
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It's just a few details to iron out.
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John Stonehouse, I have an order
for your extradition
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to the United Kingdom to face 15
charges of forgery, theft and fraud.
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So as you know, Mr. Stonehouse,
this program is about people
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who have gone missing
in mysterious circumstances.
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Now, it's possible that some of our
viewers might not know who you are.
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Really? Do you think so?
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It is possible.
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So it's very important to tell your story
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as simply and clearly as you can.
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Simply. Clearly.
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Got it.
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Mr Stonehouse!
Mr. Stonehouse!
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How does it feel to be finally
out on bail, Mr. Stonehouse?
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I have no complaints
about the way I've been treated.
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No, my accommodation
was quite satisfactory
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and the food unexpectedly nutritious.
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What I… What I would take issue
with, though, is the, um…
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Is the way in which my applications
for bail have been repeatedly denied
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in a manner in which
I can only conclude as, um,
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politically motivated.
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It was the…
It was the humbug and hypocrisy
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that I witnessed in politics
that caused my breakdown,
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and now it's that hypocrisy and humbug
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that is trying to deny me now
a fair hearing. Thank you.
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Did you have a message
you'd like to send to the public?
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Wake up, England!
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Thank you.
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[CLAMORING]
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Hello, darling.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Welcome home. Welcome home.
Welcome home, Dad.
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Oh, thank you! Oh, Lord!
Look at that!
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Look at that. That's wonderful.
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Ah! Wonderful to be back.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Um, yes, even… even though it
took an absurdly long time to… to…
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To sort out the, uh,
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the… the misunderstandings
surrounding my case,
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it… I have to say,
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I found the experience
extraordinarily interesting.
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Talking to people, as one does,
and lending an ear,
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it became obvious that-that-that
a lot of them, the vast majority,
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I daresay, don't deserve to be in prison.
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They don't deserve it.
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They're there
through no fault of their own,
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and through an
unfortunate series of… of… of…
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Misunderstandings?
Misunderstandings.
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Exactly so!
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[ON RADIO] Demonstrations are currently
being held up and down the country.
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In other news: Six weeks
after his sensational return
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to the UK, MP John Stonehouse was
released on bail from Brixton prison
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this morning,
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effectively holding the fate
of the Government in his hands.
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[TURNS RADIO OFF]
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Just like old times.
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Not quite.
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I know the conditions of your bail
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forbid you from seeing Sheila Buckley,
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but let me make my position
perfectly clear.
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You are not to see her again,
either now or in the future,
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in or outside of work.
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Is that understood?
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Absolutely!
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One hundred percent.
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Hmm.
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[CLEARS THROAT]
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I think I'm just going to pop out
for a quick stroll,
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if you don't mind?
Just to clear my head.
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Hmm.
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BARBARA: [QUIETLY] I just don't
know what the best thing to do is.
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I know people are saying that
he's making a laughing stock of us.
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All of us.
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I just want to do whatever possible
to keep the family together,
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try to act normally, no matter
how abnormal the situation is.
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Well, that's very reassuring.
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Thank you.
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No, it… it means a lot, really.
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All right, well, uh… better go.
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Speak soon.
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Bye.
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-Good morning, darling!
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Oh!
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The Ayes to the right,
three hundred and sixteen.
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The Noes to the left,
three hundred and sixteen.
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[CHEERING]
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The Ayes to the right,
three hundred and sixteen.
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The Noes to the left,
three hundred and sixteen.
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[CHEERING]
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Order. Order!
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That's the second time in a week
that Stonehouse has defied the whips
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and missed the vote, Prime Minister.
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Prime Minister?
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Tell me, Betty…
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Do you ever wonder what happens…
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Afterwards?
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Afterwards, Prime Minister?
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You know, Goodnight Vienna and all that.
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Do the lucky ones, or the virtuous
ones, really go to a better place?
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Do you mean
the House of Lords, Prime Minister?
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[CHUCKLES]
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Maybe I do, Betty. Maybe I do.
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John Stonehouse, Prime Minister…
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If he misses another vote,
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then the Tories could table
a motion of no confidence,
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and if that happens,
we'll be well and truly…
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I know exactly where we'll be, Betty.
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Let me see if I've got this straight.
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In order to stay in power,
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we need the support of someone
who's either off his rocker
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or pretending to be off his rocker,
or else sufficiently off his rocker
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not to be able to tell whether
he's really off his rocker or not.
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There, does that about cover it?
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Yes.
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It's time to bring the awkward sod
back to heel.
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Hello, darling.
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You're late.
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Well, you know
what it's like when you, uh…
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Meet old chums and start, uh…
chatting away and…
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…chewing the fat.
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Time flies, so…
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Just, uh…
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…clear my head.
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Yes, of course you're scared,
darling. That's perfectly natural.
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No, I don't expect you to wait
indefinitely. Absolutely not.
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No, no, no.
It's just a matter of timing.
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Darling. Hello? Are you there?
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Yes.
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Oh, it's all right.
I thought we'd been cut off.
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I miss my Dums…
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I miss my Dums, too.
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Terribly. Terribly.
It's like an ache.
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What sort of an ache?
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Just a…
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Just a sort of all-over sort of ache.
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I miss the touch of you.
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Feeling you beside me.
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Your arms wrapped around me.
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Do you?
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Mmm.
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And I miss the things you do to me.
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What… What sort of things?
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The way you make me forget myself.
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Do I?
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You know you do.
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Just be patient, my love.
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Just for a little while longer.
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I promise you,
nothing can stand in our way.
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[SIGHS]
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Bye. Bye, darling. Bye. Bye.
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Before I call upon
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the Right Honorable Gentleman
for Walsall North
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to make a personal statement,
I want to make one thing clear.
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In light of his particular circumstances,
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he must stick to the wording
of his prepared statement.
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I will not tolerate any deviations.
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I am very grateful, Mr. Speaker,
for agreeing to my request.
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The, um…
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The events surrounding my disappearance
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have caused a great deal
of press interest.
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Um… enormous press interest…
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All round the world,
and I feel I owe it to the House
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to offer an explanation for my…
my behavior.
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[CLEARS THROAT]
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In the latter half of last year,
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I suffered a complete mental breakdown.
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This breakdown was analyzed by an
eminent psychologist in Australia
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and described by her
as a form of emotional suicide.
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It took the form of attempting to destroy
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the personality of John Stonehouse,
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because that personality
had become intolerable to him.
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The nature and the scale
of Stonehouse's idealism
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proved incompatible
with the day-to-day realities
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of political life…
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The Right Honorable Gentleman
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is departing from his prepared statement.
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Mr. Speaker, I made one or two
small textual changes,
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just for clarity, nothing more.
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The Right Honorable Gentleman must
say only what has been passed by me!
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Just being in the Chamber
became physically painful
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because it was a reminder
of my lost ideals
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of my belief in the fundamental
goodness of human nature,
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a belief that was sorely
and continually tested
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by the behavior
of my parliamentary colleagues.
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[MURMURING]
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During my time at Westminster,
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I have come to see the House of Commons
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as riddled with deceit, corruption,
and hypocrisy.
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Once again,
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the Right Honorable Gentleman
is departing from the agreed text!
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Parliamentary democracy,
our great gift to the world,
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has been reduced to
nothing more than a charade.
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Every five years the people
of this country elect people
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to represent them.
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They do so in the belief
that these representatives
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are acting in their own best interests.
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In reality,
they're doing nothing of the sort.
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In reality, the vast majority of MPs…
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And I have to include myself in this
are no better than robots.
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I will not…
I will not tolerate this anymore!
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Docile, unthinking machines.
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Voting on issues
they don't understand after debates
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which they do not listen to.
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Deluding themselves that they have
anyone's welfare at heart
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except, perhaps, their own…
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The Right Honorable Gentleman
will be seated.
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On the 15th of October last,
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Sheila Buckley wrote the
following letter to John Stonehouse:
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"My darling Dums,
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"Whichever way you turn,
I'll be there for you."
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Rest assured that I will do
anything in my power to help."
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On the eighth of November last,
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John Stonehouse wrote the
following letter to Sheila Buckley:
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"My darling Dums,
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"The thought of being with you
is the only thing"
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that keeps me going
through this vale of hardship."
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I find that there is a case
to answer against both of you.
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As a result,
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you will be committed to the Central
Criminal Court to stand your trial
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on charges of deception and theft.
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Barbara?
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BARBARA: You're sleeping
in the spare room.
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[SIGHS]
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The number you have dialed
is not in service at this time.
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[RINGING]
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Hello?
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Yes, this is he.
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Prime Minister!
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No, no, no, no, I wasn't asleep.
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No, far from it, in fact.
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Tomorrow?
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Yes, of course.
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Course.
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I heard your speech, John.
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Bit drastic, there's no
getting away from that,
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but there was some good stuff
in there. Food for thought.
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You and me, we may have had our spats,
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but beneath it all we're very alike.
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Both men of high ideals.
Too high, possibly.
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Too trusting for our own good.
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Worn down by all the back-stabbing.
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That's what I was trying to get at.
257
00:20:02,474 --> 00:20:05,310
And you did get at it, John!
Bang on the money.
258
00:20:05,394 --> 00:20:09,790
All the duplicity, the treachery
of our so-called colleagues.
259
00:20:09,874 --> 00:20:11,910
The sheer bloody nastiness
of them…
260
00:20:11,994 --> 00:20:14,870
Exactly so! Exactly!
261
00:20:14,954 --> 00:20:16,630
What a pair we are, eh?
262
00:20:16,714 --> 00:20:18,714
[CHUCKLING]
263
00:20:22,114 --> 00:20:24,550
That whole business in Miami…
264
00:20:24,634 --> 00:20:26,550
Again, a bit drastic.
265
00:20:26,634 --> 00:20:28,470
Well, more than a bit drastic,
let's face it.
266
00:20:28,554 --> 00:20:31,190
But, um, it couldn't have been
easy for you.
267
00:20:31,274 --> 00:20:32,950
Took a lot of guts.
268
00:20:33,034 --> 00:20:36,830
Well, I really didn't feel like
I had any choice.
269
00:20:36,914 --> 00:20:39,214
I'm sure you didn't, John.
I'm sure you didn't.
270
00:20:40,994 --> 00:20:43,430
Something broke.
271
00:20:43,514 --> 00:20:45,750
Something broke inside.
272
00:20:45,834 --> 00:20:48,790
The old John Stonehouse…
273
00:20:48,874 --> 00:20:50,954
Had to die.
274
00:20:52,394 --> 00:20:54,114
No, I can see that.
275
00:20:55,434 --> 00:20:56,790
Can you?
276
00:20:56,874 --> 00:20:58,310
Well, of course.
277
00:20:58,394 --> 00:21:00,910
Which of us truly knows who we really are?
278
00:21:00,994 --> 00:21:03,234
Take me, for instance.
What do you see?
279
00:21:05,434 --> 00:21:06,954
What am I, John?
280
00:21:09,834 --> 00:21:13,910
Well, you… you're the Prime Minister,
Prime Minister.
281
00:21:13,994 --> 00:21:15,394
Don't I know it!
282
00:21:16,714 --> 00:21:18,874
No, I mean apart from all that.
283
00:21:20,754 --> 00:21:22,754
I'll tell you what I am.
284
00:21:24,194 --> 00:21:27,434
I'm the big fat spider
in the corner of the room.
285
00:21:29,034 --> 00:21:31,114
Sometimes I speak when I'm asleep.
286
00:21:32,474 --> 00:21:35,110
Sometimes I may tell you
to go to the Charing Cross Road
287
00:21:35,194 --> 00:21:37,034
and kick a blind man.
288
00:21:38,514 --> 00:21:40,554
Would you do that for me?
289
00:21:43,114 --> 00:21:46,394
Well, if you really wanted me to,
Prime Minister.
290
00:21:49,754 --> 00:21:52,190
I knew I could rely on you…
291
00:21:52,274 --> 00:21:54,234
When the chips were down.
292
00:21:56,954 --> 00:21:59,590
So, then…
293
00:21:59,674 --> 00:22:01,994
No more silly buggers, eh?
294
00:22:03,834 --> 00:22:06,390
No more silly buggers.
295
00:22:06,474 --> 00:22:08,710
That's the spirit.
296
00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:11,750
Well, I won't take up
any more of your valuable time.
297
00:22:11,834 --> 00:22:13,750
I have enjoyed our little chin-wag.
298
00:22:13,834 --> 00:22:15,194
Thank you.
299
00:22:26,234 --> 00:22:28,234
You're quite right, of course.
300
00:22:29,434 --> 00:22:31,070
Prime Minister?
301
00:22:31,154 --> 00:22:33,550
What you said about politics.
302
00:22:33,634 --> 00:22:35,950
About what it does to you.
303
00:22:36,034 --> 00:22:38,910
The price you pay…
304
00:22:38,994 --> 00:22:43,794
After a while, something does get broken.
305
00:22:47,794 --> 00:22:50,830
Following his defection
to the United States last month,
306
00:22:50,914 --> 00:22:53,830
the former Czech spymaster Alexander Marek
307
00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:56,790
has given his first television interview.
308
00:22:56,874 --> 00:22:59,874
Can you tell me what your duties
were at the Czech embassy?
309
00:23:02,074 --> 00:23:06,110
I was in charge of recruiting politicians.
310
00:23:06,194 --> 00:23:09,710
Recruiting British politicians
to spy for the Czechs?
311
00:23:09,794 --> 00:23:11,350
Huh.
312
00:23:11,434 --> 00:23:14,394
And how did you do that?
313
00:23:17,434 --> 00:23:18,594
Sex.
314
00:23:19,874 --> 00:23:22,394
That was the most effective way.
315
00:23:23,594 --> 00:23:27,950
Um… One of our agents
would seduce the politician.
316
00:23:28,034 --> 00:23:32,870
We would film him having sex
with a hidden camera,
317
00:23:32,954 --> 00:23:37,990
and then we would tell him
that if he didn't cooperate,
318
00:23:38,074 --> 00:23:42,034
then we would send the film to his wife.
319
00:23:43,354 --> 00:23:47,030
And how senior were these politicians?
320
00:23:47,114 --> 00:23:49,434
Very senior.
321
00:23:50,674 --> 00:23:55,750
Are you saying that ministers
of the Crown were Czech spies?
322
00:23:55,834 --> 00:23:58,914
Well… only one.
323
00:24:00,474 --> 00:24:05,994
And are you able to identify
this senior politician?
324
00:24:09,074 --> 00:24:10,394
Um…
325
00:24:22,994 --> 00:24:25,474
[SIGHS]
326
00:24:35,394 --> 00:24:37,194
[SHOUTS] I'm going out!
327
00:26:32,515 --> 00:26:33,831
What are you doing?
328
00:26:33,915 --> 00:26:35,831
You know we're not supposed
to see each other.
329
00:26:35,915 --> 00:26:37,991
I know. I know, I'm sorry, darling.
330
00:26:38,075 --> 00:26:39,711
I just couldn't bear not to see you.
331
00:26:39,795 --> 00:26:42,671
Anyway, I thought you'd be
at the House of Commons.
332
00:26:42,755 --> 00:26:45,031
Really? Why?
333
00:26:45,115 --> 00:26:48,111
The Prime Minister's resignation
has caused widespread astonishment.
334
00:26:48,195 --> 00:26:49,631
Suggestions that he might be ill,
335
00:26:49,715 --> 00:26:51,671
even that he might
have become disillusioned,
336
00:26:51,755 --> 00:26:53,751
have been dismissed
as unfounded speculation.
337
00:26:53,835 --> 00:26:55,351
What's not in doubt, though,
338
00:26:55,435 --> 00:26:58,431
is that his resignation has plunged
the country into a fresh crisis.
339
00:26:58,515 --> 00:27:01,711
Having lost its majority in the
House of Commons, the government…
340
00:27:01,795 --> 00:27:03,111
But I just saw him!
341
00:27:03,195 --> 00:27:05,191
-Who?
-Wilson. Yesterday.
342
00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:07,151
I went to see him yesterday.
343
00:27:07,235 --> 00:27:08,791
What did he say?
344
00:27:08,875 --> 00:27:11,111
He said that he understood.
345
00:27:11,195 --> 00:27:13,315
That he felt the same way as I do.
346
00:27:15,475 --> 00:27:17,595
This is all down to me!
347
00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:30,231
Mmm.
348
00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,351
Well, omelet, of course,
349
00:27:32,435 --> 00:27:37,191
but there's something…
something unusual in there,
350
00:27:37,275 --> 00:27:39,511
something I wouldn't have expected.
351
00:27:39,595 --> 00:27:41,391
Give up?
352
00:27:41,475 --> 00:27:42,991
I give up.
353
00:27:43,075 --> 00:27:44,711
Anchovies!
354
00:27:44,795 --> 00:27:46,671
Anchovies!
355
00:27:46,755 --> 00:27:48,991
I would never have guessed that.
356
00:27:49,075 --> 00:27:52,191
How clever you are!
You're so clever.
357
00:27:52,275 --> 00:27:53,355
Mm!
358
00:27:54,515 --> 00:27:57,151
You've got to go.
359
00:27:57,235 --> 00:27:59,351
I know. I know…
360
00:27:59,435 --> 00:28:01,751
I know. I just can't
see the point any more.
361
00:28:01,835 --> 00:28:03,155
Argh!
362
00:28:10,475 --> 00:28:12,591
People often ask me,
363
00:28:12,675 --> 00:28:16,991
what does the
English National Party stand for?
364
00:28:17,075 --> 00:28:18,871
My answer is simple.
365
00:28:18,955 --> 00:28:23,711
We stand for everything
that makes England great:
366
00:28:23,795 --> 00:28:28,271
its tolerance, its good manners,
its love of nature,
367
00:28:28,355 --> 00:28:34,231
and of course its rich
and diverse folk-dancing heritage.
368
00:28:34,315 --> 00:28:40,471
At this time of great uncertainty,
we believe that a return
369
00:28:40,555 --> 00:28:46,191
to traditional virtues represents
our best hope for the future.
370
00:28:46,275 --> 00:28:51,791
So my friends, don't delay,
join with us today…
371
00:28:51,875 --> 00:28:55,831
And Let's Make England Merry Again!
372
00:28:55,915 --> 00:28:57,915
[MUSIC PLAYS]
373
00:29:32,315 --> 00:29:35,191
"I will not continue…
374
00:29:35,275 --> 00:29:38,675
"I am not prepared to continue…"
375
00:29:40,035 --> 00:29:42,351
"With the Prime Minister's resignation,"
376
00:29:42,435 --> 00:29:47,191
"I cannot in all conscience
continue to support a government"
377
00:29:47,275 --> 00:29:50,271
"I disagree with on so many issues,"
378
00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:52,955
"a government whose only concern"
379
00:29:54,235 --> 00:29:59,395
"whose sole concern seems to be
surviving from week to week…"
380
00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:09,871
"I have therefore decided to resign
the Labour Whip and join the…"
381
00:30:09,955 --> 00:30:12,431
English National Party?
382
00:30:12,515 --> 00:30:13,951
John, they're fascists!
383
00:30:14,035 --> 00:30:16,191
No, no, that's the National Front.
384
00:30:16,275 --> 00:30:18,351
The English National Party
is quite different.
385
00:30:18,435 --> 00:30:19,631
What do they believe in?
386
00:30:19,715 --> 00:30:22,031
A devolved English Parliament…
387
00:30:22,115 --> 00:30:24,791
Um… abolition of income tax…
388
00:30:24,875 --> 00:30:26,595
Morris dancing…
389
00:30:27,715 --> 00:30:30,031
And do you know, I've-I've also…
390
00:30:30,115 --> 00:30:32,831
I've also been giving
a lot of thought to the future.
391
00:30:32,915 --> 00:30:35,391
After all this has been
sorted out… John,
392
00:30:35,475 --> 00:30:38,071
and I have to say I'm feeling
quite optimistic about things,
393
00:30:38,155 --> 00:30:39,711
-about things in general.
-John!
394
00:30:39,795 --> 00:30:41,791
And of course, I don't deny
that there are problems.
395
00:30:41,875 --> 00:30:43,431
Practical problems. Money, for one.
396
00:30:43,515 --> 00:30:46,916
And, of course, there's the
children… John! But I really do…
397
00:30:52,436 --> 00:30:55,792
Let's not look too far
into the future, shall we?
398
00:30:55,876 --> 00:30:57,432
Right.
399
00:30:57,516 --> 00:30:59,516
You know what they say about happiness.
400
00:31:01,316 --> 00:31:04,996
You have to snatch at it
before it flies away.
401
00:31:07,836 --> 00:31:10,396
I hadn't heard that, as a matter of fact.
402
00:31:12,956 --> 00:31:15,436
Snatch at it, you say?
403
00:31:16,716 --> 00:31:18,596
Whoo, there it goes…
404
00:31:20,156 --> 00:31:22,676
Whoo, gone round again. I've got it.
405
00:31:32,036 --> 00:31:34,636
Course you're right, darling, as always.
406
00:31:36,196 --> 00:31:38,396
I do know what happiness is.
407
00:31:39,956 --> 00:31:41,676
It's being right here with you.
408
00:31:45,676 --> 00:31:48,232
You won't do anything rash, will you?
409
00:31:48,316 --> 00:31:49,912
What do you mean?
410
00:31:49,996 --> 00:31:51,992
In court.
411
00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:54,076
You won't do anything rash.
412
00:31:55,716 --> 00:31:57,516
Darling, you have my word!
413
00:32:04,036 --> 00:32:05,436
All rise.
414
00:32:13,196 --> 00:32:14,676
You may sit.
415
00:32:18,516 --> 00:32:22,156
Your Honor, after careful consideration
416
00:32:23,356 --> 00:32:26,872
I have decided to dispense with
my legal team…
417
00:32:26,956 --> 00:32:28,192
[GASPING]
418
00:32:28,276 --> 00:32:31,672
…my extremely efficient
and able legal team
419
00:32:31,756 --> 00:32:34,316
and conduct my own defense.
420
00:32:35,796 --> 00:32:38,712
Given the complexities of my case,
421
00:32:38,796 --> 00:32:42,552
and the frankly absurd nature
422
00:32:42,636 --> 00:32:44,636
of some of the charges against me
423
00:32:46,116 --> 00:32:49,792
I feel that I am the only one
who can give an accurate
424
00:32:49,876 --> 00:32:54,192
and unbiased account
of what really happened.
425
00:32:54,276 --> 00:32:59,472
Mr. Stonehouse, I strongly advise you
to reconsider your decision.
426
00:32:59,556 --> 00:33:01,152
In my experience,
427
00:33:01,236 --> 00:33:04,872
defendants who insist on conducting
their own defense
428
00:33:04,956 --> 00:33:10,556
invariably end up doing themselves
a lot more harm than good.
429
00:33:16,116 --> 00:33:18,796
Sit down, please.
430
00:33:36,036 --> 00:33:40,392
Mr. Stonehouse, I warned you
at the start of this trial
431
00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:43,192
that in choosing
to conduct your own defense,
432
00:33:43,276 --> 00:33:45,796
you were making a grave mistake.
433
00:33:47,116 --> 00:33:51,672
No, Mr. Stonehouse, I have heard
more than enough from you.
434
00:33:51,756 --> 00:33:54,792
As a result of
your constant interruptions,
435
00:33:54,876 --> 00:33:56,592
your meandering digressions
436
00:33:56,676 --> 00:34:00,952
and your insistence on contesting
every tiny detail
437
00:34:01,036 --> 00:34:02,752
of the prosecution's case,
438
00:34:02,836 --> 00:34:05,992
a trial that was scheduled to last
three weeks
439
00:34:06,076 --> 00:34:08,792
has dragged on for almost four months,
440
00:34:08,876 --> 00:34:12,912
at the end of which
you have been found guilty
441
00:34:12,996 --> 00:34:18,352
on 18 of the 21 counts you faced.
442
00:34:18,436 --> 00:34:20,392
Throughout your trial,
443
00:34:20,476 --> 00:34:24,752
you have sought to lay the blame
for what you insisted on calling
444
00:34:24,836 --> 00:34:30,472
your travails at the hands of
almost anyone apart from yourself.
445
00:34:30,556 --> 00:34:35,392
However, I am quite satisfied
that the blame is yours
446
00:34:35,476 --> 00:34:37,912
and yours alone.
447
00:34:37,996 --> 00:34:43,832
While I do not claim to be
an expert in mental illness,
448
00:34:43,916 --> 00:34:48,112
I rather doubt if anyone committing
emotional suicide
449
00:34:48,196 --> 00:34:51,552
has cynically committed fraud,
450
00:34:51,636 --> 00:34:56,512
obtained two false passports
and hatched a sophisticated scheme
451
00:34:56,596 --> 00:35:00,552
to start a new life
on the other side of the world.
452
00:35:00,636 --> 00:35:04,672
There are those who will say that
your fall from grace
453
00:35:04,756 --> 00:35:06,992
is punishment enough.
454
00:35:07,076 --> 00:35:09,792
But given the severity of your offenses,
455
00:35:09,876 --> 00:35:15,876
I believe I have no choice but to
pass the maximum possible sentence.
456
00:35:16,916 --> 00:35:21,872
I am therefore sentencing
you to seven years imprisonment.
457
00:35:21,956 --> 00:35:24,116
[MURMURING]
458
00:35:25,236 --> 00:35:28,552
Sheila Buckley, while I have no doubt
459
00:35:28,636 --> 00:35:31,432
that you aided Mr. Stonehouse in his plan,
460
00:35:31,516 --> 00:35:34,552
I am satisfied that you were prompted
461
00:35:34,636 --> 00:35:38,756
more by your devotion to him
than by any malicious intent.
462
00:35:39,796 --> 00:35:45,276
I am therefore giving you
a two-year suspended sentence.
463
00:36:06,116 --> 00:36:08,236
Hello. John Stonehouse!
464
00:36:14,916 --> 00:36:17,036
I don't suppose there's a hanger?
465
00:36:33,677 --> 00:36:35,157
Good night.
466
00:36:36,797 --> 00:36:41,713
I tried to bring in some food,
but I'm afraid they took it away.
467
00:36:41,797 --> 00:36:44,033
For examination, they said.
468
00:36:44,117 --> 00:36:46,477
Probably looking for bolt-cutters.
469
00:36:48,077 --> 00:36:50,433
No, don't worry about bringing me
anything, darling.
470
00:36:50,517 --> 00:36:52,793
Just you being here is more than enough.
471
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:56,193
Just being able to touch you,
even over this…
472
00:36:56,277 --> 00:36:58,517
Horrid table…
473
00:36:59,757 --> 00:37:01,807
Do you know the most extraordinary thing?
474
00:37:02,917 --> 00:37:05,753
Since I've been here, I feel…
475
00:37:05,837 --> 00:37:08,353
And I know
this is gonna sound ridiculous…
476
00:37:08,437 --> 00:37:11,153
But for the first time in my life
I feel free.
477
00:37:11,237 --> 00:37:16,113
It's incredibly liberating being
treated as just one of the crowd,
478
00:37:16,197 --> 00:37:18,557
just as an ordinary human being.
479
00:37:21,677 --> 00:37:24,157
You'll never be ordinary for me.
480
00:37:25,237 --> 00:37:28,917
Well, there's ordinary
and ordinary, of course.
481
00:37:32,037 --> 00:37:35,597
What do you think
prompted your husband's behavior?
482
00:37:36,957 --> 00:37:39,993
Well, that's a very
difficult question to answer.
483
00:37:40,077 --> 00:37:42,113
Uh…
484
00:37:42,197 --> 00:37:45,753
I have been reading about something
called the male menopause,
485
00:37:45,837 --> 00:37:49,677
and I… and I wonder if that
might have something to do with it.
486
00:37:51,917 --> 00:37:56,437
May I ask, what are your feelings
for your husband?
487
00:37:59,437 --> 00:38:01,593
Sadness…
488
00:38:01,677 --> 00:38:03,437
Pity.
489
00:38:04,757 --> 00:38:06,957
And… anger?
490
00:38:10,877 --> 00:38:12,633
Yes…
491
00:38:12,717 --> 00:38:14,317
Anger.
492
00:38:17,077 --> 00:38:19,393
"Intolerable"?
493
00:38:19,477 --> 00:38:21,073
I'm sorry.
494
00:38:21,157 --> 00:38:24,993
"The petitioner in the divorce
action, Barbara Susan Stonehouse,
495
00:38:25,077 --> 00:38:29,393
"finds it intolerable
to live with the respondent,"
496
00:38:29,477 --> 00:38:31,477
"John Thomson Stonehouse."
497
00:38:32,957 --> 00:38:36,833
It's funny what
we choose to focus on, isn't it?
498
00:38:36,917 --> 00:38:40,837
You see, the key word
there for me is "adultery."
499
00:38:45,797 --> 00:38:48,997
But then so much of a marriage
is what you choose not to notice.
500
00:38:52,797 --> 00:38:55,357
Did you really think I didn't know, John?
501
00:38:57,397 --> 00:38:59,313
About your secrets?
502
00:38:59,397 --> 00:39:01,637
The things you tried to hide.
503
00:39:03,077 --> 00:39:06,437
I saw what I wanted to see,
at least to begin with.
504
00:39:10,157 --> 00:39:12,557
But do you know the strangest thing?
505
00:39:13,757 --> 00:39:15,633
Is I think you knew.
506
00:39:15,717 --> 00:39:17,713
On… On some level,
507
00:39:17,797 --> 00:39:23,313
I… I think you knew that I could see
through all your-your little veils,
508
00:39:23,397 --> 00:39:28,477
and you didn't like it.
You didn't like it one little bit.
509
00:39:29,837 --> 00:39:34,713
And so you-you kept squirreling
more and more things away,
510
00:39:34,797 --> 00:39:36,553
bigger and bigger secrets
511
00:39:36,637 --> 00:39:40,677
until finally you came
to the biggest secret of the lot.
512
00:39:42,997 --> 00:39:45,637
Well, I didn't see that one coming.
513
00:39:49,517 --> 00:39:51,593
No. You, uh…
514
00:39:51,677 --> 00:39:53,717
You really got me there.
515
00:40:00,237 --> 00:40:02,033
I do…
516
00:40:02,117 --> 00:40:03,873
I do love you, you know.
517
00:40:03,957 --> 00:40:05,957
[LAUGHS]
518
00:40:11,717 --> 00:40:13,917
You know, for once,
I actually believe you.
519
00:40:15,517 --> 00:40:20,353
You thought you could have it all,
didn't you, John?
520
00:40:20,437 --> 00:40:22,957
Everything your heart desired.
521
00:40:26,117 --> 00:40:28,517
But in the end…
522
00:41:13,477 --> 00:41:15,277
Hello?
523
00:41:18,277 --> 00:41:19,833
Hello, everyone.
524
00:41:19,917 --> 00:41:21,437
I'm here!
525
00:41:23,477 --> 00:41:25,597
Where is everybody?
526
00:41:28,477 --> 00:41:30,557
Where have you all gone?
527
00:41:34,717 --> 00:41:36,717
[HEARTBEAT]
528
00:41:39,397 --> 00:41:43,473
Quick. Warden in. Warden. Warden!
529
00:41:43,557 --> 00:41:47,917
Warden! We need a warden in here!
We need someone in here.
530
00:41:57,158 --> 00:41:59,918
[PANTS]
531
00:42:18,678 --> 00:42:19,878
Heart.
532
00:42:23,598 --> 00:42:25,474
You remember Sheila?
533
00:42:25,558 --> 00:42:26,914
She's a…
534
00:42:26,998 --> 00:42:28,918
Friend of Dad's.
535
00:43:15,958 --> 00:43:17,954
Here we go again.
536
00:43:18,038 --> 00:43:20,998
It's the nightly bedtime story.
537
00:43:24,278 --> 00:43:26,114
Nearly there, John.
538
00:43:26,198 --> 00:43:27,758
Nearly there, Dave.
539
00:43:29,198 --> 00:43:31,518
How are you feeling?
540
00:43:34,798 --> 00:43:36,314
Happy.
541
00:43:36,398 --> 00:43:38,434
Happy and…
542
00:43:38,518 --> 00:43:40,238
Thankful.
543
00:43:43,758 --> 00:43:45,718
Soppy sod.
544
00:45:05,158 --> 00:45:06,874
Goodbye, darling.
See you this evening.
545
00:45:06,958 --> 00:45:08,434
Good luck!
546
00:45:08,518 --> 00:45:10,874
I don't want Daddy to go!
547
00:45:10,958 --> 00:45:14,794
Don't you worry, darling boy.
I'll be back as soon as you know it,
548
00:45:14,878 --> 00:45:20,118
and I promise I will never,
ever, ever go away again.
549
00:45:21,638 --> 00:45:28,114
♪ Maybe it is raining
where our train will ride ♪
550
00:45:28,198 --> 00:45:34,994
♪ Oh the little travelers
are warm and snug inside ♪
551
00:45:35,078 --> 00:45:41,594
♪ Rocking, rolling, riding
out along the bay ♪
552
00:45:41,678 --> 00:45:48,638
♪ All bound for Morningtown
many miles away… ♪
553
00:45:50,198 --> 00:45:51,398
Bye.
554
00:46:17,358 --> 00:46:19,274
[SIGHS]
555
00:46:19,358 --> 00:46:21,158
Mr. Stonehouse?
556
00:46:24,798 --> 00:46:26,638
Mr. Stonehouse?
557
00:46:30,998 --> 00:46:32,718
Mr. Stonehouse?
558
00:46:36,518 --> 00:46:38,434
Mr. Stonehouse?
559
00:46:38,518 --> 00:46:40,158
Are you all right?