0:00:02 > 0:00:06# ..They were burning themselves out in the sun
0:00:06 > 0:00:09# Worlds away from anyone
0:00:09 > 0:00:12# They were burning themselves out in the sun
0:00:12 > 0:00:18# There was just enough to get that far away... #
0:00:33 > 0:00:37'They look so innocent, floating about all round and shimmery.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40'Hanging out at kids' parties. Landing on your nose.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45'But there's a dangerous side to bubbles too.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49'Bubbles can get you into some serious trouble.'
0:00:50 > 0:00:52What are the charges?
0:00:54 > 0:00:55"Joy Leonard.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57"Embezzling.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01"Barbara Leonard. Resist arrest. Assault police."
0:01:04 > 0:01:06What about these two?
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Impersonation racket.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09'Then there was the business with the bubble.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12'I better fill you in on a few of the gaps.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16'Vicki and I were blissed out in our own little world where no-one else
0:01:16 > 0:01:17'existed except us.'
0:01:17 > 0:01:20You hang up.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23No. You hang up.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25'It was like we were living in a bubble.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28'Our very own private bubble of happiness.'
0:01:28 > 0:01:31No, you hang up.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34No, you hang up.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38No, you hang up.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42- HE LAUGHS - You win.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44'But Vicki and I were so caught up in ourselves
0:01:44 > 0:01:49'we had no idea that people around us were finding us hard to stomach.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52'But that's the trouble with bubbles -
0:01:52 > 0:01:56'you can't see what's going on on the outside,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59'or how your behaviour is affecting other people in the real world.'
0:01:59 > 0:02:02RETCHING
0:02:02 > 0:02:06'Even Sarge, whose job description as my dad,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09'says he's supposed to be completely obsessed with my happiness.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13'Well, even he was struggling with our bubble-related behaviour.'
0:02:13 > 0:02:15SARGE RETCHES
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Pardon me.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Are you feeling OK, Sarge?
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Oh, well, sick is probably too strong a word.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- It's more a...- Bilious?- Yeah.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29'Meanwhile, Mum was also trapped in a bubble.'
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Snacks, Sarge. After-school snacks. - Expecting company, are we?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37'Mum's bubble was her own little world of worry.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41'After two weeks at Angelus High and not one play date,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44'Mum was worried Phillip was never going to have any friends.'
0:02:44 > 0:02:47If I cook it, they will come.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49'You could say that Mum was still a bit scarred
0:02:49 > 0:02:51'by her own school experience.'
0:02:53 > 0:02:56You should be outside playing with the other children.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58It's such a lovely day.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59'But as much as she wanted them,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02'Mum didn't have any friends to play with.'
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- It's OK.- 'And she didn't want things to be the same for Phillip.'
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- More tea?- No, thanks.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09'The next day,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12'Sarge and Snowy prepared to welcome a new friend.'
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Got a good feeling about this new officer, Snowy.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18A bit of feminine energy is just what we need to balance things up.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- She cooks a dense cake does Joy. - She does indeed.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27Now, flower on the side of the plate - nice touch or too much?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Not sure, Sarge. They're from out the front.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32People walk their dogs past there.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Right, OK, we'll leave that then. HE CLEARS THROAT
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Let's have a quick run through.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Right.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46"Welcome her, thunders of fort and of fleet
0:03:46 > 0:03:50"Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street
0:03:50 > 0:03:52"Welcome her, all things youthful and sweet
0:03:52 > 0:03:54"Scatter the blossom under her feet
0:03:54 > 0:03:57"Break, happy land into earlier flowers
0:03:57 > 0:04:00"Make music, O bird in the new budded bowers
0:04:00 > 0:04:03"Blazing your mottos of blessing and prayer
0:04:03 > 0:04:07"Welcome her, welcome her all that is ours!"
0:04:07 > 0:04:09No, Snowy, you have to come in on the...
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Constable Waddle?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Depends who's asking.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I'm Snowy.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27He's Sarge.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- And we've got a cake.- Course you do.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Teacake so hard I'm going to break my teeth.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Poems so bad I'm going to throw up.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Ha.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I didn't come down in the last shower, fellas.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I've been the new girl before.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I can spot a prank a mile off.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56It's a shame you've been in the city, Constable.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00You have been trained to expect the worst.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Granted, that cake IS firm,
0:05:04 > 0:05:05but it was baked with love.
0:05:05 > 0:05:11And this verse, if listened to without fear of trickery,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13is a herald of genuine goodwill.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Are you for real?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20100%.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Over at the Egglestons',
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Reverend Egg was struggling to make sense of things, too.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Since Egg's mum left, it kind of burst their family bubble.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36And Rev was at a bit of a loose end.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Well.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04At least he's still got his relationship with God.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Maybe the Rev needs a friend. Then he wouldn't be sad.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- And then YOU wouldn't be sad. - Maybe even a friend that's a girl.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Where will I find someone that wants to be his friend?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- You wouldn't have to.- I wouldn't? - Leave it to Lockie and I.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- Really?- Really?- Absolutely.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22We'd love to help out.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- What's in it for you? - What's in it for us?
0:06:26 > 0:06:30We just... We just want to see you happy.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33'And, in a weird way, it was completely true.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35'We wanted him to be happy,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37'so WE could be happy without feeling guilty
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- 'for being in our bubble.' - Leave it to us, Egg.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42That's the price of happiness, Lockie.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Now we've brought the best out in each other, we have to look out
0:06:45 > 0:06:47for those less fortunate than us.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- You are a remarkable person, Vicki Streeton.- You are.- You are.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- No, you are!- No, you are!
0:06:52 > 0:06:53So, Constable Waddle,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57I'm sure Angelus isn't the last step on your career path.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03What were you hoping to achieve while you were here?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Er...lots of arrests.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09No, come on, really. I'm interested.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I'm really interested in arresting people.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Really?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Zero tolerance, apprehend first, ask questions later.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19One strike and you're out.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20One strike?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Well, I'm afraid we don't get too many strikes here in Angelus.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Doesn't sound like you look for any.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Well, Constable Waddle,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34we tend to operate on the idea that
0:07:34 > 0:07:37it's hard to read a good poem and commit a crime at the same time.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44I think you'll find we run a pretty tight ship here.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52You're welcome to prove me wrong. Unless you're not up for it.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Don't worry.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I'm up for it.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01'Sam was determined to prove there was crime in Angelus.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03'And burst Sarge's bubble in the process.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06'While Mum, she was trying to convince Blob
0:08:06 > 0:08:09'it was their duty to help Phillip make new friends.'
0:08:09 > 0:08:11We don't want to miss play-lunch, do we?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Just a little smile and a wave as we pass
0:08:14 > 0:08:18might be all the encouragement he needs. BELL RINGS
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Can you see Phillip anywhere, Blob?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Oh.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53You don't need to see this, Blob.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Mum, what are you doing here? - Stay out of this, Phillip.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Play-lunch is a very small window of opportunity, Mr Squatter.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12How do you expect Phillip to make friends when you keep him in here?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Is it because he's a Leonard? Not enough to punish one of my sons,
0:09:16 > 0:09:18now you have to make both of them pay.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Er, Mum, I was just... - It's all right, Phillip.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Adults can be bullies, too.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29And sooner or later, someone just has to stand up to them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33We're in a teacher/student science competition.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Phillip is here by choice, Mrs Leonard.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38But...
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Why aren't you outside playing with all the others?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43It's a beautiful day out there.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44I'm happy.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48'Suddenly, Phillip reminded Mum of someone she used to know.'
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- More tea?- No, thank you. - No, thank you.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Oh.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Of course you would say that.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Why are you here, anyway?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Did I forget my lunchbox again?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Tuck shop.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I heard they were short staffed this term.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12- Are you sure that's a good idea?- Mrs Ramsgate runs a pretty tight ship.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21SHE CLEARS THROAT
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Something I can help you with?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I'm waiting.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29'Mum should have run a mile.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32'But she was determined to help Phillip find friends.'
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Well, I would like to apply to, you know...volunteer?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38I see.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Joy Leonard.- This isn't just any old tuck shop.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43I run a very tight ship.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46The recess bell waits for no-one.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Oh, I have a lot of experience making sandwiches and I'm very fast.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- It takes more than fast, Mrs Leonard.- I'm inventive, too,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56with my fillings. Tuna and honey, tomato and jam...
0:10:56 > 0:10:59So, you're creative. That's very well and good.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03But let's cut to the chase. How fast can you make a cheese sandwich?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Three in under a minute. With pickles.- Plastic wrapped?- And bagged.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Impressive.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14See Nerelle over there for your plastic glove. Don't take it home.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16It belongs to the tuck shop.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20'Mum wasn't the only one with tunnel vision that day.'
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Just throw more at me. Freefall.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Fun, active, intelligent. - You can't be serious.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- Good, good. Keep them coming.- You're putting an ad in the paper?- Yeah.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- I don't think this is a good idea. - Bubbly, spontaneous.- Deaf?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- I didn't know the Rev was deaf.- He's not, you're not listening to me.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- I'm not sure this is a good idea. - You're not the best judge of that.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44He's my dad!
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Exactly. Now where were we up to?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Er... "Sensitive, recently separated, seeks female companion...
0:11:51 > 0:11:55"for spontaneous fun. Interest in God, an advantage."
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Gold.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Gold.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05One salad in a bowl.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Thanks.- And...
0:12:13 > 0:12:17..one vanilla slice, courtesy of Phillip Leonard.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- First year?- Sure.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21You in first year?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25You can thank Phillip Leonard.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30First year? I don't think so. Next window.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Hello, Mum.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Hello.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Hm. You know, I don't think they've changed this recipe in 17 years.
0:12:47 > 0:12:53Oh. Can I have one? Even though I'm not in first year?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56'Or a candidate in Phillip's new game of Buddies.'
0:12:56 > 0:12:58You know, I think this is the last one.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Will someone tell me where they've put all the vanilla slices?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Thank you.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Hello, Sarge. Did you have a good day?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Did...Constable Waddle really like my teacake?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Hard to say. She didn't appreciate my poem as much as I'd hoped.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Well, did you pick a good one?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- Alfred Lord Tennyson.- Ah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28She's just a strange fish but, you know, we'll get there.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Think I'll have a soak and THEN get into my pyjamas, Mum.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36- What?! Already?- Big day tomorrow. Bonus questions on the quiz.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Want to make sure I'm all rested.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Save some for the others!
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- What others?- They might still come.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47'But Phillip wasn't actually in a hurry for a new friend.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49'And Rev wasn't, either.'
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Hi, Dad.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56What are you doing?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Oh, nothing much. Just...
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Just writing to Mum?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06You going to send it this time?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I'm not sure.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Maybe you need someone new to write to, Dad.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21'What can I say?
0:14:21 > 0:14:25'The ad Vicki and I put in the paper, asking people to audition
0:14:25 > 0:14:28'to be Rev's new friend, got a big response.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29'Maybe too big.'
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Hi. Come on in.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Thanks very much for coming.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36MUSIC: "Come On Come On" by Little Birdy
0:15:33 > 0:15:36There's no way you say Liz isn't the hands-down winner.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Why are you so impressed by Liz? She's got nothing on Sue.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Liz has been hiking in Peru. She rides a Harley.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- She surfs, Vicki. - The ideal woman, right?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Er, guys?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- You are SUCH a Neanderthal sometimes. - Am not!
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Are too!- Am not! Look! Liz is clearly our only choice.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Sue is just wrong! - They're both wrong.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00There's no room for them. Either of them.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- But they're both so slim. - Yeah, they won't take up much room.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06You're not listening. There's no space. At all.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I miss my mum. All right?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16'And that's when it happened.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17'That's when Vicki and I
0:16:17 > 0:16:20'finally realised the cost of living in a bubble.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23'You get so caught up in your own stuff,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27'you stop looking out for others and stop seeing what they really need.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30'Which for Egg, right now, was a friend.'
0:16:30 > 0:16:32We're sorry, Egg.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Never been so humiliated in all my life!
0:16:39 > 0:16:44Why did I go do that audition? Why? I need a vanilla slice!
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Er, Miss Ramsgate...
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I have a...a little confession.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01"Recently separated. Interest in God an advantage."
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Something fish about this ad.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09PHONE RINGS
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Angelus police.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13I see.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Don't let the suspect get away!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Snowy, we've got a case on our hands.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30This her?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32(No. No.)
0:17:33 > 0:17:35WADDLE CLEARS THROAT
0:17:35 > 0:17:37You're coming with me.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40What do we have here?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43An accomplice?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Vanilla slice.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57You're coming, too.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00BREATHILY: Sa... Sa... Sa...
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Has anybody got a paper bag?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I know how you feel. Today's been a shocker.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- Between this and the audition... - Audition?
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Oi!
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- You guys put an ad in the paper? - Yeah, but you're late, I'm afraid.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27You look a little young to be recently separated.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30The ad was for someone else... who isn't here.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33And doesn't even know WE'RE here.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I smell fraud.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Snowy!
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Can't believe he didn't tell me who they were!
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Give me a go!
0:18:56 > 0:18:58I was in shock!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Couldn't...speak!
0:19:01 > 0:19:03KNOCK ON DOOR
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Hi, Snowy!
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- Mum!- Good. You've come to bust me out!
0:19:10 > 0:19:12What happened?!
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Well...I took a lot of vanilla slices and I forgot to pay for them.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Was Miss Ramsgate very angry?
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I should have listened to you and Mr Squashy.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Is it really OK, Phillip?
0:19:25 > 0:19:29That you don't have many friends, apart from old Squasher?
0:19:29 > 0:19:34No, but you don't have many friends and you're still happy.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38'And that, hearing the plain and simply truth,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41'Mum was reminded that Phillip didn't really need anything.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44'Like her, her had everything he wanted.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48'And it was enough to finally burst Mum's worry bubble.'
0:19:48 > 0:19:53Do you know why that is? Why I am...so happy?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Cos you got us?
0:19:58 > 0:20:02You are a remarkable young man, Phillip Leonard.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Thanks, Mum.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Mm.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Er...Mum...you're squashing my face.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH HEADPHONES
0:20:19 > 0:20:20I saw the ad.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Not that I'm ready... for a new friend.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27But you've got some nice ones.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32They weren't really doing it for me, Geoffrey.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34They were doing it for you.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Hand me those keys. We've no other choice, we have to let them go!
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Ahh.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Well, well, well.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56What do we have here, then?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I have to say, Constable, these are very serious charges.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05But what impresses me most is...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07you've glimpsed the atrocities just beneath.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12They're very subtle crimes. It would have been easy to miss.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Meddling of the highest order.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- Multiple counts of CSA.- CSA? - Criminal self-absorption.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24You've come a long way this week.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Commendable work.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Welcome to Angelus.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35'Constable Waddle realised Sarge didn't live in a bubble, after all.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36'He just lived in Angelus.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38'And as for the rest of us?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41'Sarge wasn't about to let us off the hook.'
0:21:43 > 0:21:48The Rock And The Bubble by Louisa May Alcott.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53'Sarge kept us back late, reciting a long, illustrative poem,
0:21:53 > 0:21:57'pointing out the vain, one-sided dangers of bubbles.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Heed, little birdlings
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And wiser you'll be
0:22:03 > 0:22:05For the lesson learned
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Today by the sea.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18You're free to go.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22'Sarge's poem was spot on. Vicki and I had learned our lesson
0:22:22 > 0:22:25'and were ready to give up on bubbles.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27'For good.'
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