Officers' Mess

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0:00:25 > 0:00:29Company! Eyes...right!

0:00:31 > 0:00:34Come on, you nasty lot! Come on, quicker! Faster!

0:00:34 > 0:00:37- They're on us. They're behind us. - Good work, Captain Sims.

0:00:37 > 0:00:39- Vickers, Aston, now! Go!- Excellent.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41They're on us. Come on, it's ours to lose!

0:00:41 > 0:00:43Brooking, you're lagging behind!

0:00:43 > 0:00:47Come on, that's it! Over. Quick, quick, quick.

0:00:47 > 0:00:51Come on! Pick up the pace, that's it. Come on! Come on, team.

0:00:54 > 0:00:58That's hardly leading from the front, Brooking!

0:00:58 > 0:01:00# ..King Wenceslas looked out

0:01:00 > 0:01:03# On the feast of Stephen... #

0:01:03 > 0:01:05Somebody's got the Christmas spirit.

0:01:05 > 0:01:08Oh, I am looking to performing at St Philomena's.

0:01:08 > 0:01:11Eh, perhaps I could look in on Doctor Cassidy?

0:01:11 > 0:01:13Julia's visiting.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16Apparently, she's fine. They're just keeping her in for observation.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19Ah, well, that is a relief.

0:01:19 > 0:01:23Nurse Malone, have you learnt the CORRECT lyrics yet?

0:01:23 > 0:01:26- Well, I, I... - Are you not looking forward to it?

0:01:26 > 0:01:28Well, it's just not very convenient.

0:01:28 > 0:01:33I'm sure the patients don't think spending Christmas in hospital is "convenient".

0:01:33 > 0:01:38- I didn't mean that. - We have a duty to those poor people to turn up and do our best.

0:01:38 > 0:01:43Now, I hope you're not thinking of letting them - and us - down(?)

0:01:44 > 0:01:45No.

0:01:45 > 0:01:47Good.

0:01:47 > 0:01:51Well, the ladies of the choir are very excited.

0:01:51 > 0:01:54But we do have an... established way of working,

0:01:54 > 0:01:58- now with regard to the conducting... - I don't need any tips on conducting.

0:01:58 > 0:02:02- But...- I have my own way of working and they'll just have to follow me.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04Right, song sheets.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09Morning, ma'am. Pass, please.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11Zara Carmichael, I'm here to see Captain Sims.

0:02:14 > 0:02:15Straight on.

0:02:18 > 0:02:22- Not a great performance. - We should be doing live-fire, not log-slogging.

0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Are you questioning my judgment? - I'm saying...

0:02:24 > 0:02:27We were on the range at dawn, we're in Tin City tomorrow.

0:02:27 > 0:02:28None of that is any use

0:02:28 > 0:02:32if we haven't got the lung power to sustain us through contact.

0:02:32 > 0:02:33Now listen in!

0:02:34 > 0:02:39As you know, we are being considered for operational deployment.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42Selection is a distinct privilege

0:02:42 > 0:02:46and recognition that we, as a squadron, are considered able

0:02:46 > 0:02:50to take the field - and fight - as well as our regular counterparts.

0:02:50 > 0:02:54I have every intention of gaining us that privilege.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58That is all.

0:02:58 > 0:03:01- He can cut the martinet act. - He wants the deployment.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Maybe not for all of us. - What do you mean?

0:03:04 > 0:03:06Third time he's bawled me out this week.

0:03:06 > 0:03:10If I didn't know better, I'd say he was sending me a message.

0:03:12 > 0:03:13Carmichael!

0:03:13 > 0:03:15Simmsy!

0:03:15 > 0:03:18Look at you. Nice make-up.

0:03:18 > 0:03:19Do they do matching lippy?

0:03:19 > 0:03:23Actually, yes. Limited distribution, marines, special forces

0:03:23 > 0:03:25and weirdos over the internet.

0:03:25 > 0:03:28Actually, think I prefer your usual shade of Sultry Scarlet.

0:03:28 > 0:03:31I think my scarlet days might be behind me.

0:03:31 > 0:03:32Hey, you're...

0:03:32 > 0:03:34Not quite the same Carmichael.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37Bad girl, you didn't tell me!

0:03:37 > 0:03:40- I thought you liked surprises. - And it's a great one.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43Shame now, I thought you were coming down for a bit of action,

0:03:43 > 0:03:47- looks like I'll have to handle the boys on my own. - Well, not so fast, Simmsy.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49I can still grab some of the attention.

0:03:49 > 0:03:53- In a evening maternity dress? - I can still do sexy.- I'm sure.

0:03:53 > 0:03:58Anyway, rest of the day is going to be fun, fun, fun, drinks, lunch, general celebration.

0:03:58 > 0:04:01We can freshen up at mine. You can watch me change back into a girl.

0:04:02 > 0:04:06Company! Eyes...left!

0:04:07 > 0:04:10A spa? Do you know how much I'd love that?

0:04:10 > 0:04:14Well, I've got another night before I have to head home.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16Why don't you come back with me after dinner?

0:04:16 > 0:04:20Thanks, but I know I'd just be late for parade tomorrow.

0:04:20 > 0:04:23That's a shame. I could have done with some sparky company.

0:04:23 > 0:04:27Most of the women there are wealthy women d'un certain age.

0:04:27 > 0:04:31But then at dinner, lots of younger men appear at their tables.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33Mmm... Sin City.

0:04:33 > 0:04:35Oh, yes.

0:04:35 > 0:04:38While their husband's are trading oil or playing golf,

0:04:38 > 0:04:41they're living it up at Toy-Boy Central.

0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Jealous?- I prefer men to boys.

0:04:44 > 0:04:48But if they can work a pair of leather trousers...

0:04:49 > 0:04:52I take it Daniel's a definite man, then?

0:04:54 > 0:04:56He has his moments.

0:04:56 > 0:04:59So this wasn't one of your eat them up and spit them out relationships?

0:04:59 > 0:05:02Well, hardly. I wouldn't be having this baby with him, would I?

0:05:02 > 0:05:06- Hey, I...- It was a really big decision and it wasn't easy.

0:05:06 > 0:05:07We, we had to...

0:05:09 > 0:05:10Problems?

0:05:11 > 0:05:12We had to do IVF.

0:05:15 > 0:05:18Well, it worked.

0:05:18 > 0:05:22Before you know it, you'll be covered in nappies and going to bed at six o'clock.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25Why does everyone assume that because I'm having a baby my entire life is over?

0:05:29 > 0:05:32Never really figured out why you do all this.

0:05:32 > 0:05:35- What?- This TA stuff.

0:05:35 > 0:05:37You've got your life in London.

0:05:37 > 0:05:39Why spend your weekend scrabbling in the mud?

0:05:39 > 0:05:42- It's different.- It's lunacy.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44Corporate law isn't so sexy.

0:05:44 > 0:05:47And lying in ditches is?

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Can be.

0:05:58 > 0:06:01I've been taking sleeping tablets.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04Well, there's nothing unusual about that.

0:06:05 > 0:06:09Hang...hang on, are you saying that yesterday, it...

0:06:09 > 0:06:11it wasn't an overdose?

0:06:11 > 0:06:13No. No. It was...

0:06:13 > 0:06:17It was a combination of sleeping tablets and...

0:06:17 > 0:06:18and other things.

0:06:20 > 0:06:21Well, what other things?

0:06:21 > 0:06:23Herbal stimulants.

0:06:23 > 0:06:26You were taking sleeping pills AND stimulants?

0:06:26 > 0:06:28I couldn't sleep and I couldn't get going.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30Yeah, but you shouldn't have taken them together.

0:06:30 > 0:06:34- I know.- You would know that. I mean, you are a doctor.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36I know, I'm a doctor, and...

0:06:38 > 0:06:40..contrary to my own advice on many occasions,

0:06:40 > 0:06:42I bought them off the internet.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45Why would you do that? Are they illegal?

0:06:45 > 0:06:49Not illegal...just...

0:06:51 > 0:06:53..I was ashamed of taking so much medication.

0:06:53 > 0:06:56It's unforgivable in my position.

0:06:56 > 0:07:00I have to go, Julia. I'm a liability.

0:07:01 > 0:07:04I think I should resign.

0:07:06 > 0:07:08Of course, you're off the booze.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10I can still be fun.

0:07:14 > 0:07:18- Oh, hello. Here comes something shiny.- Hi.

0:07:19 > 0:07:24Jamie, this is Zara. Zara, Jamie Brooking.

0:07:24 > 0:07:25So are you a captain?

0:07:25 > 0:07:27Lieutenant.

0:07:27 > 0:07:28Kate's subordinate?

0:07:28 > 0:07:29Junior.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32Oh, you don't look so very junior to me.

0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Carmichael, I've already warned him about you.- Oh, really?

0:07:35 > 0:07:38In the nicest way. Kate said her most beautiful friend was coming.

0:07:38 > 0:07:40Well, I won't challenge the description.

0:07:40 > 0:07:43It's true, especially in your present condition.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46Oh, congratulations. And you do look wonderful.

0:07:46 > 0:07:49Captain Sims, I take it this is your guest?

0:07:49 > 0:07:51Zara Carmichael, Major Fallon.

0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Simon. - Simon is our officer commanding.

0:07:54 > 0:07:55And are you...

0:07:55 > 0:07:57commanding?

0:07:57 > 0:08:00Oh, I keep them in order.

0:08:00 > 0:08:01Well, meeting you two boys,

0:08:01 > 0:08:05now I understand what it is that attracted Kate to the TA.

0:08:05 > 0:08:06GONG RINGS

0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Ah, luncheon is served. Shall we, er...?- Oh.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14It was a vasovagal attack.

0:08:14 > 0:08:18Erm, I do the money and people, remember?

0:08:18 > 0:08:22My heart slowed, that caused my blood pressure to drop.

0:08:22 > 0:08:23Right, so that's why you fainted?

0:08:23 > 0:08:27And was this all down to the drugs?

0:08:27 > 0:08:30Maybe some fatigue involved, but it was...

0:08:30 > 0:08:35it was probably down to something cardiotoxic in the medication I was buying.

0:08:35 > 0:08:37I know. I know. Prize dope.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40No pun intended.

0:08:42 > 0:08:46Elaine, I think I could have prevented this, you know.

0:08:46 > 0:08:48All that dreadful stuff with Harrison.

0:08:48 > 0:08:52You should've had more time off, I should've insisted.

0:08:52 > 0:08:54It was nothing to do with you, Julia. It was down to me.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57My own mess. My own stupid fault.

0:08:57 > 0:09:01So, you and Kate go back a long way?

0:09:01 > 0:09:03Oh, before uni, before Kate went off to do boring law.

0:09:03 > 0:09:07And before you decided to do boring medicine.

0:09:07 > 0:09:10- I imagine medicine's interesting. - You get to meet sick people.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13And tell me, your last job was the conveyancing on a...?

0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Confectionary factory.- Any freebies?

0:09:16 > 0:09:18It was a multi-million-pound deal.

0:09:18 > 0:09:21No, surely they could have chucked you a box of soft-centres.

0:09:21 > 0:09:24So, Jamie, what do you do on Civvy Street?

0:09:24 > 0:09:27Lieutenant Brooking is an estate agent.

0:09:27 > 0:09:29Lettings rather than sales, I believe?

0:09:29 > 0:09:32- I head up the lettings department. - Battersea office.

0:09:32 > 0:09:35Oh. We used to warm up on the Northcote Road, before heading into town.

0:09:35 > 0:09:37Bet you were quite a combination.

0:09:37 > 0:09:39You must have made a stunning pair.

0:09:39 > 0:09:41"Stunning"?

0:09:41 > 0:09:45Isn't there must be a less tabloid term to describe beautiful women?

0:09:45 > 0:09:48Zara was the beautiful one. I was just her sidekick.

0:09:48 > 0:09:50I think you do protest...

0:09:50 > 0:09:51CROCKERY CLATTERS

0:09:51 > 0:09:55Oh! Sorry. Clumsy pregnancy thing...

0:10:00 > 0:10:02What does your therapist say?

0:10:02 > 0:10:03Ah.

0:10:03 > 0:10:04What?

0:10:04 > 0:10:06He's dumped me.

0:10:06 > 0:10:07Oh. Can he do that?

0:10:07 > 0:10:11- If he feels I'm no longer engaging with therapy.- Ooh!

0:10:12 > 0:10:14Maybe he needs a therapist.

0:10:14 > 0:10:17Actually, maybe I should get one for the all staff.

0:10:17 > 0:10:20Especially the ones that are moving house.

0:10:20 > 0:10:23He'd have much more to deal with than that...

0:10:23 > 0:10:27Yeah. You mean like a fixation with waistcoats and bow ties.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29We wouldn't have time to do surgery.

0:10:29 > 0:10:31We'd have to put a sign up saying,

0:10:31 > 0:10:34"Sorry, closed, due to staff being in therapy."

0:10:34 > 0:10:36Except you, of course.

0:10:36 > 0:10:37Julia?

0:10:40 > 0:10:42I'm sorry. Excuse me a minute.

0:10:42 > 0:10:43Julia?

0:10:47 > 0:10:50So, which one is it?

0:10:50 > 0:10:53Juicy Jamie or Major Manhood?

0:10:53 > 0:10:55The Major's married with two children.

0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Isn't he's also a chiselled god? - And?

0:10:58 > 0:11:01All's fair in love and war games.

0:11:02 > 0:11:04It's Jamie.

0:11:04 > 0:11:08Yummy! So what's it like when he storms your ramparts?

0:11:08 > 0:11:09Carmichael!

0:11:09 > 0:11:12Oh! So it's serious, is it?

0:11:12 > 0:11:14- It's kind of on and off. - Well, so is it on or off?

0:11:14 > 0:11:18We did get a bit drunk in the mess last night.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20Oh, I remember those.

0:11:20 > 0:11:24Waking up in the morning to a bed full of booty.

0:11:24 > 0:11:25KATE LAUGHS

0:11:25 > 0:11:30- And a hangover and a sense of guilt. - Well, the hangovers were a drag.

0:11:30 > 0:11:33So do you plan on getting him disorderly tonight?

0:11:33 > 0:11:35Not sure if it's a good idea.

0:11:35 > 0:11:38Sex is invariably a good idea.

0:11:38 > 0:11:41Especially if it's with your own Action Man,

0:11:41 > 0:11:43with close-cropped hair and gripping hands...

0:11:50 > 0:11:53It's over here by the Christmas tree.

0:11:53 > 0:11:55If you'd all like to step this way.

0:11:55 > 0:11:59There we are. Sopranos at the front, altos at the back.

0:11:59 > 0:12:02Doris, darling, you're a bit on the tall side,

0:12:02 > 0:12:05so altos at the back, please. Thank you.

0:12:05 > 0:12:08Freya, I should like you at the back, as well.

0:12:08 > 0:12:11I...know my resemblance to Katherine Jenkins is only passing,

0:12:11 > 0:12:13but I'm actually a soprano.

0:12:13 > 0:12:17Yes, but your ensemble does not match our ensemble.

0:12:17 > 0:12:20There was me thinking we were singing carols, not learning French?

0:12:20 > 0:12:23I told everyone to wear white blouses

0:12:23 > 0:12:25and you're wearing red! I mean...

0:12:25 > 0:12:27Just think of me as a festive bauble.

0:12:27 > 0:12:31Oh, Emily and Virginia, er, you're sopranos,

0:12:31 > 0:12:33so if you'd like to take your places over here... Yes?

0:12:33 > 0:12:35Are you a soprano?

0:12:35 > 0:12:37Yes, I am.

0:12:37 > 0:12:39Er, Hermione, darling, Hermione. Hermione.

0:12:39 > 0:12:43She's a soprano all right. She's Tony Soprano.

0:12:43 > 0:12:45Oh! Very good.

0:12:45 > 0:12:49Mrs Tembe, I thought that you at least would be taking this seriously.

0:12:49 > 0:12:53I take all my charitable ventures very seriously.

0:12:53 > 0:12:56Then can you please stop gossiping and get into line? Thank you.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Where's Cherry?- I'm here!

0:12:58 > 0:13:01How many times did I tell you, you mustn't be late?

0:13:01 > 0:13:03I didn't mean to be!

0:13:03 > 0:13:07The sopranos are all ranged over here, if you'd care to take your place.

0:13:07 > 0:13:08No giggling, please.

0:13:08 > 0:13:11Right then, do come along. Come along.

0:13:11 > 0:13:14Posture, posture!

0:13:14 > 0:13:17"Here, stand up straight, you 'orrible little choir!"

0:13:17 > 0:13:20THEY ALL LAUGH

0:13:20 > 0:13:24So you and Kate were quite the girls about town?

0:13:24 > 0:13:25We had our moments.

0:13:25 > 0:13:27So who were the suitors?

0:13:27 > 0:13:29Why would you like to know?

0:13:29 > 0:13:31General interest.

0:13:31 > 0:13:33Is he a senior officer?

0:13:33 > 0:13:35Touche.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37So?

0:13:37 > 0:13:39City boys. Lawyers.

0:13:39 > 0:13:45There was one Middle-Eastern Prince who sent over a jeroboam,

0:13:45 > 0:13:48in the hope that it would hook the two of us...

0:13:48 > 0:13:50Did he get his wish?

0:13:50 > 0:13:53Not with Kate.

0:13:54 > 0:13:56So who DID Kate get involved with?

0:13:56 > 0:13:58General interest?

0:13:58 > 0:14:00Well, she's my second in command.

0:14:00 > 0:14:04So you'd like to know the history of anyone who's serving under you?

0:14:05 > 0:14:09A few long-termers. A couple of flings.

0:14:09 > 0:14:12I know of at least one...

0:14:12 > 0:14:14married man.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17With your medical training,

0:14:17 > 0:14:20you would have been a very useful member of the TA.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23Not quite my thing. I enjoy discipline.

0:14:24 > 0:14:27But I prefer dispensing it.

0:14:36 > 0:14:37Julia?

0:14:37 > 0:14:40Elaine, you shouldn't be out here.

0:14:40 > 0:14:42- I should, if you are upset. - Oh, it's nothing.

0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's obviously not nothing.

0:14:45 > 0:14:47Well, it's just... It...it's Chloe.

0:14:47 > 0:14:51Well, no, it's not. It is Patrick, really. It's just...

0:14:51 > 0:14:53It's just such a mess!

0:14:53 > 0:14:55Come back inside.

0:14:55 > 0:14:57I really do need to get back to The Mill.

0:14:57 > 0:14:59It's your paperwork afternoon.

0:14:59 > 0:15:02Surely even talking to me's more interesting than that?

0:15:02 > 0:15:04OK.

0:15:04 > 0:15:05Shall we begin?

0:15:05 > 0:15:10On your song sheets, number five, Frosty The Snowman.

0:15:11 > 0:15:13Yeah, I KNOW it's not traditional.

0:15:13 > 0:15:16Yes, and I know that you think that it's a jingle.

0:15:16 > 0:15:19But jingles do have their place, you know.

0:15:19 > 0:15:21Is Jingle Bells a jingle?

0:15:21 > 0:15:23- What?- Oh, it's a fair point.

0:15:23 > 0:15:26Clever self-reference in the title, but..

0:15:26 > 0:15:31Look...I just think that Frosty is a jolly...

0:15:31 > 0:15:33number to begin with. That's all.

0:15:33 > 0:15:36So if you wouldn't mind? Thank you.

0:15:36 > 0:15:38Erm...

0:15:38 > 0:15:40One, two, three...

0:15:40 > 0:15:44- MARINA DROWNS OUT THE CHOIR - # Frosty the Snowman

0:15:44 > 0:15:47# Has a jolly happy soul

0:15:47 > 0:15:51# With a corncob pipe and a button nose

0:15:51 > 0:15:54# And two eyes made out of coal... #

0:16:03 > 0:16:05You've done him as well, haven't you?

0:16:06 > 0:16:07Who?

0:16:07 > 0:16:10Major Manhood.

0:16:10 > 0:16:12You've jumped his bones.

0:16:13 > 0:16:15When, where, and how many times?

0:16:19 > 0:16:21I can't tell you here. Come on.

0:16:30 > 0:16:33It happened when we were on exercise in Canada.

0:16:33 > 0:16:37- "Exercise" being the appropriate verb.- I'm not proud.

0:16:37 > 0:16:42- Of bedding your commanding officer? - I'm not proud that he's married. Or that I cheated on Jamie.

0:16:42 > 0:16:43I thought that was on and off?

0:16:43 > 0:16:45It was on at the time.

0:16:45 > 0:16:46How long have you been seeing Jamie?

0:16:46 > 0:16:48Three years.

0:16:48 > 0:16:50But you don't love him?

0:16:50 > 0:16:54Oh, Jamie's really attentive. He's kind and thoughtful and...

0:16:54 > 0:16:55Buys you flowers every Friday?

0:16:55 > 0:16:58Actually, yes, he used to, before I told him to stop.

0:16:58 > 0:17:00But Jamie's always there when I need him.

0:17:00 > 0:17:02- A safety net?- He's safe.

0:17:02 > 0:17:05Safe isn't sexy. Dangerous is sexy.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07Naughty is sexy.

0:17:07 > 0:17:08Carmichael!

0:17:08 > 0:17:10So marks out of ten for Major Manhood?

0:17:10 > 0:17:12We haven't gone all the way.

0:17:12 > 0:17:14Never?

0:17:14 > 0:17:15Everything but.

0:17:16 > 0:17:20- And how was "everything but"? - Oh, fantastic!

0:17:20 > 0:17:22Right, you have to take what you want.

0:17:22 > 0:17:24Oh, what about Jamie?

0:17:24 > 0:17:26He's your safety net.

0:17:26 > 0:17:28Why not have a dance on the high wire?

0:17:28 > 0:17:31Oh, I can't!

0:17:31 > 0:17:32This is your chance.

0:17:32 > 0:17:37If you don't take it, you could spend the rest of your life

0:17:37 > 0:17:39wondering what it might have been like.

0:17:54 > 0:17:58Amazing how us men can go to the powder-room unaccompanied.

0:17:58 > 0:18:03It's more than merely functional. For us, it's a place of intrigue.

0:18:03 > 0:18:04Of gossip.

0:18:04 > 0:18:07Of secrets revealed.

0:18:08 > 0:18:10- What did she say? - Perhaps she didn't say anything.

0:18:10 > 0:18:12Zara...

0:18:12 > 0:18:14How much do you want her?

0:18:17 > 0:18:20- I, er...- How much...

0:18:20 > 0:18:23do you...want her?

0:18:30 > 0:18:32What are you waiting for?

0:18:36 > 0:18:39Zara, I need to speak to you...

0:18:41 > 0:18:45# So he said, "Let's run and we'll have some fun..." #

0:18:45 > 0:18:46No, no, no, no, no, no!

0:18:46 > 0:18:51- You're completely mistiming it! - Marina...- WHAT?

0:18:51 > 0:18:52Can I just have a little word?

0:18:55 > 0:18:56Look...

0:18:57 > 0:19:00..we're really grateful for everything you've done

0:19:00 > 0:19:03and putting this whole thing together, that's a real achievement.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06Well, it would have been easier if people were a little more diligent.

0:19:06 > 0:19:10Right. With regard to that, we...

0:19:10 > 0:19:14That is, the choir, we're thinking that...

0:19:14 > 0:19:17We're thinking that in terms of musical direction,

0:19:17 > 0:19:20it might be better if somebody else took the lead.

0:19:20 > 0:19:22So you all think it's my fault?

0:19:22 > 0:19:27No, not "fault".

0:19:27 > 0:19:31We just need someone with a little more sensitivity.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34I just I wanted it to go well, that's all...

0:19:34 > 0:19:39And it will. With a firmer hand on the tiller.

0:19:39 > 0:19:41Or baton.

0:19:41 > 0:19:43And who exactly were you, erm...?

0:19:44 > 0:19:46Mrs Tembe?

0:19:46 > 0:19:49No, this is Mrs Bonnaire's project.

0:19:49 > 0:19:51Oh, well, if, er...

0:19:52 > 0:19:54..that's how you feel then, erm...

0:19:57 > 0:19:59Well...

0:19:59 > 0:20:03Well, I...I will endeavour to honour your commitment

0:20:03 > 0:20:07and organisation by conducting to the best of my ability.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14Erm, page eight, please.

0:20:15 > 0:20:18Good King Wenceslas.

0:20:19 > 0:20:21# Aaaaa! #

0:20:21 > 0:20:24Two, three, four.

0:20:24 > 0:20:30# Good King Wenceslas last looked out on the feast of Stephen

0:20:30 > 0:20:33# When the snow lay round about

0:20:33 > 0:20:36# Deep and crisp and even

0:20:36 > 0:20:39# Brightly shown the moon that night... #

0:20:39 > 0:20:46I was so looking forward to having Chloe live close by, you know?

0:20:49 > 0:20:54I'd all these plans, things we'd do together, you know,

0:20:54 > 0:20:55we'd go for walks.

0:20:56 > 0:21:01We'd go shopping and, er, I would take her to the cinema.

0:21:01 > 0:21:04But is it really that definite?

0:21:04 > 0:21:06For her mother it is.

0:21:08 > 0:21:11And I suppose after the way that Patrick's behaved,

0:21:11 > 0:21:15if I was being objective, which, of course, I can't be...

0:21:15 > 0:21:17Can you try building bridges?

0:21:19 > 0:21:21Pretty much burned them.

0:21:23 > 0:21:24Sorry.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29SHE SOBS

0:21:34 > 0:21:38It was never meant to be like this. I never thought it would be.

0:21:39 > 0:21:43A family's supposed to be a unit and mine is just scattered.

0:21:43 > 0:21:44It's just broken.

0:21:46 > 0:21:48Elaine, I...

0:21:48 > 0:21:52I don't even know if I'm ever going to see Chloe again!

0:21:57 > 0:22:00If the brass give us the nod, we'll be going on deployment next spring.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03Well, when I say "we..."

0:22:03 > 0:22:05You won't be volunteering?

0:22:05 > 0:22:07Of course I'll volunteer.

0:22:07 > 0:22:10I just I think Fallon will be recommending me for Rear Party.

0:22:10 > 0:22:11"Rear Party"?

0:22:11 > 0:22:14Left behind to deal with admin, family issues...

0:22:14 > 0:22:15And what about Kate?

0:22:15 > 0:22:20- Well, she'll be going. She's the second in command. - His right-hand woman.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22In his dreams.

0:22:22 > 0:22:25He'd love a crack at her, but his wife keeps him on a short lead.

0:22:25 > 0:22:29Especially after she caught him having an affair with someone in his firm.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Really? - Complete womaniser. Can't you tell?

0:22:33 > 0:22:35Aren't you worried about her?

0:22:35 > 0:22:37Active service? Sure.

0:22:37 > 0:22:38No, I, I, I mean...

0:22:38 > 0:22:42And I don't want to jinx it and I know it's been off and on, but...

0:22:42 > 0:22:44I want to give her this.

0:22:44 > 0:22:48I thought if I proposed, I could convince her of just how serious I am.

0:22:49 > 0:22:51What do you think?

0:22:51 > 0:22:53I think she'll get the message, but...

0:22:53 > 0:22:55Great.

0:22:55 > 0:22:58- W-where are you going? - No time like the present.

0:22:58 > 0:23:00Oh, Jamie...

0:23:03 > 0:23:06# When a poor man came in sight

0:23:06 > 0:23:12# Gathering winter fuel... #

0:23:14 > 0:23:17- # 'Bring me flesh and bring me wine...' #- Jamie!

0:23:17 > 0:23:19# 'Bring me pine logs hither...' #

0:23:19 > 0:23:20Jamie..!

0:23:20 > 0:23:22# 'Thou and I will see him dine

0:23:22 > 0:23:26# 'When we bear them thither.' #

0:23:26 > 0:23:27Oh, no.

0:23:27 > 0:23:29# Page and monarch forth they went... #

0:23:29 > 0:23:32You must think I'm a complete wreck.

0:23:32 > 0:23:34You're an amateur, compared to me.

0:23:34 > 0:23:37Of late, I'm an Olympic-standard wreck.

0:23:43 > 0:23:46Elaine, what are you doing at Christmas?

0:23:46 > 0:23:49Hiding under the duvet with some non-dairy chocolates.

0:23:49 > 0:23:51Well, would you like to do that in my house?

0:23:51 > 0:23:53I've heard of Crisis at Christmas...

0:23:53 > 0:23:57Well, we'll call it CRISES at Christmas.

0:23:57 > 0:24:00I'd like to think it was charitable,

0:24:00 > 0:24:03but, to be honest with you, I just...

0:24:03 > 0:24:07I just can't face the thought of Christmas on my own.

0:24:07 > 0:24:09And anyway, you need to recuperate...

0:24:09 > 0:24:12That's very kind. I'd love to.

0:24:12 > 0:24:16Good. Good. Good.

0:24:20 > 0:24:23- You knew she was sleeping with Fallon!- No, that's not...

0:24:23 > 0:24:25- Jamie!- How long has it been going on?- Today!

0:24:25 > 0:24:28- Liar!- No, it's true.- I showed you the ring. You could said!

0:24:28 > 0:24:31- Why didn't you stop him?- I... - Now look, Brooking...

0:24:31 > 0:24:32Jamie!

0:24:35 > 0:24:37You'll be on a charge for that.

0:24:37 > 0:24:39You're married! Not that that's ever stopped you.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Brooking!- What about that NATO liaison officer in Canada?

0:24:42 > 0:24:44She any good?

0:24:45 > 0:24:47This is your fault.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51It was not me who was having sex with them both.

0:24:51 > 0:24:53You wish that it was. And you wanted fireworks.

0:24:53 > 0:24:57- No, that's not... - You love to manipulate people, play them off against each other.

0:24:57 > 0:25:00I seem to remember that YOU enjoyed some of that.

0:25:00 > 0:25:04Not like you. With you, it's a psychopathic need for attention.

0:25:04 > 0:25:06That is just not...

0:25:06 > 0:25:07You're a little girl.

0:25:07 > 0:25:10You're scared because you're with one man,

0:25:10 > 0:25:15you're scared because you're pregnant and you're scared because you're getting older.

0:25:15 > 0:25:18I am not scared.

0:25:18 > 0:25:20You're terrified. You always were.

0:25:20 > 0:25:22Kate...

0:25:22 > 0:25:24Just go.

0:25:37 > 0:25:42# We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas

0:25:42 > 0:25:44# We wish you a merry Christmas

0:25:44 > 0:25:46# And a happy new year

0:25:46 > 0:25:49# Good tidings we bring

0:25:49 > 0:25:51# To you and your kin

0:25:51 > 0:25:53# We wish you a merry Christmas

0:25:53 > 0:25:55# And a happy new year

0:25:55 > 0:26:00# Now bring us a figgy pudding Now bring us a figgy pudding

0:26:00 > 0:26:02# Now bring us a figgy pudding

0:26:02 > 0:26:05# And bring some out here... #

0:26:05 > 0:26:06Hello, it's me.

0:26:08 > 0:26:10I want you to call me back.

0:26:10 > 0:26:12Because...

0:26:12 > 0:26:16I want you to tell me that I AM a good person.

0:26:17 > 0:26:19I know what I have been like.

0:26:19 > 0:26:22And I know we've had some fun with that.

0:26:22 > 0:26:24But I...

0:26:25 > 0:26:27I want to change.

0:26:28 > 0:26:31I want to be a good mother.

0:26:31 > 0:26:32I want...

0:26:35 > 0:26:39I'm just looking forward to coming home tomorrow.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42OUR home...

0:26:43 > 0:26:45# Good tidings we bring

0:26:45 > 0:26:48# To you and your kin

0:26:48 > 0:26:50# We wish you a merry Christmas

0:26:50 > 0:26:52# And a happy new year

0:26:52 > 0:26:56# We wish you a merry Christmas

0:26:56 > 0:27:03# And a happy new year. #

0:27:06 > 0:27:10Well, I'm going to tell her straight and she'll laugh and smile and...

0:27:10 > 0:27:12That's not going to work, is it?

0:27:12 > 0:27:14You knew about this, didn't you?

0:27:14 > 0:27:18I want the best turkey in Letherbridge.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20Sorry, can't help.

0:27:20 > 0:27:22What?

0:27:22 > 0:27:25- You might as well just tell me. - Well, we would if we...

0:27:25 > 0:27:27I'm not asking you, airhead, I'm asking him.

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