Menage a Quatre Doctors

I think she's asleep.

Let's hope she doesn't snore, like you.

-Can I get you anything?

-No, thanks. I'm good.

-I need to tell you something, though.

-What?

I've asked Gary to come along.

I think he has a right to see where his daughter's going to be born.

-She's our daughter.

-Come on, Kate.

Don't go all sulky on me. Not today.

I'm not sulking.

She said, in a sulky voice.

-I do love you, you know.

-I know.

I love you too.

There you go then. That's all that matters, isn't it?

Hattie Parsons?

That's me. This is Kate.

-Hiya, I'm Ruhma. Up you get.

-Ooh!

Your first time at St Phil's?

Yes. Just moved here from Birmingham.

-Needed a bigger house.

-Right. Well, let's go through.

Hey. How's it going?

Pretty good, thanks.

How's Bren?

Early days, but she's cut right back on the booze,

-and she was sleeping like a baby when I left this morning.

-Great!

Oh, just one of my patients.

Clean now, but wants to know

how long before the track marks disappear.

Depends on a lot of different factors,

but they can hang around for a long time.

-Yeah, that's what I said.

-I'll leave you to it.

-Cool.

Hattie, is this your first baby?

Yes. It's Kate's egg and I'm carrying it.

-So we can both be involved.

-Right.

As you're nearly full-term, what we like to do

is give you the chance to have a look around.

Or, have you discussed having a home birth at all?

Kate wasn't keen.

We still can, if that's what you really want. I just think...

Kate, please, do we have to go through this again?

I don't want anything going wrong, that's all.

-Honestly, hospital's fine.

-Good.

At least you'll be coming back to somewhere familiar.

-I can't wait.

-And everything is good?

Yep. She's a lively little thing.

Having a rest at the moment, I'm glad to say.

"She." Very nice. But she will be getting bigger every day,

so she won't have as much room to move around as she's used to.

-The sooner she's out, the better.

-Well, it won't be long now.

Right, I'm just going to check your blood pressure, OK?

KNOCK AT DOOR Come in!

-Got those notes you wanted.

-Thanks.

Was there something else?

Have you ever invested in stocks and shares?

-Er...not really.

-You should, because it's a licence to print money!

So is pyramid selling, allegedly.

I went to this seminar by this amazing guy called Miles Lucas,

and it's all about analysing the market,

and you obviously have to go for the sectors

that are going to provide the greatest growth,

and there's big money to be made if you get it right.

Why are you telling me this?

Because I thought you might be interested.

Mm. If it looks too good to be true, it means it usually is.

Oh, Jimmi, don't be so negative!

You've got to speculate to accumulate,

and as we know, life is for the living.

-If you've got the money.

-Just you wait, Jimmi Clay.

Your blood pressure's a little low.

-Have you been feeling light-headed?

-No.

-Any bleeding?

-A few spots. Hardly anything, really.

-OK.

-Why didn't you tell me?

-Because there was nothing to tell.

-If anything happens to you...

Don't be daft. Nothing's going to happen to me, or our baby.

Right, let's have a little listen. Do you want to pull your top up?

That's it. This is going to feel a little cold. You OK? You ready?

-THEY CHUCKLE

-You all right?

-Yeah.

OK.

Let's see what she's up to.

POUNDING HEARTBEAT

And, there she is. That's a very good, strong heartbeat.

-See?

-Right, there we go. You can pull your top back down.

Um...have you got your urine sample?

Oh, sorry, I forgot.

Oh, don't worry about it.

I'm going to ask you to nip to the loo

-and pop back and I'll check your protein.

-OK.

-There's nothing wrong, is there?

-No, no, it's just routine. OK?

Do you want me to come with you?

I think I can manage.

Hi, Mum. Everything all right?

Never better. Guess what I had for breakfast?

-Go on.

-Ike cooked me a full English.

Really?

Mm. I'd rather have had a lager, to be honest.

-And did you, um...?

-No way!

Ike talked me through it. And he made me a cuppa instead.

That's brilliant, Mum.

BREN CHUCKLES

I really think I can do it this time.

Ike's been a real rock.

(He's even doing the washing-up.)

That's great.

Listen, I've got a half-day, so I'll be home soon.

-Do you fancy some chocolate?

-Ooh, that'd be ace!

We're going to get through this.

You know what? I really think I can.

Feels like the first day of the rest of my life.

I'll see you soon.

I'm sure she won't be much longer.

The pressure on her bladder will speed things up.

Yeah.

So, how did you decide which one of you was going to carry the baby?

It's something Hattie's always wanted.

I was quite relieved, to be honest. Mine was the easy bit.

That's what they say about the father's contribution.

Gary? Just donated some sperm, that's all.

Was it someone you knew?

Hattie lived with him for a while, before we got together.

-Right.

-She was confused.

But she's not any more.

She and I are solid. He knows the score.

Well, as long as the three of you have got that sorted.

Don't worry, we have.

We're getting married next year.

That's nice. Congratulations.

I would have been happy with a civil partnership, to be honest,

-but Hattie wants all the bells and whistles.

-Hm!

Shouldn't she be back by now?

It really hasn't been that long.

I think I'll check, anyway.

Let me show you where it is.

It's just around there on the left.

-It's really busy in here today.

-Yeah, very busy.

Help! Please, somebody help me!

-Hats!

-Obs crash team.

-What's happened to her?!

-I'm not sure.

Hattie, can you hear me?!

Hattie, I want you to lie as still as possible, OK?

What's going on?

She's going to be OK, isn't she?!

HATTIE GROANS

Karen, can you chase up Mr Eastmond's results for me, please?

Karen?

Yes!

Oooh, hello! Could you put me through

to the stocks and shares helpline, please?

Come on.

We think Hattie's had a placental abruption.

That's when the placenta suddenly

separates from the wall of the uterus.

-That's what's caused the bleeding.

-But she's going to be all right?

Well, at this stage, we really don't know.

There could be more problems.

For the baby?

The specialist thinks it's best if we try

and deliver the baby as soon as possible.

He's recommended an emergency caesarean.

Right, OK, try not to worry,

because they are doing the best they can for both of them, yeah?

-OK?

-Where's Hats? What's happened?

OK, move out the way.

Gary!

Hi, Mum!

Hi, Eesh.

Wasn't expecting you back so soon.

I did say. I've brought you some chocolate.

Oh, nice.

-Are you OK?

-Never better.

-Have you been drinking?

-No!

Not a drop. I swear!

I told you, Ike wouldn't let me.

-What's going on, Mum?

-Nothing.

Don't lie to me.

Oh! I wanted a drink.

Ike said he'd give me something to stop me thinking of it.

And do you know what? It's worked!

Where is he?

He's having a kip.

Aw, don't wake him, Eesh.

He's been up all night helping me!

-I knew you were too good to be true!

-Hey! What's...what's up?

Have you been giving my mum drugs?!

-No.

-She says you have.

-HE SIGHS

-Maybe a few diazepam.

-A few?!

-A couple! Just to stop her wanting a drink.

Where'd you get them from?

They're my own. Personal supply, innit?

-On prescription?

-What?

Hand them over.

Look, you've got this all wrong. There's no harm done.

I said, hand them over!

Eesh, please!

-Don't push me, all right?!

-I'm not scared of you!

Yeah? Well, you should be!

HE SIGHS

Oh, I need a drink!

No, you don't. Come on. Come here, baby.

We can wait in here.

How long?

I'm sorry, I really don't know.

-Are you OK?

-Is the baby going to be OK?

It really depends how much of the placenta

has separated from the lining of the womb.

This hasn't got anything to do with the way we did it, has it?

My egg going into her womb?

No, not at all.

Please don't let anything happen to our baby.

She's not your baby!

-Kate.

-We had a deal, remember?

As far as I'm concerned, your part in this is over.

I really don't think this is

the best place to have this conversation.

I don't want to be having any conversation with him!

After today, I never want to see you again!

I'm not exactly her favourite person.

No, I can see that.

She wanted an anonymous donor, but...

..Hattie wanted someone she knew.

Kate said that you used to live together.

Yeah, but things were never quite right somehow.

When she and Kate met, everything clicked into place.

I think I'd known for a while that women were more Hats' thing.

So, why has Kate got it in for you?

I don't know. You'll have to ask her that.

Oh, hey, I should've taken your advice.

-How much did you lose?

-Oh, I'll get it back,

but it just might take me a bit longer than I thought.

Miles Lucas not so amazing after all, then?

Ah, no, see, that's where you're wrong,

because his company has got a helpline,

and they've just given me some very good advice.

-Mm. It's all about spreading the risk, apparently.

-Exactly!

And I thought I was, by investing in lots of different companies,

but turned out they were all in the same sector,

so I need to diversify.

Go on, then, what's the link to your website?

Ahh! I knew you would get the bug.

No, I'm just curious, that's all.

OK. There you go, I've e-mailed it to you.

Well, we'll see who makes the first million.

Well, I don't know about a million after the first day,

but I might be able to treat you to a bottle of champagne.

-Where you been?!

-Loo. That's allowed, isn't it?

I'm sorry, Eesh.

Ike was just trying to help.

-By giving you diazepam?

-It was a one-off!

I want you out of here.

Yeah, well, I ain't sure if your mum does and, er...it's her house.

Please, Eesh. I don't think I can do this without him.

Do you know what?

-I really thought it was going to be different this time.

-It is!

Yeah. You're not just an alky any more, you're a druggie too.

Now, look, I ain't no saint, right, and I told you that,

but...I care about your mum.

No, you don't. You care about a roof over your head

and the chance to mess up somebody else's life as well.

Please, Eesh! You can't take him away from me.

-Not after Sierra.

-Oh, leave her out of this.

Please, Eesh, he's the first good man I've met in years!

Listen to yourself! He's a smackhead!

I've told you, all right? I'm clean!

-PHONE RINGS

-Rob Hollins.

Rob, it's Ayesha. Can you get round to my mum's on the Churchill?

It's 15, Dunkirk House.

Who's she calling, man? Who's Rob?

-Is everything OK?

-Quick as you can.

There's a man here and he's carrying illegal drugs.

-No!

-You stupid cow!

-Ayesha, are you all right?

-Nothing I can't handle.

-Police are on their way, Ike.

-Oh! Ike, please!

Oh, Eesh! What have you done?

What have you done?!

Ike?

Mum!

-What are you still doing here?

-Give it here.

-You can't turn him in.

-Watch me.

Give it here!

-Get your hands off of me!

-Ike!

Whoa! Wait in there, yeah?

I just need a little word with your daughter.

What's going on? What are you going to do?

Hey, trust me. Come on, hm?

-You turn me in and I'll go down.

-Good.

Don't you care about your mum?

Yeah. That's why I'm doing this.

All right, just hand it over, yeah, and I'm out of here.

-I swear you'll never see me again.

-No. I don't believe you.

You've got yourself a right little cushy number in there, haven't you?

You'll hang around like a bad smell.

Don't make me angry, all right?!

You ain't going to like me if I lose my temper!

I don't like you anyway.

Get your hands off of me!

You smell nice! Hm?

Come on, huh?

Give it up to me, yeah? Like a good girl. Hm?

(I'm going to make you.)

-How easy was that?

-BANGING

-Hello?

-Rob!

Ike? Eesh? What's going on?! Ike!

What's going on?!

He's got no right being here.

Well, he is involved.

I've got nothing to say to him.

-Are you sure?

-He'll ruin everything.

How?

I've always known I was gay.

Right from when I was a kid.

It took Hattie longer to work it out.

Gary said to me that he wasn't surprised when you two got together.

Then why has he been constantly undermining me ever since?

Always in Hattie's ear, wanting to father our baby.

I thought you said that was Hattie's idea?

And he jumped at it.

He wants her back, I know he does.

Are you sure?

You know, you look pretty solid to me, you two.

Then why did she ask him to be here today

without telling me?

I don't know.

I think she still has her doubts.

About you?

Her sexuality.

And with Gary still around...

..I couldn't bear to lose her.

I thought you might want a coffee. Any news?

I'll, er...I'll just go find out.

Kate, listen...

Hattie and I are friends, that's all.

But she loves you.

I always knew that once the kid came along, I'd have to take a back-seat.

I'm cool with that, but don't shut me out completely.

Hats is going to get through this.

But she's going to need our support.

No! She needs me. Nobody else, just me!

The baby, is she OK?

She's fine.

Hattie?

What about Hattie?

POUNDING HEARTBEAT

SHE SOBS

Don't worry about anything, all right?

Now, let's go and have a chat to the nice policeman. OK?

Kate? They did everything they could.

Hattie had just lost too much blood.

The baby...what's going to happen to her?

She'll spend a few days in the special care unit,

but the signs are good.

-When can we see her?

-Let them stabilise her

and then somebody will come and fetch us, OK?

You did this.

You ruined everything.

In her ear all the time, trying to get her back.

-No.

-Why didn't you stay away?

That was the deal!

I thought I could, but when she started getting bigger,

it wasn't just a deal, it was a baby.

-It was my baby.

-She's ours! Mine and Hats'!

Even today, our day, you had to turn up!

-She asked me to.

-Why?

-She thought it was fair.

-Fair?

There's nothing fair about this! Nothing!

It's all your fault!

Kate, that's not true.

No-one could have predicted this.

Gary is not to blame.

Yes, he is.

I'll never forgive you.

You killed Hattie.

How dare you say that?!

Kate, I know this is a very difficult time for you,

but, right now, you need to focus on what is best for that baby.

Kate, listen to me.

-Did you have a name for her?

-No.

Harriet. Let's call her Harriet.

This has got nothing to do with you.

I'm sorry, Kate, but it has.

What do you mean?

Hattie had primary care as the birth mother.

And as the egg donor, you would have had that if you were married,

but you weren't.

So, as it stands, in the eyes of the law, Gary is the legal parent.

Oh!

Five minutes in a locked room.

That's where your responsibilities ended.

Surely you can work this out, find the best solution for your baby?

Our baby?!

Yeah.

Hattie is gone, and you are all she has got now.

You can see your baby now.

Are you coming?

I've just been checking on your shares

and one of your trades has just been bought by a giant US corporation.

That could be really good!

Oh! Yes! I'm back in the black!

-How much money have you made?

-Not much.

-Am I still on for that bottle of champagne?

-Hm!

Do you know, I might quit while I'm ahead,

but I could spring to half a lager.

Hm! All right. SHE CHUCKLES

SHE EXHALES

She's beautiful!

-She's got your eyes.

-Do you want to see her, Kate?

Kate, the doctors reckon she's going to be fine.

About the name...

I just thought it might give us both a way of remembering Hattie.

Of course I'll remember her.

She's all I ever wanted.

-But do you know the one thing I'll remember more than anything?

-What?

The last thing she ever said.

Your name.

We were just friends.

As far as you're concerned, maybe.

As for Hattie, I wish I could be so sure.

Look, I know it's weird.

I always imagined I'd be more like an uncle, not a real dad.

To be honest, I'm not sure I'm ready for all this,

but she's OUR daughter,

whether we like it or not.

Guess what? I don't like it.

-And I don't like you either.

-I get that.

I really don't think you do.

I've never loved anybody more than I loved Hattie.

I would have done anything for her,

but it was always about me and her, nobody else.

I didn't want a baby!

That was Hattie's idea.

But I went along with it because it made her happy.

Do you want me to come with you?

-Where?

-To see our baby.

Harriet.

Whatever name you choose.

-Call her what you like. I'm going home.

-Kate?

I think you're in shock.

No. Actually, I feel very calm.

Congratulations, Uncle Gary.

You've just been upgraded to single parent.

HE EXHALES

I've had a good look around and I can't find anything.

He's hidden it somewhere.

Search me again, if you like.

No, thanks, I've just washed my hands.

He's not a bad man, honestly!

Really?!

God knows what would have happened if Rob hadn't got here when he did!

You wouldn't hurt her, would you?

Hey, she's your flesh and blood. Why would I?

-I want to bring charges.

-For what? He's not in possession.

He threatened me.

He had me up against a wall, he was pawing all over me.

Is that right?

We had a row, that's all.

Fact is, she don't like me. I get that.

She thinks I ain't no good for her mum,

but I never laid a finger on her.

-You lying scumbag!

-Ayesha, sit down!

She's got one hell of a temper, man.

If anyone should be getting done for assault, it's her!

She's a witness. Tell him what happened, Mum!

It was something and nothing. A misunderstanding.

Let's just clear this up.

Did this man threaten you or your daughter?

-No!

-Are there any drugs in the house?

Drugs?! I can't be doing with them.

I could murder a vodka, though!

Hey.

I'm sorry, Ayesha. Clearly, something has gone on here,

but at the moment, there's no evidence,

and our only witness says that he didn't threaten you, so...

there's not a lot I can do.

Are you worried your sex life is getting out of control?

There's something else.

Stocks and shares aren't supposed to be messed with every day.

You need spread betting.

What's spread betting?

We both care about your mum.

How can you say that, after what you did to her?

-Did you use a condom?

-Oh, my God!

-I need to know!

-It's none of your business!

-I just want you to be safe!

Then stop treating me like a child!