Take a Dive into Lake Me Doctors

SHE SIGHS

Whoa! Whoa!

Oh, I'm so sorry!

Um...I didn't look.

Emma, I wanted to say sorry about the other night in the Icon.

I didn't realise that you'd got to such a sad place.

I'm so wrapped up in my own stuff and...

-It's fine, really. I-I understand.

-OK.

-In vino, too much veritas.

-Huh!

Morning!

Good morning, Valerie.

Oh. Er...Zara, I've been meaning to ask you,

um...this conference, is it Worcester or...Walsall?

It's just that I need to know what I'm signing up for.

All in good time, Dr Reid.

All you have to do is turn up and enjoy the ride!

Right.

Morning. I thought you were at the campus.

Oh, Mrs Tembe swapped us over.

I thought you were supposed to be on a course.

-Oh, it doesn't start until 11.00.

-Ah.

Take A Dive Into Lake Me.

I loved that book!

It really brought me out of myself.

You're so lucky. I want to hear all about it when...

Actually, no, forget that. Hm! I don't want to hear about it.

Sid. Why aren't you on the workshop?

I'm on my way. I need to send a couple of e-mails first.

-Looking forward to it?

-Yeah. Course.

Good. It'll make you a better doctor.

You say that like there's lots of room for improvement.

There's always room for improvement, for all of us.

Anyway, enjoy yourself and, er...come back better.

Hey, babe, it's me.

I was, er...just calling to find out when I'll see you again.

Um...it's a shame we couldn't hook up yesterday, but maybe later?

Oh, and, er...I've got a surprise for you.

Anyway, er...give me a call back when you get a chance.

HE SIGHS

I was going to come and see you.

Say again?

I said I was going to come and see you.

Is it important?

I just wanted you to know that I was still here for you.

Thank you, Jimmi.

And...I'm sorry.

I, um...

I shouldn't really be comparing my dad with everyone else's.

I shouldn't have done that, so I'm sorry. OK?

All right, well, suit yourself.

He's like a bear with a sore head.

Valerie, I have a headache, OK? I just came in here for a little bit of quiet.

-I don't need you doing what you do.

-I don't want to know.

It's your business, not mine.

I just came in for a glass of water.

Good!

(Oh, God!)

You're being ridiculous.

Hi. Are you here for, er...Super-Psyched?

Oh. Yes.

God, this is, er... Oh, it's pathetic! Huh!

Oh! I am a grown-up.

Just...go through the door, get on with it.

Listen, um...I tell you what,

why don't you and me go through together, yeah?

-Moral support.

-Huh!

I'm Sid.

Janet.

Come on, then.

-OK. On three, we go through together, yeah?

-Yeah.

One, two, three.

Yeah, I can't... I can't do it. I...

Ah! I need, um...coffee.

-Coffee?

-Yes. What's wrong with that?!

-N-Nothing, nothing.

-Come on, then, let's get you that coffee, yeah?

-Ah.

-Is something wrong?

-No. Not with me, anyway. I...

-No, I shouldn't.

-Shouldn't what?

-You clearly want to say something.

-Yes, I know, but...

Well, it's about Al.

He wasn't in a bad mood, like a bear with a sore head, he...

Well, actually, no, he was, literally, like an Al with a sore head.

He had a splitting headache and I just...

I wasn't trying to butt in, I was just...just trying to help.

Oh, hello. You here for Mrs Tembe?

Yeah. Is she in?

Actually, she's in a meeting.

Oh, it's OK.

I was just passing and thought I'd swing by.

A personal visit. No worries.

-You remember me, JJ?

-No.

Well, I mean, I do, obviously,

but Mrs Tembe's private life is none of my business.

It's no-one's business at the practice, actually.

Apart from hers, obviously.

But she doesn't discuss it here, so...

OK. Er...will you tell her I was here, please?

Some of us are going to the Icon for lunch, if you're up for it?

So, er...how you feeling now?

Think you might be ready to give it another go, or...?

PHONE RINGS

SHE SIGHS

OK, so...you're not ready yet. Huh! OK.

I'm not sure I am either, to be honest.

For some reason, when I got to the front doors,

I just had this mad panic.

And I rang Ayesha and she just said, "Just get on with it, just get in there".

I think I'm worried that...

I think I'm worried this course isn't going to work.

That it won't help.

And I'm always going to feel like there's someone about to tap me on the shoulder

and tell me, "You've been rumbled"!

"You're a fraud."

No amount of positivity in the world's going to help that.

Is Ayesha your wife?

No.

-Girlfriend?

-Just a mate.

If I don't go back there all super-psyched and positive,

I mean, they're going to flip.

What is your problem?

SHE MOCKS

At least you have someone who cares enough about you to...to...

Have... Have you been drinking?

SHE VOMITS

That'll be a yes.

SHE COUGHS

SHE SIGHS

I need to go home.

Whoa-whoa-whoa! You're in no fit state to drive.

-I'm fine.

-No, you're not!

-Did you drive here?!

-Fine!

Keep the car. Hm! Whatever.

SHE SIGHS

PHONE RINGS

-Hello?

-Hello.

A surprise. What is it?

I can't tell you that, I want to see your face.

It's my day off.

I know you couldn't manage it yesterday, but how about lunch today?

Yes. Yes.

OK, well, great.

What about that place we went to near The Mill? What is it, the Icon?

Er...no. It gets too busy there.

Why not? It means you don't have to travel far.

What about somewhere else? Somewhere private.

What about the Green Man? They do very good pub food there.

I never had you down as the English pub food type,

but, yeah, I'll see you there.

2.00.

With your surprise.

Why don't we just go back to the workshop?

They'll be wondering why we haven't turned up.

The workshop is not important.

I'm a fraud!

-A failure!

-No, you're not!

Oh, what do you know?

My husband left me last night.

For a woman young enough to...

Young enough to be...

And that's why I've been drinking.

Maybe the workshop will help you take your mind off it for a bit.

How can it take my mind off it, hm?

Four bottles of wine couldn't take my mind off it.

I have done loads of these courses.

And I used to believe in them. Ha-ha!

Just like I used to believe my lying husband

when he said he would stop chasing after every piece of skirt, but...

Oh, I don't know what I believe any more.

It's all just...just rubbish. Just...

..worthless, hurtful rubbish!

SHE SOBS

Look, can I just, um...?

-Why?!

-No, no. I'm a doctor, it's fine.

Your pulse is racing.

Um...why don't we go sit down for a bit, you know?

Just chill out, get some air.

Why do I need a doctor for that?

Come on, let's go.

KNOCK AT DOOR

I gather you've got a headache.

You've finished your clinic, why don't you get your head down for a while?

-No.

-Oh, come on, don't complain.

If you're suffering?

-Yeah.

-Right, well, there's no point suffering in silence.

That's my medical opinion, as a doctor.

-Thank you.

-And I think you should speak to your own GP.

I think I'm still drunk.

I was drinking all night, so...

Maybe I still have the hangover to look forward to. Huh!

You did a really good job of covering it.

THEY CHUCKLE

Until you chundered.

That's the story of my life.

Covering stuff up.

Pretending I'm super confident, even though I'm churning up inside.

Making out I have this happy marriage and everything's super.

Oh! My career!

Oh. I have to get back to the workshop.

My job's down the toilet if I don't and, er...

I mean, I'm providing for myself now, so...

Can't you get a settlement?

Oh! Are you kidding?

I make more than him.

He'll want money off me!

No, I... I have to get back there.

Do you have, um... Do you have something in your bag to, er...

just to sort me out? Fluids!

That's what drunk doctors use to sober up, isn't it?

No, I haven't, sorry.

Fat lot of use you are! I just... Oh!

I'm sorry, I didn't... I didn't mean to...

Oh! SHE WINCES

Er...maybe you should, um...go to A&E?

SHE GROANS

SHE BREATHES HARD

I'm just going to pop back to the car.

I don't like your pulse or your breathing,

So why don't you just sit here and I'll go get my BP cuff, yeah?

OK.

I have never felt so worthless.

I can't do anything right.

I even... I even insult you, and you're...

Don't worry about me, all right?

Just because your husband can't keep it in his trousers,

that doesn't mean you're worthless.

OK?

-OK?

-Yeah.

OK. Well, you just sit there and I'll be right back, OK?

SHE SIGHS

This steak pie's really hitting the spot.

I didn't realise how hungry I was until I smelt it.

Babe?

Oh, I am sorry, I was, er... I was just thinking about work.

You haven't asked about your surprise.

Oh, yes! Do tell.

Take it, it's yours.

Oh. Thank you!

Look, no pressure, if you don't want it.

Oh, I do!

SHE CHUCKLES

-I just like to see you smile. To see you relax.

-Hm.

Is everything OK?

Yes. Yes, everything is good.

When we're done, I can give you a ride back to The Mill.

Oh, no. I have a skirt on, I will walk.

It will not take long. But thank you.

Janet?

Janet?

-Babe...?

-Please, don't call me babe.

Of course. I'm sorry. Winifred.

I get the feeling you don't want to be here.

With me.

I mean, you gave me the brush-off yesterday.

I know I'm not the man you dream of.

I'm a bit rough around the edges and I'm just a porter.

You know I do not care about that.

But I have my pride.

I'm not having you be embarrassed about me.

I'm not second class.

Look, you don't have to explain or justify yourself to me, but...

I don't know what to say.

Listen...there's no need to say anything.

It was lovely, Winifred, but...

..I know when something ain't right.

No, no, no, no, no! No! No!

Janet, look, I know things might seem bad,

but this isn't the answer, is it?

And it's probably all for the best, anyway.

I mean, what's the point of being in a marriage that's over?

You just... You just... You need to focus on the positives, OK?

SHE VOMITS

SHE COUGHS

Oh!

Oh!

SHE SIGHS

Ah!

I think this might be the hangover.

I really think the best thing is if we just go back to that workshop.

We could just sit at the back.

And I know all these self-help courses are just...rubbish.

I mean, you've been on a few, you know.

Most of them. Hm!

Yeah. It's all snake oil, right?

Most of them...not all.

-You do seem better.

-Hm!

Well, I suppose it might not be too late,

if we go back.

And I'm sure your job will be fine.

I mean, no-one will notice if we don't say anything.

The partners aren't going to be happy I missed most of the course,

but they're not going to sack me for it.

And if your employers value you, they'll be the same.

Hm.

Ohhh!

JJ?

-I am not embarrassed by you.

-Then what's the problem?

It's just I am a private person.

You were happy to let your workmates meet your other fellas. You weren't too private then.

-Other fellas?! There was only one!

-I'm sorry, I didn't mean...

And I have shared part of my private life with my colleagues,

but it was different then, I was not management.

I need to keep a professional distance.

I have had to speak to one of my staff

about respecting the boundaries

between her private life and her professional life.

I cannot, in the same breath, walk in and introduce you!

Are we good?

I hope so.

Look, I-I was not giving you the brush-off, I was just busy at work.

When the time is right, I will introduce you to all of my friends.

But things are just difficult right now.

Will I see you tomorrow?

Course.

Well, I, er... I'd better get back to work.

Oh, no, this was a gift!

Save them asking where you got it from.

I'll keep it safe for you, trust me.

Hm.

Right. There you go.

Positivity, positivity...

I-I can't do it.

-It'll be OK.

-No, I'm sorry.

I-I can't face this. Not today.

Yes, you can.

Just think positivity, yeah?

Look, don't... Don't let me ruin things for you.

Sid...how do you think you've done today?

What?

Are you ready to go in there?

Yeah.

Then you've done well, right?

You were scared that this workshop wasn't going to help,

but you found your way here.

Yeah, I guess so, yeah.

Then go in.

You've been...

I've seen compassion, humanity...

..positivity from you.

You need all those to be a good doctor, right?

Mm-hm. Yeah.

My husband is...was...is a doctor.

I mean, he's a lying, two-timing little piece, but...

He is a good doctor.

And I'd say you are already a step ahead of him.

-You're qualified?

-Mm-hm. Yeah.

So you've already got the fundamentals.

And everything else, you will pick up.

You don't need this workshop for that.

And don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

And thanks.

For the coffee

and putting me back together,

and just being there.

This is, er...the worst day of my life. Huh!

And you couldn't fix that.

You could just make it a little bit more bearable.

And you did.

So thank you.

Um...excuse me, er...is this the, er...Super-Psyched workshop?

How are you feeling?

Yeah, um...ask me after I've had coffee, but better.

OK. Well, listen, when you're awake, we need to have a chat.

That sounds ominous.

Just you and me, or...you and the partners?

Just me.

I know, I know. You can't get rid of some people.

-Is the course done?

-Yeah.

I got some one-on-one time with the course leader.

-Great. What's her name?

-Janet. Yeah.

And she got me feeling, you know, super-psyched.

Left me in the mood to get back to work, glowing with positivity.

So, yeah. Anyway, time to put it all into practice,

so, I'm here if you need me, OK?

-Was the course worth the money?

-It's not about the money, is it?

Well, no, the course is about you.

Then, yeah, I'd say it was worth it. Cheers!

Excellent!

-Here you go.

-Oh. Thank you.

-What is it you wanted to talk about?

-Er...

Oh! Jimmi, that's foul! Are you trying to poison me?

-Decaf.

-That's a yes.

Right, OK, see, Al, migraines and caffeine,

that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about.

I mean, migraines are often lifestyle-related.

And stress, I can think of a dozen different ways you're doing this to yourself.

Al?

-Come on, you can't ignore this.

-I know, OK? I know.

Dehydration, tiredness, not taking enough breaks,

drinking, smoking, missing meals,

doubling up on meals, staring at too many computer screens.

I don't go outside and enjoy nature and harmony.

And not once have I ever even considered flipping meditating.

OK? I know, I'm heading for a stroke.

Well, then, if you know, you can do something about it, can't you?

Just because it happened to your dad, it doesn't mean it's going to happen to you.

Right. And is this your opinion as a doctor,

or your opinion as a Buddhist?

It's my opinion as a friend.

Next time I want to know what you think about my life,

I'll be sure to send out a big, strong "Ommmm"!

OK, do you know what? You're angry right now

and scared you're going to get a stroke, but...

Jimmi? Jimmi? Just shut up, please.

-It's your life.

-Yes, it is!

HE SIGHS

I'm ready. Ready to grasp it with both...!

Well...

There is a man.

There's a health centre around the corner.

I don't need a doctor!

Oh, no, no, no! You stay, cutie pie!

She needs painkillers, or she won't be able to go anywhere!

You're useless!