A Good Start in Life Doctors

-So that's 4:30 with Doctor Vere...

-How are they doing?

Great. Two besotted parents, one very happy baby.

Rhiannon's feeding him. They're bonding really well.

-Morning, ladies.

-BOTH: Morning.

Well, let's hope the court make a decision before they have to leave hospital.

SHE YAWNS Ooh, late night?

No, it's Rob's keeping me awake.

Snoring?

No, he's giving evidence in the Treehouse trial.

Those poor kids.

It just goes on and on.

It's really getting to him and he's not sleeping.

It's over for him. Well, for him today, but I don't know...

Morning, Mrs T... Tembe.

Good morning, ladies.

We have a very busy day ahead of us,

so less of the gossiping.

I'm sure you can find something more constructive to do with your time.

PHONE RINGS

Morning, Mill Health Centre.

How can I help?

Jane, it's Emma Reid.

What can I do for you, Emma?

It's about Rhiannon Davis's baby.

There's no decision from the family court yet.

When will they decide?

The initial hearing's today,

so I guess it'll be tomorrow at the earliest.

But they're being discharged from hospital this afternoon.

Yeah, I know.

I've arranged for baby Nicolas to go into emergency foster care.

I'm going to collect him from the hospital.

Hang on a minute. So...you're going to take the baby away from them,

yet in 24 hours they might get him back? That's...

Paul and Rhiannon have agreed to this, Emma.

Of course they have. They didn't have much choice, did they?

They've taken legal advice.

They understand that it's in their best interest

to co-operate with social services.

Jane, if you could just see them with him.

They're going to be great parents. They just need to be given a chance.

That's your opinion and, if the family court agrees,

they'll get that chance.

But in the meantime, I have to think about the safety of the baby.

Emma, I'm not trying to pretend that this is easy,

for any of us.

No, I know.

All right. Well, look, I'm going to go to St Phil's.

I promise I won't get in your way. I know you have a job to do.

I just want to give them some moral support.

-OK, fine. Well, I'll see you there, then.

-PHONE BEEPS

Emma, look, I've got to go. I've got another call coming in.

20-minute recess, then we're back in. Do you want a coffee?

No. HE SIGHS

So, how do you think it's going?

Really well. You're doing great.

You think?

You're making a good impression on the jury

and we haven't got into the mitigating circumstances yet.

When we do that, they'll be eating out of your hand.

And if you can win them over...

Still not going to be enough to get me off, though, is it?

I can't give guarantees, you know that.

But I reckon, at the very least, you'll get a reduced sentence.

Perhaps considerably reduced.

You mean, I'm still going to prison.

That's still a good result.

Oh, I'm...!

Look... I'm going outside.

I need a fag.

OK, good idea. I'll come and find you in a minute.

Good, you are both here. I wanted a quick word.

Well, fire away. As long as we're not getting fired, ha-ha!

I just wanted to know how

you are getting on with re-organising the files.

-Project Paperless?

-It is not called that.

It is a ginormous task.

Yes. Yes, I know.

But I just thought that we would be a little further along with

the first phase by now.

It's not something you can do in dribs and drabs

when you're doing the rest of the job.

No, you are right.

So, maybe we need to devote some time

to it when the surgery is closed.

This weekend?

I can pay you overtime.

I can't. I've got a friend's 40th birthday party...

in Aberdeen.

And Rob and I have got plans.

All right, well... What about next weekend? I can help.

Well, I'm taking my cat Geoffrey to the vet first thing, but otherwise...

I can be free then, so...

Good. Well, good, that is settled. We can work on this together.

Can't wait(!)

Don't be too hard on Mrs Tembe.

Me be hard on her?!

It's strange for her, too -

being your boss when you used to be colleagues.

How long?

-About...ten minutes.

-OK. Thanks.

He's well cute.

How are you doing?

Good. He's feeding really well.

He's got a big appetite, like his dad.

And I've changed his nappy.

What do you want - a medal?

Hi, you two.

Hello, Nicolas.

He's beautiful.

He's going to be a looker, like his mum.

Look, there's no hurry.

I'm not just going to grab him and go.

You can take all the time you need.

Who's going to take him?

A lovely couple. They've fostered over 100 kids, so...

He'll be really, really well looked after.

I could take some photos of him for you.

We're all right. I've taken loads on my phone already.

Well, I could take some of the three of you together.

Rhys, it's Benjamin again.

Can you call me as soon as you get this?

We need you back in court, ASAP.

Tell me where you are, I'll come and collect you.

OK? Bye.

Your client seems to have absconded.

He wouldn't. He's not that stupid.

He's just gone for a smoke.

Yeah, the trouble is he's not come back.

I'll find him, I'll bring him back to court. No problem.

Of course you will. And if he has done a runner,

then it's all thanks to you for being so clever to keep him out of custody.

He's in a bail hostel, under strict conditions -

there's a curfew.

So? If he has absconded, then he's not going to go back there, is he?

He hasn't absconded, all right?

Then where is he? Everyone seems to be looking for him.

If you have got any idea at all where he might be...

you'd better be quick.

He's just...collecting himself. I'll just go and...

-Knock, knock.

-Come in.

Tea and biscuits?

Thank you, Dr Carter, but you do not have to make me tea.

Well, you make me tea often enough.

Now, I can stay and have a cup if you're not too busy.

Are you trying your hand at modern art?

I'm thinking of redecorating the office.

I need to decide on a colour.

Why don't you stay and help me choose?

Shall I be mother?

It's not too late.

Rhys, this is salvageable.

If we go back to court, right now, I can fix it.

If you stay here, it's only going to make your situation worse.

I'm not going back.

And what is the alternative?

Rhys, I'm on your side.

I want to help you, but I can't do it here.

Just come back to court with me, come on.

No! No! Get off him! Get away!

Give me your phone.

Now!

-What are you doing?!

-Shut up! HE GROANS

Stay there.

If you try to leave, or go and get help, or come one step closer...

he's the one that is going to get hurt.

All right. That's all right.

-Give me your handcuffs.

-What?! No. Rhys!

Shut up!

Give me your handcuffs.

Now!

-Woah!

-One step closer and he gets it in the head.

-Don't! No! No, don't!

-HE SCREAMS

Listen... Shut. Up.

Listen...

You...stay there.

You, stop talking!

But this isn't going to help!

Not! One. Word.

Are you trying to expunge all traces of Anthony?

Er... No. This office reminds me of Mr Bellamy.

It is time for me to move on, make a new start.

Well, we all do.

I do not think about Mr Harker.

Oh, I do. He made me feel stupid and incompetent -

it's frightening how easily someone can do that.

Yes, well, that man was very manipulative.

And to you, too.

Yes. But he did not win,

so we do not have to worry about him.

Oh. Now this colour is quite lovely -

it is definitely a contender.

Can I sit down?

So, what's the plan now?

It's pretty obvious what it was before -

skip bail, go to ground, disappear.

Could've done it too. You'd never have found me.

Then Benny-boy turns up.

You followed him here, didn't you?

And you...led him straight here.

The longer this goes on, the more trouble you're going to be in.

Let him go. Taking a hostage isn't going to help.

It might. I'm not going back to court.

Why not?

Smart arse here can't keep me out of prison.

Well, it's going to be a lot more difficult now, isn't it?

-You find this funny?

-No, I don't.

Rhys, I am trying to help.

We can all walk out of here safely.

If I go back to court, I'll end up inside. I can't go to prison!

You've been to prison before and you can obviously handle yourself.

The last time was a Young Offenders - that's nothing.

Treehouse has been in the news, on TV.

How long do you think that I would last in a real prison?

You would be a vulnerable prisoner, you'd be segregated.

It's the prison officers' responsibility to keep you safe.

They won't, they don't care!

I know what will happen to me.

I should have just killed him and made a run for it.

Talk sense, Rhys. Do you really think that if you kill a lawyer,

or a police officer, you're going to get away with it?

No chance. You will spend much longer inside.

It's a mandatory life sentence.

Don't make things worse for yourself.

Who says it'd be worse?

Better to be a convicted murderer than a convicted paedophile.

Yeah... That could work for me.

How are you finding the job?

Oh, well... It is challenging, but I have learnt a great deal.

Not everyone shares my vision, of course.

Karen and Valerie?

I do not want to point the finger.

I know you want what's best for the practice,

but go easy on the staff. Take them with you.

Thank you, Dr Carter, for your company and your advice.

Have you chosen a colour?

Yes. I think it will be Hawaii Beach.

It reminds me of the sky over Botswana,

first thing in the morning.

Botswana blue.

Botswana blue. Yes, that is the one.

Oh, thank you.

Sorry about that.

Maybe it's time.

Rhiannon's not here.

Where is she?

Nicolas wouldn't settle, so she's taken him for a walk.

I thought she would be back by now, but...

You think I'm some random psycho.

No, I don't. I was in court, remember?

Listening to your defence.

You don't know the half of it.

That's maybe because you did a runner halfway through.

But, seeing as none of us are going anywhere, why don't you tell me now?

I recruited kids for Mal - I was good at it.

I could always spot the ones who were vulnerable, been abused...

..because I know what that's like.

I was sleeping rough when I was 12

It was safer than going home.

I know the places where kids go.

All I had to do was be nice to them.

I'd buy them pizza, fags, beer -

look after them - nothing else.

I didn't do what those girls said I did to them - they're lying.

I thought I was doing them a favour.

Really? Handing them over to Mal?

-I didn't know why Mal wanted them.

-Honestly?

Honest to God, I didn't.

I thought he wanted kids to carry money or drugs...

or he was going to train them up to steal.

People do.

Yeah. Yeah, they do.

He wanted me to find kids, I found them.

I thought they'd be safe... they'd earn money.

And when I found out what was happening to them, it was too late.

I was trapped, like them.

You weren't locked in a house.

Well, I might as well have been.

I was terrified of Mal, everyone was.

I couldn't go against him -

I saw what happened to people when they did...

..like your friend...Andy.

Yeah, that is true.

I couldn't go to the police. I knew Mal had a copper on the payroll.

I was trying to work out what to do when you lot raided the house

and you arrested us all.

I never had a chance.

I've asked the ward staff to contact hospital security,

they're going to look for her, and there's CCTV as well.

I just thought she was taking him for a walk.

I mean, she hasn't taken any of his stuff.

Paul, do you know where she might be?

You're acting like she's abducted him!

She wouldn't do that, neither of us would!

-I thought you were supposed to be on our side.

-I am.

Our solicitor said that we should co-operate with social services

-and we are doing - we have.

-Paul, no-one's accusing you.

Well, it sounds like you're accusing Rhiannon

and she wouldn't do it - I'm telling you.

What?

You want to know something funny?

Mal was more like a dad to me than anyone else.

Even though you said you were terrified of him?

I was... But I was grateful, too.

I was on the streets when he found me.

He took me in, gave me a place.

He cared about me, in his own way...

..whatever else he did.

You think so?

He never abused me.

Never did anything sexual.

He never even tried.

Of course he didn't - you're not a kid.

As far as McBride and his friends are concerned, you are way too old.

Oh, come on, Rhys. You're not stupid.

He never cared about anyone.

Did he say you were special? Is that what he told you?

-Shut up!

-No, you shut up. Listen.

How it sounds to me is that he groomed you,

he used you and now you are stuffed

because I can't see him running to your rescue. That's your defence.

So get back to court and fight your case. Fight for yourself.

It's too late.

It's not! You haven't murdered anyone.

McBride used you, like he used everyone else,

like he used all those kids.

And while ever you are here, you are screwed. He's won.

So go and give evidence against him - get him locked up.

You owe that to yourself and you owe that to them kids.

But what about him?

Well, you let him go. You do that and I'll help you.

We all walk out of here.

Go back to court?

After all this?

Yes. Yeah, you can do that.

You just tell the court exactly what you've just told me.

You must think I'm stupid.

-HE SCREAMS

-Drop it!

-Get the phone!

-He smashed it.

-No, MY phone!

-HE SCREAMS

Stop moving!

Yeah. Police...and an ambulance.

Stay still!

I... I know that you have both been working very hard,

so I have bought you some cakes.

Ooh. Choux buns - my favourite.

I just wanted to talk to you about our new paperless regime.

I have taken on board what you have said, Mrs Hollins.

King's Green has been paperless for quite some time,

so I have talked to somebody about how they did it.

They had specialist admin staff,

so I am thinking of doing the same.

That would be a load off our backs.

Does that mean you don't need us next weekend?

Yes, I do, and you will still get overtime.

I think we just need to know exactly how much work

there is still left to do.

Well, thank you, Mrs Tembe, really.

Because we don't want to be difficult.

We want to make this work as well.

Good.

Good.

But I would like to talk about some other initiatives.

I want to introduce a new admin procedure.

Paul, I'm afraid I need you to sign this form.

We've got to give him up - we agreed.

Just here, please.

Can't we just take him home? Just till the court decides?

If they say we can't keep him, we'll give him up, I promise.

But not yet, please.

If we give him up now, we've got more chance of getting him back later.

-That's what they said, didn't they?

-We won't get him back. You saw them.

They don't trust me with him for five minutes. They're never going to let me keep him!

-Rhiannon, that's not true.

-It is!

I just wish you'd taken him as soon as he was born.

I wish you'd never let me see him, or hold him, because...

that would've been so much easier. But this...

Come on, please.

Let me take him.

Rhiannon, I'm so sorry, I need you to sign this as well.

Be good, little man, yeah?

Please, let me take you both home - that's the least I can do.

No! Just go because you're as bad as them!

SHE SOBS

BABY CRIES

I better get going. Get him settled.

Poor little boy.

BABY CRIES

-BABY CRIES

-I know. Come on, little one.

Online repeat prescriptions,

electronic transfer of scripts to pharmacies.

And automated check-in?

That makes us sound like an airport.

We did all these things at King's Green and it worked,

and I'm sure we can make it work here.

What about elderly patients? People who don't use the internet?

We will still see patients in person.

People want to talk to a human, not a machine.

When they do talk to someone, it makes them feel better.

If we do routine tasks online,

it will free up more time to see patients.

This is how it worked at King's Green.

It is a lot of changes all at once.

Do you think we can do a little bit at a time?

Why wait? I really do want to move on.

Look, we can talk about this more when I initiate it.

I just wanted to give you two the heads up.

So, please, take the cakes - I bought them for you.

How are you doing?

Dislocated shoulder, cracked ribs... Could've been worse.

Look, thanks.

You probably saved my life.

Are you going to make a formal complaint?

Of course I am. I'm not that much of a pushover.

Obviously I'll have to withdraw as his defence counsel -

someone else will take on the case.

It's frustrating.

I worked bloody hard for Rhys.

I thought we'd built a rapport.

Actually, I'm pleased that you're not defending him anymore.

Yes, because I was doing a good job -

might even have got him off.

Yeah. But he knew exactly what was going on - he was part of it.

He recruited the kids and he passed them on to McBride.

That's for the prosecution to prove.

That's true. That's who Rhys really is and you should know that -

you've got the injuries to prove it.

Look, whatever he's done to me, or anyone else,

everything he said about his childhood was true - it's on record.

Yeah, and that's a terrible thing. That shouldn't happen to any child,

but he used that to manipulate people,

to make people sorry for him. He manipulated you.

No, he didn't. I mean...

Look, I know it's your job, OK?

But, out of interest, if you would have got him off...

..does that make you happy? Because, from our point of view, we can spend sometimes years

building up a case against an abuser, against a rapist,

we get them to court, and then the system and people like you...

you allow them back out on the streets so they can do it again.

So, what's your solution?

I don't know. I don't have all the answers,

but prison is supposed to reform and rehabilitate.

Maybe that's the only way of giving him a chance.

Anyway, I should let you rest.

You can make a statement tomorrow.

Take care.

Yeah. See you on the next case.

Yeah.

You should not leave the plate on the counter -

it looks very slovenly.

Right, I will see you both bright and early

tomorrow morning. Goodnight.

SHE SIGHS

Sing.

# Homeless

# Homeless... #

The time has come for the great adventure to begin.

You stupid...!

I'm trying to keep you healthy and safe.

You think you know everything, but you don't know anything. Get lost!

Be quiet! I can't do this with you going on at me!

It's going to be OK.

Question is, Danny boy,

what are you prepared to do about it this time?