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0:00:26 > 0:00:30MUSIC: Unbroken by Birdy

0:00:51 > 0:00:53I think lilies are nice.

0:00:53 > 0:00:55I always think of them as a funeral flower.

0:00:55 > 0:00:57And the scent. And they stain.

0:00:57 > 0:00:59Can't have people brushing up against them.

0:00:59 > 0:01:01White roses?

0:01:01 > 0:01:02Boring.

0:01:02 > 0:01:05Mm, but they'd look good at Haseldine Hall.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07Is that your preferred venue?

0:01:07 > 0:01:09No, but it is where you proposed.

0:01:09 > 0:01:12And they can fit us in at short notice, midweek.

0:01:12 > 0:01:14- You checked?- I haven't booked it, though.

0:01:14 > 0:01:17But it means we can get the invites out quickly.

0:01:17 > 0:01:19- You don't mind, do you? - No, I don't mind.

0:01:19 > 0:01:22I just didn't think you wanted somewhere quite so formal.

0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Mum?- Mm-hm. - Will I have to wear a hat?

0:01:27 > 0:01:30Er, no. Not as my chief bridesmaid.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32What?

0:01:32 > 0:01:33Come here.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39And Shak, I would like you to give me away.

0:01:41 > 0:01:43Whatever.

0:01:44 > 0:01:50So, what do you, chief bridesmaid, think of that?

0:01:58 > 0:02:03What do you mean, "Wrong answer, fool"? What?! No!

0:02:05 > 0:02:07DEVILISH LAUGHTER

0:02:07 > 0:02:11Michael Coburn, for want of a better word, that is cheating.

0:02:11 > 0:02:13'Cheat!'

0:02:13 > 0:02:15Hey, all's fair in love and Nexus Gladiators.

0:02:15 > 0:02:17You just lost to a superior tactician.

0:02:17 > 0:02:19'Yeah, yeah, whatever,

0:02:19 > 0:02:21'we'll see what happens when we get to the Chambers of Echo,'

0:02:21 > 0:02:24because your tactics there, they're not going to work, are they?

0:02:24 > 0:02:26Sorry, mate, got to set up some lab demos.

0:02:26 > 0:02:29I'll give you another whupping later.

0:02:29 > 0:02:31Yeah, whatever.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39You don't really have to wear that!

0:02:39 > 0:02:41You can wear whatever you like.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43Well, what are you wearing?

0:02:43 > 0:02:46Oh...something simple but elegant.

0:02:46 > 0:02:48Oh, not a sari?

0:02:48 > 0:02:50No. Nor a shalwar kameez.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52So, it's going to be completely Western?

0:02:52 > 0:02:55Oh, unless Heston wants to come in on a big, fat white horse.

0:02:55 > 0:02:57No, no. But I was wondering if we should include

0:02:57 > 0:03:01some...traditional elements.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04What's more traditional than a wedding in a grand hall?

0:03:04 > 0:03:06No, no, no, some traditional Muslim elements.

0:03:06 > 0:03:11A Gujarati wedding is completely different to an Indonesian wedding.

0:03:11 > 0:03:14I have no idea what an Afghan wedding is like.

0:03:14 > 0:03:19Point taken. I was thinking more in terms of faith...

0:03:19 > 0:03:21and how it might figure in our marriage.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23What?

0:03:23 > 0:03:27Well, if we thought... If you thought it was helpful,

0:03:27 > 0:03:28I could possibly...

0:03:28 > 0:03:31You could possibly what?

0:03:31 > 0:03:33I could possibly convert.

0:03:33 > 0:03:35HE SPLUTTERS

0:03:35 > 0:03:39Really? Oh, absolutely.

0:03:39 > 0:03:43If you could convert into George Clooney, that would be amazing.

0:03:43 > 0:03:44I'd give it a go.

0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Not quite what I had in mind.- I know it's not what you had in mind.

0:03:46 > 0:03:49And it's very touching, but I like you the way you are.

0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Good. - SHE LAUGHS

0:03:56 > 0:03:58Just ignore him.

0:03:58 > 0:03:59I have been.

0:03:59 > 0:04:03Of course I'm not going to tell you what it's about, I just need to see the doctor.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05Look...

0:04:05 > 0:04:08I've already prepped the salad and the vegetables. I won't be long.

0:04:08 > 0:04:10Jen will cover me, won't you, Jen?

0:04:10 > 0:04:11Yeah.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16Go on, then.

0:04:17 > 0:04:19KNOCK ON DOOR

0:04:19 > 0:04:23Come in. Hi.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26Have you got a moment?

0:04:26 > 0:04:29Yeah, yeah. My next consultation isn't until ten.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31So, how's things...?

0:04:31 > 0:04:33We need to stop our sessions.

0:04:33 > 0:04:37- What? But what about...? - It isn't appropriate anymore.

0:04:37 > 0:04:38But I thought it was...

0:04:38 > 0:04:41I thought if we got it out of our system we could carry on.

0:04:41 > 0:04:43But it shows how way off my thinking was.

0:04:43 > 0:04:47I was completely irresponsible. Twice.

0:04:47 > 0:04:50I was just as irresponsible. I could have held back.

0:04:50 > 0:04:56But I should have. The burden of responsibility is with me.

0:04:56 > 0:04:59So I have decided to tell everything to my therapist

0:04:59 > 0:05:03and they can take whatever action they see fit.

0:05:03 > 0:05:04That's pretty drastic.

0:05:04 > 0:05:06It's the right thing to do.

0:05:08 > 0:05:10I'm sorry.

0:05:15 > 0:05:16DOOR CLOSES

0:05:16 > 0:05:21OK. So, the results of the test have indicated that there's

0:05:21 > 0:05:25a high chance that the baby will have Down's syndrome.

0:05:25 > 0:05:30When they say high, does that mean definitely?

0:05:30 > 0:05:34It's a diagnostic test which is very accurate.

0:05:34 > 0:05:37I'm afraid there's a high probability.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40But there is still a chance the baby might not have it?

0:05:42 > 0:05:46There is counselling. It's called genetic...

0:05:46 > 0:05:48It wouldn't change anything.

0:05:48 > 0:05:50No, it wouldn't.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56SHE SOBS

0:05:57 > 0:05:59I'm sorry.

0:05:59 > 0:06:02It's OK. I understand this is really difficult to hear.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06Have you told anyone else?

0:06:06 > 0:06:07Like who?

0:06:07 > 0:06:09Mike, maybe?

0:06:09 > 0:06:11We're not together any more.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14Oh, right. Sorry, I didn't know.

0:06:14 > 0:06:18Mike had an affair. A researcher.

0:06:18 > 0:06:21I found out. He swore he'd end it.

0:06:22 > 0:06:27Then I found more texts at Easter so I told him to go.

0:06:27 > 0:06:31A couple of weeks later I found out I was pregnant.

0:06:33 > 0:06:35Right, so we're all set up and good to go.

0:06:35 > 0:06:38All we need now is for Professor Hodgson to turn up.

0:06:38 > 0:06:42Or, as he's known in the department, "the late Professor Hodgson."

0:06:43 > 0:06:45Argh!

0:06:48 > 0:06:50On the internet,

0:06:50 > 0:06:54it says most women with a Down's diagnosis choose to abort.

0:06:54 > 0:06:56About 90%.

0:06:56 > 0:06:59On this occasion, I'd say that's pretty accurate.

0:07:00 > 0:07:01Why?

0:07:03 > 0:07:04Why do I think it's accurate?

0:07:04 > 0:07:07Why do you think so many choose a termination?

0:07:07 > 0:07:10Oh... For a variety of reasons.

0:07:10 > 0:07:14Not just because the baby won't be...normal?

0:07:14 > 0:07:17It's not right to think in terms of normality.

0:07:20 > 0:07:23I believe in a woman's right to choose.

0:07:23 > 0:07:26So do you think I should have the baby?

0:07:26 > 0:07:31No...it is absolutely your choice, your decision.

0:07:31 > 0:07:34Of the families I know who have children with Down's syndrome,

0:07:34 > 0:07:37they seem to lead fulfilled lives.

0:07:37 > 0:07:39Families.

0:07:39 > 0:07:40Yeah.

0:07:41 > 0:07:43What about single mothers?

0:07:44 > 0:07:48I barely earn enough for myself let alone a child with Down's.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50How am I going to manage?

0:07:50 > 0:07:51People find a way.

0:07:51 > 0:07:53But how hard would it be? I just...

0:07:55 > 0:07:56I don't know what to do.

0:07:57 > 0:07:59DOOR OPENS

0:07:59 > 0:08:01Megan, I've been thinking.

0:08:01 > 0:08:03I'm not changing my mind.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06What happened between us, it's not what should happen, I know...

0:08:06 > 0:08:07I'm doing the right thing.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10I don't think you are - not by your patients,

0:08:10 > 0:08:11or your future patients.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14And I don't want to be the cause of that.

0:08:14 > 0:08:16If it had been any patient, I would do the same.

0:08:16 > 0:08:18I'm a doctor, too, you know.

0:08:18 > 0:08:23I do know where the boundaries are. This is different.

0:08:23 > 0:08:24It really isn't.

0:08:24 > 0:08:26It is.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28It is for me.

0:08:28 > 0:08:34I have never felt anything like this, it's so strong, I...

0:08:36 > 0:08:38I just can't help myself.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40I can't, either.

0:08:42 > 0:08:44But we can't.

0:08:44 > 0:08:45OK. Look, if we carry on,

0:08:45 > 0:08:50then it will just get more and more obvious and people will find out.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53And they'll feel obliged to report me, which would be

0:08:53 > 0:08:56so much worse than doing something now.

0:08:58 > 0:09:00Wouldn't it?

0:09:02 > 0:09:06Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Sorry.

0:09:08 > 0:09:11MUSIC: Unbroken by Birdy

0:09:19 > 0:09:24- Sal, love.- Jen.- You OK?

0:09:24 > 0:09:27Oh...

0:09:27 > 0:09:29Do you want to tell me what's wrong?

0:09:31 > 0:09:33I'm pregnant.

0:09:35 > 0:09:41Oh, I see. With...Mike?

0:09:41 > 0:09:44And things haven't changed, between you?

0:09:44 > 0:09:45No.

0:09:46 > 0:09:48Does he know?

0:09:48 > 0:09:49No.

0:09:52 > 0:09:55It's not just that there's a baby.

0:09:55 > 0:09:57What, love?

0:09:57 > 0:10:00The baby's going to have Down's syndrome.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04And you know that for sure?

0:10:04 > 0:10:07Had the tests. I've just been talking about it with the doctor.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09And what did they say?

0:10:09 > 0:10:13He said he knew children with Down's syndrome who have normal lives.

0:10:13 > 0:10:16So he's trying to get you to keep it?

0:10:16 > 0:10:19He was... He said it was my choice, but...

0:10:19 > 0:10:22But he thought you shouldn't have an abortion?

0:10:22 > 0:10:24I... I don't know...

0:10:24 > 0:10:26You have got to do what's right for you.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28And you shouldn't let doctors or anyone

0:10:28 > 0:10:30force you into something you don't want.

0:10:30 > 0:10:31Yeah?

0:10:31 > 0:10:33Yeah.

0:10:35 > 0:10:38'Are you sure you don't want me to have a look at it?'

0:10:38 > 0:10:41I'll live. It was just a little burn

0:10:41 > 0:10:43Well, if you will play with matches...

0:10:43 > 0:10:45Very funny(!) I was helping one of the students.

0:10:45 > 0:10:46Nice of you to do your job.

0:10:46 > 0:10:48If you can find the time,

0:10:48 > 0:10:50when you're not cheating at Nexus Gladiators.

0:10:50 > 0:10:53That's just you excusing your own tactical failings.

0:10:53 > 0:10:56Yeah, good one.

0:10:56 > 0:11:01So, how's things with you, between work and Nexus?

0:11:01 > 0:11:03Oh, OK...

0:11:05 > 0:11:07And Sally?

0:11:07 > 0:11:09We're not together any more, mate.

0:11:09 > 0:11:13Oh, dude, I'm really sorry to hear that.

0:11:13 > 0:11:16It's funny, I did see her recently.

0:11:16 > 0:11:18Yeah?

0:11:18 > 0:11:20'Yeah.' She wasn't quite looking herself.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22No?

0:11:23 > 0:11:26Sally was looking a bit downcast.

0:11:26 > 0:11:31OK. Thanks. I might send her a text or something.

0:11:31 > 0:11:35I will see you on level 13, my friend.

0:11:35 > 0:11:38Yeah, yeah, I'll see you on level 13.

0:11:45 > 0:11:47I want to see Dr Haskey.

0:11:47 > 0:11:48OK, I'll...

0:11:48 > 0:11:50I don't want an appointment.

0:11:50 > 0:11:51Well, I don't know about that...

0:11:51 > 0:11:52Dr Haskey?

0:11:52 > 0:11:54The one and only.

0:11:54 > 0:11:57I want to talk to you about Sally Kingston.

0:11:57 > 0:11:58And who are you?

0:11:58 > 0:11:59A friend.

0:12:02 > 0:12:04I won't be a minute.

0:12:04 > 0:12:08So, I have no intention of discussing patient details with...

0:12:08 > 0:12:11You told Sally that Down's babies had normal lives.

0:12:11 > 0:12:13No, I didn't.

0:12:13 > 0:12:16I told her I knew of families where the children with Down's syndrome

0:12:16 > 0:12:18led fulfilled lives.

0:12:18 > 0:12:20And that's not pressuring her?

0:12:20 > 0:12:21It's nothing of the sort.

0:12:21 > 0:12:23I believe in a woman's right to choose.

0:12:23 > 0:12:25But you're not letting her have a choice,

0:12:25 > 0:12:28you're telling her to have it.

0:12:28 > 0:12:30Oh, ye gods of circularity! OK.

0:12:30 > 0:12:32And as a "friend", what advice are you giving her?

0:12:32 > 0:12:34What do you mean?

0:12:34 > 0:12:36Well, you seem set against the birth option.

0:12:36 > 0:12:38I sincerely hope you aren't pushing her in the other direction.

0:12:38 > 0:12:39Like what?

0:12:39 > 0:12:41Have you suggested that she get a termination?

0:12:43 > 0:12:44It's up to her.

0:12:44 > 0:12:46Yes, it's up to her!

0:12:48 > 0:12:50You know, I've got two pieces of advice for you.

0:12:50 > 0:12:51The first one

0:12:51 > 0:12:55is that you de-appoint yourself as my patient's advocate.

0:12:55 > 0:12:57The second one - and you're going to like this -

0:12:57 > 0:12:59get out of my office.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04Doctors, they think they know it all!

0:13:04 > 0:13:09No, we don't, it's just that we use our expertise to offer informed advice.

0:13:09 > 0:13:12For example, the exit's down the stairs!

0:13:14 > 0:13:16Karen, if she comes back, you call security.

0:13:16 > 0:13:19Right. Who's next? Come on, you're up.

0:13:30 > 0:13:31Hi.

0:13:31 > 0:13:32What are you doing here?

0:13:32 > 0:13:35I tried calling but it went straight to your voicemail.

0:13:35 > 0:13:36I'm working.

0:13:36 > 0:13:39I just want to see if you're all right.

0:13:39 > 0:13:40I spoke to Al earlier...

0:13:40 > 0:13:44- When?- Just before lunchtime. He said that I should talk...

0:13:44 > 0:13:46He shouldn't have.

0:13:46 > 0:13:49He had no right to tell you about it.

0:13:49 > 0:13:51About what?

0:13:51 > 0:13:52The baby.

0:13:52 > 0:13:57What? You're...?

0:13:58 > 0:14:00I'm pregnant.

0:14:02 > 0:14:03Is it mine?

0:14:03 > 0:14:05Of course it's yours!

0:14:05 > 0:14:08It wasn't me who was sleeping with someone else.

0:14:08 > 0:14:09That's...

0:14:11 > 0:14:13I think that's fantastic news.

0:14:17 > 0:14:21Ooh...is this the wedding venue?

0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Yeah.- It's also where we proposed. - Ah!

0:14:24 > 0:14:26Yeah, it's a beautiful setting.

0:14:26 > 0:14:29Oh, the setting is so important. Although they do say that

0:14:29 > 0:14:34Haseldine Hall is haunted by an aristocrat. Shot himself.

0:14:34 > 0:14:35Unrequited love.

0:14:35 > 0:14:38Well, hopefully, he won't make an appearance on the day.

0:14:38 > 0:14:41A heartbroken spectre, wailing the lament of the spurned

0:14:41 > 0:14:43of the unforgiving centuries.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45That would take the gloss off things.

0:14:45 > 0:14:48My wedding venue was nice.

0:14:48 > 0:14:52We were going to go budget, but then, all adds up.

0:14:52 > 0:14:55Flowers, the room hire, the vol-au-vents...

0:14:55 > 0:14:57Did you not have wedding insurance?

0:14:57 > 0:15:01Well, we thought it would add a negative pall to the proceedings.

0:15:01 > 0:15:05We didn't want to undermine our romantic aspirations for the future.

0:15:05 > 0:15:09And it's only money. And Barry didn't shoot himself.

0:15:11 > 0:15:12So that's a positive.

0:15:12 > 0:15:17Right. Well, I'll leave you to it. Happy planning.

0:15:22 > 0:15:25I said I'm sorry, it was a mistake, a huge mistake.

0:15:25 > 0:15:27It was just a...

0:15:27 > 0:15:30A fling? A one-off?

0:15:30 > 0:15:33Didn't sound like it from the texts.

0:15:33 > 0:15:36It's over, OK? She's not even here any more.

0:15:36 > 0:15:39And even if she was, this news, it's brilliant.

0:15:41 > 0:15:43Look, I love you.

0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Do you? - Yes. I want to look after you.

0:15:47 > 0:15:49You and the baby.

0:15:52 > 0:15:55I reckon it might be a boy.

0:15:55 > 0:15:56Yeah?

0:15:56 > 0:16:00Yeah. He's going to be born with Down's syndrome.

0:16:02 > 0:16:04Everything all right?

0:16:04 > 0:16:07Mike says he wants to look after us.

0:16:07 > 0:16:10So you're pressuring her to keep the baby, as well?

0:16:10 > 0:16:12She is keeping it, isn't she?

0:16:12 > 0:16:14Sally?

0:16:14 > 0:16:16Sally, don't listen to him.

0:16:16 > 0:16:17Hey...!

0:16:17 > 0:16:19He's hurt you before.

0:16:19 > 0:16:21And if I were you, I'd report that doctor.

0:16:21 > 0:16:22What, Al?

0:16:22 > 0:16:25- He were pressuring her, too. - They're mates.

0:16:25 > 0:16:28Oh, so, you're cooking it up together?!

0:16:28 > 0:16:30No!

0:16:31 > 0:16:33Sally...?

0:16:35 > 0:16:37KNOCK ON DOOR

0:16:37 > 0:16:38- Come in.- Hey.

0:16:41 > 0:16:45Listen, I've been thinking, about the cost of the wedding.

0:16:45 > 0:16:47As Valerie said, "It's only money."

0:16:47 > 0:16:48But it's a lot of money.

0:16:48 > 0:16:50And I don't want you to pay for it all.

0:16:50 > 0:16:52It's hardly an imposition.

0:16:52 > 0:16:55No, but look, this is about the two of us.

0:16:55 > 0:16:56Ruhma.

0:16:56 > 0:16:58Heston. I want to contribute.

0:16:58 > 0:17:00It really isn't necessary.

0:17:00 > 0:17:01Well, it is to me.

0:17:01 > 0:17:04So I'm going to take on some more shifts.

0:17:04 > 0:17:06And the garage sales, I'm going to get my head onto it.

0:17:06 > 0:17:08Oh, yes, the goldmine that is bric-a-brac(!)

0:17:08 > 0:17:13Hey, hey. I got 250 spondadoolies for that cigarette case.

0:17:13 > 0:17:15- That was a very good find... - Thank you very much

0:17:15 > 0:17:18..and I apologise for denigrating your efforts.

0:17:18 > 0:17:23You know, sometimes, some of us think that older things are worth taking a punt on.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Get out.

0:17:25 > 0:17:26SHE SNORTS

0:17:26 > 0:17:29Now.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36What do you think you were doing, telling Mike?

0:17:36 > 0:17:38Telling him what?

0:17:38 > 0:17:40Telling him to come and see me.

0:17:40 > 0:17:41I didn't. I didn't...

0:17:41 > 0:17:43He turned up at work.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46Oh, right. Did you tell him?

0:17:46 > 0:17:47Didn't have much choice, did I?

0:17:47 > 0:17:49What did he say?

0:17:49 > 0:17:51He wants to look after us.

0:17:51 > 0:17:53Well, good... That's...

0:17:53 > 0:17:55Is it? After what he's done?

0:17:55 > 0:17:58You've spoken to him about it, haven't you?

0:17:58 > 0:18:00No. I wouldn't do that.

0:18:00 > 0:18:02She's right, maybe I should report you.

0:18:02 > 0:18:06Report? Who? Oh, right, your friend..

0:18:06 > 0:18:10Jen. She's not really a friend, I just work with her.

0:18:10 > 0:18:13Well, she thinks that entitles her to tell me how I should treat you.

0:18:13 > 0:18:14What do you mean?

0:18:14 > 0:18:16She was here earlier.

0:18:16 > 0:18:18Insinuating I was telling you to keep your baby.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20You did.

0:18:20 > 0:18:21No, I didn't.

0:18:21 > 0:18:24But all you said about Down's children leading normal lives...

0:18:24 > 0:18:26I said fulfilled lives.

0:18:28 > 0:18:31She said I shouldn't let a doctor pressure me into anything.

0:18:31 > 0:18:34All right. And is Jen pressuring you into anything?

0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Is she pressuring you into getting a termination?- She didn't.

0:18:37 > 0:18:38Maybe not explicitly, but that's the intent.

0:18:38 > 0:18:42You know what? I'm not going to have someone misinterpret me or misinform my patients.

0:18:42 > 0:18:45And, as for reporting me...

0:18:45 > 0:18:48I'll tell her myself what I think about that.

0:18:48 > 0:18:50Al?

0:18:52 > 0:18:53Excuse me!

0:18:53 > 0:18:55Just who do you think you are, lecturing me?

0:18:55 > 0:18:56Someone needs to help Sally,

0:18:56 > 0:18:58and you're not going to stand by her!

0:18:58 > 0:19:00She's carrying my child!

0:19:00 > 0:19:01And what about the Down's?

0:19:01 > 0:19:03That'll be something we cope with.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06You say you will, but when things get hard, you'll disappear.

0:19:06 > 0:19:07Now hang on a minute...

0:19:07 > 0:19:09What's going on?

0:19:09 > 0:19:11I'm being insulted by this interfering cow.

0:19:11 > 0:19:15Just insulted? I got insulted and then threatened with report.

0:19:15 > 0:19:16So you should be!

0:19:16 > 0:19:19For what?! For giving a balanced consultation?

0:19:19 > 0:19:20It wasn't!

0:19:20 > 0:19:21WERE YOU THERE?!

0:19:21 > 0:19:23Sal told me.

0:19:23 > 0:19:26Well, I'm sorry, but the GMC, they don't care about hearsay or rumour.

0:19:26 > 0:19:28You were trying to force her into things!

0:19:28 > 0:19:31For the final time, I would not force anyone into anything.

0:19:31 > 0:19:33Unlike you, it seems.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35- What?!- You seem to be forcing her into an abortion.

0:19:35 > 0:19:38And, why? What is this? Is it prejudice, is it stupidity,

0:19:38 > 0:19:40or is this religion?

0:19:40 > 0:19:43- No!- Then what - what makes you such an expert?

0:19:43 > 0:19:45I had a baby. It had Down's!

0:19:45 > 0:19:49And he died!

0:19:49 > 0:19:50SHE SOBS

0:19:50 > 0:19:52He died!

0:19:59 > 0:20:01I do hope I haven't put a hex on it.

0:20:01 > 0:20:03On what?

0:20:03 > 0:20:05Ruhma and Heston's wedding.

0:20:05 > 0:20:07How would you have done that?

0:20:07 > 0:20:11Well, by mentioning the calamitous circumstances of my own.

0:20:11 > 0:20:15And by saying that the venue's haunted by the ghost of a jilted earl.

0:20:15 > 0:20:17Really?

0:20:17 > 0:20:21Yeah, shot himself, when his bride-to-be eloped with a mere baronet.

0:20:23 > 0:20:24I wouldn't worry about it.

0:20:24 > 0:20:27I mean, Ruhma and Heston have been together a while now.

0:20:27 > 0:20:29Meant to be together.

0:20:29 > 0:20:31They're like the yin and the yang of the surgery.

0:20:31 > 0:20:33Different, but symbiotic.

0:20:33 > 0:20:37From alternate spheres, and yet cleft together in...

0:20:37 > 0:20:39Valerie, these need to go out today.

0:20:39 > 0:20:43Oh, right, OK. What it must be to be cleft.

0:20:45 > 0:20:48- "Cleft"?- Yep. Drawn together by fate.

0:20:49 > 0:20:51Barry and I never had that.

0:20:51 > 0:20:55We just didn't have that chemistry. Nor the biology.

0:20:55 > 0:20:57Definitely not biology.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00We were very non-biological.

0:21:00 > 0:21:04Which is fine, actually, because it all came out in the wash.

0:21:07 > 0:21:11He were 20, the father. I was 16.

0:21:13 > 0:21:15As soon as he knew, he disappeared.

0:21:19 > 0:21:21My dad said abortion were out the question.

0:21:21 > 0:21:23They didn't believe in it.

0:21:23 > 0:21:28Our GP was a family friend. And agreed with him.

0:21:32 > 0:21:38He was beautiful when he was born.

0:21:40 > 0:21:41Thomas.

0:21:44 > 0:21:46You could see he was Down's.

0:21:47 > 0:21:53My mum said, "It doesn't matter." And it didn't.

0:21:53 > 0:21:54I loved him.

0:21:57 > 0:22:04But then he had this other thing. Blood kept flowing into his lungs.

0:22:04 > 0:22:10That wasn't anything to do with the Down's. It was just something else in his little life.

0:22:10 > 0:22:13They tried surgery, but there were complications and it didn't work.

0:22:13 > 0:22:15I'm so sorry.

0:22:15 > 0:22:18But when I heard what you told me, today, it brought it all back -

0:22:18 > 0:22:21my dad, the doctor...

0:22:21 > 0:22:26No-one listened to me. No-one gave me a choice, Sal.

0:22:26 > 0:22:28Doesn't give you the right to interfere with us, though.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Mike!- She was telling you to have an abortion.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33- I didn't.- Al said you did.

0:22:33 > 0:22:35No, that was just my impression.

0:22:35 > 0:22:37I didn't want Sally to go through what I did

0:22:37 > 0:22:44with Thomas. No-one held me. No-one comforted me.

0:22:46 > 0:22:48No-one explained.

0:22:52 > 0:22:54I've made a fool of myself.

0:22:54 > 0:22:57No. No, you haven't.

0:22:57 > 0:22:59I wish I'd known.

0:23:00 > 0:23:03Come on, I'll make you some tea.

0:23:04 > 0:23:10I'll be there for you, for you and the baby.

0:23:10 > 0:23:12I swear.

0:23:18 > 0:23:20Just who does that woman think she is, eh?

0:23:20 > 0:23:23Oh, dude. She's a grieving mother.

0:23:23 > 0:23:24Yeah, but how long ago?

0:23:24 > 0:23:27Doesn't give her the right to tell me what to do.

0:23:27 > 0:23:29And what about Sally?

0:23:29 > 0:23:30What?

0:23:30 > 0:23:33You know, the baby that you're about to have.

0:23:33 > 0:23:36- That's got to be a consideration. - Yeah, I know.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39Obviously she'll be the one taking care of it.

0:23:39 > 0:23:41I'll be the one working.

0:23:41 > 0:23:43I might even have to put in some extra hours.

0:23:44 > 0:23:46And I can't let my avatar slip down the rankings.

0:23:50 > 0:23:51I'll be online later.

0:23:53 > 0:23:54When you're ready.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02KNOCK ON DOOR

0:24:02 > 0:24:03Repeats for you to sign.

0:24:05 > 0:24:06AL SIGHS

0:24:06 > 0:24:11Now, see. Even for you, that's not very sociable.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13Oh, what a day.

0:24:13 > 0:24:15The bonkers woman?

0:24:15 > 0:24:17She wasn't bonkers, she was just...

0:24:18 > 0:24:21I don't think I handled things well with anybody today.

0:24:21 > 0:24:24- You can only do your best. - I didn't even do that.

0:24:24 > 0:24:26TAP ON DOOR

0:24:26 > 0:24:27- Hey.- Hi.

0:24:27 > 0:24:29Excuse me.

0:24:29 > 0:24:30Listen...

0:24:30 > 0:24:34Sally, I need to apologise if any of the advice I gave today

0:24:34 > 0:24:38felt like I was trying to manipulate you in any way...

0:24:38 > 0:24:41It didn't. I mean, I know what you were trying to say.

0:24:41 > 0:24:45But when I spoke with Jen, I might have made it sound like you were...

0:24:47 > 0:24:49I was just so confused.

0:24:49 > 0:24:50How is Jen?

0:24:50 > 0:24:54OK. She was never able to have more kids.

0:24:54 > 0:24:57So it was just Thomas.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02- I've made my decision.- Yeah?

0:25:04 > 0:25:07Yeah. I'm going to keep the baby.

0:25:08 > 0:25:10OK. Well...

0:25:10 > 0:25:14I'm really pleased that you were able to make the right decision for you.

0:25:14 > 0:25:16I'm not going to get back together with Mike.

0:25:16 > 0:25:17I know he's a friend...

0:25:17 > 0:25:19No, Mike's not a friend,

0:25:19 > 0:25:21he's just some bloke I play computer games with.

0:25:21 > 0:25:23I don't think he'll change.

0:25:23 > 0:25:25I think he thought, for a moment,

0:25:25 > 0:25:27he might be able to help us.

0:25:27 > 0:25:29But it's a long road ahead

0:25:29 > 0:25:34and I don't think Mike's made for long roads.

0:25:34 > 0:25:37Well, you know that we're here to support you, yeah?

0:25:37 > 0:25:39Mm. Thanks.

0:25:43 > 0:25:45- So, are we friends again, then? - Yeah!

0:25:45 > 0:25:46COMPUTER BLEEPS

0:25:46 > 0:25:50Oh. Two secs.

0:26:11 > 0:26:14Here are the requisition forms, for Mrs Tembe.

0:26:14 > 0:26:17Early. Gold star for you.

0:26:17 > 0:26:18Yeah.

0:26:18 > 0:26:20HE MAKES POPPING SOUND

0:26:20 > 0:26:21Oh, what was that?

0:26:21 > 0:26:23It was a mic drop.

0:26:23 > 0:26:25Oh.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29It means... It just means I'm on top of things.

0:26:29 > 0:26:31Mm! You certainly do seem to be.

0:26:31 > 0:26:33And you are glowing, with it.

0:26:33 > 0:26:35"Glowing"?

0:26:35 > 0:26:36Yeah! Maybe that's down to Megan.

0:26:36 > 0:26:39Er, how do you mean?

0:26:39 > 0:26:40Well, the sessions.

0:26:40 > 0:26:44Yes, the sessions, they've been really good.

0:26:44 > 0:26:46But they've come to a bit of a natural end now, so...

0:26:46 > 0:26:49Oh. Yeah, that can be a bit of a wrench.

0:26:49 > 0:26:53I had a friend once, who developed a driving phobia.

0:26:53 > 0:26:55I mean, she couldn't even watch an episode of Top Gear

0:26:55 > 0:26:58without getting the tremors, let alone get behind the wheel.

0:26:58 > 0:26:59THEY LAUGH

0:26:59 > 0:27:04Anyway, a few sessions of CBT and she could've done the Le Mans, no problem.

0:27:04 > 0:27:06She said they were so good for her,

0:27:06 > 0:27:09that she was loath to give up the sessions.

0:27:09 > 0:27:12Said it was like splitting up with someone.

0:27:13 > 0:27:15Your letters have gone with the rest.

0:27:15 > 0:27:18Thanks, Valerie. Goodnight.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20Night.

0:27:30 > 0:27:34So here we are, the Crown versus Wakely.

0:27:34 > 0:27:38I moved to Letherbridge to get away from my druggy boyfriend.

0:27:38 > 0:27:40Do you take drugs?

0:27:40 > 0:27:42Dr Fayed, this is the Mill Health Centre.

0:27:42 > 0:27:46I wanted a chat about a former patient of yours, Mary Macaulay.

0:27:46 > 0:27:47A mistake like that would be

0:27:47 > 0:27:49low-hanging fruit for the defence QC.

0:27:49 > 0:27:51She'd make you look like a bumbling fool.