The Good Mother

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0:00:35 > 0:00:37JIMMI: Life is suffering...

0:00:38 > 0:00:40No, no. They won't risk going to the High Court.

0:00:40 > 0:00:42Listen, I'm back in Edinburgh tomorrow

0:00:42 > 0:00:45so let's sit down first thing and nail down the contract.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49..and the cause of this suffering is desire.

0:00:50 > 0:00:54Yeah, we can seal the deal by the end of the week.

0:00:54 > 0:00:57I'm smelling a six-figure bonus.

0:00:57 > 0:00:59A grasping desire that's born of ignorance.

0:01:02 > 0:01:05We can only avoid suffering by eliminating this desire...

0:01:07 > 0:01:11There are plenty of normal, decent blokes that use online dating.

0:01:11 > 0:01:13And the ones who post nasty comments,

0:01:13 > 0:01:14well, they're just a tiny minority,

0:01:14 > 0:01:17spiteful saddos with way too much time on their hands.

0:01:18 > 0:01:21Don't let them spoil your fun.

0:01:21 > 0:01:22..and seeking true enlightenment.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28Those are what Buddha called the Four Noble Truths.

0:01:28 > 0:01:30It's the starting point for all his teachings.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33I think I'm rather fond of my ignorant desires.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35It's an ongoing process.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37Theravada Buddhists try to follow the Eight-Fold Path,

0:01:37 > 0:01:39it's the path set out by Buddha.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41What does that involve exactly?

0:01:41 > 0:01:44Lots of reflection, meditation, a constant awareness

0:01:44 > 0:01:48of the selfishness of desire and a much greater regard for others.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50Oh. Is that all?

0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Yeah, it's easier said than done, isn't it?- Sounds very noble.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55It's more than noble.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58A practising Buddhist will try to take those truths

0:01:58 > 0:02:01and apply them to their own life and act accordingly.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03What good is a belief system if just theoretical?

0:02:03 > 0:02:05It's like Al says. Maybe it's just "smug navel-gazing".

0:02:05 > 0:02:08Well, I wouldn't worry about Al. He's just trying to wind you up.

0:02:12 > 0:02:14Best to cut my losses, I think,

0:02:14 > 0:02:18before I'm subject myself to any more global humiliation.

0:02:18 > 0:02:19What about Pete?

0:02:19 > 0:02:21Didn't you arrange to meet up already?

0:02:21 > 0:02:23Yeah, I'll break it off.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25He'll get over me.

0:02:25 > 0:02:27No! You could at least check him out.

0:02:27 > 0:02:28I have checked him out.

0:02:28 > 0:02:33In the flesh. Anyway, I thought you had an amazing connection?

0:02:33 > 0:02:35Yeah, but that was only in the virtual world

0:02:35 > 0:02:37and via text messaging.

0:02:37 > 0:02:39Well, then, maybe you'll connect in the real world, too.

0:02:48 > 0:02:49Mum? Dr Clay's here.

0:02:51 > 0:02:53How are you feeling today?

0:02:54 > 0:02:55Not so good.

0:02:57 > 0:02:58I didn't get much sleep.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01Liam said you were sick a couple of times.

0:03:01 > 0:03:02It wasn't just that.

0:03:04 > 0:03:06I was scared of falling asleep.

0:03:08 > 0:03:10Scared I might not wake up again.

0:03:12 > 0:03:15Look, you need plenty of rest, so try not to worry.

0:03:15 > 0:03:16I'm not worried about dying.

0:03:18 > 0:03:19I just don't want to go yet.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23Not before I've seen April.

0:03:26 > 0:03:27There are some loose ends...

0:03:29 > 0:03:31..things we need to discuss.

0:03:33 > 0:03:36Favourite band, Dire Straits. Favourite film, Titanic.

0:03:36 > 0:03:38- That bodes well!- Does it?

0:03:38 > 0:03:41Yeah, didn't you say yours was Sense And Sensibility?

0:03:41 > 0:03:42Yeah?

0:03:42 > 0:03:44Also starring Kate Winslet.

0:03:44 > 0:03:46Oh, yeah.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48What are the chances? Maybe it's kismet!

0:03:52 > 0:03:53I've got a date later.

0:03:53 > 0:03:55Who's the lucky fella?

0:03:55 > 0:03:57Pete Dinsdale, 45, divorced father of two.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59Here's his profile.

0:03:59 > 0:04:02Aw, wow! He's got a lovely smile.

0:04:02 > 0:04:04A proper twinkle.

0:04:04 > 0:04:06What does he do for a living?

0:04:06 > 0:04:08He works in insurance.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11OK.

0:04:11 > 0:04:13He looks the type, yeah.

0:04:13 > 0:04:14Yeah.

0:04:18 > 0:04:19I was brought up Catholic.

0:04:21 > 0:04:22I lapsed a long time ago.

0:04:25 > 0:04:29Still, some of those ideas have a way of sticking with you.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33Heaven, hell.

0:04:35 > 0:04:37Do you believe in anything more?

0:04:39 > 0:04:40Or is this as good as it gets?

0:04:45 > 0:04:48I think life carries on, for all of us.

0:04:49 > 0:04:53I think maybe, when someone dies, maybe their spirit,

0:04:53 > 0:04:56or their energy passes on into another form.

0:04:58 > 0:04:59I see.

0:05:01 > 0:05:02You're a Buddhist, then?

0:05:04 > 0:05:08Maybe I'm not the best person to talk to about spiritual matters.

0:05:08 > 0:05:12Would you like me to arrange a minister or a priest?

0:05:12 > 0:05:14So they can read me the last rites?

0:05:14 > 0:05:15No.

0:05:16 > 0:05:18I'm not quite ready for that.

0:05:19 > 0:05:20KNOCK ON DOOR

0:05:22 > 0:05:24April's here.

0:05:25 > 0:05:26Hi, Mum.

0:05:28 > 0:05:29Have you met Dr Clay?

0:05:31 > 0:05:32My Buddhist GP.

0:05:38 > 0:05:39SHE LAUGHS

0:05:41 > 0:05:43He is such a card!

0:05:43 > 0:05:45Look what he's gone and put now.

0:05:45 > 0:05:46That is saucy!

0:05:46 > 0:05:48I know. It's enough to make a girl blush.

0:05:49 > 0:05:51How do I reply to that?

0:05:51 > 0:05:53Well, you've got to go one better, haven't you?

0:05:53 > 0:05:56Double entendre, less is never more.

0:05:56 > 0:05:59Oh. So, you mean I've got to up the ante?

0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Beat him at his own game. - Exactly.

0:06:03 > 0:06:04But what do I put?

0:06:06 > 0:06:07I've got an idea.

0:06:17 > 0:06:20He's been asking lots of questions, you know.

0:06:22 > 0:06:23Ever since my diagnosis.

0:06:26 > 0:06:27What did you tell him?

0:06:29 > 0:06:30Not much.

0:06:32 > 0:06:34Nothing he didn't know already.

0:06:38 > 0:06:40We can't go on like this, April.

0:06:51 > 0:06:53I'd like you to tell him today.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57Today?

0:06:57 > 0:06:59I don't know, Mum.

0:06:59 > 0:07:01It'll be painful for him to accept.

0:07:03 > 0:07:05But he'll come to terms with it, in time.

0:07:08 > 0:07:09Then you'll both be happier.

0:07:09 > 0:07:12I can't think about it now, not with you like this.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15So you'll wait till I'm dead?

0:07:15 > 0:07:18Only then you might convince yourself he's better off

0:07:18 > 0:07:19not knowing.

0:07:19 > 0:07:21It's so much easier not to tell him.

0:07:21 > 0:07:23I will tell him.

0:07:25 > 0:07:26I promise.

0:07:28 > 0:07:29Then do it today.

0:07:33 > 0:07:34- Is that it?- Sorry?

0:07:36 > 0:07:37I thought you'd want a longer chat.

0:07:39 > 0:07:40I've got all day.

0:07:42 > 0:07:43She asked for you.

0:07:50 > 0:07:53So, how are things?

0:07:53 > 0:07:54Beyond Mum, I mean.

0:07:56 > 0:07:58There isn't much beyond Mum.

0:07:58 > 0:08:01I sometimes go to the pub on a Friday night,

0:08:01 > 0:08:03see the one mate who hasn't gone to uni.

0:08:05 > 0:08:06Right.

0:08:06 > 0:08:07Did she say much, just now?

0:08:09 > 0:08:12No, not really.

0:08:12 > 0:08:13Just asked about work and so on.

0:08:15 > 0:08:16She's stubborn to the end.

0:08:17 > 0:08:20Won't breathe a word about my dad.

0:08:20 > 0:08:22No?

0:08:22 > 0:08:24It never used to bother me.

0:08:24 > 0:08:25I didn't want to meet him.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28I still don't.

0:08:28 > 0:08:31But now I'd like to know a bit more.

0:08:33 > 0:08:35More than she's prepared to tell me.

0:08:35 > 0:08:37Well, I don't think she knows much herself.

0:08:37 > 0:08:39It was just a one-off, I think.

0:08:41 > 0:08:43Did she ever mention him to you?

0:08:48 > 0:08:50It makes me think the worst.

0:08:50 > 0:08:55I mean, what if it was more complicated than a one-night-stand?

0:08:55 > 0:08:56What if...

0:08:58 > 0:08:59..he was a bad person?

0:09:00 > 0:09:03No, I'm sure he wasn't.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06How can you be sure,

0:09:06 > 0:09:07if she's never mentioned him to you?

0:09:09 > 0:09:11Her breathing is very shallow. What time is the nurse due back?

0:09:11 > 0:09:13Not till three.

0:09:13 > 0:09:16Maybe we should ring her, see if we can get her back sooner.

0:09:16 > 0:09:20It might be a good idea to say your goodbyes to your mum now.

0:09:20 > 0:09:22She's getting weaker by the hour.

0:09:22 > 0:09:25It would be a good time now, while she's still conscious and lucid.

0:09:25 > 0:09:27OK. Thanks, Dr Clay.

0:09:30 > 0:09:31Should I go first?

0:09:38 > 0:09:42OK, we look forward to seeing you on Friday, Mrs Newton.

0:09:42 > 0:09:43Bye-bye.

0:09:43 > 0:09:45Still nothing.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48I think we went too far with that last text.

0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Maybe he's busy? - No, he said he was off all day.

0:09:52 > 0:09:54I think I've scared him off with my brazen innuendo.

0:09:54 > 0:09:55Your brazen innuendo.

0:09:55 > 0:09:56Hey, don't go blaming...

0:09:56 > 0:09:58PHONE BEEPS

0:09:59 > 0:10:00Hang on.

0:10:03 > 0:10:05Oh, my goodness!

0:10:05 > 0:10:07He really has upped the ante with that one.

0:10:09 > 0:10:11That is pure filth!

0:10:14 > 0:10:15How do I reply to that?

0:10:15 > 0:10:17Oh, no, no, no!

0:10:17 > 0:10:19- You can write your own saucy banter.- OK.

0:10:23 > 0:10:27Everything I've achieved, it's all down to you.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29If you hadn't encouraged me to work hard...

0:10:31 > 0:10:32..given me the chance to go to uni...

0:10:35 > 0:10:37..my life would've been unrecognisable.

0:10:41 > 0:10:42The sacrifice you made...

0:10:43 > 0:10:45..I think about it every day.

0:10:48 > 0:10:50Mum?

0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Have you told him yet? - No. Not yet.

0:10:57 > 0:11:01- I want it to come from you.- I know you do, and it will. It's just...

0:11:03 > 0:11:05I want to know that he knows.

0:11:07 > 0:11:08Will you tell him now?

0:11:08 > 0:11:11He's had to deal with so much recently.

0:11:11 > 0:11:13I'm worried this is going to send him off the rails.

0:11:17 > 0:11:18I'll speak to him now.

0:11:20 > 0:11:21Tell him to come in.

0:11:35 > 0:11:38It's OK, it's OK. Don't strain yourself.

0:11:38 > 0:11:41Liam will be here in a moment. You can save your words for him.

0:11:42 > 0:11:45Liam's not my son.

0:11:47 > 0:11:50He's my grandson.

0:11:50 > 0:11:52It's OK.

0:11:52 > 0:11:53It's OK.

0:11:55 > 0:11:57I trust you.

0:12:09 > 0:12:11Oh, are you lunching already? What about your date?

0:12:11 > 0:12:13Oh, yeah. No, I'm just having coffee with him.

0:12:13 > 0:12:16- I want to take things nice and slowly.- Fair enough.

0:12:16 > 0:12:20Plus, The Icon Bar's food isn't always conducive to romance.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23I remember sharing a Mexican platter with Ashley once

0:12:23 > 0:12:26and later finding some cheese still attached to my face.

0:12:27 > 0:12:29He never looked at me in the same way again.

0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Am I all right like this? - Yeah, you look gorgeous.

0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Yeah, it's perfect, very you.- Oh.

0:12:37 > 0:12:39Do you know? I'm not even nervous now, I'm more excited.

0:12:39 > 0:12:42- This feels like the start of a new chapter.- Good.

0:12:42 > 0:12:45Just try to enjoy it, but go with an open mind.

0:12:45 > 0:12:47He might look a little bit different in the flesh.

0:12:47 > 0:12:50Middle-aged blokes sometimes use ten-year-old photos

0:12:50 > 0:12:51on their profiles.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54What, you mean he might be in his 60s?

0:12:54 > 0:12:55And the rest.

0:12:55 > 0:12:57No, seriously, if he's a weirdo, just send me

0:12:57 > 0:13:00a one-letter text message and I'll come and get you.

0:13:00 > 0:13:02Oh, OK.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04What letter shall I use?

0:13:04 > 0:13:06P for psychopath?

0:13:06 > 0:13:09On the other hand, if it goes well and this Pete's a nice bloke and

0:13:09 > 0:13:13one thing leads to another, I don't mind covering your afternoon stint.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15No! No, no, no, no.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17Don't even think about going back to his place.

0:13:17 > 0:13:18- Not on a first date.- Right.

0:13:26 > 0:13:27She's gone, I'm afraid.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31She was very peaceful at the end.

0:13:36 > 0:13:37Did she say anything?

0:13:40 > 0:13:42She told me how proud she was of you.

0:13:47 > 0:13:49So that's it, then.

0:14:09 > 0:14:10Valerie?

0:14:10 > 0:14:13- You look just like your photo. - So do you!

0:14:16 > 0:14:18What can I get you? Red? White? Tequila slammer?

0:14:18 > 0:14:21Oh, just another latte for me, thank you.

0:14:21 > 0:14:22Really?

0:14:22 > 0:14:24You sure I can't entice you?

0:14:24 > 0:14:27It's a bit early for me. Maybe next time.

0:14:27 > 0:14:29Right. Next time.

0:14:31 > 0:14:32Garcon.

0:14:34 > 0:14:37One latte and a bottle of your finest Shiraz. Two glasses.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40Just in case you change your mind. Got to cover all the bases.

0:14:42 > 0:14:45So, you're a receptionist?

0:14:45 > 0:14:48Yes, that's right, at The Mill Health Centre

0:14:48 > 0:14:52and The Campus Surgery. We have a sort of rota system.

0:14:54 > 0:14:56Sorry.

0:14:56 > 0:14:59We've only just met and I'm already blathering on about work rotas.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Dullsville!- Don't apologise.

0:15:01 > 0:15:03I'm no stranger to the intricacies of office life.

0:15:03 > 0:15:0615 years with the same company.

0:15:06 > 0:15:07You're a loss adjustor?

0:15:07 > 0:15:08That's right.

0:15:08 > 0:15:11I spend quite a bit of time on the road, interviewing claimants,

0:15:11 > 0:15:13sizing up the damage.

0:15:13 > 0:15:15That's the part I enjoy the most, meeting new people,

0:15:15 > 0:15:17finding out what makes them tick.

0:15:19 > 0:15:20What makes you tick, Valerie?

0:15:26 > 0:15:27I thought I might feel...

0:15:29 > 0:15:30..relief.

0:15:33 > 0:15:35Not just because her suffering's over.

0:15:36 > 0:15:37A more selfish reason, too.

0:15:40 > 0:15:45Now that she's gone, I'm free to live my life,

0:15:45 > 0:15:47go to uni, whatever.

0:15:49 > 0:15:52Those feelings are normal. You shouldn't feel guilty.

0:15:53 > 0:15:54I don't feel guilty...

0:15:56 > 0:15:57..and I don't feel relief.

0:15:58 > 0:16:00I just feel...

0:16:03 > 0:16:04..angry.

0:16:07 > 0:16:10It's all part of the grieving process.

0:16:10 > 0:16:11Try not to bottle it up.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16It's more that I'm angry with April...

0:16:16 > 0:16:17..for not doing more.

0:16:19 > 0:16:24And angry with Mum, for not telling me what I wanted to know.

0:16:26 > 0:16:27I'm sure she had her reasons.

0:16:30 > 0:16:31Yeah.

0:16:32 > 0:16:34That's what worries me.

0:16:36 > 0:16:37- KNOCK ON DOOR - Yo.

0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Hi. - Hey, dude. What can I do you for?

0:16:45 > 0:16:48A five-letter word, beginning with S and ending in Y.

0:16:49 > 0:16:51Slimy? Satay?

0:16:53 > 0:16:54I'm sorry...

0:16:55 > 0:16:57..for being a cow.

0:16:58 > 0:17:00Maybe I didn't discourage that complaint against Emma.

0:17:00 > 0:17:02In any case, you were right to challenge me

0:17:02 > 0:17:05and I shouldn't have flown off the handle.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07You were really there for me when my mum died

0:17:07 > 0:17:09and you were a proper mate.

0:17:10 > 0:17:11I hope you still are.

0:17:12 > 0:17:15Yeah, course I am and always will be.

0:17:15 > 0:17:17The air is officially cleared.

0:17:17 > 0:17:19You can get back to what you were doing.

0:17:19 > 0:17:21Or, if you want, you can read me out that middle list.

0:17:21 > 0:17:25Actually, there is one thing.

0:17:25 > 0:17:27- I need a teeny favour. - Oh, right.

0:17:27 > 0:17:28So you want something from me,

0:17:28 > 0:17:30so now's the time you bury the hatchet!

0:17:30 > 0:17:33- No, I was going to apologise anyway. - Yeah, course you were.

0:17:35 > 0:17:37Fine, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything.

0:17:37 > 0:17:40Actually, it's not to do with me, it's to do with Valerie.

0:17:41 > 0:17:43She's gone on a date.

0:17:47 > 0:17:488 Chapel Road, Letherbridge.

0:17:50 > 0:17:51Yeah, three o'clock.

0:17:53 > 0:17:54Thanks, bye.

0:17:59 > 0:18:01I'm off now. So, my condolences again.

0:18:02 > 0:18:04Thanks for all your help, Doctor.

0:18:07 > 0:18:09Are you heading off home already?

0:18:09 > 0:18:10Yeah, in a bit.

0:18:12 > 0:18:15I'm sure it'll take a while to sink in, for you, and for Liam.

0:18:15 > 0:18:20Of course. But my work doesn't make many allowances for bereavement.

0:18:23 > 0:18:26Anyway, I like to think that Mum was proud of everything I've achieved.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29She wouldn't want me to curl up into a ball.

0:18:30 > 0:18:33No. But she would want you to spend more time with Liam.

0:18:34 > 0:18:37Yeah, well, we'll be in constant touch.

0:18:38 > 0:18:41You know, I plan on helping with the funeral arrangements.

0:18:42 > 0:18:44Even so, it'll be tough on him, he'll be here on his own.

0:18:44 > 0:18:47I don't see how my movements are any of your business.

0:18:47 > 0:18:50- If you're so concerned about my brother, then...- Your brother?

0:18:54 > 0:19:00Your mum told me something, in her final moments, about Liam.

0:19:03 > 0:19:04Right.

0:19:07 > 0:19:08You don't have to explain.

0:19:10 > 0:19:12You know, Mum said some strange things to me as well.

0:19:13 > 0:19:16She was so confused towards the end.

0:19:16 > 0:19:22The drugs I think played havoc with her mind, her memory.

0:19:22 > 0:19:23She seemed pretty lucid to me...

0:19:26 > 0:19:29..and it seemed important to her that Liam to know the truth.

0:19:30 > 0:19:32The truth?

0:19:34 > 0:19:36Yeah, well, like I said, she was very confused.

0:19:38 > 0:19:41Now, I think the best thing to do would be to ignore it.

0:19:43 > 0:19:45I'm sure I can rely on your discretion.

0:19:52 > 0:19:56She's a lawyer so she'll sue me if I say anything.

0:19:56 > 0:19:57Morphine is a very powerful drug.

0:19:57 > 0:20:00Are you sure Mrs Compton wasn't delirious?

0:20:00 > 0:20:01No, I'm not sure, no.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05"I trust you." That was the last thing she said to me.

0:20:05 > 0:20:07It was the last thing she said to anyone.

0:20:07 > 0:20:09- She trusted you to keep a secret? - Or she trusted me to tell Liam.

0:20:09 > 0:20:12Look, if what Mrs Compton was saying was true,

0:20:12 > 0:20:14the onus is on her daughter. It's not your secret to share.

0:20:14 > 0:20:16Yeah, but April's not going to tell him.

0:20:16 > 0:20:20- She made that pretty clear. - That's her prerogative.- Is it?

0:20:20 > 0:20:21What about Mary's wishes?

0:20:23 > 0:20:25Why didn't she tell Liam herself?

0:20:25 > 0:20:27Maybe she didn't think it was her place to.

0:20:27 > 0:20:29But it is yours?

0:20:29 > 0:20:31I think she wanted Liam to get the truth from April.

0:20:31 > 0:20:33But if that didn't happen, then at least the secret

0:20:33 > 0:20:34had been handed down to me.

0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Doing nothing's a cop-out.- It's better than making things worse.

0:20:39 > 0:20:42Al thinks that I'm too passive, that I don't do enough to help people.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44Maybe this is a case in point.

0:20:44 > 0:20:48You don't want to change someone's life just because of what Al says.

0:20:48 > 0:20:49No, you're right.

0:20:50 > 0:20:51Jimmi...

0:20:53 > 0:20:54..what would Buddha do?

0:21:00 > 0:21:04Oh, steady on! I'll be slurring at afternoon clinic.

0:21:04 > 0:21:07Another glass won't hurt, might help to get you in the mood.

0:21:10 > 0:21:13So I noticed that your favourite film is Titanic.

0:21:14 > 0:21:15Good choice!

0:21:15 > 0:21:19I'm in bits every time I see Jack pouring his heart out

0:21:19 > 0:21:22in the freezing water, and Rose floating away on a door.

0:21:23 > 0:21:27I only have to hear Celine Dion's voice and I'm inconsolable.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29Not so keen on the ending, myself.

0:21:29 > 0:21:31The first hour, bit slow.

0:21:31 > 0:21:33But as soon as the ship hits the iceberg

0:21:33 > 0:21:36and those doomed passengers run for their lives...

0:21:36 > 0:21:38..cracking entertainment!

0:21:38 > 0:21:40Course, now some smart aleck is saying it didn't hit

0:21:40 > 0:21:43an iceberg after all. Puts a damper on it.

0:21:43 > 0:21:44Is nothing sacred?

0:21:49 > 0:21:50Something wrong?

0:21:52 > 0:21:54Oh, no.

0:21:54 > 0:21:56Just doing my facial exercises.

0:21:57 > 0:21:59It prevents wrinkles.

0:22:01 > 0:22:03I'll call you when I get home.

0:22:03 > 0:22:04I wouldn't bother.

0:22:04 > 0:22:06I'll be down the pub.

0:22:06 > 0:22:07Is that a good idea?

0:22:09 > 0:22:11All right, well, let's talk tomorrow, then.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13Could I have a quick word?

0:22:13 > 0:22:15What? Why? I have a train to catch.

0:22:15 > 0:22:19Just leave the meter running, please. Just hear me out.

0:22:19 > 0:22:20What's going on?

0:22:21 > 0:22:23I need to have a word with your sister in private.

0:22:29 > 0:22:31I think your mum wanted Liam to know what she told me

0:22:31 > 0:22:33and, ideally, I think it would be you to tell him.

0:22:33 > 0:22:36I don't care what you think. This has nothing to do with you.

0:22:37 > 0:22:39Mary was my patient for ten years.

0:22:39 > 0:22:42I'm just trying to ensure that her wishes are followed.

0:22:42 > 0:22:43Her wishes?

0:22:45 > 0:22:47What do you know about her wishes?

0:22:51 > 0:22:53She loved being his mother.

0:22:55 > 0:22:56It suited her perfectly.

0:22:59 > 0:23:02One way or another, she convinced me I wasn't cut out for it.

0:23:03 > 0:23:06She's gone now, so her wishes are irrelevant.

0:23:07 > 0:23:09What about Liam?

0:23:09 > 0:23:10Doesn't he deserve to know the truth?

0:23:10 > 0:23:12He knows that he's been lied to.

0:23:15 > 0:23:16What's going on?

0:23:17 > 0:23:18Nothing.

0:23:19 > 0:23:20I have to go.

0:23:26 > 0:23:28Do you want to tell me what this is about?

0:23:30 > 0:23:31I was hoping I wouldn't have to.

0:23:34 > 0:23:37Mum told you something just before she died.

0:23:40 > 0:23:42Yeah, come on, let's grab a seat.

0:23:59 > 0:24:01Your dad wasn't a bad man.

0:24:02 > 0:24:04He was just a kid, like me.

0:24:07 > 0:24:10I didn't know I was pregnant until it was too late.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16I wanted to tell you so many times, it's just...

0:24:18 > 0:24:21I did tell you once,

0:24:21 > 0:24:22when I first came back from uni.

0:24:25 > 0:24:28You just thought it was a silly game.

0:24:28 > 0:24:30You knew that Mum was your mum and I was your sister.

0:24:32 > 0:24:33How could it be any other way?

0:24:35 > 0:24:39Mum said I should focus on my degree, on my career,

0:24:39 > 0:24:42until you were old enough to understand.

0:24:42 > 0:24:45I didn't know how to look after you. I was 14!

0:24:47 > 0:24:48I didn't know at 18.

0:24:49 > 0:24:51I don't know at 33!

0:24:59 > 0:25:02Well, I hope we can do this again.

0:25:02 > 0:25:03I've had a lovely time.

0:25:03 > 0:25:05You're not going already?

0:25:05 > 0:25:08Needs must. That reception desk won't woman itself.

0:25:08 > 0:25:11Didn't you say your colleague was happy to cover for you?

0:25:11 > 0:25:14Well, I shouldn't have mentioned that. Karen was only joking.

0:25:14 > 0:25:16I thought this was a date.

0:25:16 > 0:25:18It is a date.

0:25:18 > 0:25:20Well, it was a date.

0:25:20 > 0:25:22But now it's finished, till next time.

0:25:22 > 0:25:26My place could do with a bit of a spring clean

0:25:26 > 0:25:28but I'm happy to go back to yours.

0:25:28 > 0:25:30- You're joking? - What's to joke about?

0:25:30 > 0:25:33We both know that sex is the bottom line.

0:25:33 > 0:25:34Why else would I ask you out?

0:25:34 > 0:25:38I am not in the habit of sleeping with men I've just met.

0:25:38 > 0:25:40Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, love.

0:25:40 > 0:25:43You're a kooky, middle-aged woman with a boring life.

0:25:43 > 0:25:46- You should probably take what you can get.- I beg your pardon?

0:25:46 > 0:25:49I sent you all those texts, forked out for a coffee

0:25:49 > 0:25:51and a bottle of wine, all for what?

0:25:52 > 0:25:55The pleasure of hearing you drone on about your sad, little life?

0:25:55 > 0:25:57Now it's your turn to do something for me.

0:25:57 > 0:26:00Leave if you want. But now I've got your number, I'm going

0:26:00 > 0:26:03- to keep haranguing you till you make good on my investment.- Hello, chum.

0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Who are you?- Me?

0:26:07 > 0:26:11I'm your worst nightmare - an overprotective ex-boyfriend.

0:26:12 > 0:26:17You see, Valerie here, Valerie was my first love. Hey, Valerie.

0:26:17 > 0:26:19Hello.

0:26:19 > 0:26:23I slept a summer by her side and she taught me so much.

0:26:24 > 0:26:29But, in the end, she wouldn't put up with the overbearing jealousy

0:26:29 > 0:26:31I would feel if another man so much as looked at her.

0:26:31 > 0:26:33He would end up eating his dinner through a straw.

0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Oh, my goodness! - You threatening me?

0:26:36 > 0:26:38No, I'm just offering some a bit of free advice -

0:26:38 > 0:26:41if you really are looking for the next Mrs Dinsdale, you need to

0:26:41 > 0:26:45look elsewhere, because she is far too good for the likes of you.

0:26:46 > 0:26:49Perhaps we've done enough talking, and it's time for some action.

0:26:49 > 0:26:50What do you say?

0:26:54 > 0:26:56You're not worth the hassle.

0:26:56 > 0:26:58Neither is she.

0:27:01 > 0:27:02JIMMI: Life is suffering...

0:27:05 > 0:27:07..and the cause of this suffering is desire.

0:27:12 > 0:27:14A grasping desire that's born of ignorance.

0:27:16 > 0:27:18Never again.

0:27:18 > 0:27:21We can only avoid suffering by eliminating this desire...

0:27:30 > 0:27:32..and seeking true enlightenment.

0:27:37 > 0:27:38OK, all right.

0:27:40 > 0:27:41See? Almost there, baby.

0:27:41 > 0:27:44Who knew that beneath all that corduroy

0:27:44 > 0:27:46and knitwear beats the heart of a hero?

0:27:46 > 0:27:48All right, chill out.

0:27:48 > 0:27:49You're coming today, Dr Carmichael.

0:27:49 > 0:27:51DI Stanton. I've taken over the case.

0:27:51 > 0:27:54- Come on, you don't mean this. - OK, all right.

0:27:54 > 0:27:56Don't make things worse.

0:27:56 > 0:27:57Worse? Like what?!