0:00:21 > 0:00:25I've been thinking about what you said about fostering.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27I think I'm ready.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I got cold feet.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32We're bound to be scared, we want to do a good job.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33What if I can't?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Robbie wants this just as much as I do.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Because you both have to want it for yourselves.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Seriously, you want to go for it?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45There never will be a perfect moment for this, will there?
0:00:45 > 0:00:46So why not now?
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Did the message not say what it was about?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59She just said that we had to get in touch ASAP.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01You worry too much.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Come on. It'll be fine.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Thanks for coming in at such short notice.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19There's not a problem, is there?
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Well, depends how brave you're feeling.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26The date for the next meeting of the fostering panel has been brought forward.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27To when?
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Friday.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- This Friday?- I know,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33but, on the other hand, it gives you less time to be nervous.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Are we ready, though?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37You haven't finished the home study report, have you?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39No, but I'm nearly there.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43With a bit of extra work to push things through, I'm up for it,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45if yous are.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50It's short notice, but I reckon we should go for it.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I'll support you all the way.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54So what do we have to do?
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Well, I need to pick up some more references.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I thought we'd already done that?
0:02:01 > 0:02:02We need to widen the net a bit.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05We need some references from your workplaces.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08OK.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11I'm self employed, so there's only Kelly-Marie.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Can I put somebody else down?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Well, it's got to be someone that knows you pretty well.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18How about Tatiana? She's a nurse.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21She was with us the whole time we were looking after Will's dad.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23She practically knows me inside out.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Yeah, that's a possibility.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28In that case we definitely need someone from your workplace, Will.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I'm sure you'll have no shortage of volunteers.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04This'll be mine, then, is it?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41This is a nightmare. Who am I going to ask?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Well, who do you pal about with?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I'm a detective. I don't pal about with anyone.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I go to work, I do the job and I come home.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52OK, well, who do you work most closely with?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53- Donald.- Oh.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Is there really nobody else?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Not now Grant's left, no.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Well, you've got a whole station to choose from.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- I'm sure you'll find someone.- Yeah.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- I'll see you later.- See you.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13There's a spare slot at three o'clock tomorrow.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Dr Hunter can see you then.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19In his dreams. Put me down for another doctor.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21There isn't another one.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Hello, Molly. How are you? You're looking well.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Don't you try and sweet-talk me!
0:04:28 > 0:04:30You might be able to charm the knickers off this one,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33but I'm a very different proposition.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37If you won't take an appointment with Dr Hunter,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41then you'll have no option but to transfer to another surgery.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I hear that the practice at Moss Green is excellent.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Moss Green! I'm not trekking all the way over there.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52It's a two-day camel ride. With my bunions!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Three o'clock tomorrow, then?
0:04:54 > 0:04:59All right, I'll take it, but I'll not enjoy it!
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I look forward to seeing you!
0:05:03 > 0:05:06You're too nice to her.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Well, I did steal her daughter-in-law.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10She's allowed to be a wee bit upset.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Mr Clark?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Hiya, have you got two minutes?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Sure, but I'm watching reception.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I've put you down as a reference.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25What? For a job?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27For me to be a foster carer.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Well, say something.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I don't understand.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Me and Will are going through the selection process.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39You never said anything.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I've been meaning to catch up with you about it for ages.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43But obviously you can't drag yourself away
0:05:43 > 0:05:46from dishy Dr Dan for more than two minutes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49So, there's going to be a social worker going to be getting in touch.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Her name is Sandra Devlin.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Wait. Is there no-one else you could ask?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54No! You're perfect!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57You were there the whole time we were looking after Will's dad.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59You've seen the best and the worst of us.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01How we survived it all.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Yeah. It's just... Can I think about it?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Aye, of course. We'll catch up later.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Yes, I'm trying to chase up PC Griffiths.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Do you have an extension for him?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20He left the force?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21No, I didn't know that.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23No bother, thanks for calling me back.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30PHONE RINGS
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Hi? How's it going?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37'Hi! I told Tattie about the reference.'
0:06:37 > 0:06:40We still have to talk about it later but I reckon it's in the bag.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Well, that's something at least.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44How about you? Have you come up with anything yet?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45I'm a bit stuck, to be honest.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I had a couple of hopefuls but they've both fallen through.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Don't worry, you'll come up with something.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53OK, I'll speak to you later. Bye!
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Problem?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09No.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Actually, I was wondering if you could do us a favour.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Shoot.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Me and Robbie are thinking about fostering.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Well, we're not thinking - we're doing. Well, we're applying.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26I know.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Oh. Right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29It's the talk of the station.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36OK. What do you think?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I think you need your head seeing to.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41The thing is, I need a character reference, and the social worker
0:07:41 > 0:07:44said it would be good idea to get one from this place.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Oh, yeah?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47So...
0:07:50 > 0:07:52You want me to do it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54That's what I was thinking, yeah.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Er, sorry.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00All that...personal stuff, it's not really my area of expertise.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I know, but you're the person who knows me best round here.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Like I say, not my department.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Look, I'm not asking you to approve of my lifestyle
0:08:07 > 0:08:10or anything like that. I know that's never going to happen.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Whoa, it's nothing to do with that. You people are so paranoid.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17What's that supposed to mean?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Point proven.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22How is HR not all over you?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24See, this is exactly what I'm talking about!
0:08:24 > 0:08:27The minute you start bringing personal stuff into work,
0:08:27 > 0:08:28everything goes tits up.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Is that what you told DS Grant when you were at it over her desk?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36You should probably ask someone else.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Oh, no, silly me. There's no-one else to ask, is there?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42See - that's what happens when you don't take your turn bringing in doughnuts on a Friday.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44No-one wants to be your pal.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48OK, look, I'm sorry.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Me and Robbie really want to do this.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53But we can't without a complete set of references.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56And that means getting one from this place.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I know I can make a real difference by fostering.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Half the time these kids just need a bit of positive attention.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Or a spell in Polmont.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06This is my chance to make things right for a kid.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10I'd really appreciate it if you could help me do that.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17There's a sight for sore eyes.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Me or your dinner?
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Would it be bad to say both?
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Hey, you OK? You haven't been yourself all afternoon. What's up?
0:09:29 > 0:09:35Someone asked me to do something today. And I can't do it.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I don't know really know how to tell him.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Sounds very mysterious.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48It's Robbie. He's applying to be a foster carer with Will,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51and he asked for a reference.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Oh. OK.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I know, right?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59So how do I tell him without hurting his feelings?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Tell him what? Just write the reference.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05If it's a time thing, I can make sure you get a couple of hours off work to do it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09It's not about time. It's about...doing the right thing.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11What?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Do you not think Will and Robbie would make good foster carers?
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Whether they'd be good or not is irrelevant.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I don't follow.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24I have my beliefs. Everyone else is welcome to theirs.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27What beliefs? Help me out here.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It's no big deal.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34I just don't think two men should be able to foster.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36OK. Why not?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40A child needs a woman around the place.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44So you'd be fine with two women fostering?
0:10:44 > 0:10:48No. Because a child also needs a father figure.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51OK, how about a gay woman and a gay man fostering together?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54When would that ever happen?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Let's just say that it did - that'd be OK with you, wouldn't it?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I mean, that ticks all the boxes -
0:10:59 > 0:11:02a man and a woman bringing up a child together.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05We need to eat this before it's spoilt.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09And I need to understand what bit of this you've got a problem with.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Is it that Will and Robbie are two blokes,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12or that they're two gay blokes?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17If you're putting a child into a family,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20then, at the very least, it should be a normal one.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Don't look at me like that.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I'm entitled to my opinion, aren't I?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I'm just surprised at it, that's all.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32It's not a big deal. We don't have to agree on everything, do we?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33I suppose not.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Good. So, let's eat, then.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50What do you have to do to get a decent cup of coffee around here?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Make it yourself?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I kinda got used to not having to make my own coffee.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Well, look at all the new skills you're learning,
0:11:58 > 0:11:59slumming it in here with us.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02You heading home?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Nah. I might hang around here, see if anything turns up.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10OK. See you tomorrow.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Yup.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I take it it's a no? For the reference?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Are you sure about this whole fostering thing?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's a massive commitment you're making.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I've never been more certain of anything in my life.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32OK, who do I speak to?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Ta.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44So, I got your text. Do you want to chat things through today?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Is everything OK?
0:12:50 > 0:12:54I told you I wanted to talk before being your reference.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55I know.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59And already this morning that social worker has left two messages on my phone!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01I'm sorry.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Look, I'll phone her and I'll tell her to back off
0:13:04 > 0:13:07just until we've had a chance to go through things.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I don't want to go through things.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I'm sorry, Robbie.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I can't be your reference.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Why not?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24I really like you and Will,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26and I'm sure you'd be great foster parents,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29but...in my opinion,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33a child needs a mum and a dad.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39So it's two men fostering that you don't agree with?
0:13:39 > 0:13:40I can't help what I believe.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Even when it's homophobic bollocks?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46That's not fair. You know I have no prejudice.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49But I do have principles and I can't go against them.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54I hope you understand and that we can still be friends, yes?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Sure. Of course.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04If you ever find yourself in the 21st century, look me up.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Kelly!
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Not interested.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Look, two minutes.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23I need to start my work.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I brought you these.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Oh, aye. The mini-market's finest.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32It's worse than that. I got them from the petrol station.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35But work with me here, eh?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36- What do you want?- A date.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38You'll be lucky!
0:14:38 > 0:14:40As a rule, I'm quite a lucky guy.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42You don't give up, do you?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45That's what makes me lucky. Tonight. The Tall Ship.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Let me buy you a drink.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48What - so you can get more info out of me?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51No. So I can have the pleasure of your company.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54The other week, it was a...misunderstanding, I swear.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Right. You want my company? Pick me up from work, tomorrow night.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04But not for a drink.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06We'll maybe go for a walk or something?
0:15:06 > 0:15:07A walk?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11OK. That's...different.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13It's that or nothing.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14I'll see you tomorrow, then.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Hey!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40These don't even smell of anything.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Check they're not fake.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44There's a lot of that going about just now.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45You all right?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47You think you know somebody...
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Who are we talking about here?
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Tattie. I've bought her rounds of drinks in the pub.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I've sat there all night listening to her problems -
0:15:55 > 0:15:57problems which, by the way, are beyond dull,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00and she's sitting there, judging me and my lifestyle the whole time!
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- What do you mean?- Me and Will are going to be foster carers.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- We asked her for a reference but she's turned us down.- Right.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And before you stick your oar in - aye, we know what we're doing.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12So if you're warming up to give me a lecture on my personal life,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14don't bother, cos I've had enough the day.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I wasn't. It's just...fostering. You never mentioned it before.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Oh, I'm sorry if I forgot to put a poster up!
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It was a surprise. That's all.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Listen, you and Will have just got back together.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Aye, well, it feels like the right thing to do.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Right. Well, good luck.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Are you being sarcastic?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33No. Oh, no, I think fostering's a great idea,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36as long as the social services think that you're suitable.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Which they do.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Well, like I said...good luck.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41There's my client.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49All right.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Well, we'll talk about it later. Don't worry.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Sandra?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Oh, hi.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00What are you doing here?
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Well, I'm here to interview DI Donald, who's going to supply your reference.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Right. But I thought I'd have a bit more time to...
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Time to what - coach him in his answers?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- No. No.- If it makes you feel any better, I suspect he's uncoachable.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16There's no time to mess about, Will,
0:17:16 > 0:17:20and on that note, I left a message for a Tatiana O'Hara.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23She's not got back to me yet.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Right, well, the surgery is always busy.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Maybe she's not the right person to ask after all.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31No?
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- Ms Devlin.- Oh. Hi. - Nice to see you again.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Shall we?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Thanks. See you later.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- Is this the complete forensic report?- Yeah.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Oh, just...excuse me for a sec.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54What took so long? You've been with Sandra for ages!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Not really. She left half an hour ago.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00You could have told me! I've been sat here worried sick.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Sorry. I went to the canteen to get some lunch.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08They've finally seen sense and put the corned beef back on.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10So?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12What?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15How did it go? What did you tell her?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Sorry. It's confidential.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Oh!
0:18:18 > 0:18:20You are loving this, aren't you?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Just doing things properly.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Come on, you can give us a clue!
0:18:28 > 0:18:30This is not a game, Cooper.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33A reference like this - it's a serious business.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Six months down the line, once you've screwed it all up
0:18:35 > 0:18:39and you're having to arrest your own foster kid for God knows what,
0:18:39 > 0:18:40this reference could come back to bite me.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- I'm not going to screw it up. - Course not.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47No-one goes into something like this thinking they're going to make a mess of it.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Doesn't stop it happening.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I quite like this one, but I think this one's a bit more natural.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Will you excuse me just a moment?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Hi.- Hi. So, what happened?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11So it turns out our Tattie is a woman of principles,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13AKA not a fan of gay dads.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17What? Where does that leave her own daughter?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Let's not even go there.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Makes you think, though, who else is judging us?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Well, you can add Donald to the list.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25I reckon he's ballsed up my reference.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Fabulous. What did he say?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I couldn't get much out of him, but...
0:19:30 > 0:19:34In other news, I've told Kelly-Marie that we're fostering.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Right. How did that go?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38She didn't exactly want to hang out the bunting,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41but I think she gets why we want to do it.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Oh! Well, that's something.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46If she can get her head around it, there's hope for everyone else.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Still, leaves you without a reference, though...doesn't it?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- You can't have fishfingers again. - Why not?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Because you'll turn into one. You'll go all orange...
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Kelly-Marie!
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- All right? - Have you got two minutes?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Right. Here.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Can you take Mummy's shopping up the stairs for her?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29That's a good boy.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Would you give me a reference for fostering?
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Are you serious?
0:20:36 > 0:20:40You'd only have to do meet with the social worker for ten minutes. It's no big deal.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42I... No, I don't know...
0:20:42 > 0:20:45If there was anybody else I could ask, I would.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47But I need to face facts - you're my best pal around here,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49for better or worse.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Thanks.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52So? What do you think?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It's not you I've got the problem with...
0:20:56 > 0:20:57It's Will.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00It's the two of you together - it's the whole set-up.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Honestly, Kel, we're so good together.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06We wouldn't even consider fostering if we weren't solid.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Please, please, please, please, please, please.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14I suppose if the social work think you can be trusted...
0:21:14 > 0:21:16They do. Absolutely.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19And you wouldn't have got this far in the process
0:21:19 > 0:21:22if they didn't think Will had got over his problems.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Right.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28So, what have they said about all that stuff?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30No-one's got any issues with it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33What?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35You haven't told them!
0:21:35 > 0:21:36- It's not an issue!- For who?!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- It's in the past!- That's for them to decide and not you!
0:21:39 > 0:21:41You're asking them to trust you with a vulnerable kid,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- and you've only told them half the information!- Kelly, please...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47No, I'm not going to be part of your cover-up.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49And see another thing -
0:21:49 > 0:21:52either you tell them what Will is, or I'm gonnae.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Fostering?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Aye, can you believe it?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09There must be a demand for it.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11They're always advertising on the bus.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Aye, for stable homes.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15That's not what I'd call Will and Robbie's.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Have they not sorted themselves out?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19So they say. But how'd you get back from something like that?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21They know what they're doing. They're both grown-ups.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Ma, so were you and Paddy.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27See when I was younger, and I used to sit on the stairs,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and listen to him beat you up, I was terrified he was going to kill you.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33And then I was terrified he was going to kill me if he heard me greetin'.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Sweetheart, I will never not regret what he put us through,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38but this isn't the same.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40The social are dead strict about these things.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42They're not going to give weans to just anybody.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44By the time they're finished with Will and Robbie,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- there'll be nothing they don't know about them.- Aye,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48but how will they know if nobody tells them?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Hi. Pizza. Wine.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04For one night only, we're going to forget all about fostering, OK,
0:23:04 > 0:23:05try and relax.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Not possible.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09How do you mean?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Will, I've totally messed everything up, I'm so sorry.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Why - what's happened?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I've asked Kelly-Marie to be my reference.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- Because I don't have anybody else to ask.- OK.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24But she sussed out we haven't told the social about you hitting me.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26She's totally lost the plot.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28She says if we don't tell them then she will.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30What? She can't do that!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32All she has to do is pick up the phone.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I'll talk to her. Make her see sense.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36No! If she thinks that you're trying to force her hand,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- that'll just make things worse. - How could it get any worse?!
0:23:39 > 0:23:42If she tells Sandra about me, it's over!
0:23:42 > 0:23:45They'll never give us a kid to look after.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Not necessarily.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50The most important thing is that we're honest.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52We'll just explain to her what happened, that you got help.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54That won't matter to them!
0:23:54 > 0:23:56All they'll see is some kind of thug.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57No, that's not you.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Yes, it is!
0:23:59 > 0:24:02No, it isn't. I trust you.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05If I didn't, I wouldn't even consider fostering with you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Listen to me - nothing has to change.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Sandra's still coming to do the assessment tomorrow.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11We'll just tell her then.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13What if I don't want to tell her?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15We don't have a choice.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It's me.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Take off your coat and sit down. Dinner's ready.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Is Zinnie not in?
0:24:28 > 0:24:33She's got a shift at the pub, so we have the place to ourselves.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40You said you liked pork, so I made this stew -
0:24:40 > 0:24:42it's an old family recipe.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Looks great.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Look, we need to talk.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52The food won't keep.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Neither will this conversation.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58It's about Robbie again, isn't it?
0:24:58 > 0:25:03I keep going over it in my head, but I can't quite get it straight.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05It's not complicated.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07What about Christina?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09If you follow your stance through,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11you're denying her the chance to have kids,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13for you to be a grandmother.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19It's exactly my experience with Christina that makes me feel this way.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24I brought her up single-handed - look at the problems we had.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31Maybe things might have been different
0:25:31 > 0:25:34if only she'd had a mother and a father who were together.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36You think she would have turned out straight?
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Don't patronise me. I mean she would have been happier, more stable.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Did you marry Bob
0:25:44 > 0:25:48because you thought you could create some kind of normal family?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I married him because I loved him.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57If you say so.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01You can talk! A divorce and a child you never see!
0:26:01 > 0:26:05I'm not proud of that. But I've seen enough not to judge other people's choices!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Why are you being like this? - Because you are bang out of order.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09For having principles?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11They're not principles - they're prejudices!
0:26:11 > 0:26:14What is wrong with wanting things to be right and proper?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16If that makes me prejudiced, then so be it.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I won't be ashamed of my views.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I don't know how they do things in the Ukraine,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22but here, tolerance is considered a pretty big thing.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24How dare you try to make this about my country!
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- I have to make it about something, otherwise I'm left with the fact that it's you!- It is!
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It is me! Why would you give a child to two men
0:26:31 > 0:26:35when there are normal families out there?
0:26:35 > 0:26:36OK.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Where are you going?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43To get some fresh air. I'll probably be late.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Don't be like this.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Don't wait up. I'll sleep on the sofa.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12I need to see Alan Lindsay.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Boss, someone to see you.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Hey, what's up? - I need some breakfast.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Well, get something out the fridge.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29There's nothing in it. Nobody's been shopping.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Don't look at me like that. I can't do everything.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34I could go to the supermarket, do a shop.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36You wouldn't know what to get.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Get Angus to sort it if he can drag himself away from his X-box.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Any sign of him job hunting?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Don't know.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45One of these days, one of my kids is actually going to do
0:27:45 > 0:27:47something to make me feel proud. Here.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50PHONE RINGS
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It doesn't grow on trees, you know.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Thanks.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Boss. Phone.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I didn't hear you leave this morning.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I left early.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16You're disappointed in me, aren't you?
0:28:16 > 0:28:20No. I'm just surprised, that's all.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24I thought we felt the same way about most things.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28We're not so far apart. Not really.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29You think?
0:28:29 > 0:28:33I understand your argument. Of course I do.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36And I wish Robbie and Will all the luck in the world.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41But right now, I find it hard to accept.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46I'm trying, but... Maybe I need to try harder.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I thought with Christina being gay that...
0:28:49 > 0:28:51That I'd be cool with it?
0:28:52 > 0:28:57That I'd be like you - so politically correct?
0:28:57 > 0:28:58If by that you mean I'm tolerant...
0:28:58 > 0:29:01It's not what I wanted for my daughter.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06Life is hard enough without adding another layer of difficulty.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08The only difficulty is people's prejudice.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Yes, but the prejudice is real.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13It's fine for you to be so open-minded,
0:29:13 > 0:29:18but it's not your child who will be spat at in the street
0:29:18 > 0:29:22for daring to hold her partner's hand,
0:29:22 > 0:29:26it's not your child who will have to fight battles
0:29:26 > 0:29:28that no straight person ever will.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Things are changing.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Not fast enough.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Not fast enough.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38What Robbie and Will are doing,
0:29:38 > 0:29:42that's going to make change come faster.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45You don't think people will laugh at them? Or be cruel?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47No, I don't.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I think people will see it for what it is -
0:29:49 > 0:29:52a decent and caring couple doing a good thing.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I hope you're right and I'm wrong.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Either way, I've lost a good friend over it.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Speak to Robbie. Be honest.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12Explain to him like you've explained to me. He'll understand.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Maybe.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Come here.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I never want to fight like that again.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Me neither.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Are we going to be OK?
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Sure.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Grab a seat.- Thanks.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Nice job with the spare room. - Oh, ta.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55We didn't want to do too much with it.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57We want whoever moves in to make their own mark.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59It's lovely.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Thanks. It's been a bit like a make-over show round here lately.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Right. References.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10I understand that Tatiana is not an option, right?
0:31:10 > 0:31:15No. Sorry about that. Turns out she's got issues.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18OK, so we'll go with Kelly-Marie?
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Yeah, to be honest, I'm not sure that's going to work out either.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Right.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27What are you not telling me?
0:31:29 > 0:31:36OK, here it is. There is something that happened in the past.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Go on.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I used to take drugs.
0:31:45 > 0:31:50Right, well, is that why Kelly-Marie won't give you a reference?
0:31:50 > 0:31:54It was nothing heavy. Just recreational.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56When I was clubbing.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57When was the last time?
0:31:59 > 0:32:00A few years ago.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02And nothing since?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04No. And you couldn't even pay me to go back there.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06I didn't even enjoy it at the time.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09OK.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Right, well, I think we can forget about it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19All we need to know is a child that's placed is safe.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22You know, we don't expect our carers never to have made a mistake.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27I mean, if we did that, we wouldn't have any volunteers.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31So... What's past is past?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Yeah, well, as long as it stays that way.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I'm more worried about getting a reference in such little time.
0:32:38 > 0:32:44- Am I all right to get in contact with Kelly-Marie?- Sure.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Why did you bottle it? - I don't know.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05There's a way that people look at you
0:33:05 > 0:33:09when you tell them you've been hit by your partner.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12It just makes you feel so stupid.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15I didn't want her looking at me like that, judging me,
0:33:15 > 0:33:16judging us.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20So what now?
0:33:20 > 0:33:22I don't know.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Nothing's changed. We're still going to have to tell Sandra
0:33:29 > 0:33:31before Kelly-Marie does, only now we're going to look like
0:33:31 > 0:33:34even bigger idiots for not coming clean when we had the chance.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Don't turn this on me - you could have still said something!
0:33:37 > 0:33:39How come it's down to me to make the big confession?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41None of this is my fault!
0:33:41 > 0:33:42All right. Calm down.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43No! I won't.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47I just want to move on and have a future that doesn't hang on what you did.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50But it's like we're never going to be able to put this behind us.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Are we? "Domestic violence. It's the gift that keeps on giving!"
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I'm sorry.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01So am I.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I just need some space.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17A job?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Just a few hours. I need the money.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23OK, gimme one good reason why I should take you on?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I made a mistake. I'm not a thief.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28No. That's not what I'm saying.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30I mean - what makes you better than anybody else that
0:34:30 > 0:34:32walks through that door wanting hours?
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Sorry. I thought you'd heard about me.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37I have.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40But I've been on the wrong side of gossip often enough
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- not to pay attention to it.- Thanks.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Right, come on. Sell yourself.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Why should I take a chance on you?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I make really good poached eggs.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00You awake?
0:35:00 > 0:35:01No.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15You're right.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18We're not going to be able to put this behind us.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20What are you saying?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24We can't wipe the slate, can we?
0:35:27 > 0:35:29What I did to you was brutal.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I try and put it out my mind, but it's fact.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Kelly-Marie's right - somebody like me should not be allowed to foster.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38No, don't say that!
0:35:38 > 0:35:40It's what we're both thinking, isn't it?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43That's why you couldn't tell Sandra the truth in there,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46because once it's out, this whole thing's over.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49No-one in their right mind will trust me with a kid,
0:35:49 > 0:35:51let alone a vulnerable one.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53I'd trust you.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Thanks. But your opinion isn't the one that counts.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Well, it should be. It should be the only one that counts.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I know you.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06I know how hard you've worked to sort your head out, to change!
0:36:07 > 0:36:09If I can trust you, anyone can.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15But what if that trust is misplaced?
0:36:15 > 0:36:17What if that violence is still in there somewhere?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Shut up and listen to me.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21You are the best man I know.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24I know how hard you've worked to change.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26I see that change every single day.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29You've got to stop beating yourself up
0:36:29 > 0:36:32so that we can move on and live our lives.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40How are you getting on in there?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43I burnt the toast.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48Cremated it, more like. The eggs are all right, though.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Really?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Aye. Took me months to do a decent poached egg.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55My mum taught me.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59So, are you on study leave the now, aye?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Yeah, until the beginning of next week.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Why don't you come in tomorrow and do a couple of hours for me?
0:37:04 > 0:37:06You're offering me a job?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Let's just call it a paid trial.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I don't really have much hours to give out,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12but I could do with cover once in a while.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Brilliant. I'm sick of asking my dad for money.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Well, now you can tell him you're earning your own.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20- All three quid an hour.- I don't care. At least I'm doing something.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Away you go and take a seat and eat that before it gets cold.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27I can't afford to buy it.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32And I can't afford to give it to a customer, not with the state of that toast.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52All right?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55No, not really. Thanks to your and your wee blackmail stunt.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Do you know how long it took for me and Will to get our lives back on track,
0:37:58 > 0:38:00just for you to come in and take it all away again!
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I'm not the baddie here. Talk to your husband.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06He's the one that left boot marks across your back.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07You have to let this go!
0:38:07 > 0:38:10I was there, Robbie. I saw how bad it was.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13I know. And I did the right thing. I walked away.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- Aye, you walked right back in again. - Because he's changed!
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Do you know, I'm glad you never had to get assessed
0:38:19 > 0:38:20before you could have Cal.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23I would love to read the home study on you lot!
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Prospective mother comes from a family of petty criminals.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28That is not fair!
0:38:28 > 0:38:31And don't even get me started on doting grandad Lenny Murdoch!
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I wonder how his biography would go down with the social services!
0:38:34 > 0:38:37What Lenny does in his spare time has nothing to do with my ability to look after my kid!
0:38:37 > 0:38:39So it's one rule for you and another for me?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42It's not you I've got the problem with. It's Will.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- It's him being around a kid. - Just like Lenny is with Cal?
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Lenny's a gangster and a criminal!
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Lenny would never hit Cal.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Just like Will wouldn't hit a kid. It just would not happen.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55You don't get to decide my life for me.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I know what's best for me and Will,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00and for any kid that's lucky enough to come into our home.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Right, Robbie, you think what you like.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04But I'm not going to take any chances.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10PHONE RINGS
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Hello?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13'Hi, is that Kelly-Marie Adams?'
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Who is this?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17My name's Sandra Devlin. I'm from Children and Families.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20I'm trying to chase up a reference for a Robbie Fraser?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Hello?
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Large red wine, please.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33One of them days?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Aye.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Want to talk about it?- No.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39One large red coming up.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45PHONE RINGS
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Voila.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05Impressive. That must've taken you all day.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08"That" used to be your favourite.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Did it?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Why are you not eating?
0:40:11 > 0:40:12I had my tea at the cafe.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16- Where did you get the money for that? - It was on the house.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19I didn't steal it. Stella gave me it for nothing.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Why?
0:40:20 > 0:40:23I got a job there. Starting tomorrow.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- Good on you!- Thanks.- You're going to school tomorrow.- But you said...
0:40:26 > 0:40:29I said you could take a few days to get your head straight.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31You're all right to work, you're all right for school.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- What about her job? - What time do you start?
0:40:34 > 0:40:3511.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37You go. Make her apologies, take her shift.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40You're the one that needs a job, not her.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13See you when I catch you!
0:41:13 > 0:41:14KNOCKING
0:41:14 > 0:41:15I'll get it.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Hi.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25You have to understand - he has changed.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I know he can be a bit of a screw-up,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31but that's what makes him a perfect foster carer.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33He can see right through these troubled weans,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36and he knows exactly what to do to help.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Underneath it all, he has got a good heart.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40That's what my ma used to say about Paddy.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Just because he couldn't change doesn't mean to say that Will can't.
0:41:44 > 0:41:50I wish me and Will had a different story. Something less...messy.
0:41:50 > 0:41:56But this is the only story we've got and I've got to run with it.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Hey, you!
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Look, all I'm asking is that you don't deny me
0:42:03 > 0:42:05everything that you take for granted.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08See you later.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Bye.- Aye. Come on, you.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Thanks for meeting me.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24I can't stay out too long.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Have you got to get back for Callum?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29No. It's not that. It's just there's something on the telly.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32PHONE RINGS
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Oh, for...
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Problem?
0:42:36 > 0:42:39No. It's just someone keeps calling me.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Have I got competition?
0:42:41 > 0:42:44It's a social worker. A friend of mine wants to foster.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Long story.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54I hate second dates. You kinda know someone. You kinda don't.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57You've used all your best lines.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Is that what this is? Second date?
0:43:00 > 0:43:01Well, I...
0:43:03 > 0:43:05You sure you wouldn't rather be doing this in the pub?
0:43:05 > 0:43:07So you can get me drunk again?
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Don't recall you putting up much of a fight the last time.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12I don't get out much, so I take it where I can get it.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15Look...
0:43:17 > 0:43:19..what is it you want from me?
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Haven't really thought about it.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Apart from the obvious, obviously. And you?
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Haven't really thought about it, either.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Then we're on the same page.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Look, as lovely as this, and it is,
0:43:34 > 0:43:36I'm not really the walking kind of guy.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39You sure you don't want a drink?
0:43:39 > 0:43:41I'm still trying to decide whether to trust you or not.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Do you always play this hard to get?
0:43:43 > 0:43:46PHONE RINGS
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Sure you don't want to take that?
0:43:56 > 0:43:58- There you go.- Cheers.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Thanks for getting back. I was beginning to give up hope.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05See, to be honest, I'm not sure how much help I can be.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09Well, you can start by telling me why such a lovely guy like Robbie's
0:44:09 > 0:44:12having problems getting a character reference.
0:44:12 > 0:44:13I don't know what's going on with Tatiana.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16I mean, you know her own daughter's gay!
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Well, it's your reluctance I'm more interested in.
0:44:19 > 0:44:20Oh, right.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22So - what's the story?
0:44:25 > 0:44:27OK, I'll start with an easy one.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30How long have you worked with Robbie?
0:44:30 > 0:44:33Well, he gave me a job when I really needed one.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38I'd been away for a couple of years and had a kid and came back.
0:44:38 > 0:44:44Callum, his dad, well, he's no longer here.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Long story, messy situation.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Look, I think Robbie didn't ask me for a reference because
0:44:58 > 0:45:02he thinks that I would judge him on things that happened in the past.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06What kind of things?
0:45:06 > 0:45:11There was times I thought that he and Will were better off apart than together.
0:45:15 > 0:45:21OK, look, if a child or a young person were to be
0:45:21 > 0:45:26placed in that home, would they be looked after properly?
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Would they be safe?
0:45:42 > 0:45:46I need to go to work. I'm on the late shift again.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Just because your dad was a rubbish parent
0:45:51 > 0:45:54doesn't mean to say that you're going to be one too.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Go back to the beginning.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00Remember why you wanted to be a foster carer in the first place?
0:46:00 > 0:46:01Why are we doing this?
0:46:03 > 0:46:06Because we can make a massive difference to some wean's life.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12But we can only do that if you stop trying to sabotage yourself
0:46:12 > 0:46:15because you're on some kind of guilt trip about who you used to be.
0:46:18 > 0:46:19What about Kelly-Marie?
0:46:19 > 0:46:21I can't control what she does.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26But I'm not giving up without putting up a fight.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32We'll talk about it tomorrow.
0:46:32 > 0:46:37No, we won't. Tomorrow I'm going to be at the fostering panel.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39You're not serious!
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Oh, I am. I'm going ahead with this.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47I won't have my future dictated to me - not by Kelly-Marie, not by you.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50We've done everything we can to prove that we are foster carers,
0:46:50 > 0:46:53and I'm not going to throw all that hard work away.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Where does that leave me?
0:46:55 > 0:46:57All you have to do is show up.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00The rest we'll take from there.
0:47:02 > 0:47:03It's your choice.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- School.- No-one will be back off study leave.
0:47:55 > 0:47:56I'll be the only one there.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58I'm sure they'll find you something to do.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00It is a school, isn't it?
0:48:37 > 0:48:40Look, all the information is in the report.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42My point is that we should have had more time to study this.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45Sorry to interrupt. Have you got five minutes before the hearing?
0:48:45 > 0:48:48Sure, yeah. Come into my office.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51- Leslie, this is Will.- Hi.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Leslie's a volunteer in the Moss Green Youth Project.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Yeah, and fellow panel member.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59Though what we've to make of this application, I've no idea.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01I'm going to stop you right there.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05Will is not on the panel. He's one of the applicants.
0:49:06 > 0:49:07Oh!
0:49:07 > 0:49:09You know what? I'll come back later.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11No, no, no. It's fine.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Leslie, why don't you take some time before the hearing
0:49:14 > 0:49:16and reread the report?
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Excuse me.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31Sorry about that. She's a bit of a live one.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Actually, it doesn't matter any more.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35What do you mean?
0:49:35 > 0:49:38You're going to have to cancel the hearing.
0:49:38 > 0:49:39Why? What's happened?
0:49:52 > 0:49:54When we started the assessments,
0:49:54 > 0:49:56I talked to you about my anger management issues.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02I led you to believe that my aggression was directed toward my father.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09It wasn't. I used to hit Robbie.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19I knew you were keeping something from me.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21I heard what you said to Petey.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25- I'm sorry. I should have told you. - Yeah.
0:50:28 > 0:50:29You should.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Right, let's do this.
0:50:46 > 0:50:47I thought you weren't coming.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49I nearly didn't.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51OK. Let's get this show on the road.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58We'll also be looking to integrate
0:50:58 > 0:51:02any resident child into our local community.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06It's a fairly vibrant place to live, with a lot to offer a child.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09You both plan to keep working?
0:51:09 > 0:51:12That's going to be a bit difficult, isn't it?
0:51:12 > 0:51:13There'll be meetings to attend...
0:51:13 > 0:51:18I'm self-employed, so I can juggle things.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21Honestly, we've thought of everything. Haven't we, Will?
0:51:24 > 0:51:25I think I'll move this on.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27I still have a few questions.
0:51:27 > 0:51:28Fire away.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30Well, we can all be very modern,
0:51:30 > 0:51:34but the fact remains that any child placed in this home
0:51:34 > 0:51:36will be raised by two men.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38What is your point, Leslie?
0:51:38 > 0:51:41Well, Mr Fraser and Mr Cooper will face challenges,
0:51:41 > 0:51:45and attitudes that other foster carers won't encounter.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Such as?
0:51:47 > 0:51:51Well, how do you plan to respond to the criticism that you might
0:51:51 > 0:51:54be grooming any child placed with you?
0:51:54 > 0:51:55Grooming for what?
0:51:55 > 0:51:58What are you suggesting exactly?
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Well, I'm not suggesting anything, Mr Cooper, but others may.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05So how would you respond to that accusation?
0:52:05 > 0:52:10By informing the idiot making it that we're fully CRB and police checked!
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Was there anything else?
0:52:12 > 0:52:13Yes, actually.
0:52:13 > 0:52:19Some, not me, might argue that the partnership of two men does not
0:52:19 > 0:52:23provide the same stability as a heterosexual married relationship.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27Now, how do you think that might affect a vulnerable child?
0:52:29 > 0:52:33OK, there's a lot of ignorant assumptions flying around this room.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38I just hope the rest of you on the panel can see it for what it is - homophobic nonsense.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Hear, hear.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Let me make one thing very clear.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46There is nothing unstable about mine and Robbie's relationship.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49We've been through more challenges in the last couple of years
0:52:49 > 0:52:51than most heterosexual marriages face in a lifetime.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54We've nursed my terminally ill father, faced problems
0:52:54 > 0:52:58with my job, and serious personal challenges in our relationship.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00And at every turn, we've worked things through
0:53:00 > 0:53:02and become stronger as a couple.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05And whatever else gets thrown at us, we'll keep getting stronger.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08We're a team. Nothing can break that.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10That's why we're ready to foster.
0:53:11 > 0:53:12Mr Fraser?
0:53:12 > 0:53:14What he said.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Thank you.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Someone should put in a complaint about that woman.
0:53:33 > 0:53:34She was out of order.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Yeah, well, I think we set her straight.
0:53:37 > 0:53:42Annihilated her, more like. You were amazing.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45There's no way they're not going to let us foster after that speech.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49I'm not so sure.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50How do you mean?
0:53:51 > 0:53:52I told Sandra.
0:53:54 > 0:53:55You were right.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57I should have told her from the start.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03I was ashamed.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05What did she say?
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Nothing much. She needs to check it out.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Talk to my counsellor.
0:54:09 > 0:54:10Course.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14I'm sorry if it causes problems for us.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23I'm proud of you.
0:54:23 > 0:54:24What for?
0:54:24 > 0:54:26For telling the truth.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Even if it potentially messes everything up?
0:54:30 > 0:54:32It wouldn't be right to start off on a lie.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35At least now they've got the full picture.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39It's not a very pretty one, is it?
0:54:39 > 0:54:41No!
0:54:41 > 0:54:43But it's a work-in-progress.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46You can say that again.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47I love you.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49I love you, too.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51KNOCKING
0:54:51 > 0:54:52- Who's that?- I'll get it.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57- Oh, hiya.- Hi.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59Come in.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02Look who it is.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04- Sandra.- Hi.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08Just to let you know, I've had a call from the panel...
0:55:09 > 0:55:11..and you were approved.
0:55:11 > 0:55:12Oh, my God!
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Really? You sure?
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Romeo's looking over again.
0:55:20 > 0:55:21Aye.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Good for him.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26I thought you fancied him?
0:55:26 > 0:55:28Maybe I've changed my mind.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31Guys with fat wallets don't grow on trees, you know.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33What do you think I am?
0:55:33 > 0:55:36A skint single mammy knocking on a bit.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Do you know, I just love coming out with you.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41You make me feel so much better about myself.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Lighten up. Go and talk to him.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Nah, I'm going to go up the road.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50Oh, here we go.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Oh-oh.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58We just wanted to say thank you.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01We got approved.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05Sandra, our social worker, said it came down to you in the end.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07So if you hadn't given us those references,
0:56:07 > 0:56:11well, we don't want to think about it, do we?
0:56:11 > 0:56:13You've no idea how much that means to us.
0:56:15 > 0:56:20Aye, well, she reckoned that there's worse daddies than yous guys in the world.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Don't prove her wrong.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24- We won't.- We won't.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27If the two of you so much as argue, you know I'm going to be on yous.
0:56:27 > 0:56:28Absolutely.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31You won't regret this. I promise.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34Better not.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36C'mere, you.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46Give the guy a break.
0:56:56 > 0:57:00Right, you've got one more chance, so don't blow it.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02Technically, I didn't blow it the first time.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Do you know what? You can quit while you're ahead.
0:57:04 > 0:57:08- So does this mean I've pulled? - In your dreams. But you can buy me a drink.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Do you know what this is?
0:57:20 > 0:57:21What?
0:57:22 > 0:57:23The start of everything.
0:57:24 > 0:57:28Yeah. Yeah, it is. Come on.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50The case is pretty slim. All we need is a reasonable doubt.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52I don't like leaving things to chance.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56If there's anything I can do when I'm out, just let me know.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59Everybody knows, Kennedy killed Malick.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03Aye, but knowing it and proving it, two different things.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05You're the only one that can put Billy away for good.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09You don't take the stand, Jimmy, Billy's gonnae walk.
0:58:09 > 0:58:10He's gonnae get away with it.