Episode 2

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04He talks, laughs, looks you in the eye, smiles, how's he autistic?

0:00:04 > 0:00:07- I don't understand!- Right, no-one uses that word, not in this house.

0:00:07 > 0:00:08If we label him now, it's over.

0:00:08 > 0:00:11- You're a genius, what are ya? - A genius.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14If you're hiking or cycling, the diner does the job, doesn't it?

0:00:14 > 0:00:15Why build a restaurant?

0:00:15 > 0:00:17Bit of advice on your first day, do not let them Polish lads

0:00:17 > 0:00:19take advantage. I learnt that the hard way.

0:00:19 > 0:00:22- I need a second opinion.- I won't do it because it's Michael...

0:00:22 > 0:00:24- Michael? - ..who I had an affair with.

0:00:24 > 0:00:25Wouldn't be fair on Eddie.

0:00:25 > 0:00:27What wouldn't be fair on Eddie?

0:00:29 > 0:00:33# The time was going so frequently

0:00:33 > 0:00:36# She said If I try harder again... #

0:00:38 > 0:00:41- HE SINGS ALONG - # ..She's flying in the face of fashion now

0:00:41 > 0:00:44# Sells the world annually to a friend

0:00:44 > 0:00:48# She's singing World shut your mouth

0:00:48 > 0:00:49# Shut your mouth

0:00:49 > 0:00:53# Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth

0:00:53 > 0:00:55# World shut your mouth

0:00:55 > 0:00:57# Shut your mouth

0:00:57 > 0:01:00# Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth... #

0:01:16 > 0:01:18# ..World shut your mouth

0:01:18 > 0:01:20# Shut your mouth

0:01:20 > 0:01:24# Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth

0:01:24 > 0:01:26# World shut your mouth

0:01:26 > 0:01:28# Shut your mouth

0:01:28 > 0:01:30# Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth... #

0:01:30 > 0:01:36This programme contains some strong language.

0:01:40 > 0:01:42Thank you.

0:01:44 > 0:01:45Joe. No, no, not today, sweetheart.

0:01:45 > 0:01:48- I'll swing you round, if you like, Joe.- No, love.- Come on.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50He really doesn't need swinging round.

0:01:50 > 0:01:52If we do this every day, then we are reinforcing him

0:01:52 > 0:01:54- walking out on the road every morning.- I want Dad.

0:01:59 > 0:02:00All right?

0:02:02 > 0:02:03CAR APPROACHES

0:02:12 > 0:02:13What are you doing?

0:02:13 > 0:02:16Saving a hundred quid a day in labour costs.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19If you're paying them a hundred quid a day, no wonder you're in trouble.

0:02:19 > 0:02:22You're getting in the way of my guys.

0:02:22 > 0:02:24I can dig an hole, Sally.

0:02:24 > 0:02:26You always could, Paul. You always could.

0:02:29 > 0:02:30Morning.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39Joe, you might want to go in now. Go in now.

0:02:41 > 0:02:42Morning.

0:02:47 > 0:02:48Bye.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00CHILDREN CHATTER

0:03:04 > 0:03:05- TEACHER:- Nice and slowly...

0:03:09 > 0:03:10INAUDIBLE

0:03:10 > 0:03:11That's it, well done.

0:03:13 > 0:03:14BELL RINGS

0:03:20 > 0:03:22CHILDREN CHATTER

0:03:56 > 0:04:00Mozart! Come on, then! Let's go.

0:04:14 > 0:04:17MUSIC ON COMPUTER: Accidents Will Happen by Elvis Costello

0:04:24 > 0:04:27Hey. What you doing?

0:04:27 > 0:04:30Having fun. I think that's allowed,

0:04:30 > 0:04:32don't you? Full day at school, eh?

0:04:32 > 0:04:35Can you do something else for five minutes?

0:04:35 > 0:04:37Just, just, take a break from the music.

0:04:37 > 0:04:38Yeah.

0:04:39 > 0:04:40Now?

0:04:40 > 0:04:42(Yeah.)

0:04:42 > 0:04:43Oh, right, um...

0:04:43 > 0:04:47Hey, look. Joe, look. Shall we do this?

0:04:47 > 0:04:51Joe? Look, I've got a little zebra on the move here.

0:04:53 > 0:04:54Joe?

0:04:54 > 0:04:57Look, I've got a monkey.

0:04:57 > 0:04:58HE IMITATES A MONKEY

0:04:58 > 0:05:01Hey, you might want to turn the music off, just... Take it away.

0:05:01 > 0:05:03- There we go... - MUSIC STOPS

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

0:05:07 > 0:05:10# Got a monkey... #

0:05:10 > 0:05:12HE IMITATES A MONKEY

0:05:12 > 0:05:14# ..How does a monkey sing?

0:05:14 > 0:05:15# We don't know

0:05:15 > 0:05:17# But it's doing like a monkey does!

0:05:17 > 0:05:19# Where does the monkey live? #

0:05:21 > 0:05:24Yey! That's it! Good lad!

0:05:26 > 0:05:27You're a great dad.

0:05:29 > 0:05:30You're a great mum.

0:05:39 > 0:05:44Listen, will you take him out of school? It's for the best.

0:05:44 > 0:05:45What?

0:05:46 > 0:05:49Look, come here. Come here. Come with me.

0:05:49 > 0:05:50Back in a bit.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55Have you seen him in the playground?

0:05:55 > 0:05:57Have you seen any other kid talk to him?

0:05:58 > 0:06:01It's early days. The school know what they're doing, love.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04Joe goes to school, he gets labelled, it's over.

0:06:04 > 0:06:07- He's been labelled already by an expert in autism. - MUSIC STARTS AGAIN

0:06:07 > 0:06:09One expert! Just one! And she was all over the place!

0:06:09 > 0:06:11And she's on Facebook every night!

0:06:11 > 0:06:14It's two, seeing as we're counting. And how do you know that?

0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Joe, turn that down! - Hey, hey, hey, don't shout at him.

0:06:17 > 0:06:20I'm not shouting at him. I'm raising my voice.

0:06:20 > 0:06:22Don't get angry with me because you're upset.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25So, what if another expert tells you something that you don't want to hear?

0:06:25 > 0:06:27Do we find another one and then another one?

0:06:27 > 0:06:28You got a better plan?

0:06:28 > 0:06:31Yes, we do what normal people do. We talk to the school

0:06:31 > 0:06:34and we tell them about the diagnosis.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36You see, I am DOING something, Paul.

0:06:36 > 0:06:38You're talking about doing something...

0:06:38 > 0:06:42In case you hadn't noticed, Alison, I am building a restaurant!

0:06:42 > 0:06:43Really?

0:06:43 > 0:06:45I was wondering what that pile of rubble by the diner was.

0:06:45 > 0:06:47Joe! TURN THAT DOWN!

0:06:47 > 0:06:48MUSIC CONTINUES

0:06:57 > 0:06:59Home schooling? What?

0:06:59 > 0:07:02I'm not meaning to be offensive, but if Joe's damaged stock already,

0:07:02 > 0:07:04won't that make him even more of an oddball?

0:07:04 > 0:07:07- That's you NOT meaning to be offensive?- Home schooling's not that unusual, Maurice.

0:07:07 > 0:07:08Oh, in London, perhaps.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10I've broken the day down into sections.

0:07:10 > 0:07:12There's a list of activities on the notice board.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15People just fill in when they think they can help and what they can offer.

0:07:15 > 0:07:18Are you getting advice on this or just diving in...?

0:07:18 > 0:07:20We're going to get advice, expert advice, aren't we, Nicola?

0:07:20 > 0:07:24We'll take all the advice we can, as long as Alison agrees with it.

0:07:24 > 0:07:27You going to help with any sessions with Joe? Yes or no?

0:07:27 > 0:07:30Yeah, I could do some early mornings, late afternoons, sure.

0:07:30 > 0:07:33Great. Nicola, I was going to put you down for more sessions than anyone else,

0:07:33 > 0:07:35mainly because of your expertise, but also because you're not

0:07:35 > 0:07:38- working at the moment.- I'm hoping that might change.- Really?

0:07:38 > 0:07:41- No need to sound so surprised. - Glad to hear it.

0:07:41 > 0:07:45- The more you settle in, the more you'll be able to put the past behind you.- I already have, Maurice.

0:07:45 > 0:07:47Now, perhaps you can put my past behind you too.

0:07:49 > 0:07:51Is this kid going to have any spare time at all?

0:07:51 > 0:07:53Not if I can help it, no.

0:07:53 > 0:07:57And then maybe after all this intensive input, he'll be able to go back to school and cope.

0:07:57 > 0:08:00And then he can have a long and unhappy life like the rest of us.

0:08:02 > 0:08:05The older he gets, the more distressing it is for him

0:08:05 > 0:08:07to be in a world that he doesn't understand.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10That's real distress, Paul. Real pain.

0:08:10 > 0:08:11Our son.

0:08:19 > 0:08:21Hiya. What's happening?

0:08:21 > 0:08:23We're putting together a rota for home schooling Joe.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26One, that's insane, and two, I'm going to miss my bus.

0:08:26 > 0:08:29That doesn't get you off the hook with the Joe rota, young lady.

0:08:29 > 0:08:33Is that what we're calling him now? Joe Rota. He's Joe.

0:08:33 > 0:08:36He's always been Joe. Why wouldn't we want him to be Joe?

0:08:38 > 0:08:41How exactly are you going to work if he's at home all day?

0:08:41 > 0:08:42I'll give up work if I have to.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45Oh, and what are you going to eat, wishful thinking on toast?

0:08:45 > 0:08:47I haven't planned every detail yet.

0:08:47 > 0:08:51- All I need to know at the moment is whether you're going to help me or not.- Even if I disagree with it?

0:08:51 > 0:08:53Are you going to help me or not?

0:08:56 > 0:08:58Why can't you be more like your mother?

0:09:08 > 0:09:09Great.

0:09:22 > 0:09:25What do you think about that, then, eh, Joe?

0:09:25 > 0:09:27Standing on top of the world.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34This time next year, we'll be running up here, you and me.

0:09:34 > 0:09:35No danger.

0:09:39 > 0:09:43Can you see the diner? Joe? Your dad's new pub?

0:09:45 > 0:09:47Just...just follow the river.

0:10:10 > 0:10:13Does Dad know that Maya's still temping here?

0:10:13 > 0:10:15Is that what you came here to ask me?

0:10:16 > 0:10:17No.

0:10:17 > 0:10:20I want your blessing for me to send Joe's reports to Michael

0:10:20 > 0:10:23and for Michael to talk them through with Nicola.

0:10:23 > 0:10:25Michael who?

0:10:25 > 0:10:26You know very well.

0:10:26 > 0:10:29Oh. Nicola's ex-lover. That Michael.

0:10:29 > 0:10:33Yeah. You said it yourself, we need an expert.

0:10:33 > 0:10:34He's a real expert.

0:10:34 > 0:10:36He's certainly that.

0:10:36 > 0:10:40Nicola won't speak to him unless you're OK with it. Do you mind?

0:10:40 > 0:10:42Would it make any difference to you if I did?

0:10:42 > 0:10:44No. Not really.

0:10:44 > 0:10:45Then, it isn't a question.

0:10:45 > 0:10:47Don't make it difficult for me.

0:10:47 > 0:10:50No, I mean, a question requires an answer. There is no answer, so it's not really a question.

0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Christ, it must be hard being you sometimes!- Yes.

0:10:53 > 0:10:54It is.

0:10:56 > 0:11:00If you want Nicola to talk to Michael about Joe, then...do it.

0:11:00 > 0:11:02But don't ask me to like it.

0:11:12 > 0:11:15You should speak to Michael about Joe.

0:11:17 > 0:11:20I mean, it's his specialist subject, so...

0:11:20 > 0:11:21Alison spoke to you?

0:11:23 > 0:11:26Yeah. And, I mean, it's for Joe.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29I was...I was thinking that, too.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31Were you?

0:11:31 > 0:11:34Yeah, Michael's teaching two days a week in Manchester at the moment.

0:11:34 > 0:11:36How do you know that?

0:11:36 > 0:11:40I get e-mailed all the courses, the...the BMJ training courses.

0:11:42 > 0:11:46Well. There you go. Perfect opportunity.

0:11:46 > 0:11:47You'd be all right with it?

0:11:49 > 0:11:50I've said so, haven't I?

0:11:54 > 0:11:55OK.

0:12:17 > 0:12:18ALARM BUZZES

0:12:31 > 0:12:34- VIDEO ON COMPUTER:- 'I think there are ways of engaging him, er,

0:12:34 > 0:12:37'even when he's locked into these self-soothing behaviours.

0:12:37 > 0:12:42'I think we need to maybe move towards him,

0:12:42 > 0:12:45'so that he can move towards us.

0:12:45 > 0:12:49'It might be a case of using the object he's fixated on...'

0:13:16 > 0:13:19- VIDEO:- '..his three-month check, his six-month check...'

0:13:19 > 0:13:21Is there any cereal left?

0:13:21 > 0:13:24Er, only the stuff that's good for you, unfortunately.

0:13:24 > 0:13:25VIDEO CONTINUES

0:13:33 > 0:13:35We could borrow Tom's tent.

0:13:35 > 0:13:38A tent? Are you serious? A tent?

0:13:38 > 0:13:40If you want it as much as I do, then a tent'd be fine.

0:13:40 > 0:13:43Oh, OK, yeah, you've convinced me(!) Let's borrow a tent,

0:13:43 > 0:13:45so we can screw on a clammy groundsheet with sheep outside.

0:13:45 > 0:13:47No need to make it sound so sordid.

0:13:47 > 0:13:50On the other hand, your tent blackmail line was class itself.

0:13:50 > 0:13:52Piss off, Tom!

0:13:54 > 0:13:56You let Nicola go and see Michael, just like that?

0:13:56 > 0:13:58Are you insane?

0:13:58 > 0:14:00It's called trust. It's called being a grown-up.

0:14:00 > 0:14:03It's called being a soft touch. Don't you think it was a mistake?

0:14:03 > 0:14:05The only mistake I made was telling you.

0:14:05 > 0:14:08She wanted you to stop her. Don't you see?

0:14:08 > 0:14:11- What?- Do you think Michael's the only autism expert in the country?

0:14:11 > 0:14:14- It was a test.- I'm not sure it's any of your business, Dad.

0:14:14 > 0:14:15No, you're right. It's not.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17But it's the lack of decisiveness I'm concerned about.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19I see Maya's still here.

0:14:19 > 0:14:21Yes. She is.

0:14:21 > 0:14:23Same problem again. Too nice.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26You were always the talented one but too nice.

0:14:26 > 0:14:27You think I'm the talented one?

0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Hello, Maya, you all right, darling? - Hello! Hello, lovely.

0:14:34 > 0:14:37Listen Maya, love, I'm going to have to let you go, I'm afraid.

0:14:37 > 0:14:38What?

0:14:38 > 0:14:40I'm very sorry about that. OK?

0:15:32 > 0:15:35INTERCOM RINGS 'Hello?'

0:15:35 > 0:15:38Hello, er, Paul Hughes. I have an appointment.

0:15:44 > 0:15:46So what do the parents want me to say?

0:15:46 > 0:15:48That he doesn't have autism?

0:15:48 > 0:15:50Mmm. But you know, don't you?

0:15:52 > 0:15:54These are good people who've done the assessments.

0:15:54 > 0:15:56Maybe not the best communicators, but there we are.

0:15:58 > 0:16:00And you think so too, so...

0:16:01 > 0:16:03They just need a plan.

0:16:05 > 0:16:08- How old is he? Five?- Mmm.

0:16:08 > 0:16:11There's a brilliant speech and language therapist

0:16:11 > 0:16:15here in Manchester I'm going to refer them to and the usual advice -

0:16:15 > 0:16:18they need to get all the help and support they can to keep him in the mainstream,

0:16:18 > 0:16:19especially in primary school.

0:16:19 > 0:16:21They're thinking of home educating.

0:16:21 > 0:16:23Hmm. Really?

0:16:23 > 0:16:28Well, they'll need to be tough and organised and together,

0:16:28 > 0:16:32because whatever they choose to do, the parents need to act as a team.

0:16:32 > 0:16:33DT in there.

0:16:33 > 0:16:35Oh, DT, right.

0:16:35 > 0:16:38Oh. Right.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40What does DT stand for?

0:16:40 > 0:16:41Woodwork.

0:16:41 > 0:16:42Right. Oh, well,

0:16:42 > 0:16:46I...I could use some of your DT pupils at my building site.

0:16:46 > 0:16:47I don't think that'd be allowed.

0:16:47 > 0:16:49Would you like to see the hall?

0:16:49 > 0:16:52It's where we have gathering, which is our word for assembly,

0:16:52 > 0:16:54and where we do PE, and Jason hangs off the bars

0:16:54 > 0:16:57and his mother has to be called in to get him down.

0:16:57 > 0:16:59Oh, I'd like to see that very much, yeah.

0:16:59 > 0:17:00Hmm. Yes. So would I.

0:17:07 > 0:17:11And this is the end of the tour of our excellent school.

0:17:11 > 0:17:14I hope you enjoyed it as much as I have, yes?

0:17:15 > 0:17:18Yeah. Yes, I did. Very much.

0:17:18 > 0:17:19Good. So did I.

0:17:28 > 0:17:29Do you like it here?

0:17:29 > 0:17:31Of course. I love it here.

0:17:31 > 0:17:34Did you ever go to a, a different school?

0:17:34 > 0:17:36I did, but my mum said it wasn't suitable.

0:17:36 > 0:17:39Oh, right. Did she ever say why not?

0:17:39 > 0:17:42The other children called me things and my mum said it's

0:17:42 > 0:17:45because they were unhappy about themselves,

0:17:45 > 0:17:49but they seemed to be smiling a lot for people who were unhappy with themselves,

0:17:49 > 0:17:52so we thought it wasn't suitable, yes?

0:17:52 > 0:17:53Yeah, right. That's right, yeah.

0:17:53 > 0:17:55And the teachers help me here.

0:17:55 > 0:17:58Oh, did they not help you at your other school?

0:17:58 > 0:18:01Oh, they did, but they don't say, "Oh, Andy!" here,

0:18:01 > 0:18:05and sigh out, like this...

0:18:05 > 0:18:08Oh, right. Yeah, I see, I see.

0:18:08 > 0:18:10Indeed. So do I.

0:18:10 > 0:18:11Goodbye.

0:18:11 > 0:18:13Thank you very much indeed.

0:18:28 > 0:18:29Thanks!

0:18:39 > 0:18:40Hey!

0:18:41 > 0:18:43Is this the best you can do?

0:18:43 > 0:18:46We've been up Catbells this morning. We're just regrouping.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48You've had him ten minutes, have you run out of ideas?

0:18:48 > 0:18:50It's social skills.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52If he can have a game of darts and pool in the pub

0:18:52 > 0:18:55and hold a conversation, it'll help him fit in when he gets older.

0:18:55 > 0:18:58Oh, well, I'm glad you're ambitious for him(!)

0:18:58 > 0:19:01I, I drew a blank, I'm sorry. This is why he should be in school.

0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Well, you shouldn't've volunteered if you were going to find it this hard.- I didn't volunteer.

0:19:15 > 0:19:18Maurice? Maurice!

0:19:18 > 0:19:19Maurice Scott!

0:19:19 > 0:19:22I can shout this down the high street or we can talk!

0:19:22 > 0:19:25And you might want to bear in mind I'm classically trained,

0:19:25 > 0:19:26I can project!

0:19:32 > 0:19:34It is ridiculous that you're avoiding me

0:19:34 > 0:19:36like some teenage boy who's been dumped at a disco.

0:19:36 > 0:19:38Yes. OK.

0:19:38 > 0:19:41I don't want to lose a friend cos he can't satisfy my sexual needs.

0:19:41 > 0:19:43I will never mention it again.

0:19:43 > 0:19:45At least not to you.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48Can't satisfy your sexual needs? That's not exactly what I said.

0:19:48 > 0:19:49I will move on.

0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Oh, there's a list? - That's none of your business. - And where was I on that list?

0:19:53 > 0:19:57It's irrelevant now. I'll see you for your lesson as usual.

0:19:57 > 0:19:59And we will never talk about this again.

0:20:18 > 0:20:20Come on! Can we have a go?

0:20:20 > 0:20:22Hurry up! Make up your mind!

0:20:22 > 0:20:23Joe. Come on. Come on!

0:20:23 > 0:20:24Come on!

0:20:27 > 0:20:28Come on, hurry up.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31Joe, the other children are waiting, you're spoiling it. Come on,

0:20:31 > 0:20:33let's... Joe. Joe!

0:20:36 > 0:20:39Joe! Come on! Right, come on!

0:20:40 > 0:20:42I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

0:20:44 > 0:20:46I know. I know what we can do!

0:20:46 > 0:20:47FILM SOUNDTRACK PLAYS

0:20:58 > 0:21:00THEY GIGGLE

0:21:05 > 0:21:08Joe, sit down now, sweetheart. Good lad.

0:21:08 > 0:21:09Hey, boys...

0:21:09 > 0:21:11enjoy ripping the piss out of my son,

0:21:11 > 0:21:14because that's as good as it's going to get for you two.

0:21:21 > 0:21:23PHONE VIBRATES

0:21:25 > 0:21:26FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

0:21:29 > 0:21:30I didn't ask for cake.

0:21:32 > 0:21:34I think you've lost weight.

0:21:39 > 0:21:42The speech and language therapist referral is in there

0:21:42 > 0:21:45- and a covering letter from the GP, if you need it.- Thank you.

0:21:49 > 0:21:51So, what is this really about?

0:21:52 > 0:21:54It's about Joe.

0:21:54 > 0:21:56We could've talked about Joe on the phone.

0:21:56 > 0:21:59Terrible reception in the Lakes. Anyway, this was easier.

0:22:00 > 0:22:01Not for me, it isn't.

0:22:05 > 0:22:07Oh. I'm sorry.

0:22:07 > 0:22:08Meet you and not touch you?

0:22:10 > 0:22:14- Meet you and...be what to you? I don't understand.- Michael, I...

0:22:14 > 0:22:18I can't help it. I...I've missed you.

0:22:22 > 0:22:23I missed you too.

0:22:26 > 0:22:27Well, that's good.

0:22:28 > 0:22:32Because...a job has come up in London and...

0:22:32 > 0:22:34Michael, I can't even think about that.

0:22:34 > 0:22:37Why not? Why not? PHONE VIBRATES

0:22:40 > 0:22:41HE SIGHS

0:22:44 > 0:22:46I have to get that. Sorry.

0:22:47 > 0:22:49Hello.

0:22:49 > 0:22:52Yeah. Yeah.

0:22:52 > 0:22:54Yeah, they've already been referred.

0:22:55 > 0:22:57Well, did you speak to Janine about it?

0:22:57 > 0:23:00Hi, love. Erm...just wondering how you're getting on.

0:23:00 > 0:23:03'Erm, I hope it's been a constructive day.

0:23:03 > 0:23:05'So, yeah, give me a call. Bye.'

0:23:05 > 0:23:09'Hiya, I don't know if you tried to call, but...'

0:23:09 > 0:23:14just saying hello. Hello! Bad joke.

0:23:14 > 0:23:19'Hiya, love, it's me. So, yeah. Give me a call.

0:23:19 > 0:23:20'Bye.'

0:23:23 > 0:23:25PHONE RINGS

0:23:27 > 0:23:29PHONE CONTINUES TO RING

0:23:46 > 0:23:48Yeah, that was great, wasn't it?

0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Again!- No, no, Joe. Joe, we have to go home for tea. Joe.

0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Again, again, again, again! - No, we have to go home now!

0:24:35 > 0:24:37DOORBELL RINGS

0:24:40 > 0:24:41Hiya.

0:24:41 > 0:24:42Hi.

0:24:48 > 0:24:49Oh, er, no, thanks.

0:25:10 > 0:25:12I would have preferred flowers, but...

0:25:28 > 0:25:29DOOR OPENS

0:25:29 > 0:25:31Hello? Rebecca?

0:25:31 > 0:25:33Hiya, Eddie! I won't be a minute!

0:25:38 > 0:25:41Your mum texted me, she wanted me to get you something

0:25:41 > 0:25:43healthy for what I must learn again to call your tea.

0:25:43 > 0:25:46- I know it's early, but since we've both been abandoned.- Great. Yeah!

0:25:48 > 0:25:51Oh, sorry. I didn't realise you had company.

0:25:51 > 0:25:53Hi, Mr Hughes. I'm Luke.

0:25:53 > 0:25:55It's OK. You can relax. I'm her uncle, not her dad.

0:25:55 > 0:25:56Oh, right.

0:25:56 > 0:25:59So I'll probably let you off with a warning and a kneecapping.

0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Stay there while I go and get me rifle.- What?

0:26:01 > 0:26:04He's joking. It's the family sense of humour.

0:26:04 > 0:26:05We were just doing homework.

0:26:06 > 0:26:08Right. Good. Well, that's good.

0:26:08 > 0:26:10Erm, staying for some pizza, Luke?

0:26:10 > 0:26:12No. I'd better be going.

0:26:12 > 0:26:13There's plenty.

0:26:13 > 0:26:16AND we could talk about wedding arrangements and so on.

0:26:16 > 0:26:18Ignore him. I'll see you tomorrow.

0:26:18 > 0:26:19Yeah. Nice to meet you.

0:26:37 > 0:26:39He seemed nice. Luke.

0:26:39 > 0:26:40Yeah.

0:26:40 > 0:26:44If a little physically... Was that limp of his an injury, or is it...?

0:26:44 > 0:26:46Stop it.

0:26:49 > 0:26:53I'm sorry if I was...interrupting, if you were busy.

0:26:53 > 0:26:56No. Well, don't be sorry.

0:26:56 > 0:26:57I was...

0:26:59 > 0:27:02Well, in a way, I was glad you turned up.

0:27:02 > 0:27:05He wasn't getting heavy with you, was he, like forcing anything...?

0:27:05 > 0:27:07No, no, nothing like that, no. He's lovely.

0:27:07 > 0:27:09He's one of the good ones. Not at all rapey.

0:27:11 > 0:27:13Rapey? Is that a word now?

0:27:13 > 0:27:14Inbetweeners.

0:27:14 > 0:27:15Ah.

0:27:18 > 0:27:21It's just...you know...

0:27:24 > 0:27:27God! How's your pizza?

0:27:27 > 0:27:28The pizza is as pizza always is -

0:27:28 > 0:27:30cheese on toast in a good suit.

0:27:33 > 0:27:37Rebecca, I know you want to change the subject

0:27:37 > 0:27:40and, God knows, you'd be right,

0:27:40 > 0:27:44but what I'm going to say right now...

0:27:44 > 0:27:46Er...you probably don't want to say.

0:27:46 > 0:27:48Rebecca, relax. You're 16 years of age.

0:27:48 > 0:27:51I don't need to know what you're doing and not doing.

0:27:54 > 0:27:55The condom.

0:27:57 > 0:28:00That's a good thing. I suppose.

0:28:00 > 0:28:03And I know it's none of my business, right,

0:28:03 > 0:28:04so tell me to shut up at any moment,

0:28:04 > 0:28:06but I know what it's like growing up round here.

0:28:06 > 0:28:08There's not enough to do

0:28:08 > 0:28:11and having sex seems like a good way to pass the time until you leave,

0:28:11 > 0:28:14and that's fine if that's what you want,

0:28:14 > 0:28:18but you need to be sure that's what you want.

0:28:18 > 0:28:20Just be sure that's what YOU want

0:28:20 > 0:28:23and not just because he thought it was a good idea.

0:28:25 > 0:28:26OK?

0:28:31 > 0:28:36Sex is important, it just...isn't everything.

0:28:36 > 0:28:39- DOOR OPENS - I get it! I get it!

0:28:39 > 0:28:41I really get it!

0:28:41 > 0:28:43Hiya! Where's Alison and Joe?

0:28:44 > 0:28:45Where have you been?

0:28:45 > 0:28:48Er, I was, er, up at the restaurant.

0:28:49 > 0:28:51Sorting out the kitchen.

0:28:51 > 0:28:54Called by at lunchtime, you weren't around.

0:28:54 > 0:28:55I was there.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57You're normally outside.

0:28:57 > 0:28:59Right. I was inside.

0:29:04 > 0:29:05Hey.

0:29:06 > 0:29:07Hey.

0:29:11 > 0:29:12Oh.

0:29:25 > 0:29:26Tough day?

0:29:26 > 0:29:28I feel like weeping.

0:29:29 > 0:29:30What happened?

0:29:30 > 0:29:33Just too much to think about.

0:29:33 > 0:29:37Emotionally distraught, exhausted, overwhelmed.

0:29:39 > 0:29:41That's when I make my move.

0:29:41 > 0:29:43SHE GIGGLES

0:29:46 > 0:29:49TV PLAYS

0:29:58 > 0:30:01DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

0:30:05 > 0:30:06Hiya.

0:30:06 > 0:30:08Oh, hi. You're back.

0:30:08 > 0:30:10Yeah. Long day.

0:30:41 > 0:30:42ALARM BUZZES

0:30:55 > 0:30:58- VIDEO:- 'A child with autism needs a clear structure to follow, with

0:30:58 > 0:31:00'clear targets and rewards.'

0:31:00 > 0:31:03So many cures available for autism online, it's a wonder anyone

0:31:03 > 0:31:04still has it.

0:31:04 > 0:31:08'..on the autism spectrum will not engage in the spontaneous play

0:31:08 > 0:31:11'that we see in the normally developing child.

0:31:11 > 0:31:14'We have to use encouragement to engage them.'

0:31:15 > 0:31:18You do know you can't scare his autism away, don't ya?

0:31:18 > 0:31:23Yes. I'm quite sure, if I could, I'd have done it already.

0:31:31 > 0:31:35- VIDEO:- 'It develops social bonds, awareness of other's feelings

0:31:35 > 0:31:38'and co-operation...'

0:31:51 > 0:31:53MUSIC PLAYS FROM HEADPHONES

0:31:53 > 0:31:54Mozart?

0:32:03 > 0:32:06OK. This is what we're going to do.

0:32:06 > 0:32:08Ten minutes.

0:32:08 > 0:32:11Ten minutes, no music.

0:32:11 > 0:32:15So, we...we read a book.

0:32:17 > 0:32:21Or if you don't want to do that,

0:32:21 > 0:32:23do some colouring in, or that Lego

0:32:23 > 0:32:25you got for your birthday. Just ten minutes.

0:32:28 > 0:32:29I'm going to use the timer.

0:32:29 > 0:32:31I'm going to use the timer.

0:32:31 > 0:32:36Exactly. Exactly! How hard can it be?

0:32:37 > 0:32:40Good lad. Just ten minutes.

0:32:42 > 0:32:43TIMER WHIRS

0:32:59 > 0:33:00TIMER WHIRS

0:33:21 > 0:33:22MUSIC PLAYS

0:33:24 > 0:33:25Mozart!

0:33:31 > 0:33:32Joe!

0:33:34 > 0:33:36Joe, turn it off!

0:33:36 > 0:33:39# ..I think I'd better leave right now... #

0:33:39 > 0:33:40Joe, turn it off.

0:33:40 > 0:33:42# ..Before I fall any deeper

0:33:42 > 0:33:44# I think I'd better leave right now... #

0:33:44 > 0:33:46Joe, turn it off.

0:33:46 > 0:33:48# ..Feeling weaker and weaker... #

0:33:48 > 0:33:49Joe. Turn it off.

0:33:49 > 0:33:53# ..Somebody better show me how Before I fall any deeper... #

0:33:53 > 0:33:55MUSIC STOPS

0:33:55 > 0:33:58- Music! Music! Music!- Hey, hey. Joe, no, no, no. No.

0:33:58 > 0:34:00Music! Music! Music! Music! Music! Music! Music!

0:34:00 > 0:34:02Joe! Joe, look, listen, listen.

0:34:02 > 0:34:05Just five minutes and then, you get your music back. OK?

0:34:05 > 0:34:07TIMER WHIRS

0:34:07 > 0:34:10Music! Music! Music!

0:34:10 > 0:34:11Music! Music!

0:34:11 > 0:34:14Music! Music! Music! Music!

0:34:14 > 0:34:16Music!

0:34:16 > 0:34:19Music! Music! Music! Music! Music! Music! Music! Music!

0:34:19 > 0:34:23- Hey, hey. Listen. Mozart.- Music! - Listen, Mozart.

0:34:23 > 0:34:26Oi! Hey, hey, calm down. Calm down! Listen. Listen!

0:34:26 > 0:34:28- Mozart. Listen.- Music! Music!

0:34:28 > 0:34:33OK, listen, Daddy's just being silly. Here we go.

0:34:33 > 0:34:36- Hey, music!- Music! Music! Music!

0:34:36 > 0:34:40MUSIC STARTS: The Story Of The Blues (Part 1) by The Mighty Wah!

0:34:40 > 0:34:44Hey, The Mighty Wah! What could be better than that?

0:34:44 > 0:34:46Hm?

0:34:46 > 0:34:53# Here in my pocket I got the story of the blues... #

0:34:53 > 0:34:54Yeah?

0:34:54 > 0:34:58# ..Tried to believe me cos... #

0:34:58 > 0:35:01Story Of The Blues, Part One, by Wah!

0:35:01 > 0:35:05Written by...Pete Wylie, 1982.

0:35:07 > 0:35:08Good lad.

0:35:08 > 0:35:10MUSIC CONTINUES

0:35:18 > 0:35:20I thought he was supposed to be an expert.

0:35:20 > 0:35:24He is. And he agrees with the diagnosis, so perhaps...

0:35:24 > 0:35:26Perhaps they're all wrong.

0:35:26 > 0:35:29Autism isn't Joe's biggest problem, Alison,

0:35:29 > 0:35:30it's the consequences of it -

0:35:30 > 0:35:34his ability to make relationships. That includes you, by the way.

0:35:34 > 0:35:36Oh, don't worry about that. We have a great relationship.

0:35:36 > 0:35:38Good.

0:35:38 > 0:35:41But it might never be the relationship you imagined

0:35:41 > 0:35:43having with your son and you are allowed to mourn that.

0:35:43 > 0:35:46Is this you talking now, or Saint Michael?

0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Does it matter? - No, not really.

0:35:48 > 0:35:51It's just one of you's full of shit and I'm wondering which one.

0:35:51 > 0:35:52Alison, I...

0:35:52 > 0:35:53Look, I just need advice.

0:35:53 > 0:35:56Practical advice about the home schooling, that's it.

0:35:56 > 0:36:00- I don't need Thought For The Day. All right?- OK.

0:36:01 > 0:36:04He's recommended a speech therapist and he thinks that the more

0:36:04 > 0:36:08peers he encounters, at Cubs, at sports clubs, at school...

0:36:08 > 0:36:11What if the peers he encounters take the piss or bully him?

0:36:11 > 0:36:14I'm not sure social isolation is a cure for social isolation.

0:36:16 > 0:36:19Was it tough for you seeing Michael again?

0:36:19 > 0:36:21Yeah.

0:36:21 > 0:36:22He's obviously very persuasive.

0:36:22 > 0:36:25You know from personal experience how persuasive he is.

0:36:25 > 0:36:27Are you saying that because I fucked Michael that I've lost

0:36:27 > 0:36:30my critical faculties when it comes to judging him as a paediatrician?

0:36:30 > 0:36:33Because I don't think that's true. Or fair.

0:36:33 > 0:36:35You're very direct.

0:36:35 > 0:36:38And you're very fierce. Which is good.

0:36:38 > 0:36:39You're going to need to be.

0:36:42 > 0:36:44IPOD REWINDS SONG

0:36:44 > 0:36:45DOOR OPENS

0:36:46 > 0:36:48# ..Here in my pocket

0:36:48 > 0:36:52# I got the story of the blues... #

0:36:52 > 0:36:56Again. # ..Try to believe it... #

0:36:59 > 0:37:01Has he been listening to music all day?

0:37:03 > 0:37:05No, not all day, no.

0:37:05 > 0:37:07He took some time out to trash the living room,

0:37:07 > 0:37:09because he loves home schooling so much.

0:37:12 > 0:37:15No, no, no. No, you have to hoover for half an hour

0:37:15 > 0:37:18- and then I might let you have a glass.- Don't be a dick.

0:37:18 > 0:37:21No, no, no, no, I'm applying behavioural analysis, just like I did with Joe.

0:37:21 > 0:37:23No, you're not.

0:37:23 > 0:37:25Half an hour and then, you get to have a drink.

0:37:25 > 0:37:27- Do you think I've got a drink problem?- No.

0:37:27 > 0:37:31I'm just trying to give you some idea of what it feels like for him.

0:37:31 > 0:37:33It's not my behaviour that needs to change.

0:37:33 > 0:37:34Isn't it?

0:37:34 > 0:37:36Hi, guys.

0:37:36 > 0:37:38I'm not the one that's locked in my own world.

0:37:38 > 0:37:40- He needs help. - No, I don't doubt that.

0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Hello, there!- I'm just saying,

0:37:42 > 0:37:46I don't think that this is the kind of help that he needs, OK?

0:37:46 > 0:37:49I think there are other ways. There are other schools.

0:37:49 > 0:37:53A kid came into school today with a gun and blew half the class away.

0:37:53 > 0:37:54Yeah.

0:37:54 > 0:37:57I've had some ideas. I've looked into this.

0:37:57 > 0:37:58I'm taking Joe out.

0:37:58 > 0:38:00Anything's got to be better than this.

0:38:00 > 0:38:02Joe, do you want to go on the swings?

0:38:02 > 0:38:04Just give it a chance. It was always going to be tough,

0:38:04 > 0:38:06- you can't give up after one day. - Come on.

0:38:06 > 0:38:10There are schools better suited to his needs. Special schools.

0:38:10 > 0:38:14A special school? Have you any idea what that would mean?

0:38:14 > 0:38:16I do, yeah.

0:38:17 > 0:38:19I went there yesterday.

0:38:21 > 0:38:23You seriously went and looked at this?

0:38:23 > 0:38:26I did, yeah. And do you know what? I thought it was OK.

0:38:26 > 0:38:29I thought it was lovely. I thought the people were nice and kind.

0:38:30 > 0:38:35Mm-hm. Right, yeah, until he's 18 and he finds out the world isn't all

0:38:35 > 0:38:37soft play areas and kindly teaching assistants!

0:38:37 > 0:38:40I'm not saying that's it's perfect.

0:38:40 > 0:38:43I'm just saying that it's better than what we could give him.

0:38:59 > 0:39:02- What do you think?- Are you mad?

0:39:03 > 0:39:06What kind of role models are in this school? It's kids with autism.

0:39:06 > 0:39:09He's a great mimic. He'll come out more autistic than when he went in!

0:39:09 > 0:39:11I thought we weren't using that word!

0:39:11 > 0:39:14Don't pick on the language, you know exactly what I'm getting at.

0:39:14 > 0:39:17You wanted me to do something, so I'm doing something!

0:39:17 > 0:39:20# Well, they might wear classic Reeboks

0:39:20 > 0:39:22# Or knackered Converse

0:39:22 > 0:39:25# Or tracky bottoms tucked in socks

0:39:25 > 0:39:27# No, that's what the point is not

0:39:27 > 0:39:30# The point's that there ain't no romance around there

0:39:30 > 0:39:34BOTH: # And there's the truth that they can't see

0:39:34 > 0:39:37# They'd probably like to throw a punch at me

0:39:37 > 0:39:41# And if you could only see 'em Then you would agree

0:39:41 > 0:39:44# Agree that there ain't no romance around there

0:39:44 > 0:39:46# You know

0:39:46 > 0:39:48# Oh, it's a funny thing You know

0:39:48 > 0:39:50# We'll tell 'em if you like

0:39:50 > 0:39:52# We'll tell 'em all tonight

0:39:52 > 0:39:53# They'll never listen

0:39:53 > 0:39:55# Because their minds are made up

0:39:55 > 0:39:58# And of course it's all OK to carry on that way... #

0:40:00 > 0:40:02MUSIC CONTINUES IN HEADPHONES

0:40:13 > 0:40:15How was it, then?

0:40:16 > 0:40:17Seeing him again?

0:40:18 > 0:40:19Your friend?

0:40:22 > 0:40:23Strange.

0:40:24 > 0:40:27Of all the paediatric departments in all

0:40:27 > 0:40:30the hospitals in all the world, you had to walk into his.

0:40:30 > 0:40:32We met at a cafe, not the hospital.

0:40:32 > 0:40:33It was a joke.

0:40:35 > 0:40:38And you still wish you worked at the hospital?

0:40:38 > 0:40:40I had a job that I loved and colleagues who valued me,

0:40:40 > 0:40:42so, yeah, yeah, I do.

0:40:45 > 0:40:48And did you still get on when you talked?

0:40:51 > 0:40:53Yeah, of course.

0:40:54 > 0:40:56Not awkward at all?

0:40:58 > 0:40:59No.

0:41:02 > 0:41:03And...

0:41:05 > 0:41:06..did you still fancy him?

0:41:08 > 0:41:10Yeah.

0:41:15 > 0:41:16Great(!)

0:41:18 > 0:41:19Thank you.

0:41:20 > 0:41:24- What? - Why couldn't you just lie? For me?

0:41:24 > 0:41:29Hm? Why couldn't you just do that for once?

0:41:29 > 0:41:30I can't lie.

0:41:30 > 0:41:33You can. And you did.

0:41:36 > 0:41:41Isn't it better...that I told you that I fancied him,

0:41:41 > 0:41:43but that I came home to you?

0:41:43 > 0:41:47That, yeah, I was tempted, but I didn't do anything about it,

0:41:47 > 0:41:50because it's you that I love and it's you that I want to

0:41:50 > 0:41:52be in a relationship with, you that I want to have sex with!

0:41:52 > 0:41:55No! Not really.

0:41:55 > 0:41:57You told me to go and see him!

0:41:57 > 0:42:01You told me to go and see him for them!

0:42:01 > 0:42:05You could have said no, couldn't you?

0:42:06 > 0:42:08DOORBELL RINGS

0:42:13 > 0:42:16Do you fancy hitting a wall very hard with

0:42:16 > 0:42:18a hammer for a couple of hours?

0:42:20 > 0:42:22How did you guess?

0:42:22 > 0:42:23MUSIC: New Rose by The Damned

0:42:29 > 0:42:30One, two, three.

0:42:30 > 0:42:32That's it.

0:42:39 > 0:42:41# I got a feeling inside of me

0:42:42 > 0:42:44# It's kind of strange like a stormy sea

0:42:44 > 0:42:47# I don't know why I don't know why

0:42:47 > 0:42:49# I guess these things have gotta be... #

0:42:49 > 0:42:51Still on schedule?

0:42:52 > 0:42:54More or less, yeah.

0:42:55 > 0:42:57One or two of the suppliers are getting a bit tetchy.

0:42:58 > 0:43:00Saying they're going to come back

0:43:00 > 0:43:03- and take stuff that they've delivered.- Like what?

0:43:03 > 0:43:07Well, plasterboard for a start, but it's going to be pretty hard to

0:43:07 > 0:43:10shift now that it's nailed to the wall, isn't it?

0:43:17 > 0:43:21So, this...Michael thing.

0:43:21 > 0:43:23There is no Michael thing.

0:43:23 > 0:43:26Let's talk about the restaurant thing.

0:43:26 > 0:43:30What do you want to know? It's already 20 grand over budget.

0:43:30 > 0:43:32I've got the second wave of electrics to come,

0:43:32 > 0:43:35I've got to pay for the doors that open out onto the deck, but I can't

0:43:35 > 0:43:38afford the deck, and I'm doing my own labouring.

0:43:42 > 0:43:43But it's all mine.

0:43:45 > 0:43:48And it's everything I've ever wanted.

0:43:48 > 0:43:50Sounds like a metaphor for something.

0:43:51 > 0:43:54Everything always reminds you of something else, innit?

0:43:54 > 0:43:56Yeah.

0:43:56 > 0:43:57And it's usually Michael.

0:44:08 > 0:44:10I would have referred him without you consulting a specialist.

0:44:10 > 0:44:12The family were worried about you.

0:44:12 > 0:44:15Thought you were obstructive about the hearing test a few months ago.

0:44:15 > 0:44:17He doesn't have a hearing problem, does he?

0:44:17 > 0:44:21No. As you can see, it's a different kind of problem altogether.

0:44:21 > 0:44:25I do have the authority to refer children to paediatricians.

0:44:25 > 0:44:28I think they just thought they needed to see a real expert

0:44:28 > 0:44:30as soon as they could.

0:44:30 > 0:44:31Well, thank goodness a little bit

0:44:31 > 0:44:33of London expertise has come to us(!)

0:44:37 > 0:44:40Pity you're too chippy to take advantage of it.

0:44:46 > 0:44:49- Joe still off school? - Er, yeah.

0:44:49 > 0:44:54Erm, he's... Oh, do you know what, I didn't want to say,

0:44:54 > 0:44:56but he's actually on a gifted and talented project.

0:44:56 > 0:44:59- Oh?- Yeah. School suggested it. It's just for a couple of months.

0:44:59 > 0:45:01It's, erm, a pilot scheme.

0:45:01 > 0:45:04Gifted and talented project? Really? I didn't hear about that.

0:45:04 > 0:45:07Oh, I think, erm, it was on a need-to-know basis.

0:45:07 > 0:45:11Just didn't want the other kids to get demoralised, you know.

0:45:13 > 0:45:14Right.

0:45:15 > 0:45:16Thanks.

0:45:16 > 0:45:20HAMMERING

0:45:27 > 0:45:29It'll just be for a couple of hours, I promise.

0:45:29 > 0:45:31He can't hang around on a building site.

0:45:31 > 0:45:33Did the timetable break down already?

0:45:33 > 0:45:35Want me to take a look at it? Systems analysis?

0:45:35 > 0:45:37Please, Eddie. Do you mind?

0:45:37 > 0:45:41It's another of those questions that aren't really questions, isn't it?

0:45:52 > 0:45:54Hi, Maya...

0:45:55 > 0:45:56Thank you.

0:46:10 > 0:46:11Ta-ra.

0:46:23 > 0:46:28OK, balloons. What colours you want to choose?

0:46:28 > 0:46:30Pink and red?

0:46:30 > 0:46:31OK.

0:46:31 > 0:46:33- Hi.- Hi.

0:46:34 > 0:46:35Maybe a bit of orange here?

0:46:35 > 0:46:39Yes? No, you prefer pink.

0:46:40 > 0:46:42You OK?

0:46:42 > 0:46:44Yeah. And you?

0:46:45 > 0:46:46Yeah.

0:46:48 > 0:46:51OK. Let's continue with this one, hm?

0:47:01 > 0:47:03Er, what's going on?

0:47:05 > 0:47:08Hello to you, too. How was your day?

0:47:08 > 0:47:10When did we hire Maya?

0:47:10 > 0:47:14We didn't hire Maya. We needed a baby-sitter for a few hours.

0:47:14 > 0:47:17- We know her. She's lovely. - 30 quid's worth.

0:47:17 > 0:47:21I'd rather spend the money than have him on the roof of a building site waving a nail gun.

0:47:21 > 0:47:23You saw how busy I was at the diner.

0:47:24 > 0:47:27Great. Now we have passive aggressive cookery for beginners.

0:47:27 > 0:47:31So the brewery can't afford Maya, but we can.

0:47:31 > 0:47:33It's one afternoon. Cash in hand.

0:47:35 > 0:47:39Three days in to your timetable and we've already hired staff.

0:47:41 > 0:47:43- What are we, Downton Abbey? - It was a one-off.

0:47:43 > 0:47:47Till when? Till the next time that your timetable breaks down?

0:47:47 > 0:47:50- You've already sacked Maurice! - Here, come on, Joe. Bath time, love.

0:47:50 > 0:47:51Good lad! Let's go.

0:48:30 > 0:48:31ENGINE STARTS

0:49:06 > 0:49:08What was that for?

0:49:08 > 0:49:10For being as sane as you are when you come from such

0:49:10 > 0:49:12a pathological family.

0:49:12 > 0:49:13It's a pretty low standard.

0:49:13 > 0:49:15No, I mean it. You're a miracle.

0:49:35 > 0:49:37THEY LAUGH

0:49:37 > 0:49:38Get a cushion!

0:49:38 > 0:49:39DOORBELL RINGS

0:49:41 > 0:49:42Ignore it.

0:49:44 > 0:49:45Don't answer it.

0:49:51 > 0:49:52DOORBELL RINGS

0:49:55 > 0:49:56DOORBELL RINGS CONTINUOUSLY

0:49:56 > 0:49:57HE SIGHS

0:50:03 > 0:50:04DOORBELL RINGS

0:50:09 > 0:50:11Sorry to disturb you.

0:50:11 > 0:50:14If you were sorry to disturb me, you might have stopped ringing the bell.

0:50:14 > 0:50:15Keys.

0:50:15 > 0:50:16Keys?

0:50:16 > 0:50:19We open at eight. First person in washes the floor.

0:50:19 > 0:50:21- You start in a week. - Why in a week?

0:50:21 > 0:50:24I have to interview the other candidates before deciding on you.

0:50:30 > 0:50:31What a prick.

0:50:32 > 0:50:35A prick who seems to have just given you a job.

0:50:43 > 0:50:45ALARM BUZZES

0:50:54 > 0:50:55ALARM STOPS

0:51:03 > 0:51:05MUSIC: World Shut Your Mouth by Julian Cope

0:51:07 > 0:51:09# She's flying in the face of fashion now

0:51:09 > 0:51:12# Seems to have a will of her own... #

0:51:12 > 0:51:14REWINDS SONG

0:51:16 > 0:51:19# She's flying in the face of fashion now

0:51:19 > 0:51:22# Seems to have a will of her own... #

0:51:22 > 0:51:24REWINDS SONG

0:51:25 > 0:51:28# She's flying in the face of fashion now

0:51:28 > 0:51:31# Seems to have a will of her own... #

0:51:31 > 0:51:33REWINDS SONG

0:51:35 > 0:51:37# She's flying in the face of fashion now

0:51:37 > 0:51:39# Seems to have a will... #

0:51:46 > 0:51:47You're up early.

0:51:50 > 0:51:52What's with the face like a herbal remedy?

0:51:58 > 0:52:00Here you are.

0:52:07 > 0:52:08HORN TOOTS

0:52:16 > 0:52:17DOORBELL RINGS

0:52:23 > 0:52:25Did Joe come round to yours this morning?

0:52:25 > 0:52:27Joe, no?

0:52:27 > 0:52:30Dad? Dad? Did Joe come over to you this morning?

0:52:31 > 0:52:33Dad? You're breaking up, Dad.

0:52:33 > 0:52:34Dad?

0:52:34 > 0:52:36Joe!

0:52:36 > 0:52:37Joe!

0:52:37 > 0:52:39Joe!

0:52:39 > 0:52:40Joe!

0:52:40 > 0:52:41Joe!

0:52:42 > 0:52:45All right, listen, nobody panic just yet. Let's, erm...

0:52:45 > 0:52:47- Bloody signal!- Here.

0:52:47 > 0:52:48Let's just follow his walk route.

0:52:48 > 0:52:53It's OK, guys. It's OK. Maya just texted. He's with Maya.

0:52:53 > 0:52:55She'll stay with him till we get there.

0:52:55 > 0:52:57Stay...stay with him where?

0:53:00 > 0:53:01VEHICLE APPROACHES

0:53:05 > 0:53:06Joe?

0:53:08 > 0:53:10What are you doing here?

0:53:10 > 0:53:12- Thank you. Thank you so much. - Yeah. Thank you.

0:53:12 > 0:53:15Yes, I was on the way to the shop when I saw him standing here

0:53:15 > 0:53:19and it was so early. I just thought that seemed strange.

0:53:20 > 0:53:22Hey, what were you doing, Mozart?

0:53:22 > 0:53:24It's school.

0:53:24 > 0:53:26But we're not coming to school at the moment, Joe.

0:53:26 > 0:53:27Do you remember?

0:53:27 > 0:53:30Hm. Let me think.

0:53:34 > 0:53:36No.

0:53:36 > 0:53:38Do you want to come home and have some breakfast?

0:53:38 > 0:53:40It's school.

0:53:41 > 0:53:44There's eggy bread. How about that?

0:53:46 > 0:53:48There's eggy bread, if you're quick,

0:53:48 > 0:53:51and there's honey and toast,

0:53:51 > 0:53:53and then we can do all kinds of cool things.

0:53:53 > 0:53:55- You can come to school, Mozart. - Hey, hang on a minute.

0:53:55 > 0:53:57He wants to come to school. Could he make it any clearer?

0:53:57 > 0:53:58Come on.

0:54:16 > 0:54:18Bye.

0:54:18 > 0:54:19Bye.

0:54:29 > 0:54:30Thank you.

0:55:04 > 0:55:05How much is he asking?

0:55:05 > 0:55:07More than you can afford, Terry.

0:55:07 > 0:55:09On these wages that doesn't surprise me.

0:55:13 > 0:55:16Hey, what's with the sign?

0:55:16 > 0:55:19It says, "For Sale". I thought I was the dyslexic one.

0:55:19 > 0:55:22Yeah, but Joe's going to school. I don't have to give up work,

0:55:22 > 0:55:24so maybe we're not going to be as strapped as we thought we were.

0:55:24 > 0:55:27Do you really think he's going to get all the help that he needs at school?

0:55:27 > 0:55:30Have you any idea how hard it's going to be?

0:55:30 > 0:55:33How much...time and energy that it's going to take?

0:55:35 > 0:55:38Yeah, we need the extra help. And advice, Alison.

0:55:38 > 0:55:41And if that little pantomime at the school gates this morning

0:55:41 > 0:55:43proved anything, it proved that.

0:55:43 > 0:55:45Yeah, exactly, and to pay for it,

0:55:45 > 0:55:48we're going to need this place to work.

0:55:48 > 0:55:49No.

0:55:50 > 0:55:52No, I've decided.

0:55:52 > 0:55:54It's for the best.

0:55:54 > 0:55:56Do I not even get a say in this?

0:55:56 > 0:55:58Oh, right, so we're consulting each other

0:55:58 > 0:56:00about the big decisions in our lives now, are we?

0:56:00 > 0:56:02That's news to me.

0:56:02 > 0:56:05Right, OK, so it's not the money, it's petulance.

0:56:05 > 0:56:08You take him out of school without asking me.

0:56:08 > 0:56:11You do a timetable. You send Nicola to talk to Michael.

0:56:11 > 0:56:13You take on Maya without asking me.

0:56:13 > 0:56:15You weren't even going to let him go to school

0:56:15 > 0:56:17when it was clearly what he wanted!

0:56:17 > 0:56:21It doesn't matter to you, Alison, if it's the right decision or not,

0:56:21 > 0:56:23as long as it's your decision.

0:56:25 > 0:56:26I love you, Paul,

0:56:26 > 0:56:29but sometimes you are so full of shit. This is about Joe!

0:56:29 > 0:56:30It's not about me!

0:56:30 > 0:56:33Is it? Is it really?

0:56:33 > 0:56:35Do you know why I think you took him out of school?

0:56:35 > 0:56:39Because I love him and I don't want him to be a condition!

0:56:39 > 0:56:42Because you don't want anyone to know, because you are ashamed.

0:56:45 > 0:56:49You think I'm ashamed of my own son?

0:56:49 > 0:56:52Of Joe. Of yourself, for not spotting it sooner.

0:56:52 > 0:56:54Of us, for having him.

0:56:54 > 0:56:57Of me and, finally, just to round things off...

0:56:59 > 0:57:02..you're ashamed for being ashamed in the first place.

0:57:02 > 0:57:05- Oh, right. Cos you're so fucking OK with it, aren't you?- NO, I'M NOT!

0:57:07 > 0:57:09Not one bit!

0:57:09 > 0:57:11And that's why I can see it in you.

0:57:19 > 0:57:21It's not much fun, is it?

0:57:24 > 0:57:26It's not what you want to be, is it?

0:57:33 > 0:57:35No, don't. If you want to sell it, sell it.

0:57:35 > 0:57:37Just don't go round telling yourself it's for Joe.

0:57:54 > 0:57:56The speech therapist arrives today.

0:57:56 > 0:57:58Oh, my God, Margaret. How long's it been?

0:57:58 > 0:57:5916 years.

0:57:59 > 0:58:02It's lovely of you to drop in, but I've got a potential buyer coming...

0:58:02 > 0:58:04I know. It's me.

0:58:04 > 0:58:06I think he's overdue a camomile tea.

0:58:06 > 0:58:07Two-bag job by the look of it.

0:58:07 > 0:58:11I don't want to label him at such a young age. It's like he's failed before he's even begun.

0:58:11 > 0:58:12Yay!

0:58:12 > 0:58:14'What if I want to take care of Joe? His dad, my own son.'

0:58:14 > 0:58:17I'm going to put reserved notices on the front-row seats.

0:58:17 > 0:58:18Are you listening?

0:58:19 > 0:58:22'When I turned you down, the other day, perhaps I should re-consider.'

0:58:22 > 0:58:25Are you re-considering or saying you'd like to sleep with me?

0:58:25 > 0:58:29- Where are you going?- I'm not sure I can do any of this, it's beyond me. - Before you've even tried?