0:00:02 > 0:00:04The gap between Joe and the other kids is growing. He's different.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07The question is whether Joe can handle this school any more.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08Dad, I have a new life in Manchester.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10New maybe. I doubt it's a life.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13I'm not going to leave till I've got you two back together again.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Guess what? We're engaged!
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Let him do the interview but please, Maurice, don't give him the job.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20OK, OK.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22We're going to find a school for him that's a bit more specialist.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25We've always needed other people. You saw that before I did.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26I know. I just...
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I feel like I'm losing my boy.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40# For knowing that someone in this world
0:00:40 > 0:00:45# Feels as desperate as me, and what you give is what you get. #
0:00:45 > 0:00:47ALARM BEEPS
0:00:47 > 0:00:50MUSIC: Start! by The Jam
0:00:55 > 0:00:59# It doesn't matter if we never meet again
0:00:59 > 0:01:02# What we have said will always remain
0:01:02 > 0:01:06# If we get through for two minutes only
0:01:06 > 0:01:08# It will be a start! #
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Joe...
0:01:11 > 0:01:13We can't do this today, mate.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15We've got a long car ride, haven't we?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17But there will be music. OK?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Come on.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Oh, Joe. No. No. No. No. No!
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I laid your new uniform out on your bed.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! We don't have time!
0:01:34 > 0:01:35It's only a sweatshirt, Paul.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Right, well, I'll get it. Get him in the car!- OK.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Hiya, Joe. Bet you're excited, eh?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Meeting all your new mates!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46No fuss, Dad. The whole idea is it's just a normal day.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Not making a big deal.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50A normal day? First day at a special school?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52It's not a special school.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55It's a specialist base at a mainstream primary.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Best of both worlds.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00If a school's named after a tree, people are going to join the dots.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01That's all I'm saying.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- We don't want to make him anxious. All right?- Oh. Right. How's that going?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11It's just an acquaint day, to settle him in.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15They settled me in at Keswick Tech with a Chinese burn and a dead leg.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17See ya, Maurice.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Right...
0:02:30 > 0:02:31HORN BEEPS
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Morning, Mary Poppins.- Not funny.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Music walk, then school.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45No, not, today, mate, that's changed.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Remember? We talked about it.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Music walk.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I do it. Then school.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56We're in a bit of a rush, love.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58No! No! Joe! Joe! Leave the door.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Eh! Eh! Eh!- Leave the door, Joe.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Pull over.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11# And what you give is what you get
0:03:15 > 0:03:17# And what you give is what you get. #
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Morning.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Just one thing.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39It's not the way to school.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43It's not...the way...to my...school.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Do you remember, love?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47We showed you.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50It's going to be new. And it's going to be a bit strange for a while.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54It's not the way to my school.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57It's not the way to school.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58I promise you it is, mate.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Just one thing - it's not the way to my school.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04# Strange Little Girl, where are you going? #
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Just one thing.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08It's not the way to my school.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11# Strange Little Girl, where are you going? #
0:04:11 > 0:04:13We're going to have to do the book again.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21There's Mrs Hankin. And then you at your old school.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And then this is your new school.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Can you remember what that one's called?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Can I remember what it's called?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Come on, that doesn't count as an answer.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Remember the name of your new school?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Germ Free Adolescents.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40I wish!
0:04:40 > 0:04:43X-Ray Spex. 1978.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47The name of your new school is...?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Let me see now...
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Pear Tree Primary.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59My today school.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Mm-hmm, that's right.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03It's a school where you'll get a bit more help with the things you find hard.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07And there'll be other children that find things a bit difficult too.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I do like it, don't I?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15You will like it. Yeah. I'm sure you will.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Good luck.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37So, Ralph. Why do you want to stop being a lollipop man?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39I've got plans. I want to meet people.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I think you'd meet more people as a lollipop man than you will here.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45All I can offer is me and the Chuckle Brothers.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Do you have any interest in brewing?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53No, not really.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Well, that's good too.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I don't want some home-brew amateur dipping his immersion coil in my mash tun.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06All I want is someone clean, punctual and hard-working.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Yeah. Me too.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15You know, er, your mum won't like you working here, don't you?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Got nothing to do with her.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20No. No. No, I don't suppose it has.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Arms through.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Good lad. Bobby Dazzler.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43OK, just take your arms out.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45That's it. No, we'll just spin it round.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Joe? Not the whole thing.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- All right, OK!- Just calm down.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I am calm. Aren't we, Joe?
0:06:55 > 0:06:56There we go! Arms through.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Hello.- Oh!
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Hello, Joe.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Sorry we're a bit late.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06It's fine. Joe? You ready to come through?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Like that. Watch.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Good morning, Joe.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43What do you think, Joe? Where do you think that might go?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- TEACHER AND BOYS:- Get ready to throw.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59It's one, two, three...
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Into the river they go!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Would you rather do the tweezers, Lucy?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09So, what you thinking?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11That the scallops I had last night were off.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13And?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15That he fits right in.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21He was nervous. And they were handling it.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23There were kids more autistic than him in there.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27He's not going to start copying other kids, Paul.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29He's got his own rituals to be getting on with.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31That's half the problem, isn't it?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33And it's still a mainstream school.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- They do music and PE in the afternoon.- Can we just do one thing?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Can we stop pretending that it's normal?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Right, he's here and we chose to send him here.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43But can we stop pretending that it's...
0:09:43 > 0:09:45that it's not just a bit weird?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47DOOR BURSTS OPEN
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Yes!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58At least it wasn't Joe.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59HE GROANS
0:10:28 > 0:10:31So, all the other kids'll come out in a minute
0:10:31 > 0:10:33- and then it all gets a bit more mixed, you know.- Right.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- It's only his first day. He's doing really well.- Yeah.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Mr Joe's Grandad? Joe has left, I'm afraid.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10What?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Joe left this school. He needed extra help.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14He doesn't need picking up anymore.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15I know that.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17My grandad gets confused too.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20One time he came to pick me up in his slippers.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Then the doctor asked him who the Prime Minister was.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26He said, "I don't know, but they're making a right mess of it."
0:11:28 > 0:11:30What's it like, then, without Joe?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It's better and also worse at the same time.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Yeah. I think you're right.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Can you find your way home?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38I think so.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Thanks, son.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Day one done and dusted, mate.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52When we get home you can have an ice cream the size of your head.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53How about that?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57School. Playground. Home.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59No, no, not from your new school.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01We need to get home, don't we?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02It's a bit of a drive.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04After school it's playground.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09This is my new school and new playground.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10We can't go to a playground, Joe.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Joe, you know your new school?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Did you like it?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I felt fizzy.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Well, fizzy's OK.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It was good, good, good.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37And tomorrow is my school again.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38My real school.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42At home.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I don't need a wee, do I?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54You know what he's like with new things.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57He'll get used to it. And we will too.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Do you remember when he wouldn't sleep?
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Do you remember?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Yeah.- Three months. Six months. A year.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14And you said, "We're just going to shut the door and let him cry.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18"Because the first responsibility as a parent is to your own sanity."
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- I said that, did I?- Yeah.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Bit late for that.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25No, you know what I mean. What if...?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Maybe it's just too big a change for him.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- It's day one, Paul.- Exactly.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Which means we can change our minds.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Have you done up your fly?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Top lad.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Top outdoor weeing.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Look.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50He's this family's North Star. We follow him.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51That's how it has to be.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Something had to change.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57That's not the North Star. It's a plane.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Bye, love.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11I liked my new school, didn't I?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Let's get you to bed, eh?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Right, come on.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43How was it? Did Joe settle in?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Fine. Yeah, it was fine.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Is your boyfriend the barman or a customer? Only he's confusing me.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54You coming to our leaving party, Gary?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56As long as you promise to actually leave, yeah.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Erm, I am so sorry, Paul. It's a one-off.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06His taxi never came and I didn't want to let you down.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08It's fine. It's not a problem.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Thank you.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Mark? You hungry, mate?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I'm going to make myself a sandwich. Do you want one?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Mark?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Yes, please.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Good lad. I haven't eaten all day.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27So how was it, really? Was there a runner?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28How'd you know?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31There always is. Mark used to be the runner.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35He hailed a taxi one time and got as far as Kendal.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37It'll all work out, you know.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Yeah. People keep telling me that.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Well, there's people. And then there's me.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43And it's going to be all right.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Hi, honey, I'm home!
0:15:52 > 0:15:56I haven't changed your sheets. You only stayed two days last week.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58I brought my own duvet.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01My old Ninja Turtles cover wasn't doing it for me anymore.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Frowning at it won't make it boil any faster, you know.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09You all right?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Ralph stormed the interview for the brewery job.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Oh, that's good, isn't it?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16The only other candidate is Dipso Billy from the Rising Sun.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Bet he's got a great palate. Sounds like Ralph's your man.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23His mum, Louise - she's asked me not to give him the job.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26She won't say why but knowing her she'll have a good reason.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30And have you asked Dipso Billy's mum if she thinks he should take the job?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31It's not the same.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35If Ralph's the best man for the job, then give him the job.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38That's how it works, isn't it? Unless you're Roy Hodgson.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45What's for afters?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Choc ice. One each.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12ALARM BEEPS
0:17:12 > 0:17:15MUSIC: You've Got My Number by The Undertones
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- See ya later.- Bye.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Good luck.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Morning.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Morning, Ralph. You don't start for another hour, you know.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Your mam say anything about your job?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03No.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08We'll start with you making us a brew and we'll go from there, eh?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY
0:18:25 > 0:18:27It's not gone mouldy, has it?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Oh, no, love, it'll just be the battery.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Never mind.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38MUSIC ON CAR STEREO: Getaway by Blossoms
0:18:38 > 0:18:42# Your room, I leave wide door open for me
0:18:43 > 0:18:45# Dead leaves upon the grass
0:18:45 > 0:18:49# I walk myself clean through 70 dreams
0:18:50 > 0:18:53# We broke like a paper seam
0:18:53 > 0:18:56# But when it breaks, don't cry
0:18:56 > 0:18:59# I'll always hold some place for you
0:18:59 > 0:19:03# I'm over you, get under me
0:19:03 > 0:19:05# This is the last time
0:19:05 > 0:19:07# Don't say it's the last time
0:19:07 > 0:19:10# Call me up, you've got me choking up
0:19:10 > 0:19:14# If we're in love, tonight we can get away... #
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Right, time to go, love. Don't want to be late.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Till the end.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26OK.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29# Tonight we can get away... #
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Stockport's finest there, taking us up to the traffic news, unless
0:19:36 > 0:19:39you're on the A6, in which case you already know you're not moving.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Later on, we'll have our...
0:19:41 > 0:19:42RADIO SWITCHES OFF
0:19:47 > 0:19:49OK?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Again.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53You can't have it again, Joe. It was on the radio.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54I want the song.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58You can't do it now, Joe.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Look, how did it go again? Can you remember?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Joe, we need to go to school.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06I want the song again.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09It was... It was the radio, love. It's not your iPod.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I want the song again. I know I can't.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12I want the song again.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Joe, come on.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Hi, Joe. Are you ready?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I want the song. What was the song called?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I want the song again. I know I can't.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Joe. Ask me a question. Ask me a question.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I want the song again. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I want the song again. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Honestly, Joe. I don't know.- I want the song again. I know I can't...
0:20:33 > 0:20:35You really need to go to school. Look, Beth's here.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37What was it called? I want the song again.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I know I can't. What was it called?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41He's...he's got into a bit of a state
0:20:41 > 0:20:43about a song we heard on the way.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44It might not just be that.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48You know, he might be nervous that I'm not staying this time.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- Do you want to stay for a while? - What's the song? I want the song!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- It's all right. - What's the song? I want the song!
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I don't know. Do you think that's a good idea?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58I want the song! What's the song called? I don't know.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59I want the song!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I'll get you the song, Joe. I'll bring it back. I promise.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24I want the song. I know I can't. What was it called?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Have you got the raggy? - Uh, yeah, I had to wash it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Really? I thought the essential attraction of raggy was that it
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- smelt of sick and baby food. - No. That's me you're thinking of.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Look at the pair of you.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41You get on better than most couples that are together.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The reason being we aren't together.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Eddie, you behave like a husband but you won't commit to being a husband.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Vincent, it's called being civilised.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Right come on, darling, it's time to take you to Daddy's Gone,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54the special nursery for broken home babies.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56We'll talk some more tonight.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Why? What's happening tonight? - I'm taking you out. Manning you up.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02No. You're not. Bye.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Learnt any Polish swear words yet, Ralph?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Just English ones.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35THEY SPEAK POLISH
0:22:46 > 0:22:48You promised me.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49I know. I know I did.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50But you gave him the job anyway.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Because it was the right thing to do.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53For you, but not for me.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55PHONE RINGS
0:22:55 > 0:22:56For me and for Ralph.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58RINGING STOPS
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Did you ask him to do that?
0:23:04 > 0:23:05I tell you what I'll do.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I'll sack Ralph at the end of the week if you want me to
0:23:07 > 0:23:09but I won't do it without a good reason from you
0:23:09 > 0:23:12because I won't do your dirty work without knowing why.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27You didn't actually want anything, did you, Pavel?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30No. But I can smell danger. It's a Polish thing.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Hi! There's this song, right,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36my son heard it on the radio this morning.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Did he? - Yeah, and he's autistic, right,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- and he's got a bit obsessed with it.- Hmm.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Right, just sing it into that.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Really?
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Er...
0:23:50 > 0:23:53# Call me up You've got me choking up
0:23:53 > 0:23:55# Da, da-da
0:23:55 > 0:23:56# Something getaway. #
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Nothing coming up.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06You sure that's it?
0:24:06 > 0:24:07I only heard it once.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I'm messing about.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12It's Blossoms.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17There you go.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Are you sure this is it?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23It's an old track. Very well known.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Right. Well, thanks.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Hi-five, Captain.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Hi-five. Woohoo.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Hi-five!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Let's have a look.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Orange Juice. New Rose.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Damaged Goods. Rip It Up.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Gang of Four, 1978.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27New Rose. Damaged Goods.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39MUSIC: I Can't Help Myself by Orange Juice
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Hi.- All right?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Did he like it? - Oh, he will, he will, I'm sure.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I just wondered, is there anything else you think he might like?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Erm...
0:26:01 > 0:26:03There's this one...
0:26:06 > 0:26:07..this one...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09..and this.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11My girlfriend really likes this one.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Right.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16My girlfriend likes most of these, to be honest.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Why do you keep mentioning your girlfriend?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20No reason.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23No reason.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I don't really have an autistic son, you know.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Just made him up.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Needed an excuse to come in and talk to you.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Like I say, I'm fixed up, so...
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Oh!
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Cup of tea? Are you going to make me a cup of tea?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45That's it.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Come on now, Miss. A children's playgroup is no place for loitering.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Look at you, Mr Popular.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Nothing more heroic than a man with a baby.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57So I see.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Did you just come to heckle?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Cos I thought I was doing this cos you didn't have any time.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06I'm on my lunch break. I have a favour to ask you.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Please, Eddie.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I've already said no to a drink with Vincent
0:27:10 > 0:27:11so how did adding Dad to the party help?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15I thought they'd cancel each other out. Go on.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18I'll kill my dad if he stays another night with me.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Then I'll go to prison and Emily will be raised without a mother.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Not for long, I wouldn't've thought.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26OK, cocky.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Will you do me this one favour?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31One favour? You mean, one more favour.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- I've already pretended to be married to you.- Was that so bad?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- I'll need a baby-sitter.- So will he.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Thanks. You're really selling this.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48No, he's had a good day.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50He, he was a bit upset when we got here
0:27:50 > 0:27:52but then by the time I came back the teachers had sorted him.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55What, you - you went back? Did they call you in?
0:27:55 > 0:27:58No, no... I've got to go. He's coming out.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59All right, bye.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Sophie? Sophie?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19You didn't have to give me a lift.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22The bus would have taken you hours.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Who was talking about the bus? I was going to nick your car.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Does this happen a lot?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33No.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35But he's a big lad now.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37The meltdowns are the same size but he isn't.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45All right, Tony?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47We had a hell of a time getting him in the car.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I know. I think he must have just got tired.
0:28:51 > 0:28:52Good lad.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01All right, love. Let's go in now.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07LOUD THUDS
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Mark.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14THUDDING AND PANTING
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Calm down.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18MARK CRIES OUT
0:29:18 > 0:29:22All right, all right. It's OK. It's OK.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Calm down, Mark, calm down. Calm down.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27All right. All right. It's OK.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Can I do anything, Sophie?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31No. He just needs to get it over with.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Good lad. Good lad. Good lad. Good lad.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37All right, love, all right.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Are you safe? Is Mark safe?
0:29:41 > 0:29:45He's only about three on the Richter scale.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Thanks for the lift, Paul. - Are you going to be OK?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50We'll be fine. I don't know if I'll make it back tonight.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I can't have the sitter when he's like this.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Don't worry about that. We'll manage. I'll see you, Mark.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I hope you start to feel better tomorrow, mate.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59MARK PANTS It's OK.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04It's not OK. It's not OK. It's not OK. Mark's not OK.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Mark's not OK!
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Mark's not OK.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Mark's not OK. Mark's not OK.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25My dad's just offered me a shift.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- Tonight?- Yeah, you too if you want one.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30You know Steve who we're going to stay with in London?
0:30:30 > 0:30:31You all right, Joe?
0:30:31 > 0:30:34He's got a mate who works in a recording studio.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Hey, Joe. How did you get on? How was your new school?
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- This Charming Man.- The Smiths, 1983.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- OK.- Great stuff.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Bet you're ready for your bed, aren't you, Joe?
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Let's have a look at that sticker. - "Top Work!"
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- Anyway, they're looking for a runner.- Who are?
0:30:55 > 0:30:56The recording studio.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Do you think he's having a nice time at the new school?
0:30:59 > 0:31:00I mean, did he seem OK to you?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Yeah, he seemed normal. Normal for Joe.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12The problem with you, Eddie, is that you're a defeatist.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13I wouldn't disagree with that.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Fine. I give up. Can I go now?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17No, we haven't finished counselling you.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20This isn't counselling. It's emotional heckling.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Nicola, for reasons entirely beyond me, is clearly after a re-match.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Right. That's me. Thanks for the fun times.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27No chance. This is our time.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30I'm not stopping, but just to say, don't sack Ralph.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32He can keep the job. You're absolutely right.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Great. You'll stay for a drink, won't you, eh?
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Celebration? Back in a sec, lads. Please rescue me.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43Can I buy the most beautiful woman in here a drink?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Ooh, I don't know. You'd better go to the pool room and ask her.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48I like a woman with spirit.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Who you trying to convince here, me or you?
0:31:50 > 0:31:51See what I mean?
0:31:53 > 0:31:54All right. Just the one then.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57Dad!
0:32:00 > 0:32:02I've still got it.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04I'm not sure Vincent counts. His wife's just left him.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- He'll be shagging the bar stool before the night's out.- Thanks.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Sorry. I...
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- There you go.- Cheers.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16A while back, you told me something...about you, about Ralph.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19You were trying to knock some sense into me about Joe.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22You said, "He will find his way."
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Shut up. I've told you. I've changed my mind.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- Aren't you at least going to tell me why?- No.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29What, so that's it? No arguing back?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Now you're really starting to annoy me.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32That's more like it.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42I hope you like chocolate cake.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43What?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45It's for your leaving party.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50You don't fancy doing one last shift at the Fellside, then,
0:32:50 > 0:32:51for old times' sake?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53It's not really my thing.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Well, it doesn't have to be your thing.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59It just has to help you make money
0:32:59 > 0:33:03so you can do whatever your thing is.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Sorry. I'll stop talking like James Brown.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10You know, this afternoon, I stood outside Joe's school in Manchester
0:33:10 > 0:33:16and thought, "I have been a mother all my adult life."
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Right.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Can you imagine that?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Not really.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31You know what, James? I'm going to miss our little chats.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Yeah, me too.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Are you not concerned that your son is out on the pull with Vincent?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46I don't think he sees it like that.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I don't think he's ever pulled anybody in his life.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52I can't think where he gets that from with you as a role model.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Are you taking the piss, by any chance?
0:33:54 > 0:33:55You make it pretty easy.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32No. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry, Maurice.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34I don't know what I was thinking.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Is it because Ralph's here? I forgot. I get it.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41No. It's not Ralph, Ralph's out. It's me. It's us.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42This just can't be happening.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Did I just get hold of the wrong end of the stick there?
0:34:46 > 0:34:51No, you didn't. But I'm sorry. I just can't.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Why not?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Because I just can't.- Well, thank you for finding me so irresistible.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- Don't be like that.- Like what?
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Pissed off?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Feeling daft? Well, why not?
0:35:15 > 0:35:16DOOR SLAMS
0:35:17 > 0:35:19RETCHING
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Oh, dear Lord. Oh, dear Lord.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Not sure the Lord's going to help you right now.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28What you doing? Did you poison him?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31No. Why? Was that the plan?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Just leave me here to die.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Oh, come on. You said he could hold his drink.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37He's a fantasist. You know that.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Which is why I didn't want to go for a drink with him in the first place.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43That doesn't absolve you from your responsibility to keep him sober.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Ugh...
0:35:44 > 0:35:46DOOR CLOSES LOUD RETCHING
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Tea's in the pot. Good night in the end?
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Not really. You?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Not really.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Do you want to talk about it?
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Not really.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Let me rephrase that.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Why didn't you have a good night?
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Because, if you must know,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20I was led... Well, I misled myself, like...
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Well, if you went on a run and you didn't know the route,
0:36:25 > 0:36:27you wouldn't be surprised if you got lost, would you?
0:36:29 > 0:36:30Thanks for opening up.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32So, do you want to tell me about your night?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35No. You're all right. It'll keep.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01How was it?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Oh, you know.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09They ordered food, we cooked it, they ate it, they paid - the usual.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11How was Joe on the way home?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15His home/school book's in the kitchen if you want to read it.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17So he calmed down after they called you in.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19They didn't call me in.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21I was worried so they invited me in.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25He got upset when we got there. There was this song on the radio...
0:37:25 > 0:37:27So there wasn't a problem? He had a good day.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Well, that's great, Alison.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Cos he'll have bad days, we can guarantee that.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36OK, good you're staying so positive.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43I've just seen Sophie's Mark have a meltdown that'd make your hair curl.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Joe isn't Mark though, is he?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Not yet, he's not. No.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53And one of the reasons that we sent him to that school
0:37:53 > 0:37:55is so that he can get help while he's still young.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Yep. I'm aware of that.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02What? Why are you being...?
0:38:02 > 0:38:03- What?- Look, it's like you say,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06we've sent him to a school where people know what to do with him,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08and they can get through to him.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Joe. Our Joe. And that's great.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17And I'm knackered and I'm sure you are too.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27ALARM BEEPS
0:38:27 > 0:38:29MUSIC: In The City by The Jam
0:38:32 > 0:38:36# In the City there's a thousand things I want to say to you
0:38:37 > 0:38:41# But whenever I approach you you make me look a fool
0:38:43 > 0:38:46# I want to say
0:38:46 > 0:38:48# I want to tell you... #
0:39:19 > 0:39:22# In the City! Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
0:39:22 > 0:39:25# In the City! Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
0:39:25 > 0:39:26# In the City! #
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Have you got five minutes?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I'm bottling, kegging and casking today - what do you think?
0:39:42 > 0:39:43KNOCK ON DOOR
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Oh, come in, Ralph. Let's make it Bring Your Mother To Work Day.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48You don't need to check up on me.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50I'm not. I just want to talk to Maurice.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Tell me if you need help.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Can we talk outside? I've got something to tell you.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Is it, "Bugger off"? Cos you can do that just as easily in here.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05No. It's not.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12How long have you known?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14I found a lump about six weeks ago.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19The doctor sent me for a biopsy.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21They've confirmed it's a cancerous tumour but
0:40:21 > 0:40:25they won't know how cancerous the tissue is until they've operated.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28When? When are they operating?
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Today. I'm on my way there now.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Today? Bloody hell, Louise. Why didn't you tell anybody?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41- Why didn't you tell me?- I just feel stronger with nobody knowing.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- Why? - Because it makes me feel weak...
0:40:45 > 0:40:46..and I can't be weak.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52And as mad as it may sound, the reason I didn't want Ralph
0:40:52 > 0:40:55working for you is because I knew he might say I was in hospital.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00- So Ralph knows? - Not that it's cancer, no.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02And I knew that if you got one whiff of hospital
0:41:02 > 0:41:05you'd be steaming in with 20 questions and a medical dictionary.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Well, what would be so wrong with that?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Because I don't want anybody to know
0:41:08 > 0:41:11and I don't want anybody feeling sorry for me, not even you.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Especially not you.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15So what was the other night about?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17It was a honey trap so you'd come and bring me
0:41:17 > 0:41:19a clean nightie and a Woman's Own.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27I don't know what's going to happen, do I?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30And that made me feel, just for a moment...
0:41:30 > 0:41:33..desperate.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Well, thanks a bunch!
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- I'm sorry.- It's all right.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Do you know what? I'm not sorry.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Three years ago, you lost your wife, the love of your life, to cancer,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51and now you want to jump in feet first with another woman,
0:41:51 > 0:41:53with cancer.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Bloody hell, Maurice, never let it be said you don't have a type.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Just let me help. Low key, you know.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Keeping an eye on Ralph, bringing you things if you need them,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03cooking a meal, calming you down,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06being on call at night if the steroids drive you doolally.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Do you fancy doing the operation while you're at it?
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Just let me help. At least let me drive you to the hospital.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14No. No. No. Jesus, Maurice, you're an irritating sod.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19I'm sorry.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26Just stop and think what you'd be letting yourself in for, eh?
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Again.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Cos I don't know if anyone's strong enough for that.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37HE SIGHS
0:43:12 > 0:43:13ENGINE DOESN'T START
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Oh, come on.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21ENGINE DOESN'T START
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Did you make cheese straws today?
0:43:48 > 0:43:49Rattlesnakes.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, 1984.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- Yes.- Where's my cheese straw?
0:44:03 > 0:44:05I didn't eat it, did I?
0:44:06 > 0:44:07Where's yours?
0:44:09 > 0:44:11I didn't eat it, did I?
0:44:11 > 0:44:12SHE CHUCKLES
0:44:28 > 0:44:29What is it?
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Making a hat in case we're stranded here.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40That's it. Fold it like me.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48That's it.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22What's wrong with ringing Paul? What've you got on your head?
0:45:22 > 0:45:25I couldn't get hold of him. He has to be there for the party anyway.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28Now, I can't be bailing you out all the time, you know.
0:45:28 > 0:45:29One lift?
0:45:30 > 0:45:33It's both. Engagement AND leaving party.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38So we're still humouring the happy couple, are we? Pair of daft kids?
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Let's just go along with it for now, shall we?
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Oh. Any sign of a ring from Mr Dreamboat?
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Hey. All right, Superstar!
0:45:50 > 0:45:52- Hi, Joe.- Look at you.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56Joe's made a drawing about his new school.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Alternator, in case you're interested.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00You're going to need a new one. Where were you when she was ringing?
0:46:00 > 0:46:04Putting the finishing touches to this breathtaking display.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09School. Car. Bed. Yeah.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11- You've nailed that one, sunshine. - Dad.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14- What's he written at the bottom here?- "Help me."
0:46:14 > 0:46:15- SARCASTIC:- Ha-ha.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18It was never going to be easy. We knew that.
0:46:18 > 0:46:19Seems to me you didn't know it enough.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22There are people that have to wait years to get what we got for Joe.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25What's that? Somewhere he spends half his life in a car
0:46:25 > 0:46:27and the other half under a desk,
0:46:27 > 0:46:29if what Paul tells me is anything to go by.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Nobody said the journey was easy.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33If you want to stay over a couple of nights with Joe at my place,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36you know, if it helps, the offer's there.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40Really, Eddie? Cos that would be a great help, wouldn't it?
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Yeah, yeah, yeah. I could stay over one night a week.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Thursdays, maybe?
0:46:46 > 0:46:47Don't look so worried.
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Just till he settles.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51Less travelling would really help.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53It won't be permanent.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55And what about after he settles?
0:46:55 > 0:46:56Then it's permanent.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58I'm joking.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00I'm laughing, inside.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01Come on. We'd be company for you.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Who says I need company?
0:47:03 > 0:47:06- Really? Something you'd like to tell us?- No.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08If I learn to drive, I could do a night,
0:47:08 > 0:47:10give you two some time off.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11That'd be great.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15NICOLA: It'd be a big change for Joe,
0:47:15 > 0:47:17staying at Eddie's, wouldn't it?
0:47:17 > 0:47:19Well, at least we'd get to spend some time with him.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21As it is, he doesn't see Paul at all,
0:47:21 > 0:47:23and all he sees of me is the back of my head.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26You know, when the car broke down,
0:47:26 > 0:47:28for the first time in like a week, we just messed about
0:47:28 > 0:47:32and I thought, "I miss this," and he does too.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34What about you two? You'll never see each other,
0:47:34 > 0:47:37living 100 miles apart for most the week.
0:47:37 > 0:47:3994.5.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Well, we never see each other as it is
0:47:41 > 0:47:42and when we do I'm knackered from driving.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44At least this way we can
0:47:44 > 0:47:47make the best of the time when we are together.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Say that often enough you might even believe it.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Maybe some nights you can bring Emily to me. Joe loves her.
0:47:52 > 0:47:53It'll help him settle in and
0:47:53 > 0:47:56it'd be nice to have her with me in Manchester.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59- Makes sense, eh, Nicola? - Does it?
0:47:59 > 0:48:02You know what, Dad? If you want to help,
0:48:02 > 0:48:05you could do a lot worse than give Rebecca driving lessons.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07Really? Would you? That'd be great.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10- I'm not sure I can. I've a lot on right now.- Like what?
0:48:10 > 0:48:13I can't commit to a regular time and place, all right?
0:48:13 > 0:48:16You're not the only one with responsibilities.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18SMOKE ALARM
0:48:18 > 0:48:20That's mine!
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Do you see what happens when you get angry, Dad?
0:48:33 > 0:48:34Oh!
0:48:35 > 0:48:38- Open some windows. - I'll check on Emily.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39It was Nicola's favourite.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42Unless her favourite's burnt shit in a pan, I'm not sure that's true.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45- What?- Don't try and lighten things up with attempts at humour, Eddie.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47ATTEMPTS at humour?
0:48:47 > 0:48:50- I thought it'd be a nice surprise! - No, no, no - a nice surprise
0:48:50 > 0:48:52would be if you were sat here with your suitcase,
0:48:52 > 0:48:55waiting for your taxi to arrive. That, Dad, would be a nice surprise!
0:48:55 > 0:48:57She's incredible. She slept through the whole thing.
0:48:57 > 0:48:58Here's the deal.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01If you tell me you don't want to get back together with Eddie
0:49:01 > 0:49:03then I will leave tonight.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07I don't want to get back together with Eddie.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09I don't believe you.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52What've you lost?
0:49:52 > 0:49:54I thought my iPod was in here.
0:49:57 > 0:50:04What Dad said, when he asked that question about us, and...
0:50:04 > 0:50:06..I hesitated.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08You don't have to say anything.
0:50:08 > 0:50:09It's all right.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Look, I hesitated because I don't know.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22I don't...
0:50:22 > 0:50:23..know whether it...
0:50:26 > 0:50:28..might be worth trying
0:50:28 > 0:50:30to get back together...
0:50:33 > 0:50:34..again.
0:50:37 > 0:50:38Yet again.
0:51:00 > 0:51:01I'm seeing someone.
0:51:06 > 0:51:07Sort of.
0:51:09 > 0:51:10Just started to.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Not seeing exactly.
0:51:13 > 0:51:14You're seeing someone.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Yeah.
0:51:24 > 0:51:25That figures.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33I thought you'd forgiven me.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36I couldn't work out why.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55Thanks.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04So I'm guessing you're pissed off about something or you don't like
0:52:04 > 0:52:07chocolate cake, and I know you like chocolate cake, so...
0:52:07 > 0:52:08Driving lessons?
0:52:08 > 0:52:10They're going to need some help.
0:52:10 > 0:52:11We're supposed to be leaving.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14Come on. You can see how it is with Joe at the moment.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17All hands on deck. Another few weeks isn't going to kill us, is it?
0:52:17 > 0:52:19We're supposed to be going down to London.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21I've got a job lined up in a recording studio right now.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23No, you haven't.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25You've got the phone number of a recording studio where
0:52:25 > 0:52:27- a friend of a friend brews up.- OK.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Do you understand what's happening here?
0:52:31 > 0:52:34No. Why don't you tell me what's happening here?
0:52:34 > 0:52:37When I met you, you were Rebecca.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Here, you're just Joe's sister.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Your family are sucking you back in.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44My family who just laid on a party for us, in case you didn't notice.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47For us? Really? Cos nobody actually mentioned us.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51What were you expecting, a red carpet and a mirror ball?
0:52:51 > 0:52:55Fine. I'm not going to get stuck here, Rebecca, even if you are.
0:53:14 > 0:53:15How was it? How are you feeling?
0:53:20 > 0:53:22I'm just waiting for the doctor to sign me off
0:53:22 > 0:53:24and then I've got a taxi booked.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Well, me car's outside and I've paid for the parking now,
0:53:26 > 0:53:29and I thought if they decided to keep you in
0:53:29 > 0:53:31you might need moisturiser
0:53:31 > 0:53:34and lip salve, wet wipes, water spray, fruit,
0:53:34 > 0:53:38and I've borrowed Eddie's iPod,
0:53:38 > 0:53:40downloaded a couple of audiobooks.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44He won't mind. Keep it, yeah, even if you don't need it tonight.
0:53:44 > 0:53:45And er...
0:53:45 > 0:53:47..a lift's better -
0:53:47 > 0:53:51after, you know, what you've had.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53This is you being low-key, is it?
0:53:56 > 0:53:59I want to help you, Louise, if you'll let me.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04If you'll put up with me.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12This'll come in handy.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27MUSIC: North Of Heaven by Edwyn Collins
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Come on.
0:54:50 > 0:54:51Joe, come on.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Fancy a picnic?
0:54:57 > 0:55:00Do you know what the teachers say about Joe at his new school?
0:55:01 > 0:55:03He's got a spiky profile.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06Like Bart Simpson?
0:55:07 > 0:55:10It means he's autistic in some ways and not in others.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Spiky profile.
0:55:14 > 0:55:15It's good, innit?
0:55:16 > 0:55:18I prefer it to autistic.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24We're going to be all right, aren't we?
0:55:26 > 0:55:29We're having a picnic in the dark, with our seven-year-old son.
0:55:29 > 0:55:34What makes you think we're NOT going to be all right?
0:55:34 > 0:55:37We need to be good to each other, you and me, when we see each other.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41We're going to have to talk a lot.
0:55:41 > 0:55:42Together and alone.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46We're going to have to have a lot of sex.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48- Again, together and alone. - ALISON LAUGHS
0:55:57 > 0:56:01# Things can only get better
0:56:03 > 0:56:08# What's around the corner, who can tell?
0:56:10 > 0:56:14# I'll build a little place just north of heaven... #
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Do you know what I think?
0:56:23 > 0:56:27I think we chose Joe and Joe chose us
0:56:27 > 0:56:29and that happened for a reason.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32Because we can do this.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Everything else is just so much bullshit.
0:56:36 > 0:56:37Uh-huh.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41So you agree with me now?
0:56:42 > 0:56:44He's our North Star.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48Wasn't necessarily that kind of "uh-huh".
0:56:53 > 0:56:55There, that! That's the North Star.
0:56:58 > 0:56:59No. That's another plane.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05That. That. What about that?
0:57:07 > 0:57:09That's a plane. That's another plane.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13# I'll build a little place just north of heaven. #
0:57:16 > 0:57:17The change with Joe,
0:57:17 > 0:57:20it's taking its toll on you and on me.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23We need to do something about that.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Wasn't my idea to come here, you know, it was Ralph's.
0:57:26 > 0:57:30I'm on steroids. Don't think I won't throw you out if I have to!
0:57:30 > 0:57:32Becky? Are you OK?
0:57:32 > 0:57:33It will get better. I promise.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Hi, Holly. He's not quite ready yet. Do you want to come up?
0:57:35 > 0:57:38You met her, the new girlfriend, he introduced you to her?
0:57:38 > 0:57:40I've been staying away for three nights with Joe.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43- Are we still here? - Yes. Is that OK?
0:57:43 > 0:57:46- What happens next? - We enjoy ourselves.