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Does mum know you're back?
I can't talk right now.
Can you open the door? She's worried about you.
Just tell her I'm fine.
Just send her a text. Make up a lie.
Are priests allowed to lie?
- Cos you fucking need to. - Wa... Watch your mouth.
Watch yours.
You stink, by the way.
And whatever this is,
don't do it again.
You know how she gets.
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- Good morning. - Morning.
Can I get you something to drink?
No, thank you.
We think...
We'd like you to consider the notion that you have been hasty here.
I... I don't think I have.
You haven't broken your vows, Anna.
You just tested them.
I've given my vows a pretty serious haircut.
Will you reconsider?
I... I spend most of
every day convinced that I've made a terrible mistake.
But I believe...
I feel...
this is my decision.
And this is because of a man?
This is because something profound has happened to me.
It just means that God speaks to me now
in a different way.
It... It hasn't changed
the love I feel for God or for you
or for my sisters.
Then we will need to begin a formal process of renunciation.
There will be opportunity for a spiritual guidance and...
Yes, I understand you have your process
and I hope you understand I have mine, too.
And I hope you believe me when I say that...
I no longer wish to be a nun.
And I...
I hope you know I am sorry, Francesca.
Abbess.
And I know.
Although...
Although that doesn't make this whole incident
any less shameful.
No.
Well, there we have it.
Abbess.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for coming, Sister, and your Excellency.
Yes, and thank you, Muriel.
Anna, wait.
Anna!
I'll need your help today.
I... I'm on a trip with the choir.
There's a furniture order coming at the restaurant -
I'll need you on the computer.
No-one else can work the damn database.
We're going to sing at another church.
Tina, we need every hand on deck right now -
- the pressures that we're under... - I can't today, Dad.
Because I hit your mate?
He's not my mate.
He's Father Hicks.
And, no, it's not because of that.
Because I told them I was going on the trip.
So I need to.
I'm going to the seaside today.
I want you to come.
It's with the choir. They could do with the extra help.
I've got a swimming costume you can wear.
In fact, I've got two,
but one's a thong bikini.
Will he be there?
I thought we weren't afraid of him.
You can wear the normal cossie. I'll wear the thong.
Didn't even used to know what a thong was.
Ah, well, I wore one once.
An underwear thong -
for Martin.
It enraged my eczema.
And here's me thinking this a sacred space.
Well, today, it can't be.
You... You haven't forgotten the trip?
How, could I?
It's the highlight of my year.
Where were you last night?
Why do you ask?
Word is you were leaving voicemails for the Bishop at 2am.
I was working.
Lost track of time.
Are you OK?
I'm just... Get things happening, I'm just trying
to make things happen.
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Welcome. What a... a wonderful day.
Um, normally, we would start with a hymn but...
Would you mind? I'm... I'm running a little late, this morning,
and I'm trying to make breakfast for 45 people, so...
So do you think you might possibly consider helping me?
Yeah? God moves in mysterious ways, after all.
Go on, pass it!
- _ - Good morning.
Good morning.
Thanks.
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Good morning.
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Morning.
Good morning!
Hello.
My plus one. No need for a sandwich.
Right.
Um, lovely to have you both here.
It's not about him.
Today is not about him.
Hello. Hello, hello.
Hello, everyone. This doesn't work, does it?
We can hear you. Yeah?
OK. Welcome, everyone. Er, today's a good day.
For you!
Er, yes, today is a good day for...
She said today's a good...
Sure?
Er, today is a good day for me. I'm excited to be here.
I hope there are others, Adeshola excluded,
who might share my excitement.
To explain how today's going to work,
um, because you're all such wonderful singers...
we are travelling to do a recital at
the beautiful Our Lady Immaculate at 5pm today.
We'll do a sound check at the beautiful
Our Lady Immaculate at 4pm today.
The beautiful Our Lady Immaculate -
and this is not why this trip
is arranged at all - happens
to be near the beach of Weston-super-Mare.
So I will be buying everyone fish and chips for lunch
on Weston-super-Mare beach.
Thank you!
Um, there... there may be swimming.
There may be games.
- There may be an infamous tug-of-war. - Yeah!
Short prayer. Our almighty father,
we thank you for our remarkable friends
and the adventures we have together.
We thank you for the weather,
for the smiles,
for the music,
for the gift of travel.
- Thanks with God. Amen. - Amen.
Yep, I did just say thank you for the music.
I'm Bjorn again.
Today is going to be fun!
You're doing brilliantly.
All hail my journey to the forgotten land!
Come on, let's run.
Hopefully take some of the heat with us. Come on.
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24 cods, 16 sausage in batter, six chicken burgers,
six cups of mushy peas,
one pickled egg and a bucket full of chips.
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Don't mind us.
You should talk to your sister. She's a wise woman.
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D'you go to many beaches as a kid?
Came here.
My mum would give me money for a donkey ride
and I'd put all of it into one of
those 2p slot machines in the arcade.
Are you OK?
No.
You?
Well, er,
the bishop told me this morning that, er,
I should be ashamed of myself, so...
No.
No, I'm not OK.
I think our bishop is the sort of leader who thinks
he should lead through judgment.
I also think he doesn't understand the difference between shame and bravery.
I'm not brave.
When we, um... When...
When I came back to visit you at the convent.
You told me I was a click-of-the-fingers Christian.
You're the one who clicked your fingers
and changed something.
Peter, the bishop, he... he just wants everything the same,
because it makes him feel safer.
I think you've got nicer since last we spoke.
If I've put you in a difficult position, I'm so sorry.
It's never my intention.
I cannot change.
I admire you for changing.
If the bishop can't see that, then he's without worth.
Come on!
I believe Francis is summoning us to the front line.
Tug-of-war!
Go ahead and raise the rope!
And...
Come on!
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
You're quiet.
No.
Just enjoying the day.
You don't look like you're enjoying it.
I am.
I've made a mistake bringing you, haven't I?
No, I...
I am pleased to be here.
I love this song.
? Bring me a little water, Silvy
? Bring me a little water now
? Bring me a little water, Silvy
? Every little once in a while
? Silvy come a-runnin'
? Bucket in her hand
? I will bring a little water
? Fast as I can. ?
Oh, so sorry, Father.
Tug-of-war overran?
It was my fault.
Shall we, er, let them get set up?
You better had, yes.
Er, let's get started, everyone.
Right, we'll sing Steal Away.
Can I have an A?
The bishop is coming.
- Did he tell you? - What?
Yeah. I'm surprised, too.
He didn't tell me.
I think he wants to show you support.
- ? Steal away... - Must be nice.
? ..to Jesus
? Steal away. ?
I'm sorry. I don't know where she's gone.
Who's gone?
Tina.
She's still not answering.
Yeah, and we're sure she's not just having a nice time
somewhere in an arcade?
She hasn't been herself all day.
She kept saying she was feeling ill, but that...
It wasn't that.
Wait do you know som...?
Is there something we should know?
Nothing she's told me, but she's not right.
There's nothing wrong. She'll just be after a minute's peace.
She'll be fine.
Or something more serious. Let's arrange a search.
Anyone under 18 find an adult!
You will search with them.
Excuse me. This girl here,
- have you... have you seen her? - No, sorry.
Tina!
It's the... road to Bristol, right?
I'm the same. Whenever I'm feeling less than brilliant, I...
I always try to go home.
You don't live in my house, then.
Where are you going, then?
I can't go back -
to the coach.
Why?
He wants me to be you.
Father Hicks.
But I'm not you.
Well, thank God for that.
No, I can't be.
I can't be that.
Well, you... you don't have to be anything.
No.
You don't understand.
I am not my mum.
I don't just drop my knickers for the first guy that looks at me.
Experience. Well,
lots of sisters do have experience with men, it's...
I thought he liked me.
And he was wearing something.
Turns out he called me greasy Tina -
just like all the others.
I just...
I thought...
I don't know.
I guess I hoped.
Hey.
- You OK? - Yeah.
You sure?
She's pregnant.
Well, there's still time.
It's a late entrance, but people do want to hear you.
I don't think we can right now.
I'm sorry for your wasted trip.
I do like the way they sing, your choir.
But I really came here
to... to talk to you.
I know.
I'm concerned about you, Father.
Those messages you sent last night.
I apologise.
Do you even know what you said?
No. No.
No, thought not.
It's not Christian. It's not. It's not Christian.
People are dying and we are watching them do it.
You are. You're... you're watching them do it.
Because of heated fucking floors...
You know it's a... It's an impressive rant.
- It goes on for two-and-a-half minutes. - I wasn't myself.
Well, just to be clear, you weren't sober?
No. Do we need to make the necessary arrangements?
We still have the place you used before.
No, no. I don't think that'll be necessary.
You know, it's my own failing as a Christian,
but I despise being lectured to by the weak.
And it's the modern disease, isn't it?
So many people think it's their job
to tell me how to better myself.
Well, I think, well,
how arrogant they are.
I am everyone's servant.
But I am God's servant most of all.
No, no, I know what you are.
Oh, he speaks with venom.
I wonder what he wants to say.
Just that I think shaming people is easy,
and I think you enjoy it.
And I think you hide your own shame a little too tightly.
Sorry.
You'll get another chance.
Fail, and I will make sure that you are no longer part of my diocese.
There'll be no needle exchanges -
not even a mention.
No more drinking.
Not even a drop.
Where's he going?
You're not leaving?
I'm afraid I have to.
Are you going to reimburse the tickets?
I told you not to charge for tickets.
- You arrogant... - Look go on, go on.
Please, do tell me.
Tell me what I am.
Did she tell you?
Are you angry at me?
No.
I am -
angry at me.
I don't know what I do now.
Now, we're...
I'm just going to be supporting you in a different way.
And my dad?
And the first thing we're going to do
is make sure you're out of that house.
We'll try and find you somewhere safe to stay...
- I can't do that... - where you can continue your education,
your work at the church,
and somewhere safe to have a child.
If I leave, he kills Mum.
He's told me that - and her.
- Then she leaves, too. - She won't.
You know that.
This isn't some...
He isn't the father? I'm sorry.
No. No.
That's an OK question to ask.
And I get why you asked it.
But no.
He looks at me, sometimes, in a way that I don't like.
But he's never touched me like that.
All he does is hit Mum.
How horrible.
It sounds funny to say, but
I was more scared to tell you than anyone else.
Even him.
I think because...
I think you're the only one who thought I was better.
You are better.
I get really scared, Tina.
Sometimes, I think I'm full of fear.
Sometimes, I make mistakes.
Horrible destructive mistakes because of that fear.
But you, you amaze me.
Because, despite everything...
I see your love before I see your fear.
You are God's creature
and you're on a path,
and you will find great happiness on that path because you meet
that path with love.
Do you understand?
That's a really nice thing to say.
And,
when it gets hard for you,
we're here.
OK? Not just me, but the whole church.
Because we believe in you.
We love you.
? Fare you well, my dear
? I must be gone
? And leave you for a while.
? If I roam away
? I'll come back again
? Though I roam
? 10,000 miles, my dear
? Though I roam 10,000 miles
? O yonder doth sit that little turtle dove
? He doth sit on yonder high tree
? A-making a moan
? For the loss of his love
? As I will do for thee
? My dear
? As I will do
? For thee. ?
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We thought we could have a pint.
Sparkling water for you, obviously.
Wash away the worst of the day with carbonated water.
If you fancied it?
It's a kind offer but I...
I should get back.
Another win.
No dead bodies. No drowned souls.
Yeah.
It was great.
You may not realise it, but I like you very much.
I actually like everyone a lot more than people think.
Thanks, Francis.
So now everyone knows?
Not everyone, but some people.
And are you keeping it?
You know you're the first to ask me that?
Course I am.
Yeah, I guess Catholics don't ask that question.
Yeah!
How do you think...?
How are you going to tell your dad?
I haven't thought about that yet.
Or I have but I'm just... I'm trying not to.
What, you think he'll be OK?
He won't give you too much shit, will he?
I don't think he'd tell me what a good grandpa he'll be.
Can I come in with you?
No.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
Thanks, though.
I just, er...
I just wanted to talk to you -
make sure you're OK.
I know Tina was your project.
And I thought she wasn't.
I thought she was my congregant, my friend.
Can you imagine what I could have done helping her into robes -
finding her a place in a convent?
There are a lot of confused people in there.
She would've found her way.
No, I've let her down.
Well, at least you tried.
I don't judge you or...
Or maybe I do.
Maybe you do.
But I also love you.
I watched you today...
and I loved you.
How ridiculous I am.
You shouldn't love me.
No.
No, I know.
Hey.
Are you OK?
Yeah, I didn't expect it to feel like that.
That's good.
Oh, no.
What?
I'm...
I'm the tempter
and you're... you're a priest.
You've been telling me to admit to it that I...
- You're... - I feel for you.
No, you are not ready for me.
You're a priest.
I love you.
Do you?
Or do you love everyone?
Or do you love the way I made you feel just now?
Or do you...?
- I'm sorry. - No.
- I'm, um... - What? No.
- I'm sorry. - No, no, no, no, not like this.!
It's not your fault. It's my fault.
I am shameful.
You're... You're not.
I just a kissed a bloody priest!
Don't, please. I'm sorry.
I've started.
I was hungry.
It looks amazing.
No.
No, no, no.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
It's OK, darling. It's OK.
I know.
Let it out. Let it out.
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Of course I can.
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