1 00:00:15,807 --> 00:00:17,935 Can't sleep? 2 00:00:20,812 --> 00:00:22,940 No, me neither. 3 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,524 Must be all the excitement. 4 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:29,613 All these people. 5 00:00:33,367 --> 00:00:35,077 Here... 6 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:43,001 Is that better? 7 00:00:46,231 --> 00:00:48,316 I'll leave you now. 8 00:00:49,236 --> 00:00:50,821 But know one thing. 9 00:00:52,511 --> 00:00:55,617 If you ever tell your mother... 10 00:00:55,620 --> 00:00:58,874 or anyone else, about today... 11 00:01:00,734 --> 00:01:04,064 I will snap you in two. 12 00:01:31,896 --> 00:01:37,242 _ 13 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,919 Hello, and welcome to Telethon Tuneup. 14 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:53,036 Now there's lots to tell you about in the program. 15 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,864 But right now I'm waiting for a bus. 16 00:02:54,867 --> 00:02:56,734 In fact, this is the bus now. 17 00:02:56,737 --> 00:03:00,184 I suppose it looks a fairly ordinary kind of bus to you, 18 00:03:00,187 --> 00:03:03,131 but believe you me, this bus is pretty special, 19 00:03:03,141 --> 00:03:07,582 because inside it's got fun and sun, for Telefun. 20 00:03:07,585 --> 00:03:09,087 Not bad, eh? Here we go. 21 00:03:09,921 --> 00:03:12,982 Hello. One ticket, please, to the Telefun spots 22 00:03:12,984 --> 00:03:15,785 of Yorkshire-by-the-Sea. Thank you. 23 00:03:15,788 --> 00:03:17,579 Aha, a bargain. 24 00:03:25,476 --> 00:03:29,749 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - -- www.Addic7ed.com -- 25 00:04:02,257 --> 00:04:04,244 Madam. 26 00:04:16,213 --> 00:04:19,715 Bridget, darling, what's this in Dempster this morning? 27 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:21,981 "200 guests, 10,000 acres, 28 00:04:21,984 --> 00:04:23,286 party of the year." 29 00:04:23,289 --> 00:04:24,601 Sounds like we're made of money! 30 00:04:24,604 --> 00:04:26,312 I told you not to talk to the press! 31 00:04:26,315 --> 00:04:27,891 I didn't talk to the press! 32 00:04:27,893 --> 00:04:29,559 "'I'm just having a few friends over 33 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:32,687 to celebrate my husband's birthday, ' says Lady Gravesend. 34 00:04:32,690 --> 00:04:34,551 Guests include Princess Margaret." 35 00:04:34,554 --> 00:04:36,399 Frankly, I wish I hadn't bothered. 36 00:04:36,401 --> 00:04:39,110 It's so gray out there! If it was May or June, 37 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:41,051 we could be out on the big lawn, but November... 38 00:04:41,054 --> 00:04:42,562 One can't help when one's born. 39 00:04:42,565 --> 00:04:45,218 No. It's extremely aggravating. 40 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:48,578 I've asked Tony to come early to help brighten it up. 41 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:50,997 God. That appalling man shouldn't be coming at all. 42 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:52,918 Jumped-up painter and decorator. 43 00:04:53,945 --> 00:04:57,200 Just keep him away from Princess Margaret. Little popinjay! 44 00:04:57,203 --> 00:04:59,714 What is a popinjay, I wonder? 45 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:01,676 Darling, haven't you forgotten something? 46 00:05:03,242 --> 00:05:05,161 Happy birthday! 47 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:16,817 Yes, hello? 48 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,610 Now, why haven't you replied to Bridget? 49 00:05:20,612 --> 00:05:22,821 You simply must come. Open the door! 50 00:05:24,115 --> 00:05:26,328 Do you have any idea how difficult it was 51 00:05:26,331 --> 00:05:28,414 to get you invited in the first place? 52 00:05:28,417 --> 00:05:30,257 I'm very grateful, but I don't think I'm ready 53 00:05:30,260 --> 00:05:32,120 for the world just yet. 54 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:34,541 Why are these curtains drawn? 55 00:05:34,543 --> 00:05:37,309 There. 56 00:05:37,312 --> 00:05:40,406 Better than a psychiatric ward, I suppose. 57 00:05:40,409 --> 00:05:42,589 Theoretically. I need a drink. 58 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:44,217 Do you have a drink, a proper drink? 59 00:05:44,219 --> 00:05:47,262 No, that's one of the reasons I was on the psychiatric ward. 60 00:05:47,264 --> 00:05:50,306 - I can offer you herbal teas. - Don't be absurd. 61 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:53,142 You know, you might at least open a window, 62 00:05:53,144 --> 00:05:55,601 or take a step outside once in a while. 63 00:05:55,604 --> 00:05:58,480 And your mother, she's almost as reclusive as you are. 64 00:05:58,483 --> 00:05:59,742 Amazing, isn't it? 65 00:05:59,745 --> 00:06:02,637 She thinks there might be more to life than going to parties. 66 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,655 Yes, I always thought she was a little peculiar. 67 00:06:05,657 --> 00:06:07,411 - Where is she? - As far as I'm aware 68 00:06:07,414 --> 00:06:10,730 she's driving a consignment of 10,000 syringes to Poland. 69 00:06:10,733 --> 00:06:12,286 Everyone says it's marvelous of her, 70 00:06:12,289 --> 00:06:15,164 but I still think charity begins at home. 71 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:17,166 I wish she'd bring them round here. 72 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:20,920 I thought you'd er... put all that behind you. 73 00:06:20,922 --> 00:06:23,918 Behind me, in front of me. 74 00:06:23,921 --> 00:06:25,515 You're very melodramatic today. 75 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:27,353 Yes, well, I've realized I've given up everything 76 00:06:27,355 --> 00:06:30,137 - and taken up nothing. - You've taken up the law. 77 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:31,792 You're going to "work for a living". 78 00:06:31,795 --> 00:06:32,890 Yes, that's the intention. 79 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:35,172 In fact, it's a necessity now with the medical bills. 80 00:06:35,175 --> 00:06:37,914 - But I still feel as if life... - That's enough. Sit down. 81 00:06:39,531 --> 00:06:41,222 - I beg your pardon? - Sit down. 82 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:48,197 Offended as I am by the very idea of a "pep talk", 83 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:49,809 I'm left with no choice. 84 00:06:49,812 --> 00:06:52,629 You can't rot in this hovel. 85 00:06:52,632 --> 00:06:54,579 Quite apart from how depressing it is, 86 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:56,873 I owe it to your dear papa to get you back 87 00:06:56,875 --> 00:06:59,137 - into the swim of things. - But the fear is, Nicholas, 88 00:06:59,140 --> 00:07:01,703 - that I might drown. - Nonsense. 89 00:07:01,706 --> 00:07:04,338 Pull yourself together, find something to wear, 90 00:07:04,341 --> 00:07:07,390 and if you must talk about life, you can do so at the party. 91 00:07:07,393 --> 00:07:09,676 I'm sure someone will listen to you. 92 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:14,434 And remember, it's a party: you're not meant to enjoy it. 93 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:29,783 Oh, God. 94 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:33,951 I know what you're thinking, not enough color. 95 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:35,745 That's why I've bought you these. 96 00:07:35,747 --> 00:07:38,748 I thought tents, I thought poles, I thought ribbons, 97 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:41,918 - I thought maypoles. - They look like er... 98 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,796 Sonny's regimental tie. I had them specially made. 99 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:48,257 - Wonderful. How much? - Oh, 20 and the dreaded. 100 00:07:48,259 --> 00:07:51,106 I see. What's the dreaded? 101 00:07:51,109 --> 00:07:53,187 - V. A. T. - Goodness. 102 00:07:53,190 --> 00:07:55,857 You are a naughty, naughty girl! 103 00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:57,849 - Oh, dear. - Running out here without... 104 00:07:57,852 --> 00:08:00,937 I do wish Nanny wasn't quite so horrid to Belinda. 105 00:08:00,939 --> 00:08:02,918 Why don't you just sack the old hag? 106 00:08:02,921 --> 00:08:04,778 She's terrifying. 107 00:08:04,781 --> 00:08:08,786 Tony, just... make it better, will you? 108 00:08:08,789 --> 00:08:10,765 Darling. 109 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:14,077 Where did you get this? 110 00:08:14,710 --> 00:08:16,976 Tell me! Where? 111 00:08:17,495 --> 00:08:18,785 - Did you steal it? - Nanny, 112 00:08:18,788 --> 00:08:20,414 I'm sure she didn't steal it. 113 00:08:20,417 --> 00:08:22,625 One of the security men will have lost it. 114 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:24,669 Here. I'll find out who it belongs to. 115 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:26,129 Mummy, will you come and play? 116 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:28,778 Your mummy's much too busy to play with the likes of you! 117 00:08:28,781 --> 00:08:31,177 Maybe later, darling. 118 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:40,770 Hello? Hello, can you hear me? 119 00:08:43,106 --> 00:08:45,168 Hello, I've got your walkie-talkie. 120 00:08:47,819 --> 00:08:51,487 Of course I'll tell her. But it can hardly be tonight 121 00:08:51,489 --> 00:08:53,411 after all the trouble she's gone to. 122 00:08:53,414 --> 00:08:56,075 But all this skulking around and lying. 123 00:08:56,077 --> 00:08:59,257 - And at your party too. - I know, I know, I know. 124 00:08:59,260 --> 00:09:01,309 But let's not think about that now, my love. 125 00:09:01,312 --> 00:09:04,921 The important thing is I get to see you in the flesh, 126 00:09:04,924 --> 00:09:07,718 even if it's just a glimpse. 127 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:19,348 Who is that, d'you think? 128 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:26,562 Aren't you going to answer it? 129 00:09:26,565 --> 00:09:28,356 Not this second. 130 00:09:28,359 --> 00:09:30,860 Bridget's party tonight, I need you to come as my guest. 131 00:09:30,862 --> 00:09:33,404 - It's Patrick! Go and answer! - Debbie's going to be there. 132 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:36,032 Debbie, who I need to apologize to but I can't, 133 00:09:36,034 --> 00:09:37,116 not without taking drugs, 134 00:09:37,118 --> 00:09:39,035 which is the very thing I need to apologize for. 135 00:09:39,037 --> 00:09:41,704 And Julia. Julia will be there and her bloody husband. 136 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:44,609 - Hello? - Oh, hello, you are there. 137 00:09:44,612 --> 00:09:46,595 Look, what do you think? Should I go? 138 00:09:46,598 --> 00:09:48,395 If you think you're up to it. 139 00:09:48,398 --> 00:09:50,696 No, of course I'm not, but Nicholas Pratt's been round here 140 00:09:50,698 --> 00:09:52,016 practically marching me out of the door 141 00:09:52,018 --> 00:09:53,938 saying I need to get back in the swing of things. 142 00:09:53,940 --> 00:09:55,773 Is he coming? Tell him he has to come! 143 00:09:55,776 --> 00:09:57,386 Sorry, are you with someone? 144 00:09:57,388 --> 00:09:59,770 I hate to agree with Nicholas Pratt, but perhaps he's right. 145 00:09:59,773 --> 00:10:02,433 Well, look, can you help me? Can you come? Can you drive us? 146 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:04,895 Yeah, of course, but I have to go to my meeting first. 147 00:10:04,898 --> 00:10:06,906 What meeting? Oh, that meeting. 148 00:10:06,909 --> 00:10:08,815 I don't know how you put up with those things. 149 00:10:08,817 --> 00:10:10,687 Isn't it full of the most ghastly people? 150 00:10:10,690 --> 00:10:12,632 - Isn't any crowded room? - Yes! 151 00:10:12,635 --> 00:10:16,404 Yes, which is exactly why I mustn't go to this bloody party! 152 00:10:16,407 --> 00:10:19,164 It's three o'clock. I'll see you there. 153 00:10:19,167 --> 00:10:20,669 It's open to everyone, by the way. 154 00:10:24,415 --> 00:10:27,500 Patrick Melrose. He'll be fun. 155 00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:28,962 Have you told him about us? 156 00:10:30,312 --> 00:10:32,834 No, you told me not to. Have you? 157 00:10:32,837 --> 00:10:35,798 I haven't seen Patrick for years. 158 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:38,218 What did he say about me? 159 00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:43,130 He said... he's very much looking forward 160 00:10:43,133 --> 00:10:44,733 to meeting your husband. 161 00:10:46,226 --> 00:10:50,024 - So am I. - Christ, I hate parties. 162 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:18,593 Mm. 163 00:11:18,595 --> 00:11:20,305 Okay. 164 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:27,018 - 20 pounds. - 20 pounds? 165 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:29,270 That seems rather a... lot. 166 00:11:29,272 --> 00:11:30,813 My daughter said she'd erm... 167 00:11:30,815 --> 00:11:34,231 Excuse me. Sorry, what are you doing here? 168 00:11:34,234 --> 00:11:35,484 I'm sorry? 169 00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:37,039 Are you looking for the kitchens? 170 00:11:37,042 --> 00:11:42,234 No, no, erm... I'm Mrs. Watson-Scott. 171 00:11:43,578 --> 00:11:46,245 Bridget's... erm... Lady Bridget's mother. 172 00:11:46,247 --> 00:11:48,497 Oh. Really? 173 00:11:48,499 --> 00:11:51,039 Well, better follow me. Come along. 174 00:11:51,042 --> 00:11:52,136 Thank you. 175 00:11:55,089 --> 00:11:56,226 Thank you. 176 00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:17,093 - How's my favorite girl? - Daddy! 177 00:12:17,096 --> 00:12:18,804 What a lucky girl you are. 178 00:12:18,807 --> 00:12:20,468 And on a busy day like this. 179 00:12:20,471 --> 00:12:22,519 - What are we reading? - This one. 180 00:12:22,522 --> 00:12:24,481 But you've already read this. 181 00:12:24,484 --> 00:12:26,289 Please, Dada, it's my favorite. 182 00:12:26,292 --> 00:12:28,079 Hm. Very well. 183 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:32,778 "For many generations, families of mice have made their homes 184 00:12:32,781 --> 00:12:35,687 in the roots and trunks of the trees of Brambly Hedge..." 185 00:12:35,690 --> 00:12:38,024 Both parents in one day! We are honored. 186 00:12:38,027 --> 00:12:40,457 We haven't time for this. I need you to speak to security. 187 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:41,595 The Princess will be here soon. 188 00:12:41,597 --> 00:12:43,283 You keep leaving these things lying around. 189 00:12:43,286 --> 00:12:45,553 Right you are. 190 00:12:45,556 --> 00:12:48,918 - Hello, Virginia. - Hello, Sonny. Happy birthday. 191 00:12:48,921 --> 00:12:51,060 Granny! I didn't know you were coming! 192 00:12:51,062 --> 00:12:53,156 Here I am! 193 00:12:53,159 --> 00:12:56,118 Hello, Bridget, darling. Everything alright? 194 00:12:56,121 --> 00:12:57,945 Absolutely perfect. 195 00:13:30,268 --> 00:13:32,531 Okay, everyone, welcome. 196 00:13:32,534 --> 00:13:35,739 My name's Harry. If we can all start, please, 197 00:13:35,742 --> 00:13:37,982 with a moment of silence. 198 00:13:45,676 --> 00:13:48,637 I should really begin with the childhood stuff. 199 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:52,415 I mean, that's when it all starts, isn't it? 200 00:13:53,306 --> 00:13:56,015 But I don't want to go into all that so, fast-forward: 201 00:13:56,018 --> 00:14:00,298 I'm 16 years old and I go on this school trip. 202 00:14:01,546 --> 00:14:04,507 I can't actually remember where it was, Belgium or France... 203 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:19,356 ...but when I was using, I found it easy to cross the road 204 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:23,402 because I genuinely didn't care if I was run over or not. 205 00:14:23,404 --> 00:14:26,449 But now I'm in recovery I'm fucking terrified. 206 00:14:27,368 --> 00:14:29,745 I walk for miles for a zebra crossing. 207 00:14:31,983 --> 00:14:34,257 Just this morning I found myself 208 00:14:34,260 --> 00:14:37,531 chopping out lines of Colman's Mustard Powder. 209 00:14:37,534 --> 00:14:40,169 Little neat lines. 210 00:14:40,171 --> 00:14:42,088 I make tea, and I find myself worrying 211 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,342 that I've put too much sugar on the spoon. 212 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:48,703 I watch TV and I start to think I'm controlling it. 213 00:14:48,706 --> 00:14:50,846 I couldn't watch last night 'cause I was worried about 214 00:14:50,848 --> 00:14:52,723 putting the weatherman off by staring at him. 215 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:54,562 So... 216 00:14:54,565 --> 00:14:58,614 Sometimes I think, "Fuck it, what's the point? 217 00:14:58,617 --> 00:15:02,191 Just... start... using again, 218 00:15:02,193 --> 00:15:04,562 What's to stop you?" 219 00:15:05,355 --> 00:15:09,506 Is... saying this out loud meant to help somehow? 220 00:15:09,517 --> 00:15:11,936 Am I meant to feel better now? 221 00:15:15,689 --> 00:15:19,276 Anyway. 222 00:15:19,279 --> 00:15:22,837 - Thanks. - Thanks, Peter. 223 00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:26,320 So, anybody else? Anyone who hasn't spoken yet? 224 00:15:29,804 --> 00:15:31,895 Yeah. Hi. I'm Johnny. I'm an addict. 225 00:15:31,898 --> 00:15:33,328 Hi, Johnny! 226 00:15:33,331 --> 00:15:36,266 I'm going to a party tonight with a good friend, 227 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:38,687 also in recovery, not in NA. 228 00:15:38,690 --> 00:15:42,648 And I know there'll be lots of drugs around, alcohol too... 229 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:45,234 I'm going too! 230 00:15:45,236 --> 00:15:47,945 - Hi, Johnny! - Hi. 231 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,739 Anyway, it's a big party 232 00:15:50,741 --> 00:15:53,742 and I just feel... 233 00:15:53,744 --> 00:15:56,873 under threat, I suppose. 234 00:15:57,873 --> 00:16:02,542 And I wanted to reaffirm my desire to stay clean today, 235 00:16:02,545 --> 00:16:05,464 and hopefully keep my friend clean too. 236 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:10,217 Okay. Thanks. 237 00:16:10,219 --> 00:16:12,263 - Thanks, Johnny. - Thanks, Johnny. 238 00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:16,246 Now before we finish, it's newcomer time. 239 00:16:16,249 --> 00:16:19,656 Newcomers only, please. Anyone? 240 00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:22,351 Anyone? 241 00:16:22,354 --> 00:16:25,921 Okay, if you could all join me in the Serenity Prayer. 242 00:16:28,054 --> 00:16:31,653 God, give me grace to accept with serenity 243 00:16:31,656 --> 00:16:34,241 the things that cannot be changed. 244 00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:38,395 Courage to change the things which should be changed... 245 00:17:03,460 --> 00:17:05,934 I knew you were talking about Cheatley! 246 00:17:05,937 --> 00:17:08,886 Hey, but is it true that Patrick Melrose is coming? 247 00:17:08,889 --> 00:17:10,818 'Cause I'm not sure it's good for people like us 248 00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:12,821 - to be around that negativ... - And here he is! 249 00:17:12,823 --> 00:17:15,449 - Hello, Patrick! - Amanda. 250 00:17:15,451 --> 00:17:17,743 Nice to see you out and about. 251 00:17:17,745 --> 00:17:20,653 Amanda was just wondering if you were coming to the party. 252 00:17:20,656 --> 00:17:23,457 - You know, I think I may. - Great! 253 00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:25,109 I'll see you there! 254 00:17:25,112 --> 00:17:27,252 Might need you for an emergency meeting. 255 00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:28,879 I'll feel safer knowing you're there. 256 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:31,509 Okay. Bye. Patrick. 257 00:17:34,367 --> 00:17:38,030 She's not an addict, she just likes a bit of coke. Amateur! 258 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:41,850 Honestly, I don't know how you stand it. 259 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:44,311 The slogans, the fatuous jargon... 260 00:17:44,313 --> 00:17:46,085 That's not a reason to hope they fail. 261 00:17:46,088 --> 00:17:47,156 I don't hope they fail. 262 00:17:47,159 --> 00:17:49,597 I just don't know how anybody can bear the hypocrisy. 263 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,267 They have a slogan for that too. "Fake it to make it." 264 00:17:52,270 --> 00:17:53,821 Christ, it's worse than I thought. 265 00:17:53,823 --> 00:17:55,390 - It's just a place to confess. - Fine. 266 00:17:55,393 --> 00:17:57,685 If you confess to things that matter and people never do. 267 00:17:57,688 --> 00:17:59,910 Even so, if it helps to say these things out loud... 268 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:03,330 - But it's just so unnecessary! - Why? 269 00:18:03,332 --> 00:18:05,541 Don't you find it hard not to take drugs? 270 00:18:05,543 --> 00:18:08,762 Of course. It's a fucking nightmare, being lucid. 271 00:18:08,765 --> 00:18:12,464 My inner-life, Johnny, is an endless reel of decapitations 272 00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:13,966 and dogs fighting over the liver 273 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,302 that I'd quite like back, thank you very much. 274 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:18,887 Oblivion would be wonderful, 275 00:18:18,889 --> 00:18:21,390 if I didn't have this horror of forgetting. 276 00:18:21,392 --> 00:18:24,727 - Forgetting what? - Don't try and make me share. 277 00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:29,312 Don't try to recruit me to your little cult. 278 00:18:31,260 --> 00:18:33,594 There are things I haven't told anybody, and never will. 279 00:18:33,597 --> 00:18:36,389 Including you. 280 00:18:36,392 --> 00:18:38,311 Well, fine, then. I won't ask. 281 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:42,536 I'd just like some Earl Grey tea. Thank you very much! 282 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:46,749 Mummy! Look what Granny got me! 283 00:18:46,751 --> 00:18:48,825 - Would you like one? - You mustn't give her sweets. 284 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:50,294 They're very bad for her teeth. 285 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:53,343 Nanny disapproves terribly. Don't you, Nanny? 286 00:18:53,346 --> 00:18:55,471 Yes, I do. What are we talking about? 287 00:18:55,474 --> 00:18:59,203 No! Absolutely no sweeties in the nursery! 288 00:19:00,530 --> 00:19:03,197 I'm not in the nursery anymore! 289 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,660 And now she's over-excited! 290 00:19:07,623 --> 00:19:09,832 Perhaps she could just have one or two after dinner. 291 00:19:09,835 --> 00:19:11,778 Ah, yes, now, the dinner. 292 00:19:11,781 --> 00:19:13,609 Erm... I meant to tell you, 293 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:15,611 you're going out for supper with our neighbors, 294 00:19:15,613 --> 00:19:17,257 - the Bossington-Lanes. - Oh. 295 00:19:17,260 --> 00:19:18,905 It's just gonna be so stuffy 296 00:19:18,908 --> 00:19:20,911 and formal here with Princess Margaret. 297 00:19:20,914 --> 00:19:22,785 Oh, you don't mind, do you? 298 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,286 We just thought it'd be nicer, 299 00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:26,705 more relaxed, round their dinner table. 300 00:19:26,707 --> 00:19:29,500 And then you can join us later for the big party, 301 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:33,328 - you know, the exciting bit. - No, no, that sounds very nice. 302 00:19:33,331 --> 00:19:35,812 Erm... Will you excuse me? I must just... 303 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,678 You deserve an Oscar. 304 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,999 - I'm thinking of her too! - Of course. 305 00:19:44,407 --> 00:19:46,031 Is Granny upset? 306 00:19:46,034 --> 00:19:47,848 What on earth makes you say that? 307 00:19:47,851 --> 00:19:49,437 She looked sad when she left. 308 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,564 That's just the way her face looks when it relaxes. 309 00:19:53,567 --> 00:19:55,929 Well, must get on. So much still to do! 310 00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:29,898 "Book early to avoid disappointment." Hm. 311 00:20:33,034 --> 00:20:35,156 ...a man who's run six marathons, 312 00:20:35,159 --> 00:20:37,609 has run from John o' Groats to Land's End. 313 00:20:39,697 --> 00:20:41,309 Good evening. 314 00:20:41,312 --> 00:20:44,132 But as night falls, so will those temperatures. 315 00:20:44,135 --> 00:20:46,093 Nothing unusual for this time of year, 316 00:20:46,096 --> 00:20:50,309 and it's gonna be a dry night but with temperatures of one... 317 00:20:53,984 --> 00:20:56,088 temperatures of erm... 318 00:20:58,903 --> 00:21:00,947 Tomorrow, we're looking at... 319 00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:31,156 Good God, what an appalling dump. 320 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:34,418 You see what I'm reduced to? 321 00:21:36,212 --> 00:21:38,676 Now: left or right? 322 00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:42,601 Don't mind. 323 00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:49,391 I'm a very tired man. 324 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:53,645 Come and talk to me, Patrick. 325 00:21:58,078 --> 00:22:01,726 Patrick. Come and talk to your dear old dad. 326 00:22:07,437 --> 00:22:09,411 Please. 327 00:22:30,187 --> 00:22:32,268 I'm going to the bathroom. 328 00:22:34,945 --> 00:22:37,022 Well, don't be long. 329 00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:56,041 Patrick? 330 00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:05,328 Patrick, where are you? Patrick! 331 00:23:17,311 --> 00:23:20,106 Johnny, can we get out of here, as soon as possible? 332 00:23:21,395 --> 00:23:23,854 Lines. Gloves. 333 00:23:23,857 --> 00:23:26,691 Now we'll let you know when it's time to come back. 334 00:23:26,694 --> 00:23:28,098 - Yes. - Not too early! 335 00:23:28,101 --> 00:23:30,574 - Righty-o! - Oh, don't say righty-o. 336 00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:32,659 I'm sorry. Must have got it from your father! 337 00:23:32,661 --> 00:23:34,912 - Do you have some money? - Yes, yes, I think so. 338 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:37,581 The taxi was a lot more expensive than I thought from the station. 339 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:39,082 Here comes the Princess! She's here! 340 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:41,877 For goodness sake, I'll pay you back later. Just go! 341 00:23:41,879 --> 00:23:43,797 Drive, drive! 342 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,739 - Remember. Don't fawn. - Righty-o. 343 00:23:50,742 --> 00:23:52,891 Oh, not you too. 344 00:23:54,652 --> 00:23:58,512 - Bloody hell, Bridget. - Only the best for Sonny. 345 00:24:01,398 --> 00:24:04,066 Stay close. Don't go too far away, will you? 346 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:05,390 I won't. 347 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:09,404 Hold your nerve. It's gonna be fine. 348 00:24:09,406 --> 00:24:12,528 So this old flame of yours, Bridget Gravesend, 349 00:24:12,531 --> 00:24:15,160 - she's bien née? - Oh, dear me, no. 350 00:24:15,162 --> 00:24:17,601 Father was very used-car-salesman, 351 00:24:17,604 --> 00:24:19,830 mother pure Surrey Pines. 352 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,621 "Not quite from the top basket," as you say. 353 00:24:22,624 --> 00:24:24,920 All the old faces. 354 00:24:24,922 --> 00:24:26,797 I wouldn't be surprised if my fucking father 355 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:29,036 leapt out from behind one of these pillars. 356 00:24:29,039 --> 00:24:31,145 - "Boo!" - Champagne, gentlemen? 357 00:24:31,148 --> 00:24:33,492 - No. - No, thank you. 358 00:24:33,495 --> 00:24:36,390 Years since I've talked to strangers without drugs. 359 00:24:36,393 --> 00:24:37,851 Even when we did take drugs, 360 00:24:37,854 --> 00:24:39,520 all we ever saw was the inside of loos. 361 00:24:39,523 --> 00:24:41,982 Yes. Nowadays when I go to the loo, I say to myself, 362 00:24:41,985 --> 00:24:43,986 "What are you doing here? You don't take drugs anymore." 363 00:24:43,988 --> 00:24:47,476 It's only after I've stormed out that I remember I need a piss. 364 00:24:47,479 --> 00:24:50,778 Oh, I suppose "the young" will be taking ecstasy this evening. 365 00:24:50,781 --> 00:24:53,198 Ecstasy, the non-addictive high. 366 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,284 Call me old-fashioned, but I don't really see the attraction 367 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:57,869 of a non-addictive drug. 368 00:24:57,871 --> 00:25:00,872 If it doesn't fuck you up, what's the point? 369 00:25:00,874 --> 00:25:03,914 Oh, Christ, I need a drink! 370 00:25:03,917 --> 00:25:06,077 - No, thank you. - No, thank you. 371 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,200 Look, I feel a bit stupid, saying this to you, 372 00:25:08,203 --> 00:25:10,716 but... if you did want to talk... 373 00:25:10,718 --> 00:25:13,010 Oh, for fuck's sake, stop trying to recruit me. 374 00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:16,847 - Purely as a friend. - I'm sorry. 375 00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:19,832 Patrick Melrose. I kept hearing you'd died. 376 00:25:19,835 --> 00:25:21,768 Only once or twice. 377 00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:24,371 - Bridget, you look lovely. - It's true, you do. 378 00:25:24,374 --> 00:25:26,090 Oh. Thank you, both of you. 379 00:25:26,093 --> 00:25:28,025 Now, I've put you next to someone 380 00:25:28,027 --> 00:25:29,593 - who'll keep an eye on you. - Oh. 381 00:25:29,596 --> 00:25:30,929 My cousin, Mary. 382 00:25:30,932 --> 00:25:33,036 Her Royal Highness, Princess Margaret. 383 00:25:33,039 --> 00:25:34,948 Here she is! Oh. Remember: 384 00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:36,994 don't sit down until P. M. sits down! 385 00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:40,456 Ma'am! 386 00:25:41,423 --> 00:25:43,340 Of course I love the countryside, 387 00:25:43,343 --> 00:25:45,570 but I do wish everything would stay still. 388 00:25:45,573 --> 00:25:48,184 I'm so aesthetic. I want to arrange the cows 389 00:25:48,187 --> 00:25:50,172 and then glue them to the spot. 390 00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:52,114 Tony, you are funny! 391 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:55,135 What's he doing here, anyway? Bloody Rasputin! 392 00:25:55,137 --> 00:25:57,781 You're ridiculous, a ridiculous snob. 393 00:25:57,784 --> 00:26:00,514 - Ma'am, if I could just... - Oh. Why? 394 00:26:00,517 --> 00:26:03,896 - Where am I sitting? - Next to the French Ambassador. 395 00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:09,867 I think it was Marcel Proust who said 396 00:26:09,870 --> 00:26:11,653 that the number of guests at a dinner 397 00:26:11,656 --> 00:26:15,322 should be more than the Graces, but less than the Muses. 398 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:17,661 But this is absolutely extraordinary. 399 00:26:17,664 --> 00:26:19,910 I don't know what you're talking about. 400 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,955 Shall we get started? 401 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,634 Fuck. 402 00:26:43,476 --> 00:26:46,812 My lady-in-waiting turned to to the taxi driver and said, 403 00:26:46,814 --> 00:26:48,828 "Take us to the Royal Garden Hotel." 404 00:26:48,831 --> 00:26:51,233 Which, as you know, is at the bottom of the drive. 405 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:54,254 And the taxi driver nodded at me and said, 406 00:26:54,257 --> 00:26:56,404 "I know where she lives!" 407 00:26:56,406 --> 00:26:59,903 What a wonderful story! 408 00:26:59,906 --> 00:27:02,699 What wonderful people! Salt of the earth. 409 00:27:02,702 --> 00:27:05,078 One does like to travel... 410 00:27:05,916 --> 00:27:08,161 - I saw you earlier. - Hm? 411 00:27:08,164 --> 00:27:10,919 In reception. We're staying at the same hotel. 412 00:27:10,921 --> 00:27:13,922 Ah! Home of the famous Cotswold Carvery. 413 00:27:13,924 --> 00:27:17,457 "Book early to avoid disappointment." 414 00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:19,970 Yes, if only I'd known it was so easy. 415 00:27:22,099 --> 00:27:24,778 Would you rather be there than here? 416 00:27:24,781 --> 00:27:27,269 Almost anywhere. 417 00:27:27,271 --> 00:27:30,835 Except if I wasn't here, this is the only place I'd want to be. 418 00:27:30,838 --> 00:27:34,179 So... how do you manage? 419 00:27:35,410 --> 00:27:38,580 - Hm? - To avoid disappointment? 420 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:42,409 It's impossible. 421 00:27:42,412 --> 00:27:45,195 Salvation crumbles the moment you touch it. 422 00:27:45,885 --> 00:27:48,038 I mean, look at all these people. 423 00:27:48,041 --> 00:27:50,458 Snobs, social climbers, 424 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:52,588 museum pieces. 425 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:57,007 I must say, I'm not sure why I'm here either. 426 00:27:57,009 --> 00:28:00,804 I think Bridget likes the family to know she's arrived. 427 00:28:00,807 --> 00:28:03,781 I'm sure. But arrived where? 428 00:28:06,475 --> 00:28:09,268 What is this? Venison? 429 00:28:09,271 --> 00:28:11,929 It's hard to tell in this murky sauce. 430 00:28:11,932 --> 00:28:14,629 Yes, it is venison. I'm awfully sorry about the sauce. 431 00:28:14,632 --> 00:28:16,484 It's perfectly disgusting. 432 00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:20,530 Do you like it? It's venison. 433 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:23,199 Really, it is something absolutely marvelous. 434 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:26,328 And the sauce, it's so subtle. 435 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:29,748 I didn't know one could find such cooking in this country... 436 00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:33,168 Ma'am. Oh, Ma'am. 437 00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:35,547 - I'm sorry. The sauce. - Wipe. 438 00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:40,773 - I beg your pardon? - I said wipe. 439 00:28:45,515 --> 00:28:47,349 Yes. Sure. 440 00:28:47,351 --> 00:28:49,140 Excuse me. 441 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:55,945 I thought I couldn't dislike the sauce more 442 00:28:55,948 --> 00:28:57,692 when it was on my plate. 443 00:28:57,694 --> 00:29:00,867 The sauce has been a disaster, Ma'am, I'm so sorry. 444 00:29:00,870 --> 00:29:03,121 There's no need for you to apologize. 445 00:29:03,124 --> 00:29:05,332 - Look, another one. - Jacques... 446 00:29:05,335 --> 00:29:08,244 Jacqueline, I have done something unpardonable. 447 00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:10,413 Ma'am, let me help you. 448 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:12,981 No. He spilt it. He should wipe it up! 449 00:29:12,984 --> 00:29:14,304 - Yes. - In fact, one feels 450 00:29:14,307 --> 00:29:15,585 he could have had a great career 451 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:18,213 in dry-cleaning if he hadn't been blown off course. 452 00:29:18,215 --> 00:29:20,465 Allez, Jacques, that's enough. 453 00:29:20,468 --> 00:29:22,754 There's another spot there. Wipe it up! 454 00:29:22,757 --> 00:29:25,720 C'est insupportable! 455 00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:28,098 What is "insupportable" is being showered 456 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:29,965 with this revolting sauce! 457 00:29:29,968 --> 00:29:32,435 I needn't remind you that your husband 458 00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:34,820 is Ambassador to the Court of St. James! 459 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:03,731 Silence. I don't approve of silences! 460 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,347 I get fallow deer sent to me from Richmond Park. 461 00:30:09,349 --> 00:30:11,239 You have to be on the list. 462 00:30:11,242 --> 00:30:14,561 The Queen said to me, "Put yourself on the list." So I did. 463 00:30:14,563 --> 00:30:16,374 How very sensible, Ma'am. 464 00:30:16,377 --> 00:30:18,856 What I admire about Princess Margaret 465 00:30:18,859 --> 00:30:21,570 is the way she puts everyone at their ease. 466 00:30:22,818 --> 00:30:24,901 Are you alright? 467 00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:30,618 Putain de merde! 468 00:30:39,546 --> 00:30:41,131 Hello, little girl. 469 00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:45,467 Who are you? 470 00:30:45,469 --> 00:30:46,895 I'm Belinda. 471 00:30:46,898 --> 00:30:49,639 Is Princess Margaret in there? 472 00:30:50,724 --> 00:30:53,183 Remind me, Sonny, do you have any children? 473 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:56,187 Yes, indeed, Ma'am. A daughter, seven years old. 474 00:30:56,190 --> 00:30:58,960 No male heir, then? 475 00:30:58,963 --> 00:31:01,672 Even so, I'm very fond of her. 476 00:31:01,675 --> 00:31:04,148 Of course, in many ways I feel responsible. 477 00:31:04,151 --> 00:31:06,512 It was I, after all, who introduced 478 00:31:06,515 --> 00:31:09,676 the humble Miss Watson-Scott, as she then was, 479 00:31:09,679 --> 00:31:12,593 to the beau monde at your dear father's house. 480 00:31:12,596 --> 00:31:14,926 Who knew then she was destined to command 481 00:31:14,929 --> 00:31:17,554 - the heights of society? - Hm. 482 00:31:17,557 --> 00:31:20,626 You're very lucky, you know, a reprobate like you, 483 00:31:20,629 --> 00:31:23,012 to be invited to this glittering occasion. 484 00:31:23,015 --> 00:31:25,382 I'm eternally grateful. 485 00:31:25,385 --> 00:31:27,804 - How are you managing? - Dying for a drink. 486 00:31:29,179 --> 00:31:33,389 Well, this is quite delicious, you have my sympathy. 487 00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:35,504 I've never been a heroin addict 488 00:31:35,507 --> 00:31:37,265 but I did have to give up cigarettes, 489 00:31:37,268 --> 00:31:39,644 - which was quite hard enough. - Oh, dear. 490 00:31:39,647 --> 00:31:42,191 - Do you think someone... - Will you excuse me a moment? 491 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:48,446 Are you looking for someone? 492 00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:51,741 I wanted to meet Princess Margaret. 493 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,535 I see. 494 00:31:53,537 --> 00:31:57,179 Well, I think you'd be better off without, believe me. 495 00:31:57,182 --> 00:31:59,223 Why don't we ask your mother to come over? 496 00:31:59,226 --> 00:32:01,583 Oh, look. There's a little person who can't sleep. 497 00:32:03,380 --> 00:32:04,996 Who is that? 498 00:32:04,999 --> 00:32:07,668 I'm afraid it's my daughter, Ma'am. 499 00:32:07,671 --> 00:32:10,914 - She should be in bed. - Thank you, Patrick. 500 00:32:10,917 --> 00:32:14,013 Darling, what are you doing up? This is a dinner for grown-ups. 501 00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:16,762 - Which one's Princess Margaret? - Yes. 502 00:32:16,765 --> 00:32:19,328 Why don't you get your mother to present you to her? 503 00:32:19,331 --> 00:32:21,270 Will you, Mummy? Please? 504 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:23,242 Are you involved in politics? For my own part, 505 00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:26,051 I don't mind who's in government if they're good at governing. 506 00:32:26,054 --> 00:32:29,950 What we must avoid at all costs is these windscreen wipers: 507 00:32:29,953 --> 00:32:32,124 left, right, left, right... 508 00:32:32,127 --> 00:32:34,575 - Ma'am, I'd like to introduce... - Not now. 509 00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:37,412 She should be in bed. She'll only get over-excited. 510 00:32:37,414 --> 00:32:40,770 Quite right. Honestly, darling, how did she escape? 511 00:32:40,773 --> 00:32:42,627 Go on. 512 00:32:43,601 --> 00:32:47,153 Now, I really think it's about time we joined the others. 513 00:32:47,156 --> 00:32:48,840 Oh, must we? 514 00:32:48,843 --> 00:32:50,842 We've been having such a cozy time. 515 00:32:50,844 --> 00:32:54,095 I do so hate big parties. 516 00:32:54,097 --> 00:32:58,224 So do I. It was all my wife's idea. 517 00:33:01,101 --> 00:33:02,520 ? Waaaaaah! ? 518 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:05,273 ? Put the candles on the cake ? 519 00:33:05,275 --> 00:33:07,609 ? We're gonna celebrate ? 520 00:33:07,611 --> 00:33:10,278 ? We got another year ? 521 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,488 ? We all here ? 522 00:33:12,490 --> 00:33:14,866 ? Put the candles on the cake ? 523 00:33:32,552 --> 00:33:34,302 Sonny and I are so grateful to you. 524 00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:37,305 Oh. Anything for Sonny. Try to avoid Bridget, though. 525 00:33:37,307 --> 00:33:39,307 - She can be rather fierce. - Of course. 526 00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:42,312 If security asks, you're to pretend to be my wife. 527 00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:45,273 How far am I meant to go with that? 528 00:33:52,739 --> 00:33:55,332 Oh, Patrick's here. 529 00:33:57,070 --> 00:33:59,093 Oh, Christ. 530 00:34:04,023 --> 00:34:05,667 Sir. 531 00:34:18,180 --> 00:34:21,390 My dear, what a nice surprise! 532 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:23,226 George! 533 00:34:23,229 --> 00:34:26,149 I'm sitting here because I can't hear anything otherwise. 534 00:34:26,848 --> 00:34:28,848 I thought people were supposed to lead lives 535 00:34:28,851 --> 00:34:31,942 - of quiet desperation. - Not quiet enough. 536 00:34:31,945 --> 00:34:37,365 Now. Have you found something that you enjoy doing? 537 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:40,535 Yes, but sadly I've had to give that up. 538 00:34:40,537 --> 00:34:42,537 Then you're guilty of the greatest sin of all. 539 00:34:42,539 --> 00:34:45,046 - Am I? - Wasting time. 540 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:46,957 You must make a contribution. 541 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,334 No man is an island, 542 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:50,809 though there are a surprising number here who own one. 543 00:34:50,812 --> 00:34:52,924 And not just in Scotland. 544 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:55,552 Though, of course you're right. 545 00:34:56,326 --> 00:34:58,701 My father once said to me: 546 00:34:58,704 --> 00:35:02,379 "If you have a talent, use it. 547 00:35:02,382 --> 00:35:05,312 Or you'll be miserable all your life." 548 00:35:06,085 --> 00:35:09,059 It was just about the only non-hostile remark he ever made. 549 00:35:09,062 --> 00:35:13,973 He was a very brilliant man, but he was never happy, I think. 550 00:35:13,976 --> 00:35:17,905 Yes, well... I hardly ever think of him these days. 551 00:35:17,907 --> 00:35:22,562 He would've hated you to make the same mistakes, Patrick. 552 00:35:24,632 --> 00:35:27,151 No more wasted time. 553 00:35:31,421 --> 00:35:33,838 I... I must... go and find my... 554 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,258 Yes, yes, yes. Go. Go. 555 00:35:46,485 --> 00:35:48,276 - Patrick. - Debbie. 556 00:35:48,279 --> 00:35:49,981 You look lovely. 557 00:35:49,984 --> 00:35:51,570 But then you always did at parties. 558 00:35:51,573 --> 00:35:53,107 I'm surprised you remember. 559 00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:54,984 You were either upstairs in bed with someone else, 560 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:56,515 or passed out in the loo. 561 00:35:56,518 --> 00:35:58,965 Yes, that's actually something I wanted to talk to you about. 562 00:35:58,968 --> 00:36:01,157 I don't think I was terribly nice to you and I... 563 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:04,700 I know this one. This is a 12-step thing, isn't it? 564 00:36:04,703 --> 00:36:07,038 I'm part of your "moral inventory". 565 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,117 - No, I just... - Will you excuse me? 566 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,958 David, Cindy! 567 00:36:11,961 --> 00:36:14,462 Cindy. You made it! 568 00:36:14,464 --> 00:36:16,089 Happy birthday, darling. 569 00:36:16,091 --> 00:36:19,590 Sonny, are you sure this is all above board? 570 00:36:19,593 --> 00:36:22,345 Bridget just gave me the most terrible scowling look. 571 00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:23,971 Just stick to the story. 572 00:36:23,973 --> 00:36:25,742 You met Cindy, your wife couldn't come, 573 00:36:25,745 --> 00:36:28,645 asked her instead, didn't check. It's nothing to do with me. 574 00:36:28,648 --> 00:36:30,231 Right. So, erm... 575 00:36:30,234 --> 00:36:34,285 I met Cindy, wife couldn't come, asked Cindy instead... 576 00:36:38,738 --> 00:36:41,695 - Hello, you. - Happy birthday, darling. 577 00:36:43,118 --> 00:36:44,989 - Oh. - So glad you're here. 578 00:36:44,992 --> 00:36:46,494 It's the best birthday present... 579 00:36:46,496 --> 00:36:47,995 What I find with beautiful women 580 00:36:47,997 --> 00:36:50,788 is that after one's waited around for ages, 581 00:36:50,791 --> 00:36:55,001 they all arrive at once, like buses are supposed to do. 582 00:36:55,004 --> 00:36:58,214 Not that I've ever waited around for a bus. 583 00:36:58,217 --> 00:37:00,091 Look at Princess Margaret. 584 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:02,385 One has to be careful not to trip over her. 585 00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:03,570 That was quite a scene. 586 00:37:03,573 --> 00:37:07,139 Mm. Yes, I do admire P. M. 587 00:37:07,142 --> 00:37:10,393 She has something of your father's joie-de-vivre. 588 00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:12,504 - Imagine if they'd met! - Imagine. 589 00:37:12,507 --> 00:37:15,081 The way she used a minor accident 590 00:37:15,084 --> 00:37:18,378 to screw maximum humiliation out of the Ambassador. 591 00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:21,973 Of course I'm absolutely devoted to his wife, who, 592 00:37:21,976 --> 00:37:26,784 behind that phoney chic, is a genuinely malicious person. 593 00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:29,412 - And here they are! - Will you excuse me? 594 00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:31,708 I must go and talk to our hostess. 595 00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:34,959 I hope we didn't drive away your young friend. 596 00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:37,670 - He seemed very nervous. - Oh, we can get on without him. 597 00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:40,923 Mon cher Jacques, I thought you were absolutely brilliant, 598 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,288 the way you handled that tiresome woman. 599 00:37:43,291 --> 00:37:46,376 Thank you, but I feel the royal presence bearing down on us. 600 00:37:46,379 --> 00:37:49,578 Maybe we could explore the depths of the party. 601 00:37:49,581 --> 00:37:52,434 My dear fellow, you are the depths of the party. 602 00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:54,061 Au revoir! 603 00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:55,325 A tout à l'heure. 604 00:37:55,328 --> 00:37:57,648 Consorting with the enemy? 605 00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,304 They came to me for sympathy, Ma'am. 606 00:37:59,307 --> 00:38:01,807 I told them they'd come to the wrong place! 607 00:38:01,810 --> 00:38:05,668 He's a clumsy fool, and as to his absurd wife... 608 00:38:05,671 --> 00:38:08,950 Hello, there! Isn't this a lovely party? 609 00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:11,120 Ma'am. 610 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:13,956 I'll come and find you later, alright? 611 00:38:13,959 --> 00:38:15,711 Oh. Yes. 612 00:38:18,588 --> 00:38:21,950 - Who was that? - My daughter. 613 00:38:21,953 --> 00:38:27,011 Now, where was I? I've quite lost my flow... 614 00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:28,471 The main thing I remember, 615 00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:30,932 apart from your poisonous father, 616 00:38:30,934 --> 00:38:33,392 was that beautiful house. 617 00:38:33,394 --> 00:38:34,840 Nothing compared to all of this. 618 00:38:34,843 --> 00:38:36,103 Ohhh! 619 00:38:36,105 --> 00:38:38,024 Yes, it's funny how things turn out. 620 00:38:38,801 --> 00:38:42,344 It's all lovely, I just wish it wasn't full of such awful shits. 621 00:38:42,347 --> 00:38:45,656 Not you, of course. Or Mummy. 622 00:38:45,659 --> 00:38:48,434 You seemed... 623 00:38:48,437 --> 00:38:52,450 incredibly cool to me, unlike my parents' usual crowd. 624 00:38:52,453 --> 00:38:53,590 And kinder too. 625 00:38:53,593 --> 00:38:54,789 Kind? 626 00:38:54,791 --> 00:38:57,625 You're sure you're not confusing me with someone else? 627 00:38:57,627 --> 00:39:00,200 You wouldn't be an angel and talk to her for a second? 628 00:39:00,203 --> 00:39:02,755 - Mummy? Mummy? - Oh. 629 00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:04,841 This is my old friend Patrick Melrose. 630 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:09,428 - Oh, yes, I remember. - So. Quite a party! 631 00:39:15,023 --> 00:39:17,143 Bridget! Lovely party! 632 00:39:17,146 --> 00:39:19,109 I just wanted to clarify: 633 00:39:19,112 --> 00:39:22,781 I met Cindy, my wife couldn't come, so... 634 00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:28,155 ...starts to show. May I touch it? 635 00:39:28,157 --> 00:39:31,570 Oh, Sonny. There's nothing to touch. 636 00:39:31,573 --> 00:39:33,656 Not for weeks yet. 637 00:39:48,572 --> 00:39:50,614 - What is it, darling? - Oh, er... 638 00:39:50,617 --> 00:39:52,013 Oh... 639 00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:53,846 I just saw Cindy Smith with Sonny. 640 00:39:53,849 --> 00:39:56,098 I said we shouldn't invite her 'cause we didn't know her 641 00:39:56,101 --> 00:39:58,311 and now she's here. 642 00:39:58,313 --> 00:40:00,982 - Oh, I'm just being paranoid. - Yes, yes. Probably. 643 00:40:00,985 --> 00:40:02,906 - Um... - Probably paranoid? 644 00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,654 Is there somewhere we can go? 645 00:40:16,812 --> 00:40:18,898 Joe Wagner on the saxophone. 646 00:40:21,351 --> 00:40:24,086 Patrick Melrose, why aren't you drinking? 647 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:27,742 - Happy birthday, Sonny! - Don Wills on the trombone! 648 00:40:27,745 --> 00:40:30,328 You know, I frightfully dislike this bit. 649 00:40:30,331 --> 00:40:33,708 What makes you think we wanna know their names? 650 00:40:33,711 --> 00:40:37,645 - Saw you talking to Bridget... - Chilly Willy Watson on cornet. 651 00:40:37,648 --> 00:40:40,063 She looked awfully stormy. 652 00:40:42,669 --> 00:40:45,046 Sonny, may I steal Patrick for a moment? 653 00:40:46,793 --> 00:40:50,117 - Chilly Willy Watson! - You alright? 654 00:40:51,339 --> 00:40:53,645 Yes, sorry, I... I just thought I... 655 00:40:53,648 --> 00:40:55,015 Let's go here. 656 00:40:57,038 --> 00:40:58,864 I thought I'd save you from our host. 657 00:40:58,867 --> 00:41:02,028 Oh! There's an air of palpable stupidity 658 00:41:02,031 --> 00:41:03,292 that comes off that man, 659 00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:04,887 like opening the door to a sauna. 660 00:41:04,890 --> 00:41:06,996 - It makes sense. - No. 661 00:41:06,999 --> 00:41:10,606 - No, I can't tell her tonight. - You can tell her I'm... 662 00:41:10,609 --> 00:41:13,594 My God, look at them all. 663 00:41:13,596 --> 00:41:15,762 I remember these people from my childhood. 664 00:41:15,765 --> 00:41:17,181 Hard and dull. 665 00:41:17,183 --> 00:41:19,268 - They're the last Marxists. - Hm? 666 00:41:20,777 --> 00:41:24,489 The last people to believe class is a total explanation. 667 00:41:25,539 --> 00:41:28,084 Let's get out of here. Come on. 668 00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:34,115 What are you two muttering about? 669 00:41:34,117 --> 00:41:36,367 Hello, stranger. 670 00:41:36,369 --> 00:41:37,702 Oh, Christ. 671 00:41:37,704 --> 00:41:40,285 Johnny, Patrick, this is my husband. 672 00:41:40,288 --> 00:41:43,317 - This is Angus. - Quite a party. 673 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,343 Must have cost a pretty penny, eh? 674 00:41:46,703 --> 00:41:50,859 My husband is obsessed with how much everything costs. 675 00:41:50,862 --> 00:41:53,071 Why don't you get me a drink? They're free. 676 00:41:53,074 --> 00:41:54,843 - Johnny will help you. - Actually, 677 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:57,347 - Johnny and I were just about to... - Come on! 678 00:41:57,350 --> 00:41:59,973 Come on, then. 679 00:41:59,976 --> 00:42:02,143 He looked so good on paper 680 00:42:02,145 --> 00:42:04,812 but he's completely obsessed with whether a cheap-day return 681 00:42:04,814 --> 00:42:07,314 is refundable if you don't use the second half. 682 00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:13,740 Shall we go exploring? It's very good to see you again. 683 00:42:14,481 --> 00:42:16,481 I thought perhaps you'd been avoiding me. 684 00:42:16,484 --> 00:42:19,571 - As a bad influence. - Not you. The world. 685 00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:22,749 Well... You're here now. 686 00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:27,209 Perhaps we can liven up this dreary party. 687 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:30,515 You certainly have to kick a lot of bodies to find a live one. 688 00:42:30,518 --> 00:42:32,143 Tony's got some charlie. 689 00:42:32,146 --> 00:42:34,567 I suppose that's against the rules now. 690 00:42:34,570 --> 00:42:37,428 - Is it? - I think technically, yes. 691 00:42:37,430 --> 00:42:41,382 Christ, why are you all so dull? 692 00:42:41,385 --> 00:42:44,700 Men used to talk to me about how they used butter for sex. 693 00:42:44,703 --> 00:42:48,066 Now they tell me how they've eliminated it from their diet. 694 00:42:49,525 --> 00:42:53,527 Look, there's Debbie. Doesn't she look beautiful? 695 00:42:53,529 --> 00:42:55,490 Very. 696 00:42:56,281 --> 00:42:58,364 I suppose I'd better go and find Johnny. 697 00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:01,950 - We could always go upstairs. - Upstairs. What for? 698 00:43:01,953 --> 00:43:04,757 For sex. No strings. 699 00:43:07,209 --> 00:43:09,709 Well, I suppose it's something to do. 700 00:43:09,712 --> 00:43:12,340 - Thank you. - No, no, I'm very keen. 701 00:43:13,617 --> 00:43:16,078 Well, come on, then, let's go. 702 00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:25,478 - I'm sorry, ma'am, the house... - We're staying here. 703 00:43:26,646 --> 00:43:29,690 Thank you! 704 00:43:36,275 --> 00:43:38,525 I can't help thinking this is a terrible idea. 705 00:43:38,528 --> 00:43:42,507 Sssh! Listen! 706 00:43:42,510 --> 00:43:44,046 ...humiliating that is! 707 00:43:44,049 --> 00:43:45,926 Please talk about this in the morning. 708 00:43:45,929 --> 00:43:47,398 We will talk about it now! 709 00:43:47,401 --> 00:43:49,493 Our guests are beginning to wonder where we... 710 00:43:49,495 --> 00:43:51,520 I don't care about your fucking guests! 711 00:43:51,523 --> 00:43:54,632 Tell me, is it the first time... 712 00:43:55,341 --> 00:43:56,966 You must have heard. 713 00:43:56,968 --> 00:43:59,304 - About the affair? - Oh, it gets better. 714 00:43:59,307 --> 00:44:02,312 Cindy's pregnant with a precious boy-child. 715 00:44:02,315 --> 00:44:05,059 Sonny's so desperate for a male heir he's going to make Cindy 716 00:44:05,062 --> 00:44:07,845 - next Countess of Gravesend. - Poor Bridget. 717 00:44:07,848 --> 00:44:09,663 Like some tin-pot Henry VIII. 718 00:44:09,666 --> 00:44:13,189 - Honestly, you have to laugh. - Well, you don't have to laugh. 719 00:44:13,192 --> 00:44:16,481 Oh, don't be so pious. Serves her right. 720 00:44:16,484 --> 00:44:18,504 - What for? - You know what for. 721 00:44:18,507 --> 00:44:22,696 All that climbing. No wonder she looks so tired. 722 00:44:22,699 --> 00:44:25,450 You know, I have my reservations about your character. 723 00:44:25,453 --> 00:44:27,621 - Me too. Quick. Let's go. - Did you fuck her here? 724 00:44:27,623 --> 00:44:31,586 No! Yes, yes, alright, but not in our bedroom! 725 00:44:33,963 --> 00:44:35,045 Ooh! 726 00:44:45,224 --> 00:44:47,268 Guess who I'm having an affair with? 727 00:44:48,144 --> 00:44:50,811 Do we have to talk about this now? 728 00:44:50,813 --> 00:44:52,857 Your friend Johnny. 729 00:44:56,351 --> 00:44:58,679 That's completely put me off. 730 00:44:58,682 --> 00:45:01,393 I thought you might want to steal me back. 731 00:45:02,562 --> 00:45:05,273 Johnny's perfectly nice but that's the problem. 732 00:45:06,954 --> 00:45:11,101 I was so pleased when I found out you were coming tonight. 733 00:45:11,781 --> 00:45:13,500 Patrick Melrose. 734 00:45:13,502 --> 00:45:16,670 It took me by surprise. 735 00:45:16,672 --> 00:45:19,820 - The fact is, I've missed you. - Me... Me too. 736 00:45:19,823 --> 00:45:22,033 But I think... 737 00:45:23,648 --> 00:45:26,557 I think I'd prefer to remain friends with Johnny. 738 00:45:28,601 --> 00:45:30,517 Really? 739 00:45:30,519 --> 00:45:33,046 I just don't want any more irony and tension. 740 00:45:33,049 --> 00:45:35,382 But you love irony and tension! 741 00:45:35,385 --> 00:45:38,108 I think you imagine everyone else is just like you. 742 00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:39,484 Fuck off, Patrick. 743 00:45:39,487 --> 00:45:43,207 Alright, I think we'd better go down, don't you? 744 00:45:43,210 --> 00:45:45,032 Before we have a row. 745 00:45:45,034 --> 00:45:47,453 - You go first. - God, you're a pain. 746 00:46:03,767 --> 00:46:05,309 Oh, God. 747 00:46:26,007 --> 00:46:28,926 I broke a glass. Don't tell my father. 748 00:46:28,929 --> 00:46:31,620 What about your mother? Do you wanna tell your mother? 749 00:46:31,622 --> 00:46:34,101 Patrick... what is it, love? 750 00:46:35,472 --> 00:46:37,516 What would you have said to him? 751 00:46:53,663 --> 00:46:55,481 I was looking for you. Where have you been? 752 00:46:55,484 --> 00:46:58,910 Nowhere. I wonder, can we find somewhere to talk? 753 00:46:58,913 --> 00:47:00,693 - Yeah. - Sorry. 754 00:47:02,862 --> 00:47:04,111 I told you there's something 755 00:47:04,113 --> 00:47:06,660 I've never said out loud and never would. 756 00:47:06,663 --> 00:47:09,033 And now I'm going to. 757 00:47:09,035 --> 00:47:11,243 Forgive my inarticulacy, it's not that I'm embarrassed, 758 00:47:11,245 --> 00:47:14,745 it's just... I don't want it to be a burden for you. 759 00:47:14,748 --> 00:47:16,250 Just go ahead. 760 00:47:17,335 --> 00:47:18,625 So. 761 00:47:18,627 --> 00:47:21,832 I've told you about my parents' drunkenness and the violence, 762 00:47:21,835 --> 00:47:23,339 but what I was skirting around... 763 00:47:23,341 --> 00:47:25,549 - Not now. - No, thank you. 764 00:47:25,551 --> 00:47:27,176 Just to let you know the fireworks 765 00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:29,597 - will start in a few minutes. - Thank you. 766 00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:40,647 When I was eight, and for some years afterwards 767 00:47:40,649 --> 00:47:43,525 my father "abused" me 768 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:47,612 as... we're invited to call it these days. 769 00:47:47,615 --> 00:47:49,606 What do you mean, "abused"? 770 00:47:49,609 --> 00:47:52,499 I... 771 00:47:58,793 --> 00:48:00,878 It was... 772 00:48:02,463 --> 00:48:04,140 Oh, God... 773 00:48:08,135 --> 00:48:10,703 Nobody should do that to anybody else. 774 00:48:14,281 --> 00:48:16,266 - The first time... - The fireworks are about... 775 00:48:16,268 --> 00:48:18,903 Do you think you could leave us alone for one fucking minute 776 00:48:18,906 --> 00:48:20,979 - so we can have a conversation? - I'm sorry, sir. 777 00:48:20,981 --> 00:48:22,189 Do we look like children? 778 00:48:22,191 --> 00:48:25,601 Do we look like we're interested in the fucking fireworks? 779 00:48:31,075 --> 00:48:33,077 What do I mean by abused? 780 00:48:34,334 --> 00:48:36,168 I mean sexually abused. 781 00:48:36,171 --> 00:48:38,541 Oh, God, I'm sorry. 782 00:48:40,209 --> 00:48:41,903 No wonder you hated him so much. 783 00:48:41,906 --> 00:48:43,976 Well, now you know. 784 00:48:49,301 --> 00:48:51,754 The first incident masqueraded as a punishment, 785 00:48:51,757 --> 00:48:54,054 though I never knew the crime... 786 00:48:54,056 --> 00:48:58,100 which gave it a certain Kafkaesque charm.. 787 00:48:58,102 --> 00:48:59,687 What a bastard. 788 00:49:01,460 --> 00:49:03,190 It must have split the world in half. 789 00:49:08,154 --> 00:49:10,197 Yes, I think that is what happened. 790 00:49:15,201 --> 00:49:16,617 What makes you think that? 791 00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:19,242 It just seemed obvious. 792 00:49:26,172 --> 00:49:28,088 In that moment, when it was happening, 793 00:49:28,090 --> 00:49:30,249 this will sound strange, but... 794 00:49:33,257 --> 00:49:36,388 there was a lizard on the wall. 795 00:49:36,390 --> 00:49:38,350 A gecko, bright green. 796 00:49:40,704 --> 00:49:43,540 I thought, "If I can somehow put myself inside... 797 00:49:46,617 --> 00:49:49,203 then I might be able to get through this." 798 00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:54,533 Not much of an escape plan, I know. 799 00:49:55,451 --> 00:49:57,367 Ahhh... 800 00:49:59,872 --> 00:50:01,332 The point is... 801 00:50:03,070 --> 00:50:05,700 now I'm exhausted hating him. 802 00:50:05,703 --> 00:50:07,336 It's not enough. 803 00:50:07,338 --> 00:50:09,703 And if I'm going to break out into the world 804 00:50:09,706 --> 00:50:12,798 not just this, but the real world, 805 00:50:12,801 --> 00:50:15,418 to learn something, make a contribution, 806 00:50:15,421 --> 00:50:17,262 live rather than just survive, 807 00:50:17,272 --> 00:50:21,148 then I am going to have to say these things out loud. 808 00:50:28,312 --> 00:50:32,809 We are missing the fireworks, if you want to... 809 00:50:32,812 --> 00:50:34,821 It's alright. 810 00:50:34,823 --> 00:50:37,567 I wondered whether perhaps you'd like your old room back? 811 00:50:37,570 --> 00:50:38,812 Oh, Mummy, I don't know. 812 00:50:38,815 --> 00:50:41,328 Can we just talk about it when we get there? 813 00:50:41,330 --> 00:50:44,208 Whatever makes you happy. 814 00:50:47,059 --> 00:50:49,374 I've treated you dreadfully sometimes. 815 00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:55,135 - Snobbishly. - Oh, no. 816 00:50:58,218 --> 00:51:00,135 Only sometimes. 817 00:51:02,733 --> 00:51:05,903 Your father always blamed that Nicholas Pratt man. 818 00:51:07,606 --> 00:51:09,690 You were such a nice girl until you met him, 819 00:51:09,692 --> 00:51:14,361 and then you started criticizing everything at home, 820 00:51:14,363 --> 00:51:18,859 people you'd known all your life. Perfectly nice people. 821 00:51:20,869 --> 00:51:22,869 Your father always loved you, but... 822 00:51:22,871 --> 00:51:25,330 I can't pretend he wasn't hurt sometimes. 823 00:51:30,994 --> 00:51:33,036 - Have I said too much? - No! 824 00:51:33,039 --> 00:51:34,484 Not at all. 825 00:51:36,663 --> 00:51:39,454 Let's have a nice long talk tomorrow. 826 00:51:40,556 --> 00:51:43,382 We should probably get going. We've a long way to go. 827 00:51:43,385 --> 00:51:45,085 Yes. 828 00:51:47,117 --> 00:51:50,272 - I'm not recruiting, I swear. - Go on. 829 00:51:50,274 --> 00:51:55,906 Perhaps the only way to move on is to become... 830 00:51:55,909 --> 00:51:57,577 more detached from yourself... 831 00:51:58,860 --> 00:52:00,695 and more attached to something else. 832 00:52:02,243 --> 00:52:05,286 A hobby, you mean? 833 00:52:05,289 --> 00:52:07,249 Someone else. 834 00:52:08,334 --> 00:52:10,628 - Fall in love, have kids. - Hm. 835 00:52:11,587 --> 00:52:12,968 Yeah. Why not? 836 00:52:12,971 --> 00:52:16,114 I tried falling in love, many times, as you know. 837 00:52:16,117 --> 00:52:17,674 Not sure that was love. 838 00:52:17,676 --> 00:52:19,760 Even so, my experience of love: 839 00:52:19,762 --> 00:52:22,632 you get excited thinking someone can mend your broken heart, 840 00:52:22,635 --> 00:52:24,598 disappointed when you realize they can't. 841 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:27,434 But the next time. 842 00:52:27,437 --> 00:52:31,313 Hm. Of course, the other danger is, without bitterness, spite, 843 00:52:31,315 --> 00:52:33,774 sarcasm, snobbery and self-loathing, 844 00:52:33,776 --> 00:52:36,487 - there might be nothing left. - Perhaps. 845 00:52:37,529 --> 00:52:42,140 Or... think what you could put there instead. 846 00:52:52,874 --> 00:52:55,671 Ah, here's our hostess! 847 00:52:55,673 --> 00:52:57,312 I wanted to find Sonny. 848 00:52:57,315 --> 00:52:59,358 I really couldn't care less, Ma'am. 849 00:53:03,764 --> 00:53:06,242 I've been a bloody fool. 850 00:53:07,559 --> 00:53:09,976 Well, I can't say I disagree. 851 00:53:09,978 --> 00:53:12,396 I was driven to it! Bridget's not having a son 852 00:53:12,398 --> 00:53:14,487 has been frightfully hard. 853 00:53:14,490 --> 00:53:17,734 I'm just not sure I like the idea of life without her. 854 00:53:17,736 --> 00:53:21,822 And Cindy has got some very peculiar ideas. 855 00:53:21,824 --> 00:53:24,190 She's already suggested I knock a wall through. 856 00:53:24,193 --> 00:53:27,852 And she looks at the furniture like a bloody auctioneer. 857 00:53:27,855 --> 00:53:29,649 Isn't that Bridget now? 858 00:53:33,127 --> 00:53:35,836 Bridget! Bridget! 859 00:53:35,838 --> 00:53:37,673 Bridget, where are you going? 860 00:53:38,882 --> 00:53:41,675 Bridget! Stop the car! Stop! 861 00:54:02,030 --> 00:54:04,740 Oh, I'm sure my father was intensely unhappy, 862 00:54:04,742 --> 00:54:05,991 but to forgive someone, 863 00:54:05,993 --> 00:54:08,261 doesn't there have to be some attempt to change? 864 00:54:08,264 --> 00:54:11,246 But if he'd changed, he wouldn't need forgiveness. 865 00:54:11,248 --> 00:54:13,874 Excuse me? Hello? 866 00:54:13,876 --> 00:54:17,099 Erm... I'm sorry if I snapped at you earlier. 867 00:54:17,102 --> 00:54:20,065 It's just I was in the middle of saying something rather tricky. 868 00:54:20,068 --> 00:54:21,714 I was only doing my job. 869 00:54:21,717 --> 00:54:24,050 I know you were and I apologize. 870 00:54:24,052 --> 00:54:26,636 So do you think there's any way to forgive him? 871 00:54:26,638 --> 00:54:28,889 Of course. It really wasn't that bad. 872 00:54:28,891 --> 00:54:31,084 No, not you! 873 00:54:37,042 --> 00:54:39,099 Well, if the waiter can forgive me... 874 00:54:40,420 --> 00:54:43,404 You go ahead. I don't think I could get to sleep just yet. 875 00:54:43,407 --> 00:54:45,784 And the thought of that hotel room. Oof. 876 00:54:46,762 --> 00:54:48,512 Well, thanks for telling me. 877 00:54:48,515 --> 00:54:50,420 No need to get Californian about it. 878 00:54:50,423 --> 00:54:52,162 No need to be so English. 879 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,168 - It's the end of the party. - It's more than that. 880 00:54:58,170 --> 00:55:01,588 It's the end of an era. 881 00:55:01,590 --> 00:55:03,383 Well, let's hope so. 882 00:55:22,535 --> 00:55:23,909 Can I help you? 883 00:55:23,912 --> 00:55:26,613 I knew a Chilly Willy in New York. 884 00:55:26,616 --> 00:55:28,910 - You're not... - Where'd he live? 885 00:55:31,537 --> 00:55:34,136 - Tenth Avenue. - What did he do? 886 00:55:34,139 --> 00:55:37,342 He sold... He lived on the streets. 887 00:55:38,713 --> 00:55:40,626 It's impossible, I know. I... 888 00:55:40,629 --> 00:55:41,974 The coat. 889 00:55:46,927 --> 00:55:49,764 The English guy who wouldn't take his coat off, right? 890 00:55:50,584 --> 00:55:52,843 Patrick Melrose. 891 00:55:54,977 --> 00:55:59,185 Christ! You look well. 892 00:56:00,566 --> 00:56:02,607 Er... I... I didn't ever know... 893 00:56:02,609 --> 00:56:05,610 I was always a musician, man. 894 00:56:05,612 --> 00:56:09,783 I just er... you know? 895 00:56:11,534 --> 00:56:14,795 Your wife once sold me a horse syringe for 20 dollars. 896 00:56:14,798 --> 00:56:17,029 - It was like this. - Yeah, she OD'd. 897 00:56:18,554 --> 00:56:19,847 Oh, I'm sorry. 898 00:56:22,838 --> 00:56:25,465 Still, it's a miracle you're alive. 899 00:56:26,842 --> 00:56:28,592 You too. 900 00:56:28,594 --> 00:56:31,972 But then... everything's a miracle, man. 901 00:56:33,361 --> 00:56:37,029 It's a miracle we don't melt in the bath like a piece of soap. 902 00:56:54,022 --> 00:56:56,066 - Nice to meet you. - You too. 903 00:56:58,857 --> 00:57:01,627 Erm... See you at breakfast, perhaps? 904 00:57:03,045 --> 00:57:05,420 Yes. Why not? 905 00:57:05,422 --> 00:57:07,881 - The Cotswold Carvery? - Hm. 906 00:57:07,883 --> 00:57:09,956 Around nine. 907 00:57:09,959 --> 00:57:12,468 Avoid disappointment. 908 00:58:07,401 --> 00:58:12,389 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - -- www.Addic7ed.com --